What brought you to Bullshido?

[Pandinha]

I googled my art and found a review here listing everything wrong with it, everything missing, every reason why I should switch to one of the "lofty 3" on here (bjj, mt, mma). Instead of listening to the masses I decided to try something different: I encouraged my sifu to remedy some of these problems and now I love my art more than ever.

Mission accomplished.

[EmperorCesar]

I think online message boards is a good way to stay in touch with whatever subject the boards are related to. So when I started MA (first in a Bullshido krotty place) I searched "Martial Arts forums" on google and MAP came up. I was on there for a few weeks and I discovered a thread about this evil, vile place called Bullshido. After I checked this place out, I moved over and never looked back.

[Lane]

I came to learn the secrets of how stupid Frank Dux was, and stayed for the love.

Plus, it cured me of ninja cancer.

[ronaldk]

i was on MAP, looking for other people who did TKD to discuss stuff with them. i'll admit i still had a slightly different view of martial arts initially when i started lurking there, but whatever.

they did strike me as overly polite, and the forums tended to revolve around "cool flying kick pictures" more than anything else. then i discovered they all sucked. it dawned on me when i did this post, which them became featured here on bullshido, during the TKD sucks month:

Now, in most styles, the revelation that EVERYONE sucks would make one MORE upset. But hey, this is TKD we're talking about.

i had seen the horrendous video, and posted it. to my surprise, everyone went out saying on how "i could not criticize them for something posted on the internet, unless i posted something myself", and that it was just bad manners to speak badly of others skill.

a) even if i sucked, it doesn't take away that they suck as well.
b) fuck you, they suck, and i'm free to say it, whether or not you like it.

so i decided to take a look on the "meanies at bullshido" they kept mentioning. and here i am.

you guys are funnier anyways.

[MEGA JESUS-SAMA]

Most TKD schools look like this. Don't be so upset!

[blackirish]

Most TKD is on par with minimall aerobics.

[Asriel]

I came on here as a distraction from work and lurked for ages, reading about Ashida Kim etc and having a good laugh.

By the time I registered, I no longer thought my takedown defence of a knee to the face or an elbow to the back of the neck was as reliable as I was told.

[jkdbuck76]

I think that I googled "kuk sool won sucks" and it popped up bullshido.net

I love it here.

[NDNgirl4ever51]

I found this site while reading articles on how to avoid McDojos. They said this site was good at fraud busting, so I decided to check it out and I stayed.

[Sith_Lord]

I was just looking for a MA forum while I was studying Aikido, and I found out the truth and re-evaluated my MA studies, and now I know the error of my ways and I have moved onto Judo and Muay Thai.

[Virus]

I can't remember how I found about the site, but I loved it and agreed with the general anti-fraud philosophy, as I have always been a skeptic and lurker and admirer of the work of groups like the JREF. There was the training methods thing; I was doing t3h ninj3r at the time and initially I didn't have the guts to come and defend the rubbish I used to believe in, basically because the logic of sparring and active resistance was impeccable.

This site encouraged me to seek out some sparring, which led me to seek out shooto and BJJ, which led me to conclude that ninjerism sucks which led me to where I am now.

[PizDoff]

I think online message boards is a good way to stay in touch with whatever subject the boards are related to. So when I started MA (first in a Bullshido krotty place) I searched "Martial Arts forums" on google and MAP came up. I was on there for a few weeks and I discovered a thread about this evil, vile place called Bullshido. After I checked this place out, I moved over and never looked back.

What are some of the main points and differences that caused you to come over?

I heard one of my teachers mention a video he saw posted here and he said it was a good site.

(And Repulsive Monkey said it was a great place to meet girls.)

Who? Wu Style?
If I didn't have to travel 75 minutes by TTC I'd come visit sometime.

[Lujke]

I was thinking about taking up MA again, after four years' out from training. I was interested in Systema, as I'd had some good experiences with it before and didn't want to go back to what I was doing previously. Up popped a number of threads here.

Stayed to read some investigations, and the Ashida Kim and Frank Dux sagas, laughed a lot and registered.

[Metafour]

I was friends with Osiris on another message board and he directed me over here because I shared an interest in Martial Arts.

[riddlekon]

Got tired of reading the drivel of the mapers