MMA BS: Not MABs worthy but worth a mention.

**TheBullshid0zer** · Posted On: 3/04/2007 12:52am

Originally Posted by MEGA-JESUS CHAN

Why is it that if you train in anything you're automatically an "MMA fighter." Really what the **** does that mean anyway? In the 80's if you trained in anything whether be it boxing, kickboxing, judo, etc. you were a karate guy. 90's was kung fu guy. Now it's "MMA fighter." I take offense to someone calling me an MMA fighter. I don't think they even know what MMA stands for. And I really just hate acronyms too. Am I the only one annoyed by this?

You loathe acronyms yet have TKD in your style field instead of typing TaeKwonDo? :D Hehe.

People that are not involved in any martial art cannot be expected to undestand the differene between a right hook and a chi blast :) , I for one dont even talk about training with people I dont know well...
reallife story:

Guy: What do you train in?
Me: Kickboxing.
Guy: Ki - bo - xing? Is that something Chinese?

I cried...

**Cormoran** · Posted On: 3/04/2007 1:50am

Hell, you see posers even in MMA gyms. Those guys that have 2 lessons under their belt, and for the third lesson wear sprawl shorts or Windy thai shorts, a gracie barra rash guard, wrestling shoes, Windy Thai gloves and Quano MMA gloves.

How does purchasing equipment make one a poser? do you train in the nude or something?

**Torakaka** · Posted On: 3/04/2007 2:54am

Originally Posted by TheBullshid0zer

You loathe acronyms yet have TKD in your style field instead of typing TaeKwonDo? :D Hehe.

People that are not involved in any martial art cannot be expected to undestand the differene between a right hook and a chi blast :) , I for one dont even talk about training with people I dont know well...
reallife story:

Guy: What do you train in?
Me: Kickboxing.
Guy: Ki - bo - xing? Is that something Chinese?

I cried...

What I hate is when I tell people I'm a kickboxer and people will respond "oh yeah, my wife does kickboxing".

**Dr. Sleepless** · Posted On: 3/04/2007 3:51am

Originally Posted by Cormoran

How does purchasing equipment make one a poser? do you train in the nude or something?

LOL. You missed it.

**Kokujin** · Posted On: 3/04/2007 10:31am

Originally Posted by Kidspatula

What I hate is when I tell people I'm a kickboxer and people will respond "oh yeah, my wife does kickboxing".

Try saying bjj and have people looking at you going like "what"? Then trying to pull a visualization on them by asking if they ever saw mma or "vale tudo"...not the same of course, but some of the techniques they pull on the ground are the same.
"So that means you punch and soccer kick people around, right? Too brutal!"
"NOOOO, NOT THE SAME! You wear gi's and you fight on the ground...most of the times!"

Then you give up and just ask..."do you know judo? It's a brazilian distant cousin"

My post is totally retarted and filled with sillyness but try talking about martial asrts with regular joes.

**Blue Negation** · Posted On: 3/04/2007 10:51am

dumbass:"You train in something right?"
me:"Yeah, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu"
d "Brazilian what? Brazil has martial arts?"
m "Um. Yeah."
d "So do you like do that 'kiaaa' kicks and punches?"
m "NO, that's karate or taekwondo or stupid **** like that" (I really say this)
d "well what do you do then?"
m "*sigh* well.. you know the UFC, Pride, stuff like that?"
d "You're a cage fighter? *snicker*"
m "No, dumbass, I train in the grappling part of those fights - armbars, takedowns, stuff like that."
d "You do that gay grappling ****?"
m *DLT to mounted triangle*

**Axelton** · Posted On: 3/04/2007 10:54am

Originally Posted by Blue Negation

dumbass:"You train in something right?"
me:"Yeah, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu"
d "Brazilian what? Brazil has martial arts?"
m "Um. Yeah."
d "So do you like do that 'kiaaa' kicks and punches?"
m "NO, that's karate or taekwondo or stupid **** like that" (I really say this)
d "well what do you do then?"
m "*sigh* well.. you know the UFC, Pride, stuff like that?"
d "You're a cage fighter? *snicker*"
m "No, dumbass, I train in the grappling part of those fights - armbars, takedowns, stuff like that."
d "You do that gay grappling ****?"
m *DLT to mounted triangle*

I feel for you man.

**blindfury** · Posted On: 3/04/2007 11:15am

I get " Dude, you can do all those break dancing moves and kicks and stuff?"

" No, that is capoiera"

and then the rest of that conversation

**Emevas** · Posted On: 3/04/2007 11:56am

Originally Posted by Cormoran

How does purchasing equipment make one a poser? do you train in the nude or something?

There's a difference between "purchasing equipment", and purchasing the entire section of "From TUF 5" off of combat sports when you don't even know how to stand properly.

**Liffguard** · Posted On: 3/04/2007 12:03pm

I just say I'm a wrestler. Not strictly accurate but its close enough and a term that most people are familiiar with. Unfortunately, sometimes I have to clarify that no, I don't mean WWE.