I did what I promised myself I'd never do....

[Kouch]

my favorite are the guys who wear every bit of tapout gear they can fit on themselves. then brag about there fights theyve had.

tapoutdouche-so where do you train at?

me-this and this place. where do YOU train at?

tapoutdouche-well i got a punchin bag in the garage. and me and some buddies fight down in the basement....

me-goddamn youre hard. punchin couch pillows and all that tapout gear!

thats indiana.

[yli]

You train in Wing Chun, which is somewhat less alive and practical than some TapouT kids fighting each other in the basement.

[Son of Thunder]

I have one Tapout shirt, but that was because I was an extra in one of the worst MA movies ever and that's what we got instead of money (that and lunch). Hey, I had fun and got to see Rashad Evans and Keith Jardine. I look like a poser, but danged if it isn't one of the most comfortable shirts I've ever owned.

[tao.jonez]

I have one Tapout shirt, but that was because I was an extra in one of the worst MA movies ever and that's what we got instead of money (that and lunch). Hey, I had fun and got to see Rashad Evans and Keith Jardine. I look like a poser, but danged if it isn't one of the most comfortable shirts I've ever owned.

1 - you earned the shirt, so it's legit. Not that you fight, but it was payment for doing work.

2 -Your style field says Bartitsu. Monocle + TapouT shirt is deadly.

[syberia]

I have one Tapout shirt, but that was because I was an extra in one of the worst MA movies ever and that's what we got instead of money (that and lunch). Hey, I had fun and got to see Rashad Evans and Keith Jardine. I look like a poser, but danged if it isn't one of the most comfortable shirts I've ever owned.

Screenshots.

[Nefron]

I thought this thread is about rimjobs.

[crappler]

"There's guys at my gym who wear tap out stuff. Some of them can kick my ass so I allow it."

This is the bullshido standard. I only stand up to people I can beat up. Most of the time.

[Mr.Miyagi]

I wore a TapouT shirt to twilight, and it didn't help.

[syberia]

This is the bullshido standard. I only stand up to people I can beat up. Most of the time.

That's not what I meant.

[Aikironin21]

Sheeit, at least you're lucky enough with the option of training in what you want to train in. I'm in TKD/HKD country....trying to find what I want out here is like finding a needle in a Korean haystack.

You sound like my brother-in-law stationed in Minot North Dakota. Sadly he just shipped out to South Korea.

[SARS_Attacks]

Do you actually own any TapouT gear for training? Shinguards, rashie, anything?

Negative, Ghost Rider.....the only TapouT apparel I own are the shorts. The training gear I do have are as follows: Windy MMA gloves(for when I WAS training in MMA), some TKO bag gloves('cause the ones at the on post gym suck), Everlast gel hand wraps, and Mir weighted hand wraps.

[SARS_Attacks]

You sound like my brother-in-law stationed in Minot North Dakota. Sadly he just shipped out to South Korea.

Do you know what post? If he goes to Osan or Camp Carrol....they've actually got MMA classes I think twice a week for free(and I'm pretty sure its not just MACP). Unfortunately for me, neither Osan or Carrol are close enough to MY whereabouts to warrant spending dough on a taxi ride...or riding the post to post bus.

I'm planning on checking out a near by HKD dojang that also advertises kickboxing on its window...but if my suspicions are correct, and its just a ploy to get us silly miguk into their dojang, I may just go to the boxing gym that one of my NCOs goes to. Supposedly one of the trainers(some pinoy gent) fought Pacquiao in the P.I. before he got uber famous.

[tao.jonez]

Negative, Ghost Rider.....the only TapouT apparel I own are the shorts. The training gear I do have are as follows: Windy MMA gloves(for when I WAS training in MMA), some TKO bag gloves('cause the ones at the on post gym suck), Everlast gel hand wraps, and Mir weighted hand wraps.

You have 2 options to save face:
Throw out your TapouT and get a Windy T.
Or get some TapouT shin guards or other training gear.

Otherwise I will make fun of you and we don't want that do we?

[battlefields]

You know what, I have two TapouT hats. One of them is personally signed by Randy Couture and I wear it all the time because it is a great hat. I also have a Henley hat, a straw cowboy hat, two flat brimmed Billabong caps, an Akubra and a fucking beanie, all of which can be and are worn over a bandanna, or I just wear a bandanna. The only time I ever paid more than $15 for a hat was the Akubra, which was $115 (it is an Australian Icon, I am an Australian Icon, so I was willing to pay the premium).

You wanna know what hats are used for when not being a fashion accessory? They are used to...wait for it... create a shadow on the wearers face and eyes to offer one form of protection from the sun. In Australian summers they can be a necessity.

They're clothes, for fuck sake. If they are cheap and work with your style/ practical needs, fuck any cunts opinion. If you get on the mat and rub your balls in their face while singing "Bodies Hit The Floor" wearing Chanel no 5 with a fucking My Little Pony tattoo on your neck, does it matter what they think of you? The fact that you are concerned over how you will be perceived in shorts is poserish in itself. Hell, if you do the above you might start a trend.

I'm sure I am not immune to the OP's fashion insecurities, but I realised after working for a while in a store that sells TapouT, Affliction and SilverStar that I train, I am not a poser and I will rock whatever I feel comfortable in wearing. In the past I have made fun of posers in MMA apparel. I established they were posers first.

Fuck the critics. Do your thing.

[gregaquaman]

I did buy a Bad Boy hoodie from best and less. Am I the cool?