I know a lot of you guys have seen this, but in case you haven't...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvLOncMKDYc
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I know a lot of you guys have seen this, but in case you haven't...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvLOncMKDYc
Bwahahaha. Maybe he needs to go to Mcdonalds for them apple pies lol
Nope....never saw it, but it is funny as hell. I get that guy in at least twice a month. Gives me a headache.. good post :)
We also have this conversation a lot when his debit card comes back rejected too. (but he still wears the t-shirt and shows off the bumper sticker )
i 'll say here what i said on fb , there are alot of these guys out there that don't want to pay for anything they want stuff free.
then you have the grasshopper mentality , they will jump school to school not planning to join just to get some free technigues
lol, truth.
People like that piss me off in all walks of life. They want something for nothing; they don't want to work for anything or sacrifice anything. They just want what they want and want it handed to them. "Hmmm... isn't there a button on the remote that will go get that for me?" How do you value anything if you work for nothing? If something isn't earned it isn't valued. Diamonds are expensive and precious because they are rare and hard to get. If they fell from the sky, people would be pissed every time there was a diamond storm and they had to shovel that shit out of the driveway. I've sacrificed a LOT to ensure I can pay my gym fees, I drive a long fucking way back and forth to the gym, I frequently go to class after having worked a 12 hour shift in an ICU, I've been in the hospital twice since I started training (Crohn's, not injuries), I just busted my ass for five weeks to get ready for a tournament and got my ass handed to me twice in quick succession. You know what? Monday morning, 9:00am I'm going to be back in the gym on the mats getting ready for the next one. So fuck people like this who won't work for what they want.
What am I saying... I'm preaching to the choir. If you're reading this, chances are you've made some serious sacrifices for jiu jitsu. If your belt is anything other than white I know FOR SURE you have worked, sweated, sacrificed and bled for it. *sigh* Sorry. It just makes me wanna go beat up a fat guy in a TapouT shirt...
Cheers for that vid. Never seen it before. lol typical tapout crew
I agree with you entirely, its funny and pisses me off alot when me and the team go to hooters for the fight and you see all these drunk idiots, wannabe's, redneck's, gangsta's, highschool ego kid's and tools that think just because they buy affliction, XC, or tap out shirts, play a damn videogame, and watch UFC, WEC, or pride. THEY THINK THEY'RE A BAD ASS OR FIGHTER!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Hyatt
WTF? are you serious, i've got 9-12 year old in our kids class that know more about ground fighting than these tool's, just about every one of those idiots only knows how to punch (most likely incorrectly), do a headlock, or guillotine.
seriously dont know where these tool's get off...
Hahaha i can't remember how many dudes have walked in like that!
just watched it again
i unfortunatly used to be that guy and im not proud of it and am actually pretty upset with myself for it until i tried it on john down in 10th planet phoenix and was like damn i gotta get a job now i pay 100 bucks a month for bjj and since its far i cant go alot but i pay 20 bucks everytime i go down to 10th planet phoenix so i think ive made up for it
i don't live in a city so i just do the drop in thing when i go at a judo school for 10 bucks, i wanted to go to this TKD class but it is right beside a casino so i never make it inside with any money.
I hear you. The local hooters has that and our local KOTC and local MMA cards. Guys looking all hard with the tapout and Affliction T-shirts. Not even thinking about training. Lying to the chicks telling them they "train UFC"Quote:
Originally Posted by Shannon
I always laugh hard when people say they train UFC... I heard a good story at the local BWWs when I watched the fight the other day, some guy wearing a Tapout shirt five sizes too small and telling this girl he has trained with Matt Hughes, and that he might be fighting in a card coming up pretty soon, because Matt Hughes thought he has "it". I didnt bother to ask wtf he was talking about, but he was sitting close to me so I heard all his comments all night about every fight, and it was apparent this was just another guy who watches fights and literally knows nothing about it. Still, makes me laugh to hear people say that shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaiderFunk
lol seriously think you should of called him on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nate Hollyfield
guys like that i seriously wanna offer them a grappling moment. just offer them full mount and tell them all they have to do is stay in mount for 30seconds. just to shut them up. its people like this that are making this sport seem like a joke.
lol wish there was a way to seperate the dedicated from the fake tool's
i find that 90% of ppl who were tapout affliction etc are the wannabes
^^^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Acherbo
+1 i second that. :P would like to make a motion that actual practitioners should maybe have some type of logo/card that only WE have.
seperate the dedicated and true form the douche bag posers.
hahaha this is a great video, its so funny because ive been a ufc fan for about 3 years and been doing bjj for about a year and half (on and off) and i dont have any tapout, american fighter, etc. shirts but have friends who walk around with the tapout shirts and the fighter "walk out shirts" and never seen the fighter fight. It's come to the point that anyone who has an urge to throw a punch feels they belong in a cage.
