Are "U" ready for the next Bullshido throwdown? (bring Kingdom Hearts AMVs)

[Squerlli]

yes throwdowns should all be bald unemployed pro fighters suplexing each other headfirst into concrete and then not chillin out afterwards with a brew and some bros harvesting rich yields of regional poontang yes yes this has been our talking point all along yes this is exactly the message we're trying to conveyjesus i don't care anymore i just don't care anymore

Aww don't be sad boyd. We still love you.

[Ke?poFist]

Barring me suddenly developing autism or OCD, no.

I have a friend in Austin. If I ever show up there can there be a TD (and parade....a parade with hot bitches...) in my honor?

[Hedgehogey]

Barring me suddenly developing autism or OCD, no.

[Ke?poFist]

Are you asking if i'm going to travel from Austin Texas to New York to spar with people from the internet?

When you put it that way.... yes

[Boyd]

Thread won.

Also, if you go to throwdowns for more then just friendly sparring and a chance to chill with the bullies you're fucking retarded. I'm not going to go to a TD, a fucking Mega no less, and gong-sau everyone with in a 100 feet of me. That would be fucking stupid. If you want a MMA match, just ask at the TD or before hand. If you're not to sure about MA and just want to learn diffrent things from some of the more experienced bullies there's nothing wrong with that.

And don't fucking make a TD out to be like a pro fight event, it's just for bullshido members to have fun, you're taking this shit way to seriously. Come on, just look at me, I'm the fucking resident submission dummy and punching bag at EVERY NYC TD because I suck. Does that mean I shouldn't go anymore?

yes throwdowns should all be bald unemployed pro fighters suplexing each other headfirst into concrete and then not chillin out afterwards with a brew and some bros harvesting rich yields of regional poontang yes yes this has been our talking point all along yes this is exactly the message we're trying to conveyjesus i don't care anymore i just don't care anymore

[Squerlli]

Are you asking if i'm going to travel from Austin Texas to New York to spar with people from the internet?

Hey, this is serious buisness.

[Hedgehogey]

Are you asking if i'm going to travel from Austin Texas to New York to spar with people from the internet?

[Ke?poFist]

This thread is a perfect plug opportunity
http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=68451

Comin' Hedge?

[Squerlli]

Lead by example.

I showed up to a throwdown and BSD crushed me with zero effort because I wasn't taught a goddamn useful thing at my school.

I switched to a real school. I returned to a later throwdown to sow discord and kill the unwary. It's a beautiful cycle.

Thread won.

Also, if you go to throwdowns for more then just friendly sparring and a chance to chill with the bullies you're fucking retarded. I'm not going to go to a TD, a fucking Mega no less, and gong-sau everyone with in a 100 feet of me. That would be fucking stupid. If you want a MMA match, just ask at the TD or before hand. If you're not to sure about MA and just want to learn diffrent things from some of the more experienced bullies there's nothing wrong with that.

And don't fucking make a TD out to be like a pro fight event, it's just for bullshido members to have fun, you're taking this shit way to seriously. Come on, just look at me, I'm the fucking resident submission dummy and punching bag at EVERY NYC TD because I suck. Does that mean I shouldn't go anymore?

[Tenebrous]

So with all that said, let's talk dettente. The obvious solution is for people to start training at real gyms. But is there any way we can punish blatant offenders? Perhaps with water/cricket/sand/lardboarding?

Lead by example.

I showed up to a throwdown and BSD crushed me with zero effort because I wasn't taught a goddamn useful thing at my school.

I switched to a real school. I returned to a later throwdown to sow discord and kill the unwary. It's a beautiful cycle.

[Hedgehogey]

This has been bothering me for a while.

With the horrific genocides of the Toronto and NorCal throwdowns fresh in our minds, I think it's time to broach an uncomfortable subject, that being the failure of the throwdown as a concept.

Certainly this isn't the first time this has happened. Anyone remember the MD TD where Kikkoman was completely stumped by a chunner forearm choking him in his guard? How about Blad3windu?

And it's not like i'm the first person try to make this point to you. There've been wonderful ye olde joke threads started on this very topic. People were discussing this ever since the days of crimsontiger.

But still the march of fags. In an unending race to the bottom, we get alive wing chun, soul calibur weapons sparring, people who have never sparred, kung fu vs ninjutsu submission grappling, every conceivable thing wrong with bullshido presented to us in visual form. It's the blind leading the blind into a seltzery clown fight.
And then there's the afterhours angry, sandpaper masturbation: the endless bitching over little fist.gif icons, the sudden revelations that everyone was either using only 10% of their TRUE SAIYAN POWER or was just a begginer/just doing this for fun/had never sparred before/their cat just died/had just downed some X. The tearful removal of videos because of legitimate technical criticism. The thinking we are all tuff stuff now for having tried out this aliveness thing.

And then there's a question of motivation: While a TD causes gut wrenching nervousness in, say, most karateka and a feeling that this is the litmus test of their years of standing in horse stance, for BJJers and others who do actual combat sports, every single training session is a throwdown. Scratch that, every single training session is a much more intense version of a throwdown. If we feel a real need to test ourselves, we compete.
I've been to several TDs, and even though i'm chronically late for class, most were less exhausting than an average session of BJJ.

This bears repeating: Most throwdowns are less intense than a BJJ lesson with the warmup and half the drilling skipped. I can't imagine the crushing disdain that Spatch&Anna must feel for you people.

Have there been positive experiences? Certainly. Osiris cracking open someone's guard with headbutts. Luan picking apart that silat guy. Asia shoulder ramming crimson tiger around the room. The last couple texas throwdowns have been good due to a preponderance of competent grapplers, tasty barbeque and cheap liquor. But these remain in the minority.

So with all that said, let's talk dettente. The obvious solution is for people to start training at real gyms. But is there any way we can punish blatant offenders? Perhaps with water/cricket/sand/lardboarding?