12th Dan Black Belt challenges 10th Planet white belt.

[Jack LaBarge]

Keep it professional. You guys are business owners and leaders in the community so act as such.

I'll probably catch crap for saying this, but if this guy is so dumb and immature that he would call you a joke in the newspaper. Than I would just laugh him off and move on. He is clearly a very unprofessional person. Allow him to run himself into the ground.

Also remember that your students are watching you right now. They are learning from how you react to this situation. Character traits are passed down from the top.

I know what it feels like to get hated on. I've been hated on for years. Especially after opening my school. I've received it from just about every source as well. Even people who rep 10p.

You just have to accept that people don't like seeing other people succeed. As long as you are doing the right things, there is nothing legitimate they can say about you. Other people will see that as well.
Now they will still say negative things. The things they say just wont make any sense though.

For instance, I've heard that my blue belt is fake. I've heard that I get tapped by every body that comes in. Most recently someone from a local school told one of my guys that I am "scared" to compete in front of my students.
All of which is false and none of which, my students or the people around that matter, believe.

Just keep it professional brotha. The haters are gonna hate.

^^^this^^^

[Michael Milstid]

Keep it professional. You guys are business owners and leaders in the community so act as such.

I'll probably catch crap for saying this, but if this guy is so dumb and immature that he would call you a joke in the newspaper. Than I would just laugh him off and move on. He is clearly a very unprofessional person. Allow him to run himself into the ground.

Also remember that your students are watching you right now. They are learning from how you react to this situation. Character traits are passed down from the top.

I know what it feels like to get hated on. I've been hated on for years. Especially after opening my school. I've received it from just about every source as well. Even people who rep 10p.

You just have to accept that people don't like seeing other people succeed. As long as you are doing the right things, there is nothing legitimate they can say about you. Other people will see that as well.
Now they will still say negative things. The things they say just wont make any sense though.

For instance, I've heard that my blue belt is fake. I've heard that I get tapped by every body that comes in. Most recently someone from a local school told one of my guys that I am "scared" to compete in front of my students.
All of which is false and none of which, my students or the people around that matter, believe.

Just keep it professional brotha. The haters are gonna hate.

^^^^ That's my coach

[Aaron Gustaveson]

nothin' unprofessional about arranging matches.

[Derek Stewart]

There is clearly only one way to handle this. You must challenge him to a death match.

[Cora Sek]

man..this is straight out of Bruce Lee's movie "Chinese Connection"... Like I said before I hope yall take good videos if anything goes down.

[Tony "The Goods" Garcia]

Bobby and Sean are kings of knowledge and I thank you. I am the one who offered the submission challenge so I guess the title is misleading. He removed his remarks from the newspaper website so I'm not going to chase him into his own business. His students even called me to apologize for the remarks. Who knows what it all means, but I don't think he's going to accept any matches.

[Magnus Hansson]

datch guy called it tae kwon jutsu, dafaq? he should be raped by lloyd irvin. i'm sure he is a laughing stock in his respective martial arts community.

hahahah Raped by lloyd,,, you made my day

[Kurzy]

Bobby and Sean are kings of knowledge and I thank you. I am the one who offered the submission challenge so I guess the title is misleading. He removed his remarks from the newspaper website so I'm not going to chase him into his own business. His students even called me to apologize for the remarks. Who knows what it all means, but I don't think he's going to accept any matches.

That's nice. A t least there is hope for them escaping the influence of his douchebaggery.

I would have loved to see you D'arce the fuck outta him though. As a whitebelt.

You know I have shared this before, but it's pertinent to this thread. The first day I walked into Jiu Jitsu (a year ago), I walked in as a Blackbelt in TKD and a confident street fighter.
....then I got submitted twice, by a 13 year old blue belt. (I was 39) Once with a heel hook and once with a guillotine. It blew my mind.

I was so humbled by that, I knew I had to learn JJ right away. Honestly, I believe that if you put this guyto sleep against his will, it would have been a humbling and life changing experience for him. (But don't chase him down, you'll just end up in trouble with the "law")

[Nathan Simcox]

The fact HIS students contacted you to apologize says everything you need to know. Yeah, the guy is an asshole, and as much as his shit would piss off any of us, Sean is probably right on this one. Hope he accepts tho. I'd love to see you hand him his ass.

[ScottRay]

It's over. They need to coexist as I would benefit both schools. Taco Bell is more successful when sitting next to a McDonald's.. You will end up with the jiujitsu guys...He can have all the people that wanna do forms and break bricks with an inverted earlobe strike. Maybe make friends? Could benefit ya..