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Tim McFatridge · 09-28-2006, 11:47 AM

fanman, I hope you have grown up alot since both of those events? If you are driving down the road and call out to someone and say what you said then I happen to think that you got what you deserved. Now, for your comment about freezing up and not being able to do anything... you said you were going to train harder. The problem is not with how hard you train but in how you train. You could be the hardest training guy in the world but if you do not train for reality and train under pressure then you will never get any better. You will look good doing what you do but until you put a dose of reality into your training you will be lacking in "street fight" situations.

You should also consider yourself very lucky that you were able to pull off the spinning back kick and the crescent kick on the guy. Most people with any type of fighting experience will be able to pick up on the body movement to either move out of the way or bum rush you when you are doing this.(No offense to your skills) I use to teach a MMA class at a Shaolin Kung Fu school and was always amazed when watching them spar because I could tell what they were going to do before they did it. The main reason was becuase they did not train there stuff with any kind of reality. They would always "set" before throwing certain kicks and they would always telegraph what they were doing.

So anyway I guess all my ramblings here are to say to you that you do not need to train harder but smarter inorder to be better prepared for the different circumstances you will encounter. Also, to tell you that you need to change the way you act when in public. You are a martial artist so quit acting like a thug. Next, time you are in aclub and you wink and smile at a girl, if she does not wink and smile back and give you all kinds of good vibes then do not make your way over to her. If you do insist on dancing up to her and talking to her then if she does not give off the vibe that she is diggin you then move my brother there are plenty more girls out there.

09-28-2006, 11:47 AM	#37 (permalink)
Tim McFatridge Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Waco, Tx. Posts: 271	fanman, I hope you have grown up alot since both of those events? If you are driving down the road and call out to someone and say what you said then I happen to think that you got what you deserved. Now, for your comment about freezing up and not being able to do anything... you said you were going to train harder. The problem is not with how hard you train but in how you train. You could be the hardest training guy in the world but if you do not train for reality and train under pressure then you will never get any better. You will look good doing what you do but until you put a dose of reality into your training you will be lacking in "street fight" situations. You should also consider yourself very lucky that you were able to pull off the spinning back kick and the crescent kick on the guy. Most people with any type of fighting experience will be able to pick up on the body movement to either move out of the way or bum rush you when you are doing this.(No offense to your skills) I use to teach a MMA class at a Shaolin Kung Fu school and was always amazed when watching them spar because I could tell what they were going to do before they did it. The main reason was becuase they did not train there stuff with any kind of reality. They would always "set" before throwing certain kicks and they would always telegraph what they were doing. So anyway I guess all my ramblings here are to say to you that you do not need to train harder but smarter inorder to be better prepared for the different circumstances you will encounter. Also, to tell you that you need to change the way you act when in public. You are a martial artist so quit acting like a thug. Next, time you are in aclub and you wink and smile at a girl, if she does not wink and smile back and give you all kinds of good vibes then do not make your way over to her. If you do insist on dancing up to her and talking to her then if she does not give off the vibe that she is diggin you then move my brother there are plenty more girls out there. __________________ Tim McFatridge Integrated Submission Grappling JKD Kali Association - www.jkdkali.com