the price of teen ego's and Martial Arts

[GoddeBPM]

Or you can establish a very psychotic appearance. Also your clothes can attract attention as well, if you live in a very gangster ghetto neighborhood, and you roll around with baggy jeans, Tony Hawk t-shirts and metal chains dangling everywhere, people are gonna be starting on you(I know from experience. ).

[TRIANGLEFROMGAURD]

LOL you guys are great. This situation is nothing new and has absolutely nothing with you being a martial artist. Who did these guys tell they wanted to kick your ass? Was it your boys they talked crap to? No it was your girl friends, it's called trying to get laid and these challenges would happen whether you did MA or played football or were a member of the chess team.

[GoddeBPM]

Originally Posted by Hajilee

I've dealt with that. I've had my challenges and simply talked to them made friends and basically kept my head down. Don't just waltz around with "I do martial arts" attached to your forehead.
Anyway just stay low and if they hit block and if they persist try to lock and drop if they still persist, destroy. And if they bring their buddies, run like hell

I was walking home just now from judo, I only live down the road so I don't see the reason why I should change my trousers, only to have a shower 5 minutes later. I wasn't even wearing my gi top and I walked across the bus stop with three ghetto boppers hanging by, like three tall black guys(Not being racist, just happens they were black), and one goes, "What the ****?" And it was obvious that was directed at me since they weren't even talking. But I just walked on and they made nothing of it.

[Hajilee]

Originally Posted by GoddeBPM

I was walking home just now from judo, I only live down the road so I don't see the reason why I should change my trousers, only to have a shower 5 minutes later. I wasn't even wearing my gi top and I walked across the bus stop with three ghetto boppers hanging by, like three tall black guys(Not being racist, just happens they were black), and one goes, "What the ****?" And it was obvious that was directed at me since they weren't even talking. But I just walked on and they made nothing of it.

Well done, that happens. Just stay under the screen. If you are looking for trouble wear the gi. If not then don't. To street guys it's a challenge. Everyone wants that "I beat a martial artist" story. Hell, before I started I wanted to as well.

[GoddeBPM]

Originally Posted by Hajilee

Well done, that happens. Just stay under the screen. If you are looking for trouble wear the gi. If not then don't. To street guys it's a challenge. Everyone wants that "I beat a martial artist" story. Hell, before I started I wanted to as well.

One day... I'll walk out in my gi top... And they'll start trouble... And I'll shoot them.

[Hajilee]

Originally Posted by GoddeBPM

One day... I'll walk out in my gi top... And they'll start trouble... And I'll shoot them.

And get arrested, and get on CNN. Judo is known as a defense martial art. It'd be much cooler just to whup them/

[GoddeBPM]

Yeah but... Small red belt chinese dude, 3 tall black guys? I'm not liking those odds... Besides, fighting fair is for the rings, 3 on 1? Anything goes. =]

[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by Little Dragon 117

hello my fellow teen warriors.
i havent posted in a while, wayyyyy to busy these days but i just want to say something that has already been said before....so let me acknowledge something.
today, my ex girlfriend showed me a text message that her friend doesnt like me. idk why he doesnt, and since i find it senseless to not like someone if you dont know them, i ended up getting angry at the guy because he doesnt know me yet he hates me.
im going to try and talk to him and see whats up after spring break but this is just a pointless story
my real topic is how showing your martial arts (showing off or just practicing with no intention of boasting) can get you in trouble.
so today i was talking to my frined and she tells me about how some guy thinks he can kick my butt. now i dont know this guy at ALL, but he suddenly thinks he can beat me?
im 99% sure that he has either seen me practicing or he has seen my myspace page, decorated with bruce lee and martial arts vids.
so fellow green kids (thanks MM47) what do you think?
what i am trying to get at here is that going around doing your MA can get you in trouble because i dont know what to do with these guys, and yet they both want to kick my tail.
maybe because they think i am a Martial Arts poser, or maybe they think that they can beat my martial arts, idk.

Well, I tended to try and stay out of this section, but since my name came up, I have to respond.

Indeed, anytime someone realises that you practice martial arts, opens opporunity for them to bash, ridicule, or become offensive to a point of them thinking either the martial artist is no good, or they are better.

This is the same for those who walk around in public with their uniforms.

Though the above would seem to be one looking to display thenselves like a peacock, it is no wonder they would receive certain reactions.

However, does this mean to become a paranoid hermit and live in the shadow of intimidation?

