Alright this is an odd tangent but the Tony Valente training thread just reminded me so much of how we all have silly ideals when we begin training, and still always remain a bit silly as we progress in the sense that we probably do this shit WAY too much. So in the spirit of this old thread:
Addicted to Muay Thai!!!!!!!!! Am I going Crazy?
Let's re-visit some different things to note.
More ways to know you do TOO MUCH Stand-up Arts:
- When you are dancing with your Girlfriend/Wife and you hold each others arms, you think about locking her up around the shoulders and throwing repetitious knees.
- You eye up people, guessing what their fighting style would be like and take their build in to consideration to determine the best strategy of kicking their ass.
- When people ask if you have ANYTHING other than fights to watch and you throw them "Lethal Street Fighting".
- When you are showing the 7/11 store clerk how to do a Muay Thai clinch.
- When you wonder when you will get the chance to use your skills on a laymen, and how it will go down.
- Can't watch a boxing match without screaming "KNEEEES!!!!"
- When you enter a room, you start sizing guys up and deciding which ones you can beat up, you try to figure out how long it would take you to beat them up.
- When you grandma bends down to tie her shoe and you give her a flying knee.
- You start thinking about fighting while watching p0rn.
- You bump into inanimate objects and you instantly turn ready to perform a counter-punch/kick.
- You are constantly wearing a cup.
- You wake yourself up in the middle of the night throwing a punch or kick, or blocking.
- You absolutly positively will do ANYTHING to not miss a class/training session (this includes switching work schedules with someone, rescheduling dinner plans with your family, and missing important appointments).
- You ride the car or train telling to yourself "if I beat someone up, I'll go to jail, if I get beaten up by some punk, I'll disgrace my gym... no fights, no fights..."
- You've been in a half full public transportation wondering how you'd secure enough space to kickass if a fight broke out. You think of contingency plans.
- Everyday you wonder about the readiness of several fighters for the upcoming fight.
- You listen to music wondering what to pick for your entrance music or hl clip.
- More than once you've had to explain to a puzzled clothing store clerk why ability to kick in the pants you are trying on is important, because you were caught kicking in front of a store mirror.
- Your first thought when trying on nice clothes in a designer store is "I can't fight in this shit."
- It's a personal goal for you TO be able to fight in a suit and look good doing it.
- You think how fun it would be to work leg kicking drills on guys dancing at night clubs.
- You shout instructions to movie characters during fight scenes.
- You go to get out of bed and not one part of your body works properly anymore...
- You know the secrets of cover up make-up for important business meetings.
- Your friends play fight and when they see you coming they immediately stop before you jump in.
- "I want to try something new out"-These words out of your mouth have cleared out parties.
And of course...
- You can't go more than an hour in a day without checking Sherdog's Stand-up technique section because you HAVE to know if a new thread applies to you.
Feel free to scour the net for more, I love them.
Too much Stand-up:
