an idea for this forum

[Dawna]

Hey Ian, Is that a laughing condom?

[Stephen Rowley]

We were always told the only thing belts are good for are holding up your pants, and that the battle field is were your learn your rank.

[Art "ART OF WAR" Belarde]

This, if you're asked, you show. It's pretty much the simplest thing to do. Any "oh I lost my picture and the guy hasnt got an email" is instant bullshit alert!

Exactly! you should have a Cert with pick, video or contact info of the person that has belted you.

[Art "ART OF WAR" Belarde]

Like Dawna said, I asked everyone to use their real names on here a while back and most members are now. It's already gotten to a point where if you're not using your full name your posts will be taken with a grain of salt.

Proving your rank is also a great idea but a pain in the ass for me to verify, there's thousands of members. But it's also quite entertaining to have fake purple, brown and black belts called out on this forum, I don't wanna deprive anyone of those laughs

I agree on the entertainment value of this!

[bobby rivers]

We were always told the only thing belts are good for are holding up your pants, and that the battle field is were your learn your rank.

True, but get your hands on a legit bb. Even if their belt is in their closet and their pants are around their ankles your fixin to be tappin all over this hypothetical battlefield. I call it a mat or cage.

[Stephen Rowley]

Sorry I was misunderstood, the point I was trying to make is that you can have all the belts you want, however if you are not emotionally trained or prepared for a savage violent attack that is not in a controlled environment there is a good chance you may loose, when the fight or flight adrenaline kicks in at 180 beats per minute and you thinking about triangles and arm bars you may have already lost the fight, usually., Thats if its even possible to remember how to do a triangle or arm bar under that kind of extreme pressure.

I have seen a few legit black belts in my time that have never even been in a real fight, but are under the false pretense that if a real fight had to kick off they would be fine.., which could not be further from the truth, as they have most likely been trained to do a take down and fight on the ground, which is the worst place in the world to be in a real fight, image rolling on the curb with glass and some dudes crazy girlfriend trying to stomp on your head with her high heels etc we just not trained for that, if you want that kind of training it would be best to look up Tony Blauer's spear system or look up Geoff Thompson as a supplement to your jiu jitsu...just a thought

[NelsonLucca]

What's a belt? Lol. I'm sure one day someone will give me one but we don't have belts at my gym.