aleshanee said:
Izdaari said:
Very cool about your siblings training in JKD. 8)
Was the teacher possibly Paul Vunak who runs Progressive Fighting Systems?
But I really hope Hawaii cage fighting is better than what you saw that time.
no... it was herman cobile.... long before i ever moved here he was doing stunt work on magnum pi.... then later on a show called the raven and pretty much every other tv show and movie that has been filmed in hawaii since then.... his school was progressive streetfighting combat systems......
to be honest with you i wish they would ban cage fighting in hawaii and put an end to it altogether..... but realistically i know they probably won;t coz it brings in a lot of revenue for all parties involved... including the state ....... and revenue seems to be all that matters these days..... but what bothers me most about it is how even young children get caught up in it and even talk about "cage fighting" being the career they want when they grow up...... at a recent career day event at a local elementary school that my dad took part in ... he said that among the various people.. (firefighters, police, doctors, nurses etc...)... who showed up to talk about their jobs.... they also had a professional mma cage fighter come in to tell the kids all about what he did for a living and tell how he got started in the cage fighting business...... guess who was the favorite guest among the kids?....
this thing is a blight on our culture.... and no less an ominous sign for our country than the obsession for gladiatorial combat was for the ancient romans..... what is it we are trying to become when we invite cage fighters to elementary schools and let them solicit for recruits?........ like i said before.... God help us.......
Playgrounds have always been the place where gladiators are recruited. It is what we men do. We fight.
If you weren't Navajo, I'd appeal to your people's History, but, alas yours is the History of peaceful skilled tradesmen.
But, your Aztec side would remember.
American's have gotten weak.
Abraham Lincoln was a heavyweight champ.
Read of David's mighty men.
Men should learn to fight, to fight evil men, who will always be here.
MMA is boring, but at least it is once again teaching men to lose their fear of getting hit.
I do think that the cage takes away some of the skill that they would otherwise have to employ, and would maybe watch, if they removed it.
But the fact is, most impromptu fights end in grappling on the ground, so MMA is prepping men to defend themselves and others.
Anishinaabe
.... but i heard recently he is now one of the top promoters and trainers for hawaiis mma cage fighting industry..... :-\ ... 