Fight Club

[bruceflea]

Guys, he hasn't posted in this topic for over a year now. It's dead.

But youve just replied so now it LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!mmwwhahahahahaha

[Sensei Rick]

LOL, yep, it's like frankenstien. hey, i'm new here, i feel like such a dope for not looking at the date of the original post. i'm new tho.

But what i got from fright club (the movie) was what my instuctor and a few hard core students from back in the day realized. YOU CAN hit someone, get your but kicked, and STILL be friends. my favorite memory is fighting with my TKD instructor (Dino Homsey, remember him, 1987 north american PKA chamion) and laughing like crazy about afterwords. All the booty we kicked around town, and all the great people we met back when he was fighting profesionally. Now, I teach and he is still my best friend and favorite sparring partner. I thought i'd be able to beat him eventually, but he schools me even to this day. I love bringing him out to my classes and them seeing what a true champion is like in the ring. It's only now that i realize the only shots i get in are the ones he lets me get in.

And now....... this topic is over!

[harmoniouswarrior]

I am thinking of starting a local fight club. Have any of you tried this? If so how did it work out? any comments or suggestions open.

Why play around? Why not go beyond the local to a world stage 'fight club'. It's called the US military, and the fight is on 24/7 in Iraq or Afghanistan, to name a couple of 'rings' (for me and probably some other old timers, it was Vietnam).

See, I always thought martial arts was for the purpose of preparing for an emergency situation when we might have to deal with a 'crazy'. But the solution is in the preparation because the paradox is, the more prepared I am, the less I'll need to use it--predators are good at street survival, and can sense who would not make a good victim. So, martial arts is about peace over power.

BTW, do you have an older master in your art whom you could run this by? Might save you much grief.