Freinds I would like to know what your pet peavea are that pertain to what “Martial Artists” do or say.
Myself I have 2 that really bother me:
“Back in the day”, especially when they are talking about their own training.
“I have been training off and on since” blah…blah , what in the hell does thay meen? you trained for a couple years then took 5 off then trained for a couple more then took 5 more off, I think the better way of saying that is " I have dabbled in the MA since (whenever)
Remember to keep it more of a friendly kidding.
You would realy say “I have dabbled” ?
Well, when I hear people say that they have trained “off and on” I think that is really mis-leading, so what would you suggest?
I don’t find it misleading at all. They’re saying exactly what they mean and usually most people understand it.
People who advocate antiquated methodologies and points of view that are contradicted by logic & modern knowledge
Asiaphiles
As a Military man myself I understand that the truth is not normally told to us, but I think it is mis-leading in the way that we dont know if it was more off than on.
ouch big words and I dont understand, can you dumb it down for me a little?
Asiaphille has many meanings to different people.
To me it encompasses people that corrupt what they believe is Asian culture and twist it to their beliefs.
In basic terms a person who scratches the surface of Asian culture, then speak on it as if they have been immersed.
Oh…now Im wit ya…picking up what your puttin down…I be
It’s also people who irrationally admire anything Asian, rather than view things in context & objectively.
the old “I’d just gouge thier eyes and bite” mantra for thier answer against a compitent grappler.
How they can do hours of tip tap sparring, and in the same breath say “MMA is a sport, what we do is for the street!”
black belts that dont train, and are out of shape.
Kata
People who want to do MA without putting in the hours.
Students and instructors who want to say something works without testing it. I’ve had people tell me that a technique wasn’t working…literally while they couldn’t get out of it.
They spar for hours and then speak a sentence all on one breath? That’s probably the most impressive thing I’ve ever heard of!
Also, one thing that bugs me is when people misspell PEEVES.
They learned all their d34dly moves from MA dvd’s and don’t take any live training or sparring
People’s misunderstanding of the difference between Kihon-kamais/simple training-kamais used to work out the legs and actual fighting stances.
I’ve actually heard from a guy that trains MMA that he found the whole style “unrealistic” because “the fighting stance was too low and wouldn’t work in a real fight”. Well either, you were doing Kihon, or your instructor is an moron.
how about people that have names that look and sound strangely like Herpes.
ATTN N00BS:
We have heard your so-called explanations before. The staff & moderators of these forum are not MMA nutriders, but people who have trained so-called TMA for years. Many have high dan ranks.
Unless your last name is Itosu, chances are your explanation of what kata, or kamae, or this or that is nothing new to us.
So when we dismiss what you have to say, it is not out of ignorance, but rather because we find it lacking evidence, reason, or sense.
Karateka who think they don’t need to know how to grapple, 'cause if anyone tries to shoot in on them, they’ll just throw an elbow to the spine.
Karateka who think they know how to grapple because a couple of the prearranged kumite have weird-ass takedowns that will only work on a drunk person.