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First off let me say that i am mexican and i live in alabama, with that being said i train at 10th planet decatur. and since i could remember there has never been more than 2 latinos at my gym at any given time. seriously im not even fucking with you once one leaves one comes in. i even started putting up flyer in spainish in mexican stores and laundry mat anywhere you can find a mexican but even that has not help. soo i need advice on getting more latinos in my gym.
It's quite opposite at my gyms man. 1/2 the guys and almost all the girls are latinos.
Boxing is so popular with the Latino community that you would think MMA would be as well.
Your in the Miami area, that's a given :p. I'm caucasians and grew up in Miami, I was the minority. I was the only white kid on my high school wresting team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enrique "Kiko"
i thought with the heavywieght champion being mexican "maybe" we might see an increase but so far no results.
IDK. BJJ is still foreign to a lot of folks in general, and hispanics tend to be a bit homophobic. Trust me, I've heard the jokes. SMH. But IDK, bring it up in barber shop conversations. Talk about how you can choke people to sleep and break arms. That should perk some possible interest. LOL. Or tell parents to put their kids in it because it's real world self defense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alberto Moya
Oh word though? Miami girls doing BJJ? I find myself tempted to move to miami suddenly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enrique "Kiko"
Give it time. It's still a relatively new sport. It hasn't really taken root in latino communities yet. When I speak to my family about it, they still look at me like I'm speaking chinese. But they do love the good fights.Quote:
Originally Posted by Will Thaxton
Does rolling with fellow latinos make your tech better? Are your other training partners not cuttin it?
The Latin Assassin making a forum appearance! Welcome, sir. You guys watch your back, or Alberto will have you in a Cuban Salad before you even know what hit you.
The 2 Latino Limit is a running joke in our gym.
I have never seen less that 17 Mexicans in a car.
Wow, and you're accounting for all latino's in your criteria. I only count Mexicans. Puerto Rican spanish is slightly different and I don't need to have an argument about which avocado (Hass versus Florida) is better every time I go to train :)
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Originally Posted by Alberto Moya
I was there and that made 3 at the seminar. Count Eddie and we coulda had a a wicked jump in lmao. I was too white in Chitown to be down with the brown but I'm only olive in Tn. I hear all the bullshit jokes "Hey Garcia, why are Mexicans like cue balls? The harder you hit em the more English they pick up! Hey is Garcia Italian?" It's funny as hell sometimes but the ignorance is remarkable bwahahaha!
But serioulsy, if you look around the mat and see a bunch of white boys, your gym is lacking athletecism.
I showed up one time, but you guys kept calling me pablo and asking if the toilet was fixed yet.
.....alberto got his hair like he likes it!!!!!
lol hispanics only think that boxing is how to fight, "stand up like a man hombre"
you're not going to find many with this mindset who are willing to pay to learn bjj...
i wouldn't know? but i have more than enough training partners i would just like to see some more colors on the mat you know?Quote:
Originally Posted by bobby rivers
They may not do jiu jitsu, but they know the HELL out of Mexican Judo.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...Mexican%20Judo
http://edge.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFil...7/80619854.png
This whole time it was a joke? I thought we for real didn't let any mexicans in the gym anymore? I thought 2 was kinda pushing it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUWCV5UsNoUQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe Friday
Alberto, now your really out of luck getting the Latino numbers up in class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk95Vp5eT8E
Offer them free taco's and walllllla! J/k just keep spreading the word thing always turn around.