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Originally Posted by Mike Brewer
allow me to explain something to Doug and to everyone else who shows up here thinking they have to posture and lie about their experiences to gain respect.
One of the first lessons for any martial artist - hell, any MAN - to learn is the abilkity to be honestly self-critical. We have to be able to lay ourselves out there, weaknesses, faults, failings, shortcomings and all, in order to become better than we are. We cannot improve if we cannot honestly acknowledge the reality of our current condition. Put another way, you earn respect by being honest and forthright about who and what you are - not by spinning myths about Tony Jaa or Jackie Chan style fights you wish you'd gotten in.
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Great reply Mike, I agree... too many people out there trying to put forth a false image and present something Fake, not just in the Martial Arts community, but life in general.. there's no Honor in this, and this is something that doesn't help anyone at all. Be who you are, and if it means that people won't think you're a badass like Paul Vunak or a UFC Champion, then so be it, it's much more Honorable to be someone authentic than being a fraud.