Working out with Navy Seals

[medic06]

Thai, you must be pretty damn good if every martial artist you ran into is second rate.

[Thai Bri]

If that were so, I must be.

But I never said that, dumbass. I said "many of the actual fighting techniques he trained were second rate".

There is a massive difference between the two statements.

[Tom Yum]

Day 1 - Bootcamp

I'm in the bootcamp phase now.

Boy its tough! The instructor calls us out when we screw up and that's expected; we're here to become better individuals and never once did we (or at least I) take the criticisms too personally.

Lesson 1 - you're only as strong as your weakest link.

We did several team excercises (you'll never know unless you do it) and truly experienced why you have to ignore the pain for the better of the team. We got grilled when we weren't working as a team, but eventually figured out how to do it right.

Our bodies got broken down (without injury), leaving our exposed minds at the hand of the instructor. We got ourselves motivated and encouraged the others despite our own lack of endurance.

[buakaw]

I call bull-shit......I was in the Marines and you cannot cross over from Marine Recon to the Navy SEALS. He would have to get out of the Marines and re-enlist in the Navy. I don't get the attraction to special forces workouts and fighting methods. my experience in the military taught me that if you can run cross country, you'll be great in the special forces, but that doesn't make you a bad ass martial artist. And not every fight you get into will require you to gouge out the eyes of your opponent.

[Tom Yum]

I call bull-shit......I was in the Marines and you cannot cross over from Marine Recon to the Navy SEALS. He would have to get out of the Marines and re-enlist in the Navy. I don't get the attraction to special forces workouts and fighting methods. my experience in the military taught me that if you can run cross country, you'll be great in the special forces, but that doesn't make you a bad ass martial artist. And not every fight you get into will require you to gouge out the eyes of your opponent.

The program seems legitimate to me. It wouldn't be around for so long if it wasn't. People who lie about being in the SF community can get into trouble for doing so and this man has been in business long enough to have passed that test.

Are you sure about getting out of the Marines and re-enlisting in the Navy? They are connected and I've heard that Marines do go to the SEALs, but beyond that I really don't know as I'm just a civillian.

Ok, endurance running doesn't directly make you a bad ass martial artist. I'm far from it. Yeah you're right that every fight doesn't involve eye gouging, striking, grappling.

Its the mindset that our instructors are forging. Simply the mindset to overcome.

[Tom Yum]

Day 2

I can't reveal too much about day 2 without ruining the experience, but it was a helluva lot crazier than day 1. We got broken down in a number of creative ways...you'd have to be humble to continue and thankfully our group was humble enough. During a certain excercise, we weren't allowed to finish until someone puked. It wasn't me....but I got my chance much, much later.

For the later half of the class, I honestly forgot that I was a civilian. Our instructors ripped into us from time to time like Drill Sargeants, but at the same time looked out for our safety - they were like our older brothers or like Sea Daddies as they say.

One of our guys in the group, a tall thin guy consistently finished first in all the runs. Since running was a good portion of our training, he finished strong and was a natural pick for our team leader.

We took our PFT about 3/4 through the class. Translation: we got worked then tested; what a better way to test our metal.

We learned alot about following orders. Not just following them, but following them with great attention to detail and instantaneously. We were performing an excercise drill and got stopped immediately to receive the following lecture:

"Don't DO THIS until I SAY YOU DO THIS!!!! when your leader tells you to wait to shoot, YOU DAMN WAIT UNTIL THE INSTANT THEY SAY SHOOT. WHY? if you shoot too early, you will give away your position AND GET YOUR TEAM KILLED!!!"

I respect these men. They kick our asses in consistent, creative and thorough ways, but they are battle proven and our forging us into a team.

[treelizard]

The program seems legitimate to me. It wouldn't be around for so long if it wasn't. People who lie about being in the SF community can get into trouble for doing so and this man has been in business long enough to have passed that test.

You should ask Brewer, he's good at picking out fake SF guys.

[treelizard]

This does sound great. But how functional for fighting will it be?

Not the "march ten miles, have a fire-fight, then march home" type fight. But the "hit a monster in a pizza shop" encounter?

This just proves that even if you pick the toughest most bad-ass training out there, SOMEbody will find a reason to criticize it.

[Tom Yum]

You should ask Brewer, he's good at picking out fake SF guys.

veriseal.org.

As I allready believed, the man is legit.

[Thai Bri]

This just proves that even if you pick the toughest most bad-ass training out there, SOMEbody will find a reason to criticize it.

Without criticism there is no improvement, dick head.

[medic06]

If that were so, I must be.

But I never said that, dumbass. I said "many of the actual fighting techniques he trained were second rate".

There is a massive difference between the two statements.

Do you think you can write a post without all the name calling and juvenile insults?

[Thai Bri]

Without criticism there is no improvement, dick head.

Yes. See?, arse face?

[treelizard]

Spoken like a true warrior.

Without criticism there is no improvement, dick head.

[Thai Bri]

Spoken like a true warrior.

Spoken like a true SF wannabe.

[Tom Yum]

I'm trying to loose weight, challenge myself and get a glympse into this world. To see what its like before having to sign the dotted line so as to speak.