Girlfriend is into martial arts

Honestly never come across it,though I worked with a guy recently who's bigger than me and thought his size 'street fighting experience' trumped any training or experience i could have had,I asked him to put his money where his mouth is,and he now holds a different opinion

I couldn't exactly go the same route with a 35 year old,9 stone mother of 3... well not in good conscience anyway.

 

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And men do this FAR more than women....by about 4000% according to The Onion

 

They did a video that was satirical yet absolutely spot on...cannot post it for NSFW language

 

Think we've met this guy on MAP at some point!

 

Yeah Google The Onion fighting article. Absolutely perfect.

 

That's the title:

Report: average male 4000 less effective in fights than they imagine.

 

Ryan Hall sums it up. One of the best videos I've seen. I also think people who can actually fight also tend to have a higher level of intelligence as this video shows.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGZ4E-qUd1A"]Ryan Hall: Best Martial Art for Self Defense - YouTube[/ame]

So I've never actually competed in boxing. Have Just had a couple of hard spars (80%) but been doing it for almost a year (usually 30% sparring) . Do you have to have had a few fights to be considered a "Boxer" or being able to fight? Obviously I'm not a fighter lol

 

Good video! I haven't seen that before.

 

But why should this annoy you so much? Do you feel somehow diminished if they don't recognize you as the superior fighter? If you base your self worth on what others think, then you'll set yourself up for a life of annoyance and irritation. Far better to just smile and tell them "you may be right."

 

It'd be nice to have a gf that could protect me. Especially from Crisco man on here.

 

It's disrespectful and rude,and secondly there's virtually no socially acceptable recourse.

tell them that's rude/disrespectful = you're a mangina
agree with them = you're a p***y
invite them to prove their theory and be duly proven incorrect = you're one of many four letter words.

 

How about just saying "well you never know" and dont let any ridiculous sense of macho egotism get in the way?

If you cannot find a "socially acceptable recourse" your social group has issues

 

I'd try and figure out why it bothers you so deeply. Not trying to be rude but there is probably an underlying issue.

 

Clearly the best way to deal with it is to make them sit through 5hrs of aliveness videos and then compare notes until they admit, in writing, that they were wrong.

 

Challenge the women to a friendly match/fight. Wrestle them to the floor, and then sit on them. Problem solved. (Hopefully they aren't high level BJJ practitioners though.)

 

Haha, not really. "Yeah but I'd totally beat you up" 99 times out of 100 is just a way to flirt.

If a person I was comfortable with i.e work colleague, classmate (college or uni) etc wanted to truly test themselves against me I'd be fine with that. I'm good enough now to where I can take people down and just hug them until they quit. If they enjoyed themselves invite them to train with me.

That is why grappling > striking for chatting up girls

 

You know how they say you never truly know anyone until you fight them right? I would watch out what you wish for. She would end up fighting me and seeing how great a man I am, how great Crisco is, and then she would leave you when the dust settled and walk into the horizon with me to the Crisco Palace. :meditate:

Crisco is the protection