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Originally Posted by dunefield
Quiet for a long time? Look at the times... Wasn't long at all... So what if i copy and pasted a DEFINITION from my source which was WIKIPEDIA!!!
People do it for many reasons... Main one being INTEREST... Why do people do Tai Chi and Capoeira because they like to?
I mean OMG people not touching each other and not hurting each other... That can't be right... It's absolutely pointless... Someone must have broken joints or lie there in a coma knocked out...
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We come from two different worlds dunefield, and I respect your point of view.
Maybe if I gave you the reason why I started training, it might give you an insight.
I moved from the Phillipines to Southwest Philadelphia when I was 8 years old. Southwest Philly was predominantly Black with Irish and Italian. I was the only asian in my school at the time, and within the first 2 months was jumped repeatedly. My mother threw me in Judo for a few years, I got into another fight, threw the kid with Osoto Gari, but took alot of punches to the face. My mother then threw me into Gojy Ryu. From there, it's always been about fighting and learning what I needed too to win. I did take a respite for a few years and studied Aikido, and yes, got into the hippy mental part of it.
My first class with BJJ was at the Gracie Academy. All those years of training in different styles of fighthing, and weighing 260lbs had no use whatsover the first time I got on the mats with Rener Gracie.
I don't know if you can even imagine how hard it is to look at yourself, knowing you deluded yourself with a fighting prowress that really did not exist.
It's quite a wake up call. I love MMA, and BJJ before it. I think I understand now where you are coming from.