Originally Posted by Michael Wright

and what I'm saying is, be confident in yourself, otherwise....he is right.

I don't care how badass he thinks he is, or what meth he is on, or who his connections are. He hasn't trained every day for nearly two decades to protect what he loves, so if he wants to bring it on at the pool table then bring it on. You have to believe in what you have, and what you are.

"Bad guy" is a name that applies to both people in any violent confrontation. I'd much rather be the trained, skilled, athletic bad guy than the weasly, crack addict, pimp bad guy. Its another martial arts stereotype of the "lethal danger" that lurks on our street. When did we stop thinking that we, as trained martial artists, are the lethal danger? When did it all become so defeatist?

If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.