Either that or a picture of the modern day GOP, but alas, we venture too close to politics with such things.
As a CA native, I get to make fun of it, haha. I know the rest of the world never hesitates to take a shot at the state.
You obviously havenāt taken a look at Italyās political situation.
Our economy is probably elementary school difficulty level compared to that.
Only when I studied it in Undergrad, haha. Itās why I wouldnāt want to study itās economy.
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When I practiced MMA we had a guy who was about 5ā10" and well over 375 lbs. His nickname was āthe Vanilla Gorillaā. Everyone understimated him until they realized he could do the splits cold and kick anyone shorter than 6ā6" tall in the head without leaving the ground.
Also - when he punched it felt like getting hit with a 2x4ā¦
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That roundhouse is no match for diabetes.
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I confess that I lack imagination, and have difficulty even imagining an ambulatory five foot ten inches, well over three hundred seventy five pounds homo sapien. I also confess that my universal translator for āwell over three hundred seventy fiveā spewed out four hundred plus pounds.
I once āsparredā with an Olympic Tae Kwan Do Gold Medalist who couldnāt do the splits, kicked me low on my cup because he was out of practice/off season, and wore a black belt with the words Olympic Gold Medalist inscribed on it. So thereās that.
Hmmmm. 
Dude was healthy, just big. No diabetes or anything and he trained as hard as any of us.
Tae Kwon Do is like the Rosie OāDonnell of martial arts
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The wife now wants to take up BJJ but she wants ME to attend classes with her. I donāt want to. Iām severely adverse to this kind of physical contact with people Iām not intimate with. Whatās wrong with women? Canāt they just go and get arm barred and choked out on their own? Why do they always need someone to accompany them?
Should someone ever decide to attack you, they probably wonāt be someone youāre intimate with. You didnāt like your wife attending lame self-defense classes, now she wants to learn a legitimately useful martial art - maybe you should just go with her and get over your squeamishness about not coming into physical contact with strangers.
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I was just being sarcastic lol.
But, seriously, Iām not untrained in unarmed combat. I just donāt post about it because I donāt have any real credentials.
The aversion to strangers rolling with me is real, though.
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My bad if I came across like a dick, figured you were at least 50% tongue-in-cheek, but seriously - use that aversion to your advantage and crank on some guys neck out of pure aggravation. I spent a couple years doing BJJ, and a few more doing boxing, and Iād consider myself untrained right now because theyāre perishable skills and itās been a few years since Iāve trained. Doing BJJ classes with your wife is life goals, dude.
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Get the āaccidentalā cupping of testicles out of the way early and you can then just get on with things.
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āTap asshole! Got you in arm bar!ā
āThatās not my armā
It feels like a bar though !
Nah, youāre a good dude. Even if you were being a dick(you werenāt), I wouldnāt have been affected.
My kungfu skills are for the STREET. Theyāre too DEADLY to be used in the gym.
(This is a joke if anyone is wondering)
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Iād like to think of my hands as deadly weapons, but I just canāt be bothered to go stand in line to get my license. Plus, that written test!
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