Of Crabs and Men

[Hebrew Hammer]

My issue with you is the same as any other form collector who speaks out against a fighter, with a winning record or not..... If I had a loosing chess record and you said similar things I'd want to play you in chess. A man confident in his game would play me real quick and make his point.

Now you may be on to something...perhaps a full contact chess match? The loser has to take a shot to the groin.

[wenshu]

So much for making a case for the value of needlessly belittling and harboring resentment towards each other. Way to prove me wrong guys. Jeez.

[sanjuro_ronin]

This is really not about Ross or Ray or even Shifu Patterson and what he did and how he did it.
It is far bigger than that.
This is symptomatic of myopic MA training that is so limited to what is done under A) and is never exposed to B) that it creates a limited and warped sense of reality.

Many of us that HAVE seen BOTH sides try to fight this but it truly does seem at time to be a losing battle.

I couldn't care less if Ross can fight or ever could fight, His school produces fighters and that means SOMETHING, far more than if he could fight.

I've seen enough fighters that couldn't pass on that ability and knowledge to others to know that HOW GOOD a fighter a teacher is as important as how good an athlete they are ( somewhat important but not directly related to teaching skill).

It makes NO DIFFERENCE how good a fighter someone is in a given style, what makes a difference is IF THAT STYLE/SCHOOL/GYM produces good fighters on a consistent basis.

[Hebrew Hammer]

It makes NO DIFFERENCE how good a fighter someone is in a given style, what makes a difference is IF THAT STYLE/SCHOOL/GYM produces good fighters on a consistent basis.

So SR, this is only about legitimacy?

[sanjuro_ronin]

So SR, this is only about legitimacy?

Not of "lineage" but of qualifications and experience it seems.
How many times have we heard the comment voiced in oppostion being this:
You have net seen the authentic TCMA?
Or the authentic IMA?
Your fights were VS inferior opponents?
Who have you fought?
Etc, etc.

It seems to be like this:
A) Real IMA exists, I have seen them.
B) So have I, they are nothing special and I have seen the same things in EMA
A) You have not expereinced the real IMA
B) *runs down list of impressive credentials and experience*
A) You have never seen the real IMA
B) Ok fine, show me.
A) I don't have time for this.
or
A posts a video or example that THEY see as IMA but no one else seems to see it and they counter with:
A) You don't knwo what to look for to see the real IMA
B) Show us what to look for
A) I did, I posted the video.

Circular reasoning at its best.

[bawang]

since david ross left the forum, i have lost the will to live.

[David Jamieson]

since david ross left the forum, i have lost the will to live.

I think there's a twilight analogy for that.

Gene?

[GeneChing]

pics of Gene's Mullet

Remember TCKFMCIII?

Now you may be on to something...perhaps a full contact chess match? The loser has to take a shot to the groin.

Remember Chessboxing?

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

I think Gene should unbann Ross, just to mess with his head.

[bawang]

where are the crabs? i was promised there would be crabs. i demand crabs.

[sanjuro_ronin]

[bawang]

i think the crab is a very powerful animal. it is covered in indesctructible chitin armor, and has powerful pincers that can both tear and decapitate. the crab is truly the ultimate life form. maybe one day, they will become sentient and live among us as equals.

[TenTigers]

where are the crabs? i was promised there would be crabs. i demand crabs.

be careful what you wish for. They itch like the ****ens! Then you have to shave your pubies.
-or so I've heard.

[sanjuro_ronin]

i think the crab is a very powerful animal. it is covered in indesctructible chitin armor, and has powerful pincers that can both tear and decapitate. the crab is truly the ultimate life form. maybe one day, they will become sentient and live among us as equals.

Mantis Shrimp.
Now there is a one-punch killer.

[David Jamieson]

be careful what you wish for. They itch like the ****ens! Then you have to shave your pubies.
-or so I've heard.

...actually..the way it is done is that you shave only half of them off then light what's left on fire and when the crabs come running out of the blazing pube fire, you smash them with a hammer.

way more effective than kwellada.