Comments on: How I Got My Ass Beat

By: KO

KO — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:44:03 +0000

Maybe next time you will keep your chin down and your hands up! Wearing a Black Belt around you doesn't mean you can Kick @$$. The ability to fight starts in your head… It would appear that your head was not in Black Belt Mode LOL!!!

By: KO

KO — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:44:03 +0000

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:35:11 +0000

Internationals Team Tournament, us against Bob Alagrias team. I'm paired off against a white belt, I'm ready to test for brown. Me, about 18, 5'6″ 155lbs, good shape, training hard. Opponent 25+, 6'+, 225+, looks like a nose tackle for UCLA. “Hajime” Opponent charges I hit him wth a clean gyaku-zuki, he runs right over the top of me, don't know where he is going. 1 point, ME. “Hajime” Opponent charges, I leap to the side and score with a quick round kick to the belly, he grabs my leg and shoves me to the floor while raining haymakers on my body. One Point ,Me. Opponent warned for excessive contact. Hajime, Opponent Charges and I quickly make my way behind him and score with another gyaku-zuki, opponent spins around and hits me square in the face with his elbow, opening my lip. Opponent Disqualified for excessive contact and a head strike. I'm awarded two points. I win 4 to 0. If this would have been on the street, my 4 point lead wouldn't have mattered. I learned a valuable lesson that day. The bigger they are, the harder they hit and actually your opponents strikes to the throat would have been the way to go on the street or maybe to stop a maniac from killing me at a tournament. Joe

By: Matt__A

Matt__A — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:32:31 +0000

haha, I figured this one wouldn't be your favorite.

By: FoxyCitrus

FoxyCitrus — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:16:56 +0000

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By: blackbeltmama

blackbeltmama — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:05:36 +0000

You are certainly not the only person I've heard of who had to deal with something like that at a tournament. I hear that women are especially nasty. It's a good thing I've never had an interest in doing tournaments I guess. I know I wouldn't be the dirty fighter, but I wonder if I'd be able to keep my head in the game and not just get really ticked off if someone did that to me. It's very easy to forget the control part when your opponent has forgotten it. It says a lot about you that you kept at it, while still playing fair.

By: Matt__A

Matt__A — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:23:07 +0000

Great points Steve!

By: Matt__A

Matt__A — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:50:54 +0000

Elias: I was almost at the pass out stage, haha.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:31:38 +0000

Chris: It’s weird trying to reconcile the anything-goes mindset of traditional martial arts and the rules of sport fighting.

Riz: Ohh man…good times. Tournament experiences can be memorable.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:31:00 +0000

Chris: It’s weird trying to reconcile the anything-goes mindset of traditional martial arts and the rules of sport fighting.

Riz: Ohh man…good times. Tournament experiences can be memorable.