Too much Stand-up:

[Tim Chan]

Originally Posted by King Kabuki

- You wake yourself up in the middle of the night throwing a punch or kick, or blocking.

haha, that's happenned a few times. dream about punching something or just thinking about it and wake up.

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-when someone pets you on the shoulder, you grab their necks and twist it.

-you try to pick up girls by bragging about your ma skills

-you try to pick up girls by promising to teach them ma

-you can't stop thinking about all the ways you can take someone down whenever you look at someone

-all your non fighting friends back off when you enter the room

[CowboyPete]

-Not a single conversation with a fellow fighter goes buy where you don't at least jokingly throw a couple punches at one another.

[scourge1985]

Originally Posted by CowboyPete

-You playfight with your little cousins/nephews/neices over your holiday vacation and end up giving them tips on their footwork and how to use their hips to get their weight behind their shots.

Did it this christmas with my little cousin who just started with kyukushin.

[Marvin Covar]

guilty as charged. lol

I went to a mandatory defensive tactics class the other day for my job (Juvenile Probation), and my partner was hating life, he is used to going through that training and half assing the useless moves that they teach. Well he got a small standup and ground session from me that day. I was taking him down kind of hard and throwing in an armbar, omaplata and kimura here and there. One instructor was mad at me told me his moves work(they thought I was some sort of showoff) so I made him tap too, he wasnt grappling more just like moving wildly on the ground while huffing and puffing (he weighs like 215 lbs and I weigh 150). I was trying to get them to figure out that their moves are not efficient and would seldom work with a real combative person.

My coworkers said "man were just trying to make it through this day, and not have to worry about it till next year (in my mind I could not believe this mentality)." Before class I had a sweat going already from warming up and they were drinking Caramel Machiattos. looking at me warming up probably thinking "man this guy takes this defensive tactics stuff too serious."

[CowboyPete]

Originally Posted by MuayThaiWAR

looking at me warming up probably thinking "man this guy takes this defensive tactics stuff too serious."

Some wierdos just dont' like fighting. Go figure.

[ssssmashing]

I had to laugh when I saw this thread. A few months ago I was in the ER waiting for someone to get released. I struck up a conversation with an off-duty cop there. We started talking and I started showing him restraining holds and disarms. At one point I had him spun around on the ground with his arm in cuff position with my hand on his pistol.

He looks at me with a real excited expression and says, "Can you show me that again?!! And I should probably lock my service piece in the lockers huh?" You should have seen the looks on the ER admitting nurse when she sees the cop on the ground with my knee on his calf muscle with him yelping in pain.

Looking back on it we probably were a little over zealous. I'm probably lucky I didn't get shot by the hospital's rent-a-cops.

[CowboyPete]

Originally Posted by ssssmashing

I had to laugh when I saw this thread. A few months ago I was in the ER waiting for someone to get released. I struck up a conversation with an off-duty cop there. We started talking and I started showing him restraining holds and disarms. At one point I had him spun around on the ground with his arm in cuff position with my hand on his pistol.

He looks at me with a real excited expression and says, "Can you show me that again?!! And I should probably lock my service piece in the lockers huh?" You should have seen the looks on the ER admitting nurse when she sees the cop on the ground with my knee on his calf muscle with him yelping in pain.

Looking back on it we probably were a little over zealous. I'm probably lucky I didn't get shot by the hospital's rent-a-cops.

That's incredible.

*applauds*

[Wartorment]

Originally Posted by King Kabuki

- 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 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.

- You start thinking about fighting while watching p0rn.

- 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.

- Your first thought when trying on nice clothes in a designer store is "I can't fight in this shit."

- 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.

- Your friends play fight and when they see you coming they immediately stop before you jump in.

- 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.

I'm not sure if I'm sad to say it, but I'm absolutely guilty of all of the selected items.



-When someone touches you on the shoulder, you feel the urge to slip and counterpunch.

-When you randomly pretend to throw an elbow during conversation with your friends, just out of boredom.

[SnowBlynd]

Originally Posted by King Kabuki

- When people ask if you have ANYTHING other than fights to watch and you throw them "Lethal Street Fighting".

- You wake yourself up in the middle of the night throwing a punch or kick, or blocking.

- Your friends play fight and when they see you coming they immediately stop before you jump in.

Those 3 are me all the way. This thread is good for a chuckle.