Loud City
I have a kid who has no business being in a full contact match, but he has his heart set on it.
I told him I would not support him, but he signed up for a fight anyway. I'm not going, not running his corner, and forbid any of my other students from helping him witht he threat of a permanent ban.
What say you? Am I being too hard on him?
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
Originally Posted by David Jamieson
GM of Hadaka Korosu
Experience is the best teacher.
Does he do any FC in the gym?
Why is he set on competition?
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
Loud City
He thinks he's the next Andersen Silva but has only been training a short time. Any gym owner knows a kid like this... Came in the first day with TapOut shorts, UFC brand gloves, and his hands already wrapped (incorrectly). His first honest question was if the armbar escape in the Xbox UFC game worked in real life. He's 20, BTW.
He lacks basic coordination and is a slow learner, though he has improved somewhat since he began working out with me.
He fought once before he joined my gym. Lost in 45 seconds to a RNC. When he came in the first time, he told me he got 2nd place in his first fight....
I put him against some tough guys in class to prove a point and they worked him over. I busted his ass in conditioning to the point of where he could not physically stand and needed a puke bucket.
He just refuses to accept he's not ready, but I'm not in the business of helping people hurt themselves.
Last edited by MasterKiller; 06-14-2011 at 07:35 AM.
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
GM of Hadaka Korosu
Well, you can tell him that WHEN he can beat the guys in the gym ( choose who ever you think is appropriate), he can compete.He thinks he's the next Andersen Silva but has only been training a short time. Any gym owner knows a kid like this... Came in the first day with TapOut shorts, UFC brand gloves, and his hands already wrapped (incorrectly). His first honest question was if the armbar escape in the Xbox UFC game worked in real life. He's 20, BTW.
He lacks basic coordination and is a slow learner, though he has improved somewhat since he began working out with me.
He fought once before he joined my gym. Lost in 45 seconds to a RNC. When he came in the first time, he told me he got 2nd place in his first fight....
I put him against some tough guys in class to prove a point and they worked him over. I busted his ass in conditioning to the point of where he could not physically stand and needed a puke bucket.
He just refuses to accept he's not ready, but I'm not in the business of helping people hurt themselves.
Until then he has to train more.
But he sounds like a delusional idiot.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
Troll Slayer
there are no shortage of those
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Camel Tao
he told me he got 2nd place in his first fight....
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Lol....I'm going to start saying that!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by RD'S Alias - 1A
I have easily beaten every one I have ever fought.....
Itinerant practitioner
Not enough context.
Why is this guy entering a fight if his own coach is telling him not to? Is he not ready?
Otherwise, if he's just being stubborn, it may be a good thing to let him get his ass handed to him early.
Kung Fu is good for you.
Ninja Vanish!!
Sometimes the ring is the best place to learn humility. It sounds like this kid is severly lacking in that department, when his own coach/teacher is telling him he's not ready. One of two things will happen,
1. He gets his a**ss stomped and comes back to you, at which time you tell him I told you so and than decide to let him back in your school or not.
2. He wins and feeds his ego more and leaves to train somewhere else, which from the sounds of it would not be that bad.
It's up to you but usually guys that pigheaded won't listen to anything, so your probably better off without him there. My two cents.
"The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero projects his fear onto his opponent while the coward runs. 'Fear'. It's the same thing, but it's what you do with it that matters". -Cus D'Amato
Troll Slayer
Competition usually instills humility, but not always. I've been at this fighting game (training fighters) for around 17 years. I've had a fair share of people who simply were not as good as they thought and could not accept it.
In fact, the worst are guys who were ok, not great, but had ideas they were world champions...
If a guy books a fight on his own, you should boot him, period
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Registered User
I get the fact that you don't want to be in his corner, as this would send the message that you think he is ready.
On the other hand, what your students do on their own time is their business. If they want to help him out, that is their decision to make. They are your customers, not your children.
Troll Slayer
can not agree with this... or, if you really follow this line of reasoning, sure, it's their business, they can do what they want, but that doesn't mean MK has to then let them back into his school
people need to learn, you are free to do whatever you want, but then you have to face the consequences
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Registered User
Consequences meaning that doing what they want in their spare time means that you no longer do business with them?
I guess that's OK. Doesn't sound very smart from a business prospective, though.
I guess maybe stores like Macy's should start banning anyone who wears their clothes in public and looked stupid to teach them consequences.
Registered User
People don't get hurt because they weren't ready for Mayce's wear. Big difference.
I would use a blue eyed, blond haired Chechnyan to ruin you- Drake on weapons
Troll Slayer
If they engage in behavior which you deem to be detrimental to your school, you have every right to remove them/deny them service
Would anyone think throwing out a guy who sells drugs "in their spare time" wouldn't be appropriate?
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Loud City
In their spare time, they still represent me. If they don't like that, they don't have to do business with me.
Last edited by MasterKiller; 06-14-2011 at 09:52 AM.
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
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