It's my martial arts world

[cranefly]

How to be an inconspicuous fall guy for your master...
(can't embed this with the necessary start time, so just copy/paste into browser location)

https://youtu.be/4nmeSWB6LBI?t=179

[Greg]

It's always nice to see DM being challenged to a fight by an irate reader of his magazine.

Get ready to rumble!

[cranefly]

Sigh.
Now DM will have to climb down from Half Dome to deliver a sword thrust.

By dragging in that whole bit about growing up on an Indian reservation, was he suggesting racism -- that DM marginalized him because of his ethnicity?

Methinks he needs to start his own magazine to give full bloom to his own exploits.

[cranefly]

I pointed Lady Cranefly to this, but looks like he took it down.

Oh, to be so young and foolish again (as opposed to old and foolish)...

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

It was some good whiny complain-ifying. You'd think the guy was 15 years old, but no. Maybe a real adult suggested that he try to address things in a more circumspect, mature way, and that he could challenge DM to a shoving match later if it didn't work out. Could also be that his martial arts association told him to quit pissing off a sponsor.

[Drunk Monk]

Next time, please copy & paste the challenge here. Fortunately, Tim fb mssgd me with his complaint along with more detailed info. Alas. I actually like the guy and didn't see that coming at all. I get 'challenged' maybe once or twice a year, but it almost never goes the distance because as the challenged one, I retain the right of field of play, and Kung Fu peeps typically balk when I say epee or kendo, or when I say I'm injured (which is always) and declare the right for a proxy.

Monday's after a vacation are so fun.

[Greg]

Are you doing the Ninja costumes for Halloween this year?

[Drunk Monk]

We abandoned NinjaStar years ago when participation dropped.  We had one good year, then it was done, and for all the effort, we really didn't see much of a bump in ninja gear sales.  

As for the challenge, I have resolved it.  After claiming field of play, he backed down.  I probably would have went with epee or kendo as both are tricky for a nooB, and I'm confident that even though I haven't dabbled in either for like 2+ decades, I could still make mincemeat of a nooB.  Like I said, I do like the guy.  He's quite interesting and we're having lunch in a month.  Maybe we'll even do an article.  

It's weird tho - after the confrontation I got in with Sal at Berkeley CMAT this year, well, that's two for 2017 - not unheard of but unusual as the year is only a little over half over.  People are so aggro now.  I blame it on Trump.  srsly.

[Greg]

Well, if there is going to be fight, I get to film it.

And haven't we aged out of the fight bracket?

I blame Trump, too.

[cranefly]

I'm so excited...

...that all the overblown hype about the Mayweather Jr./McGregor fight will soon be over.


Still can't believe that so many people are gifting a multi-millionaire with a huge paycheck for agreeing to this farce.

[Greg]

Why yes, I would let Mayweather beat me up for $100 million payday. $50 million, even.

[Drunk Monk]

I'd invest in pay-per-view to watch that.

[Greg]

I should hope so. Tree falls in the forest, and all that.

[Greg]

Why isn't Tiger Claw selling these? They are ICE CREAM!

I'm just saying

Ice Cream Katana Japan Food fight.



Yeah, yeah, you posted about these ten years ago. I know.

[cranefly]

Seppuku performed orally.

I'm all in.

I'd be such a sucker for those.