Best way to handle people who give us a bad name?

[Slick Rick]

Someone tries to tell me the system is not legit, is like telling me to wear shorts instead of pants. I'll wear pants when i need to wear pants, and shorts when I feel like wearing shorts. Both have great uses, I might prefer one over the other at times, but I'm not gonna be closed minded and say I only wear shorts.
Then even if I choose to wear pants, there's jeans, slacks, sweats... All have their pluses and minuses, but I won't know about them until I experience them myself.

[Jon Helton]

Someone tries to tell me the system is not legit, is like telling me to wear shorts instead of pants. I'll wear pants when i need to wear pants, and shorts when I feel like wearing shorts. Both have great uses, I might prefer one over the other at times, but I'm not gonna be closed minded and say I only wear shorts.
Then even if I choose to wear pants, there's jeans, slacks, sweats... All have their pluses and minuses, but I won't know about them until I experience them myself.

I agree with this 100%.

+1 for Zog too!

[Enrique "Kiko"]

Someone tries to tell me the system is not legit, is like telling me to wear shorts instead of pants. I'll wear pants when i need to wear pants, and shorts when I feel like wearing shorts. Both have great uses, I might prefer one over the other at times, but I'm not gonna be closed minded and say I only wear shorts.
Then even if I choose to wear pants, there's jeans, slacks, sweats... All have their pluses and minuses, but I won't know about them until I experience them myself.

So what you're saying is that you have an excellent fashion sense for a straight guy?

[Slick Rick]

The cool thing about it though, is that the highest level guys I've talked with: Gokor, Marcel Lauzado, John Ouano, all respect Eddie and the System.

10th planet is a system, not a guard, and as with any system you have to understand it or get left behind. It's when the other high level guys give their opinions about 10th and Eddie, that I don't understand. People are to look up to those guys and they aren't even respecting the progressive nature of other jiu jitsu systems.

I'll guarantee though, that if you sat down man to man with some of those guys, they will tell you they respect the system. In front of their peers or a camera, you may get otherwise.

[Slick Rick]

So what you're saying is that you have an excellent fashion sense for a straight guy?

Hahahha! Nice! No what I'm saying is I have many pairs of pants.

[K Madden]

what do you guys say to actually negate the problematic situation?
Say for example- someone is spouting off some ignorant shit about 10P, maybe saying that Wrestling is worthless and only losers train wrestling... then pops off saying how their rubber guard will destroy any wrestler...blah blah...
what would you ACTUALLY say to something along those lines? Or what HAVE you said in the past when you saw something that made your blood boil?

[Slick Rick]

what do you guys say to actually negate the problematic situation?
Say for example- someone is spouting off some ignorant shit about 10P, maybe saying that Wrestling is worthless and only losers train wrestling... then pops off saying how their rubber guard will destroy any wrestler...blah blah...
what would you ACTUALLY say to something along those lines? Or what HAVE you said in the past when you saw something that made your blood boil?

If I heard someone put down another system and say 10th is the best? I hope I don't run into any 10th pl guys with this mentality. I'll try to keep it PC and just remind them that 10th planet jj is like a buffet...you pick and choose what you like and make your own meal. Others might not like your entre but you happen to love it. Fuck it, you paid for the meal, eat what you want and scrap what you don't. But the techs that you eat, make sure you know why you like them, because that will begin to shape your palette.

[bobby rivers]

what do you guys say to actually negate the problematic situation?
Say for example- someone is spouting off some ignorant shit about 10P, maybe saying that Wrestling is worthless and only losers train wrestling... then pops off saying how their rubber guard will destroy any wrestler...blah blah...
what would you ACTUALLY say to something along those lines? Or what HAVE you said in the past when you saw something that made your blood boil?

I would invite them to an open mat that they would not go to.

[J Grooms]

what do you guys say to actually negate the problematic situation?
Say for example- someone is spouting off some ignorant shit about 10P, maybe saying that Wrestling is worthless and only losers train wrestling... then pops off saying how their rubber guard will destroy any wrestler...blah blah...
what would you ACTUALLY say to something along those lines? Or what HAVE you said in the past when you saw something that made your blood boil?

Wrestlefuck them lol

[Jack LaBarge]

what do you guys say to actually negate the problematic situation?
Say for example- someone is spouting off some ignorant shit about 10P, maybe saying that Wrestling is worthless and only losers train wrestling... then pops off saying how their rubber guard will destroy any wrestler...blah blah...
what would you ACTUALLY say to something along those lines? Or what HAVE you said in the past when you saw something that made your blood boil?

I would say: @"name" you clearly do Not represent 10th Planet! You obviously have no understanding of Jiu Jitsu. Please stop pretending to represent 10th Planet.

Simple and sweet