joenobody

so, a month or two ago, i had been going to a bando school to work on my kickboxing for MMA fights. i wasn't paying and bando is similar enough to muay thai that you can kind of use it for mma if the class is mostly drills and sparring. it was kind of cool for a little while, but i don't think i was learning what i should have about striking.

now think of this: a fat, ex-military bando-martial arts nerd. a bullshitter, who tries to act like he's the sensei from cobra-kai in the karate kid. not just a little chubby,not a new guy who came in to classes to lose weight, a huge human pillow who's been "doing martial arts for 20 years." that whole attitude, but he believes his own bullshit. the kind of guy who goes around telling everyone he could kill them 17 different ways. but he's in such bad shape you have to look at him and laugh because you know he doesn't train too often.

((besides, he's never used his combat-death strike moves or he'd be in jail right now. it's not like you can practice those moves so you know if they work or not. i know a triangle choke works because i do it all the time. it still took me like 6 or 7 tries to figure out how to do that. any other move would need to be practiced on a live target just the same.))

so anyway, rex kwon do here is holding the pads for me as i am punching. out of the blue he strikes me with the heel of his palm in my ear. it was right on target and i could feel the nerves in my inner ear going crazy. i flipped out and almost got into a fight with him. he said he was "trying to teach me not to hook my hands." in any other school, they'd give a warning first, then maybe hit a boney part of your skull, but that was a nasty shot.

so we keep training. and we're both being more aggressive, but he's not even trying to work on technique or help me on my technique, he just wants to plow into me with sloppy punches to knock me over while i'm holding the pad. he's an assistant instructor here.

so we do our cardio and at this time i was training for an MMA fight. of course i'm doing the hardest cardio because i'm getting ready to fight. at the end, the cobra kai-rex kwon do guy has me grappling with everyone else starting in mount, and i have to escape and new guys keep cycling out shark bait style. the only one i wasn'y doing submissions on was the 16 year old girl. that's fine. but this guy saves himself for last, thinking he's got me all tired out and he can throw his weight around. i escaped his mount faster than anyone elses, and he grabs onto my leg and holds on for dear life. it's obvious he knows nothing about grappling. i switch around and take his back. i get one arm across his neck for the rear naked choke, i clasp my elbow and he goes "okay, good that's enough for today." he couldn't just bite the bullet and get tapped out.

then he stands up and says "not bad for someone who doesn't do jiu-jitsu huh?"

give me a break.

i told him i had him. he says "well, if this were a real fight i would have just hit you in the throat, blah blah."

what an ass. i don't need to get into a pissing contest with a poor sport who just sticks around the bando club to bully the new guys and tell everyone he's the most dangerous man in the world. it's obvious he has no discipline and no desire to actually learn martial arts. what does he want me to do? stand there and say "yea, man you are the toughest guy in the world. i bet you are even tougher than chuck norris. boy, you sure kicked my ass with that leg grab you did there."

needless to say, that was my last time there at that school.

that's the one thing i hate about martial arts, especially alot of the traditional martial arts. they are full of people who believe their own bullshit. i figured that one out in 2nd grade when the nerdy kid told everyone he was a blackbelt in karate so nobody would beat him up. the only way you can prove that you are a good martial artist is to compete and put up a good fight. if you just go around bragging to everyone then you are nothing but a loudmouth braggard. it's better to just keep your mouth shut.

my new MMA school has taught me alot more about striking in a few weeks than they have in a few months. already, my punches and kicks are quicker, more powerful, and have much more of a snap to them. i am learning from a guy who held 4 different titles in local pro MMA leagues. He knows not only alot about boxing and kicking, but he knows about boxing and kicking for MMA.


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so, nina and i went to a barbecue on the 4rth and then we went out for dessert and coffee on atwells ave in providence. then we went out to some new fetish night they have at this club called the gallery or something like that. i'm not really good at parties or clubs or things like that. i'm more socially reserved, but i do fine in normal atmospheres. i guess it's better that i fight and train alot but don't party as much because i suck at crowded social events. i don't get drunk very often so maybe that has to do with it. but people seem to swarm around nina. i think she's the opposite. she doesn't know as many people as i do but she's always the belle of the ball whenever we go out.

i know so many people, i had no idea i was such a townie. i run into people wherever i go. well, at least in eastern CT i'm a townie.

i also made a sandbag and i have been working out with my sandbag.....