2011 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[poopoo333]

I just had an interesting encounter.

You should have beat his ass...don't be scared homie. What would Nick Diaz do? And you're in Utah, you won't even go to jail for fighting. They will just hand you a bible and tell you to read it or something.


I get deported tomorrow at like 4 PM, not sure if I am going to get internet access at the ports I will be at (Nassau Bahamas, St Thomas, and ?St Johns?) I will be back on Christmas eve though. I WILL MISS YOU GUYS <33333333

I am going to go to the Atlantis casino @ Nassau though, I think they even have a sportsbook. Too bad I am only there from 8 AM to 2 PM on Sunday or else I would bet a NFL game or something

[MMA_scientist]

I just had an interesting encounter.

Nothing good like that ever happens to me.


In related news, my brother got out of prison today. He was not racist before he went in, but he spent 30 minutes today insisting that black people have no souls.

Black people that think white people are afraid of them are one of my favorite things.

[SPX]

What?

[zY|]

<pejorative ad hominem reply>

[SPX]

I just had an interesting encounter.

I was walking to the store and, just as I was approaching, I noticed in my peripheral vision that someone was walking on the sidewalk in front of the store. I didn't pay it any attention until I realized that whoever it was had stopped and was trying to block my way.

I looked up and it was this black dude staring right at me. He said, "What? You want something?"

I stopped and stared at him for a few seconds and then said, "I'm just going to the store."

He said, "Then get your bitch ass into the store." I instantly went into a mental mode where I sized the situation up and tried to figure out how to best handle it.

Ultimately I thought to myself that this motherfucker was CLEARLY crazy as shit, so I just walked by him toward the door and then he said something else--can't remember what it was--and I stopped and turned around and looked at him again. It was one of those moments where you think to yourself, "Should I push this or just let it go?"

After a few seconds, I reached for the door. He started walking, stopped, and then said, "You're my enemy for life, cracker. And don't let me catch your ass in these streets again." Then he walked away.

The situation was interesting in a few ways. For one, it was a reminder that genuinely crazy, non-rational people exist in the world. For another, it also brought a newfound awareness to my mind that self-defense situations really can happen, because I thought that one was REAL close. And it also causes you to wonder what sort of approach you would take in such a situation.

[SPX]

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[Svino]

Nobody has to deal with you until after the police enter they're lives. Therefore you =/= bacon.

Oh, I figured you were saying that he (as a practitioner of bjj) was already gay and therefore most of the way towards being a cop.

[Vandelay]

Serious, your actual speeding ticket is 55 dollars. My last speeding ticket like 3 or 4 years ago was like 400 dollars.

the total of the ticket is 225 i believe. the actual speeding violation is only 55.

[SPX]

Let me also add this. . .

[SPX]

BOL. I saw that shit the other day.

[Ludo]

I'll be the first to agree that most TMA guys can't fight for shit. But there's always going to be that small component of guys who are really serious and who "get" their art and are actually pretty bad ass. For instance, I think those guys in that Shotokan vid I posted the other day could probably fuck a lot of dudes up.

[SPX]

I don't have any problem whatsoever if someone wants to train shoto Ryu Aikido or whatever. None. I train for fun, not self defense. And it would be hypocritical to mock their overall ability and lack of sparring skill, while ignoring the fact that we don't train with strikes. If they enjoy what they are doing, they should keep doing it.

I agree.

It's a big thing for muay Thai guys to rag on any striking art that's not MT, saying that other styles' sparring rules are not as realistic, that other styles are not full contact, that other styles, use too much padding, etc.

But not everyone who does martial arts is doing it to be a professional fighter. A lot of people are just doing it for fun, or doing it because they appreciate the sporting side of it. I talked to a TKD guy the other day on Sherdog who isn't interested in doing MMA. Olympic TKD is his thing and that's all he wants to do.

It just irks me when TMA guys try to act like they are deadly killers.

I'll be the first to agree that most TMA guys can't fight for shit. But there's always going to be that small component of guys who are really serious and who "get" their art and are actually pretty bad ass. For instance, I think those guys in that Shotokan vid I posted the other day could probably fuck a lot of dudes up.

I think this post illustrates the situation pretty well. Just substitute Kung Fu with something else.

http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?100187-Not-effective&p=1447845#post1447845

[Ludo]

One of my favorite things in the whole wide world is when someone walks into the academy with a bb in JJJ or some other entertaining TMA. There was a fat ninja guy once that kept wearing his BB for weeks. They all stop coming after a couple weeks though, all of them. Most never return after one day.

That probably makes me a douche, but what are you going to do.

Your a lawyer and a douche? You don't say.

[MMA_scientist]

One of my favorite things in the whole wide world is when someone walks into the academy with a bb in JJJ or some other entertaining TMA. There was a fat ninja guy once that kept wearing his BB for weeks. They all stop coming after a couple weeks though, all of them. Most never return after one day.

That probably makes me a douche, but what are you going to do.

I don't have any problem whatsoever if someone wants to train shoto Ryu Aikido or whatever. None. I train for fun, not self defense. And it would be hypocritical to mock their overall ability and lack of sparring skill, while ignoring the fact that we don't train with strikes. If they enjoy what they are doing, they should keep doing it. It just irks me when TMA guys try to act like they are deadly killers.

[SPX]

That whole forum is hilarious. It's still 1993 in there.

I can't back you up though... he is just going to change his argument when presented with reality. Was worth reading though, thanks.

BOL.

Some people are still old school traditionalists, but there are a lot who are not and who know what's up.