If a soccer player can walk around after playing soccer without smirks, ridicule, and offensive boasts directed, why should it be that towards martial artists? (Hmmnn-I understand this, but do some of you)

Avoidance is always the key.

Avoiding ex's is the bigger key.

It doesnt matter what people think of you.

Words are just words.

But if someone should physically attack, then the "game is on"

[JadeDragon]

Here's what it is.....These people feel that if they beat you then this will give them bragging rights to say that they can beat up a person that knows karate/kung fu. This will make them look like bad a$$es to thier friends. I would ignore them and if they start something then I would finish it by kicking thier arsses.

[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by JadeDragon

Here's what it is.....These people feel that if they beat you then this will give them bragging rights to say that they can beat up a person that knows karate/kung fu. This will make them look like bad a$$es to thier friends. I would ignore them and if they start something then I would finish it by kicking thier arsses.

If you could kick their .... what makes anyone thing they can beat anyone????

[Little Dragon 117]

Originally Posted by 47MartialMan

If you could kick their .... what makes anyone thing they can beat anyone????

yeah thats true. the only thing that is known is that if there is a fight you give it your all, but if they can beat you, then why take up on their challenge? yeah what ended up happening was the guy was at a party i was at, and he was staring at me with his friends, so i decided to go up to him and i kicked him with my super bruce lee flying side double dragon super sayain kick ...........

no i talked to him and i was just being calm with him and talking to him like a friend. ignoring the details of that night i heard he didnt want to fight me anymore.

[GoddeBPM]

Originally Posted by Little Dragon 117

yeah thats true. the only thing that is known is that if there is a fight you give it your all, but if they can beat you, then why take up on their challenge? yeah what ended up happening was the guy was at a party i was at, and he was staring at me with his friends, so i decided to go up to him and i kicked him with my super bruce lee flying side double dragon super sayain kick ...........

no i talked to him and i was just being calm with him and talking to him like a friend. ignoring the details of that night i heard he didnt want to fight me anymore.

Being a kick-ass martial artist is one thing, learning how to talk yourself out of stuff is another. So far I've talked myself out of... Three 18 year old middle eastern boys who wanted my iPod, mooning a group of wannabe gangsters, and getting cocky to about 10-15 teeny boppers (Knew I would of gotten my ass kicked I still acted cocky ).

I mean, you can let's just say you are the greatest martial artist to have ever lived on this Earth, somebody wants to start a fight you kick his ass. Somebody pulls out a gun on you, you disarm him by ripping of his face. But what if his friend is 20m away with a gun? Then you gotta start talking.

[GoddeBPM]

Originally Posted by JadeDragon

Here's what it is.....These people feel that if they beat you then this will give them bragging rights to say that they can beat up a person that knows karate/kung fu. This will make them look like bad a$$es to thier friends. I would ignore them and if they start something then I would finish it by kicking thier arsses.

But at the same time, they can look like 'bad asses' if you don't reply.

"Blud that brea is too chicken(Substitute this word with a slang term for female genitalia), to step up to me."

[Hajilee]

Originally Posted by GoddeBPM

Being a kick-ass martial artist is one thing, learning how to talk yourself out of stuff is another. So far I've talked myself out of... Three 18 year old middle eastern boys who wanted my iPod, mooning a group of wannabe gangsters, and getting cocky to about 10-15 teeny boppers (Knew I would of gotten my ass kicked I still acted cocky ).

I mean, you can let's just say you are the greatest martial artist to have ever lived on this Earth, somebody wants to start a fight you kick his ass. Somebody pulls out a gun on you, you disarm him by ripping of his face. But what if his friend is 20m away with a gun? Then you gotta start talking.

You really don't need to double triple double posst. Anyway, I know the feeling, and so... ever thought of putting just a little meat? Meat scares people. I look around 135-140 I weigh at 180 I pack alot of muscle. I guess I'm that small mean Irish foreign kid. But hey, if it keeps my head on my shoulders.

[GoddeBPM]

Originally Posted by Hajilee

You really don't need to double triple double posst. Anyway, I know the feeling, and so... ever thought of putting just a little meat? Meat scares people. I look around 135-140 I weigh at 180 I pack alot of muscle. I guess I'm that small mean Irish foreign kid. But hey, if it keeps my head on my shoulders.

I'm a 126 pounds, I don't weigh much for my build but I got big muscles compared to everybody else in my year(grade), not a lot, just in comparison.
And besides, it's cold in London, even if I was beaming full of muscle, you wouldn't see it through my hoodie, jacket and my baggy jeans.
People don't usually try to start on me anymore, cos well... I don't know.