As of late I have been looking at things that have little or nothing to do with fighting and seeing it as something to do with fighting (of some sort) until my brain kicks in and tells me it's not. A few examples:

Tonight I saw two friends lying on the couch, one layed their feet across the other (who was facing them) and just for a split second I saw an oppertunity for a triangle.

While channel surfing I thought I saw this woman pull gaurd from a standing posistion on this guy. It turned out to be a sex scene (no nudity). I felt so dumb...and in the spirit of teenaged males everywhere watched for a minute or two.

When hugging relatives at some holiday gathering, at some point I felt that I was in a good posistion for a takedown. Ah yes, the warm holiday feeling of "I could totally GnP my uncle right now". Not quite that bad, more like "I could get a takedown now if I really wanted, but why?"

When reading about the Republican National Convention I couldn't have been the only one who first saw RNC as Rear Naked Choke...

Not that it's affecting my life in any dramitic way, but it's funny to me in retrospect and akward as it's happening. Anyone else get a block of time where every situation some how turns into something MA related or is it just me being a bit of a nutjob?

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I know what you mean, the RNC threw me for a loop the first time I saw it scroll across the screen on MSNBC and Fox; I was like "What, someone got choked out in New York, why is this on the news?"

I sometimes have flash thoughts like that too while I'm just hanging out or with family.... kinda makes me feel like an idiot for it; these people are my friends and family, I shouldn't be thinking "wow, I could so totally duck under, suplex, and kimura this person in between the couch and the lvoe seat.....

We're sick and we need help.

See, I haven't had any grappling training yet, so for me it's "man, I could totally kick my sister in the face right now"

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See, I haven't had any grappling training yet, so for me it's "man, I could totally kick my sister in the face right now"

I have some of both, but it really tends to go towards grappling unless I really dislike the person I'm around. In which case I would say it leans towards striking. I really couldn't say why. Maybe that except for joint locks (which I do ocassionally find myself contemplating) grappling seems more friendly in general. Gaining positional dominanace, or choking some one out just seems nicer than punching some one in the nose.

I saw on the news about the UCF, and mis-read it UFC, and actually unmuted the news.

I'll pick up a knife to cut celery or something and do a template...

Grappling for the people I love, striking and submitting for the people I hate.

Anyone else get a block of time where every situation some how turns into something MA related or is it just me being a bit of a nutjob?
It's what we've made ourselves into.

Just a couple hours ago, my 11 yr old son decided to "scare" me by hiding around the corner and jumping out with a squeak-toy in my face.

I instinctively knocked the thing out of his hand and in the same instant of recognizing that it was just him, fantasized about a "finishing" move to the throat even though he was my own defenseless flesh and blood.

I keep a razor sharp katana next to my bed and I let him know in no uncertan terms that if he decided to "scare" me in the middle of the night it may well be his last prank.

Anyone get the urge to pass-check or throw someone when they stick out their hand for a handshake?

Carefull you're getting into ninja teritory here, some taijitsu schools teach wristlocks defences against the dreaded handshake attack.

No I dont know why.

Carefull you're getting into ninja teritory here, some taijitsu schools teach wristlocks defences against the dreaded handshake attack.

No I dont know why.

I'd get just as jumpy as the Samurai if someone from another country came here and wanted to play with my hand...

Thank god, I thought I was the only one. Sometimes I'm walking along the street and I see some old lady or something and I think, Holy **** I could TOTALLY bend her in half if I kicked her in the head and I could probably kill her.
And every time I see guys on the street I have this habit of sizing them and thinking, I could totally kill him if I wanted to. AND THEN I see little children and I really get started, I'm like, man if that kid comes any closer to me I'm just going to knee him in the face, and he'll fall over and hit his head on the pavement and he'll start crying and he'll be bleeding from the mouth and it'll be really ugly. And then his parents will be like, what the **** why'd you hit my kid, and I'd be like **** you bitch and I'll lay the smack down on the parents too.. and then I see midgets and.. uh.. I'll stop now.

It's what we've made ourselves into.

I keep a razor sharp katana next to my bed

I hope not.

This topic hits me in watching movies on tv. As the bad guy does his thing I'm bothering my family saying, "Too bad she didn't get a black belt, stupid girl, look how open he is to an elbow... blah blah."

Yeah....

I am impossble to watch movies with now. I'm always yelling things like "keep your damn hands up, asshole!" and other helpful advice.

Plus whenever I meet someone new I always try to analyze how I would take them out if I had to. It's kind of sad, the guy is probably thinking "Wow, he's looking at me kinda funny..." and I am thinking: "Jab, body hook, Single leg, juji gatame, done! DIe muthafukkaaah!"

I am not OK.

God, we're all complete assholes.

Because of the stuff we're talking about I once critiqued the fight scene in Bus Stop for my family. My dad reminded me that Bus Stop isn't about Collegiate Wrestling vs. Cowboy Brawling.