This would be why I wear cardigans. You can't ever look tough in a cardigan.
and I punch like a girl, and am proud of it.
I wear shirts where I train to represent at the local cards...lol...I gotta admit..dudes do move out of the way. I guess that's why guys wear them, but still. The other portion are the guys who take a class or two on drop ins and start repping all of the gear. I heard some guy complaining about it in line. Saying the dude only shows up because he wants to say he trains, but he doesn't really participate in the class.
I'm like, but those guys exist in everything. Far as you know the guy is just there to get away from his wife 2 or 3 nights a week.
Here in Belgium there is something to seperate the dedicted from the posers:
The Martial Arts/Combat Sports Passport!
A small booklet the size of a passport that every federation has, the first page
has your name, some other info, your picture and your federal Registration Number (which
is unique and also stands on your ID and your drivers license).
Inside the booklet there's a copy of your sport insurance, a copy of a docter's approval
document for training and competition and your ranks are written in with date and seal and
the competitions, seminars, etc...
No MACS Passport, no training and no competition.
(offcourse you still get a nice degree with fancy letters and logos to put on your wall =^) )
I've got one with
- the BKBM²A (Belgian Kickboxing, Muay Thai and MMA Association) for my Muay Thai and MMA
- the VVA (Flemish Fightsport Association) for my Taekwondo, Hapkido and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- the FAdLBFS (Amateur Federation of La Boxe Française-Savate) for my La Boxe Française-Savate
- the VJF (Flemish Judo Federation) for my Judo
dunno about anyone else, but i think thats pretty cool. like a journal/ rap sheet for everything you've done martial arts wise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zendokan
that is pretty interesting. I cant imagine how difficult it would be to get something like that set up here in the states.
It sounds like HEAVY government regulation, a tracking chip is next........Quote:
Originally Posted by Shannon
Well the government (in agreement with the federations) controls the standards for ranking and instructor certificates, so that's the government "control".Quote:
Originally Posted by stlnl
But since the government subsidises the insurance companies AND the sportfederations (which subsidises the individual sportclubs) I can say that prices are here cheap:
- BJJ (+open mat times) = 300€/year (upto 4times a week + 2times open mat) + 50€ insurance/year
- Judo = 94€/year (upto 3times a week) + 36€ insurance/year
- Muay Thai + MMA = 110€/20times + 60€ insurance/year
- Savate = 6€/a time + 36€ insurance/year
Not really prices to get bankrupt with + the insurance covers everything (full hospital, full home medical, "bring at home" meals and full weigher during your sick leave if it's not possible to go to work).
So some government 'control' isn't so bad, since here it is impossible to slap yourself a black belt on without the right qualifications and start your club. Also I like the Belgian government since here the use of marihuana is legal!
Sooooo,what is that in dollars????
1 euro is 1.3 dollars
I am moving to fucking Belgium. Gotta learn French I suppose... How do you say "crackhead", "zombie", and "Dude! Quit bogarting the bong!" in French?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zendokan
SUBMISSIONS 101 yeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhQuote:
Originally Posted by Ari Bolden
I'm from the north part where the language is Flemish (Dutch dialect), but you can use "crackhead", "zombie" and "Dude! Quit bogarting the bong!" since 90% of the Flemish speak Dutch, French and English.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Hyatt
"Dude! Quit bogarting the bong!" = Mec! passe le bong maintenant! (Dude, pass the bong right now!)
Sadly, here in the US, people like Cecil peoples would be the guys with government certification. If you have qualified folks making the call, more power to you, doesnt seem to work that way here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zendokan
It's not that there are Jiu Jitsueros in the government or that it's the government that provides the certifications.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlnl
The top of a Combat Sport/Martial Arts Federation does a write-up of the requirements for each rank (colored belts and all the black belts ranks).
This will be given to the Ministry that is responsable for sport education (and ant-steroids control, sport subsidises, etc...), they overlook this paper and also let some sport MDs and psychologist look at it, that's to prevent injury prown testing (example: swinging with a real katana at unarmed fellow students or (heavy) humiliating bonding crap, etc...).
Once this is approved, this becomes the standard for each club connected to that federation and only at the Black Belt (or higher) tests their will be a representative of the government overviewing that each member get the same difficulty level of exam. This is to prevent favortism between clubs or between individuals.
Offcourse with BJJ there's (mostly) no real exam, but the government knows that the BJJ community is self regulating. If some instructor gives his belts too easy, his students will get masacred in competition.
When a federation wants to change their requirements for ranks, they do again a write-up and it gets tested again...and so one, so one.