mRclARK1

Are you grinning when his buddy puts a knife in your gut? Or he pulls a gun and you have a barrel pointed at you, with a bullet with your name on it flying down it, as you're walking away. All over something you thought was a silly issue of pride and masculine contest. It only takes once and it can be the last time for you... Not trying to sound like a total asshole to you here, but I think you're not thinking straight in something like that.

The above scenario can happen, and when it does. It's not fun anymore. Ask me how I know.

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eastcoastS14

^^yeah fights can escalate pretty quickly.....this "gang" (more like local punks) got into a fight with another gang and one of the dudes hopped in his car and ran a kid from the other side over and killed him....serving time now, such a waste of two lives

speedgod^s13

Gotta thank the UFC, for the increase of wannabe tough guys. It's like everyone in Hawaii is a fucking MMA fighter now.

OKR_240SX

On that lets also say thanks to Sylvester Stallone, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Jet Li. You know to make it fair.

Andrew Bohan

i think MMA makes fighting seem more "accessible" since those fighters are more or less normal guys

and it's real fighting, not movie stuff.

OKR_240SX

lol I know that. I just ment it by anything that is influential and after watching you become a badass.. And yea i think your right on that.

jdm538girl

i once saw a very gay man super pussy slap some a cool guy making fun. everyone else that saw agreed his manhood was taken away from him. saddest/funniest thing i saw in my life.

i used to box at an open gym by my house with my bf thats as close to fighting as i want to get. "street fighting is for guys that get their feelings hurt too easily." -Coach huass

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mRclARK1

Personally I really dislike UFC.

"Wow!, I could do that, all I need is to sign up for some krav maga classes at the the local Y!"

It's just teaching people, especially dumbass teens, that fighting is cool. I wouldn't even call UFC real fighting, it's a fight in the same sense as a boxing match to be sure, just more violent, but it's still just a competition with rules and guidelines. No one's going to be pulling a knife or a gun, or using brass knuckles in those "fights". No one's going to intentionally kill another guy in that ring.

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Tearlessj

Yea....

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J/k I have yet to be into a fight, nothing really get to me. I always tell my self its not worth it. I have had some "f**k this" moments. Nothing really worth mentioning.

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muddafakka

I left fighting back in middle school.

Since then I've managed to avoid them. It's been 5 years so far.

speedgod^s13

Movies do have a certain impact on society. But, not the type of impact that the UFC has had. I see nothing wrong with defending yourself. I have even thought of taking some kind of martial arts class. Problem is a lot of these guys don't keep it in the ring. They think because they can fight, the world is their playground. There seems to be a lot more discipline in martial arts, compared to MMA fighting. To me, MMA is a lot about fame and women.

cc4usmc

Never been in a fight.

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mRclARK1

That is very true. Fact of the matter is though, most MMA and ring fighters have very little real life defense skills against someone who's not afraid to kill them. They'll likely win the fist throwing bar brawl, but they'll likely lose the fight for their life when the attacker has a knife and is intent on using it.

I've seen a couple ring fighters in my time get their ass handed to them, by guys who HAVE been in the real deal before, and decided to shoot their mouths off thinking they're the real tough guy. Not saying all are like that though... but some sure are.

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ESmorz

I'm sure there are a ton of MMA fighters who do street self defense training or at least did it, and have been in real street scraps.

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mRclARK1

Oh completely. I'm sure there's many of them (A guy I know does both) and they're not going to be likely to pick a fight for no reason as they know the consequences. There's many who haven't though, and that's a fact.

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ESmorz

In my experience it's usually the no talent, self confident hacks who go around trying to start fights. It's the quiet guy they fuck with who ends it.

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HyperTek

i have friends who get into fights at clubs.. well i havent seen them but they tell me its because one of their club friends gets into a fight or so and they go to back em up and others jump in.

Im sorry but a "club" friend isnt good enough for me to get involved with..

Ive seen a fight at a afterclub eating spot.. dude got bodyslammed and was unconscious while the other dude was still delivering blows when he was on the ground.. people eventually told him to stop and he took off.. but what pissed me off was i was with friends, who where "friends" with the people and everyone insisted to stay and watch when my ass wanted to leave in the first place since it did not involve me.

I dont know what it is in human nature but people love to see fights, until someone gets killed....

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mRclARK1

Exactly. An unfortunate truth is though, that a lot of guys take martial arts, or combatives of some form for their pride and so they can pick fights with defenseless (or more so then themselves) people and win. All for their own self confidence and ego boosting. UFC and MMA fads have just ballooned that problem IMHO.

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ESmorz

Yup. I usually don't see the point in fighting for the sake of fighting. I'd rather just buy you a beer and go after some women...

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Andrew Bohan

yeah that makes sense.

for the record, how many martial artists do we have here?

i'm a tkd black belt.

HyperTek

fuck this man lets settle our differences over a game of madden lol

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MikeisNissan

how bout Street Fighter?

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ESmorz

I used to do Weapons training. Matayoshi Kobudo. Was a national champion... then I found the drums, cars and bitches haha.

If there's a good sized stick near me I'll take your ass out hahaha

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the last time i fought was.... in 2006
and that was a police officer
lets just say i woke up int he drunk tank bruised the fuck up

blacking out is no good
the FULL story can be found in an off-topic in another 240 forum

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mRclARK1

I think me and you think along pretty similar lines. lolz

I'm the jack of lots of trades master of none. lolz... krav maga, bokator, eskrima (or kali as some call it), judo and ninjutsu are all forms I've dabbled in to at least a semi decent extent. You can mix things up that way! haha

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mangoes

well my friend andrew and i were playing super smash brothers brawl on nintendo wii. He chose luigi and i chose toon link. i proceeded to three stalk him because i felt i was IN THE ZONE. for the final blow, i back aired him and did a down B down smash attack and he couldnt recover from the spike. for some reason his luigi sucked that time and i got lucky with lotsa consecutive combos. toon link's up smash is pretty crazy also. wuhahah

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mRclARK1

+1... hahahahahahahaha. Way to keep it light.

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OBEEWON

Someone told this deaf chick that could bench 350 and boxed since the age of 11 that I said she was a lesbian. She came after me and I ran...I don't hit girls.

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muddafakka

I fucking hate people who instigate.

I also hate people who automatically believe what instigators tell them.

ESmorz

She was a juiced up deaf chick what do you expect?

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