So this just happened about... oh... an hour ago.
Pretty much illustrates.. that arts that lack alive training/pressure testing/competition either
1. breed insecurity and the need to show off/prove themselves.
2. Attract the type who want to feel deadly/feel dominant without any of the hard work/humility required.
The story:
Alright.. so Im at the club. Enjoying myself a good buzz with my friends.
Feeling pretty laid back/relaxed.
Some guy comes out of nowhere, greets one of my friends with a lousy imitation of a thai clinch and some faux knees.
Im like oo someone else who trains. awesome!
I haven't been to the gym for awhile so I haven't gotten to talk MA with anyone for a spell.
so I go over and I'm like.. hey you train in thai boxing right?
and he looks at me like I just took a shit somewhere and he's smelling it.
"hell naw. I do wing chun dude. Bruce lee and Yip man fool"
and Im like really? i didnt know chun used knees or clinch that much. ( as far as I know. i thought it was mostly those weird kicks and chain punching.)
I expected him to explain or whatever but apparently he thought I was disrespecting him and he's all like dude don't fuck with me. I've trained for 15 years in wing chun.
and im like dude i wasn't trying to disrespect you or say I'm better than you. I've tried wing chun before as it was before my judo class. I just didnt know they used knees that much
then he pushes me hard and in response.. instead of slamming him with a hard osoto gari. I was actually calm and looked him in the eye and was like... dude? seriously? Im not trying to fight no one.
He came forward and tried to hit me and I stepped to the side.. and then my friends came in to intercede. I just kind of hung back. Didnt look at him because everytime I made eye contact with him, it seemed to make him want to fight. some of the girls came and they told me "he was a spaz and when he was drunk he actually tried to fight one of them (a girl) before"
I was just kind of in a state of.. not caring or disbelief. didn't feel threatened at all.. although I probably should have.
The whole concept of picking a fight over that was just.. ridiculous.. I was kind of absorbed into that until a girl caught my eye and I went to go talk to her and get shot down. :p
still, I even recognize his behaviour partially.. I used to spaz out sorta.. choking my friends when i saw them or whatever.. trying to show off.. etc. but that was when i first started training but that was back when i was 19. Before I competed. 15 years in only the chun.. yet still acting like a overly eager noob who just started.
I'd be kind of proud of myself for not losing my cool, if I could be sure that it wasn't the alcohol + add meds making me that laid back.
Anyway.
Douchebag MAers shouldn't pick a fight if they don't train alive or compete.
but if they did.. then they might not be douche's with something to prove.
Pretty much illustrates.. that arts that lack alive training/pressure testing/competition either
1. breed insecurity and the need to show off/prove themselves.
2. Attract the type who want to feel deadly/feel dominant without any of the hard work/humility required.
The story:
Alright.. so Im at the club. Enjoying myself a good buzz with my friends.
Feeling pretty laid back/relaxed.
Some guy comes out of nowhere, greets one of my friends with a lousy imitation of a thai clinch and some faux knees.
Im like oo someone else who trains. awesome!
I haven't been to the gym for awhile so I haven't gotten to talk MA with anyone for a spell.
so I go over and I'm like.. hey you train in thai boxing right?
and he looks at me like I just took a shit somewhere and he's smelling it.
"hell naw. I do wing chun dude. Bruce lee and Yip man fool"
and Im like really? i didnt know chun used knees or clinch that much. ( as far as I know. i thought it was mostly those weird kicks and chain punching.)
I expected him to explain or whatever but apparently he thought I was disrespecting him and he's all like dude don't fuck with me. I've trained for 15 years in wing chun.
and im like dude i wasn't trying to disrespect you or say I'm better than you. I've tried wing chun before as it was before my judo class. I just didnt know they used knees that much
then he pushes me hard and in response.. instead of slamming him with a hard osoto gari. I was actually calm and looked him in the eye and was like... dude? seriously? Im not trying to fight no one.
He came forward and tried to hit me and I stepped to the side.. and then my friends came in to intercede. I just kind of hung back. Didnt look at him because everytime I made eye contact with him, it seemed to make him want to fight. some of the girls came and they told me "he was a spaz and when he was drunk he actually tried to fight one of them (a girl) before"
I was just kind of in a state of.. not caring or disbelief. didn't feel threatened at all.. although I probably should have.
The whole concept of picking a fight over that was just.. ridiculous.. I was kind of absorbed into that until a girl caught my eye and I went to go talk to her and get shot down. :p
still, I even recognize his behaviour partially.. I used to spaz out sorta.. choking my friends when i saw them or whatever.. trying to show off.. etc. but that was when i first started training but that was back when i was 19. Before I competed. 15 years in only the chun.. yet still acting like a overly eager noob who just started.
I'd be kind of proud of myself for not losing my cool, if I could be sure that it wasn't the alcohol + add meds making me that laid back.
Anyway.
Douchebag MAers shouldn't pick a fight if they don't train alive or compete.
but if they did.. then they might not be douche's with something to prove.
Comment