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[quote]drewh wrote:
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[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
Bodyguard talks about how badass he is pretty often, and he may in fact be a tough dude but claiming that he’d whoop every 150lb dude out there reaks of false bravado. Also, any time someone questions him he asks them to “put up the money”. He also said he doesn’t underestimate anyone, yet he makes the 150lb weiner claim… Anyway, I never understood the tough guy mentality that you could whoop a trained fighter 'cause you outweigh 'em or bench more or whatever. You wouldn’t challenge an accountant to a math contest, so why challenge a fighter to a fight, regardless of weight?[/quote]
I am NOT untrained. I’ll take that fight all day every day. Just like I’ll get all my money in the middle with top two against a flush draw. The only people that seriously talk about this shit are people on the internet. What false bravado? smfh I spent more than half my fucking life training various disciplines. Give me a fucking break. I’ll fight anyone but if I’m not willing to fight someone giving up 100lbs to me, please help me shoot myself now.
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You are a 45 year old man living in a dream world. 45 means slow, i’m not untrained weekend beerfest fights don’t count. Tell us about your training, your posts made me think you were some tough 12 year old.[/quote]
Now, I am 24, but because someones 45 doesnt mean they are slow…or will get their ass kicked. I know alot of older dudes that straight fuck shit up. My one instructor is 62 years old and built like the incredible hulk. 5th degree judo 4th degree tkd, fomrer powerlifter. Another dude I train with is almost 40 and could easily compete at nationals. My old kickboxing instructor was like 50 and would beat most peoples asses.
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My instructor is in his sixties and is tough as nails. He has definitely lost a step or two, but he makes up for it with his timing. I swear that man see shit in slow motion! His Doctoral dissertation was on predatory behavior… He was also a combat Marine. He would definitely fuck up 99% of these “MMA Guys”. Not that there’s anything wrong with the Octagon - It’s great entertainment and I love watching it as much as the next guy, but it is by no means reality.
Now, before all of you get your Tap Out brand panties in a bunch, allow me to make a few points. Our brains control our actions. Our brains are influenced by our genetics and our environment. A powerful experience will create a more powerful imprint upon our brain than an average experience. Which is a more powerful experience from the following two scenarios?:
(for the record, I have experienced BOTH of these scenarios first hand)
#1 Guy goes to his dojo or MMA gym or whatever, bows before he steps on the mat, rolls around/spars/bagwork for an hour, has his technique critiqued by senior students/instructor, maybe does some conditioning, grabs a beer/food with his buddies.
#2 Guy is in prison, guy is minding his business and decides it’s time to take a shower, while in the shower two convicted rapists who have been locked up for ten years with little else to do except hit the weight pile, eat and fuck new white guys come into the shower and ask if he’d prefer blood on their knives or shit on their dicks (both of which happens to be like 10" and semi-erect as they are stroking them in anticipation of the violence, oh yeah they are both HIV positive and have nothing to live for but the thrill of raping people) Thirty seconds later they are both bleeding on the floor of the shower and our guy is picking up the gold teeth that he knocked out of their grill so he can make a necklace.
Which is the more POWERFUL experience? Obviously the second. So what the fuck am I getting at? Neural network is what I’m getting at. The ability to tap into the part of your brain that will fight and kill. In the Go Rin No Sho, Musashi refers to it as the High Ground. It’s that place when the shit is about to go down, you slow your breathing, quiet your mind and let the animal out of it’s cage. You don’t think, you don’t fear, you just do what must be done.
The more times you are forced to go the the High Ground, the easier it is to return. Eventually you can just snap into it. It is a “bridge” between your reptilian brain and your cerebral cortex. That bridge is built with stress and fear. It’s supporting structure is knowing that if you fail you may die. It is made stronger by the fact that you are still alive. Each time the shit goes down it get’s stronger. Even if you lose. As long as you are still alive, the bridge is reinforced.
You can’t get that kind of stress in a fucking gym. No matter how tough you think you are, no matter how hard you train, in the back of your mind your reptilian brain is still sleeping. It hasn’t been woken up. Your life was never in danger. You won’t build that bridge (you may drop a few stones in the water, but nothing consistent)
That is the difference. If you combine the above experience with some serious training then you have something that is truly both beautiful and terrible to behold all at the same time. I don’t care how old you get, the fire in the belly doesn’t go quietly. You young fuckers should show a little respect.[/quote]
Dude, we have to party lol but then again, it would probably be one of them destructive relationships where you’d end up back in jail and me in the hospital with a gun shot wound lol. I had a friend like that around high school. Every time we were together…smh. We just weren’t good for each other LOL.[/quote]
That’s one of the main reasons I don’t go back to the old neighborhood that often. When I do, I don’t call ahead, know what I mean? LOL I had to stop hanging out with a few people for that same reason you mentioned. I think we’d get along just swimmingly, though! I’ve got family in Jersey, next time I head up there, I’ll PM you. Same thing, if you ever head down to DC…
