MasterPain Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 Reason #10... The traditional black kenpo gi is very slimming.#9... Keeps muscles from going cold during less active time periods.#8.. When training alone at night, non-martial artists coming in to do cardio will be less disturbed by the guy swinging a machete around in the next room.#7.... Traditional street cred.#6... Less dripping sweat on the mats.#5.. MMA or Kempo gloves (you know what Master Ken would say) make deploying a training knife from a pocket too much of an ordeal, but drawing from an obi requires the same amount of time and roughly the same movement as the blades I typically carry, allowing for more realistic situational drilling.#4... No more digging in the laundry searching for gym clothes. (I'm a lazy housekeeper.)#3... Putting a gi on is psychologically like the guy in Over the Top turning his hat around.#2 Never having to verbally say "No, we do not train UFC." again.and the #1 reason for training in a gi... When it gets old and frays I can go to Cons as Akuma. My fists bleed death. -Akuma
evergrey Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 LOL, awesome. http://kyokushinchick.blogspot.com/"If you can fatally judo-chop a bull, you can sit however you want." -MasterPain, on why Mas Oyama had Kyokushin karateka sit in seiza with their clenched fists on their thighs.
yamesu Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 Haha - love it! "We did not inherit this earth from our parents. We are borrowing it from our children."
sensei8 Posted May 11, 2012 Posted May 11, 2012 MP...I love it. You're quite witty...funny too. **Proof is on the floor!!!
Dobbersky Posted May 11, 2012 Posted May 11, 2012 OSU!!! but I prefer the White Gi!!! "Challenge is a Dragon with a Gift in its mouth....Tame the Dragon and the Gift is Yours....." Noela Evans (author)
bushido_man96 Posted May 11, 2012 Posted May 11, 2012 #3... Putting a gi on is psychologically like the guy in Over the Top turning his hat around."Its like a switch...like a truck."Love it! https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
MasterPain Posted May 12, 2012 Author Posted May 12, 2012 Haha, actually apart from #1, I was serious, and then only because there are no Anime conventions anywhere near me.Vantheman, I will change to Muay Thai shorts if we start attracting point fighters and bo-twirlers. My fists bleed death. -Akuma
Groinstrike Posted May 14, 2012 Posted May 14, 2012 Haha, actually apart from #1, I was serious, and then only because there are no Anime conventions anywhere near me.Vantheman, I will change to Muay Thai shorts if we start attracting point fighters and bo-twirlers.We just can't find a happy medium can we. Every high school kid that asks me if i train MMA makes me launch into a speach about how we practice "combative self defense principles".
MasterPain Posted May 14, 2012 Author Posted May 14, 2012 Haha, actually apart from #1, I was serious, and then only because there are no Anime conventions anywhere near me.Vantheman, I will change to Muay Thai shorts if we start attracting point fighters and bo-twirlers.We just can't find a happy medium can we. Every high school kid that asks me if i train MMA makes me launch into a speach about how we practice "combative self defense principles".Remember to direct the less jerky ones to a reputable MMA gym. My fists bleed death. -Akuma
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