Then you're doing it wrong :).

beating on 'That Guy' isn't as rewarding as you might think.That's correct. One 'That Guy,' big and aggressive got slapped purple by a small bb, it needed to be done, however we never saw him again. The bb didn't get mad, but he wouldn't 'honor' the big guy with a punch after 'That Guy' lost his temper and tried to take the bb's head off, just looked a little disgusted and sad as he blocked and slapped.

"That guy" for me is the 350 lb purple belt who is obviously devastating to roll with, yet goes all out every time (even when I was a white belt), who is also a white crane kung fu black belt who thinks that makes him deadly, and warms up doing kung fu forms before class. Sad part is he has so much weight and BJJ skills that he'll probly never learn his white crane is total ****. He also smells. Bad.

Our gym tends to get plenty of "that guys". We are one of 3 fight gyms in a university town. We have the most pro's and winning amateur fighters. We get plenty of tough guys out of the bars or from the university. For the most part after a few sessions of getting tooled by the slightly more experienced (or one of the pro's if they are getting overly violent in sparring) they tend to leave.

We did have one "that guy' that sticks out in my mind. Our gym is owned/coached by the guy who runs the biggest summer party. The security is all fighters out of our gym. While doing security they had to toss out a drunk who had become belligerent. Of the four guys who threw him out 3 were larger amateur fighters and a much smaller (and a feminine) top pro. The guy proceeded to point at the three larger guys and say "I wouldn't F with you" and then pointed to our smaller pro and says "I would f with you."

Fast forward three months. This same gentleman shows up to one of our beginner technique/light sparring classes. None of the gentlemen who threw him out were present (but the instructor was around/saw what happened). Our gym has an open policy to forgive people for past discretions around town if they are humble about it. Therefore, he was allowed to stay and learn.

After being shown a simple jab, right cross, inside leg kick, rear leg kick (to your opponents rear leg) he started to correct both the instructor and his drill partner. His corrections were horrible, he literally insisted that you almost "hop" on your leg kicks, not spin on the balls of your feet. He corrected the straight right by saying your feet should not move (and therefore keep your hips stationary).

After being told to shut up a few times he stops. We move to light sparring. As I was the most experienced outside of the instructor (who was recovering from a rib injury), I am paired with him first. We are told to go light (technique light). Less than 30 seconds into round he starts throwing bombs. After a few slips and shots to the body he slows down a bit. After our round he told everyone to "go slow" because "he was winded". He would pull the same thing he would with me. However, some of our newer guys were getting beat up pretty bad. Again, his ass was chewed.

Fast Forward (again) to the next night. This night was straight grappling from our knees. He continues to try and give people advice (what a surprise that he advocated rubber guard....even for short legged guys without flexibility). He proceeds to get tapped by even our newest guys by really basic techniques.

Final fast forward. The class is is being taught by our smaller pro that this gentlemen said "he would F with". As soon as this guy shows up, the pro asks him if he remembers saying this. He indicates that he did. The pro asks him if he is ready to "f with him." He is. The pro proceeds to beat the living hell out of this cocky jackass. They went for one 5 minute rounds. The guy made it 1 minute before he was on his knees. The pro continued to pepper him while on one knee (not hard).

After the round, the pro pleasently told him that he could stick around and learn BUT he had to shut up and learn. The guy told him that he had plenty to teach. He REFUSED to just shut up and learn. He even indicated that the pro could learn some things from.

Unbelievable.

Sheesh. Sometimes you can't fix stupid. I've told the story before where my mom beat it out of "that guy" in class. But your guy, Bigskymma, your guy takes the cake, ate it, and told Chef Ramsey he used too much flour.

revenge in this form will never feed you till your not hungry anymore. Meaning the feeling of frustration won't go away. 2 guys beat up a friend of me and his girlfriend one time way back. I tracked them down beat them up the same night. It didn't make it better in anyway.

im not trying to be clever, im really misasing something.
so 'that guy' radomly asks someone to pay for his food?
why?
just outta nothing?
or is it an american thing or something cos its phrased as that he said: ' i guess you're treating me then'.
where does the i guess part come from?
It's like when you and I walk into a bar together and we see a hot chick in a pink Hello Kitty shirt and her fat friend wearing a yellow ensemble and I turn to you and say, "Yours sure makes a nice looking lemon"

Sheesh. Sometimes you can't fix stupid. I've told the story before where my mom beat it out of "that guy" in class. But your guy, Bigskymma, your guy takes the cake, ate it, and told Chef Ramsey he used too much flour.

Good analogy. He was by far the worst that we have ever seen (in my time there, some of the guys who have been around have even better one) since I joined the team.

Though not a "that guy" scenario we get some pretty epic stuff when setting up fights. Our coach/gym owner is part owner of a local fight promotion. Therefore, we get some guys coming into the gym telling him that they want a fight on the next card. The coach will ask how much experience they have/what they train in. We have had people tell us everything from BJJ purple belts (that get tapped out by simple setups) up to 5-1 amateur fighters (who only performed some odd jump attack without punching or kicking). For the most part if it sounds too good to be true our coach will offer them some free training either before the fight and always AFTER the fight (usually a free week/month/etc).

To this date (for me) only one person took him up on this after the fight. the guy took a nasty beating at the fight and showed up the next monday. He made it to one class and never came back. This same guy claimed to have trained for 2 years in boxing, wrestled in High School, and was military champ in boxing. he got beat up at the beginner class by guys with less than 3 months of study.

When I beat my "that guy" up, I found it quite satisfying actually.

Hmmmm....I have not met 'that guy'. Although while I was Boxing this guy I seen HAD to be on drugs. he was a dude wearing the most TIGHEST pants ever, tighter then a singlet, singing Rick roll. that just kinda confused me. but I try not to judge people.

But I never really met "that guy" I met "that girl" but it wasn't that bad :)

It's like when you and I walk into a bar together and we see a hot chick in a pink Hello Kitty shirt and her fat friend wearing a yellow ensemble and I turn to you and say, "Yours sure makes a nice looking lemon"

AAAhhh!
Got it.
I hate that.

it is a reality that women due to their inherent physical inferiority to men are more susceptible to being abused or bullied

Where are annatrocity and kid spatula when you need them.

Seriously your differentiation of men and woman is just kind of stupid. Not all woman are weak and inferior.

If we get some new guy in and he is too rough on anyone (male or female) we just explain the situation to him and if he does it again we put him with one of the experienced guys who tortures him a little then we explain how while he is being tortured and getting nothing he cant learn anything and could potentially get injured and that that is what he is doing to other people. If he cant get that he can leave.

In Ireland, everyone is 'that guy', i mean, how do you prevent people from showing up in class drunk?*


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Where are Anna Kovacs and kid spatula when you need them.

Seriously your differentiation of men and woman is just kind of stupid. Not all woman are weak and inferior.

The vast majority of women are physically inferior to men. You can pick out a few examples of highly trained or genetically exceptional individuals but they do not women a super race make.

Sheesh. Sometimes you can't fix stupid. I've told the story before where my mom beat it out of "that guy" in class. But your guy, Bigskymma, your guy takes the cake, ate it, and told Chef Ramsey he used too much flour. If you'd stop using that annoying font I'd ask you to post it again, as I missed it, as probably did 98% of BS, being that there's a ton of threads.

In Ireland, everyone is 'that guy', i mean, how do you prevent people from showing up in class drunk?*


* this message is brought to you with funding from the european committee of cultural stereotyping and bias.

The ****? You're gliding towards a hiding my friend.