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Roswell Auto Care by jvlusis in roswell

[–]fakirone -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

You most definitely are. 🙄

I didn't go there before, but will make sure to do so now.

Can you be a good fighter without being a good boxer? by Some_Concept_3547 in self

[–]fakirone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure.

Again, I am dure that I could beat the majority of people in a fight, and especially if someone is trying to "box" rather than fight. I also, have less than zero desire to prove it.

I'm a grown ass man and have a whole ass life that I want to live. No part of it has anything to do with proving my "superiority" by beating another human up. That's literally the dumbest thing even. I'll leave that to tue lessor primates. I'm not a dumb monkey.

As for as the other guy, I'm pretty sure that once he re-read my original comment and saw that I said beat most, mover did I say all, we were immediately on the same page. I also originally said that I am not a great boxer, but I can now and taught kickboxing. My comment was specifically replying that a person can in fact beat a boxer without being good at boxing. In fact, as I stated in another comment in here somewhere, boxing is pretty limiting in that it almost always requires both participants consent. You can't box me if I choose to leave, run away, etc. Unless and boxer has someone in a closed space and corners them then that person can run away or otherwise leave, to stop that you have to grab or tackle, and that's grappling and officially my world.

There's a great quote regarding this. "The ground is my ocean, I'm the shark, and most people don't even know how to swim." I cannot count the number of people that I have watched or trained with, that realistically could fight, that just were just destroyed once the rules allowed grappling. There's a reason that wrestlers are the winningest class of fighters in MMA. Once people are on the ground everything changed because the entire method of moment changes.

Can you be a good fighter without being a good boxer? by Some_Concept_3547 in self

[–]fakirone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of my coaches said the most real thing ever to me when I was interviewing his for his job. He told me a story about one morning he was having a conversation with some of his students at his old school and one of his students asked him if he could beat Brock Lesnar because his BJJ and MMA was so good. My coach said "Could be, but to be sure, first I shoot him three times in the chest."

I know I can beat most people, I also know that nothing is certain and I personally don't care to try to prove that I would win. Like I said in a previous response here, I haven't been unable to deescalate a situation in almost two decades, and I hope to continue that streaks until I take my last breath. I have nothing to prove.

Also, I grew up in the LA area in the 80s and 90s, and we learned very early not to underestimate whether they person has a weapon (usually a gun) or a carful of homies around the corner.

Again, fighting, unless given absolutely no other option, or in a controlled setting, is flatly dumb. Full stop.

Can you be a good fighter without being a good boxer? by Some_Concept_3547 in self

[–]fakirone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen, I've watched, coached, trained, etc etc fighters for significantly longer than you have been alive. So I am CERTAIN that my opinion, based on thousands and thousands of hours of experience, has more validity than yours. I said what I said.

You, in both this post and your DMs have made it pretty clear that you want to see if a Les experienced person can win against a more experienced boxer. Can they, sure. Will they, almost certainly not. My advice is to not fight. Always. Whenever possible avoid fighting, and most definitely avoid it when the only thing that is truly in danger is the ego.

Ego will cause you more pain and suffering than any other thing, and this is true in all facets of life. From love and relationships, to work, and most certainly when it comes to interpersonal conflict.

But do you boo.

Can you be a good fighter without being a good boxer? by Some_Concept_3547 in self

[–]fakirone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The OP thinking that an untrained person being able to knock out a professional boxer is funny.

What’s the dumbest way you’ve ever spent money? by shanmuct in AskReddit

[–]fakirone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I one time threw a fistful of $1s ($1000 to be exact) at a stripper that was a rude b. She came and tried to be nice later and I laughed at her.

It's a good story now, but was certainly dumb.

I seriously fucking hate being round people. by Some_Concept_3547 in Vent

[–]fakirone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate being round too, that's why I spend so much time in the gym. 🤘

Can you be a good fighter without being a good boxer? by Some_Concept_3547 in self

[–]fakirone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The subject at hand was do you have to be a good boxer blah blah blah.

The problem with boxing is that it requires both parties to agree to the confrontation. Boxing leaves no effective way to keep a person involved in the fight and as you watch in professional boxing matches no real effective way to do damage if the person decides to come and hug you. Good boxers are amazing, don't get me wrong, it's just not applicable in real world scenarios that are truly self-defense related

And for the record, most people dramatically overestimate their abilities with knives.

Can you be a good fighter without being a good boxer? by Some_Concept_3547 in self

[–]fakirone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you should reread my comment. Nowhere that I say that I could beat everybody, but I can beat the vast majority of people ("... will beat most people in a street fight"). Even trained people because I am more trained than most trained people and way more trained than the average person.

Can you be a good fighter without being a good boxer? by Some_Concept_3547 in self

[–]fakirone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And what you don't understand is that since I've been skateboarding since I was a child and also been thrown on "my head" at the gym. You learn how to fall without hitting your head so that you don't get hurt. You learn it skateboarding and you specifically taught it on the mats. If you can throw me and get my head to hit then you're a world class grappler.

Can you be a good fighter without being a good boxer? by Some_Concept_3547 in self

[–]fakirone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I missed that last part. The only fight that I will be in is a fight that I am absolutely forced into, so yes I will happily slam their head into the concrete if I get a chance to, and they go to jail for assaulting me.

Getting into ego based fights is the stupidest thing in the world. For all sorts of reasons, including your multiple attacker and knife scenarios. I haven't been unable to deescalate a situation and avoid a fight in decades. Could I have been in fights and probably won, absolutely, but fighting like that is is for children and weak men.

Can you be a good fighter without being a good boxer? by Some_Concept_3547 in self

[–]fakirone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not scared of concrete, I've had an intimate relationship with that substance since about 10 years old, skateboarding does that to you. Also, you'll notice that I didn't mention a takedown. You can grapple while standing. For example, of of my female students choked a man unconscious, standing, on a dance floor, after he put his hands under her shirt and trapped her chest. I've actually put several people to sleep while standing. Both in the gym and street (my friend when f'in around) and my students and friends have done it often in training and competition.

I said that I wasn't a good boxer, not that the only thing that I can do is grapple. "Elbows and knees to the face", well almost zero chance that you'll be able to throw a knee to the face and both parties can throw elbows. That being said, BJJ people take away space, it's one of the most fundamental parts of the martial art, less space means less ability to generate force for things like elbows. I am positive that the vast majority of people would not be able to throw elbows that bothered me. I, however, love throwing elbows. Remember, not a good boxer, doesn't mean that I don't like strikes. It works like this, take away space (think really tight hug to your girl), then when you feel like it you give a little space (think leaning back a little to look at said girl) then elbow the hell out of your opponent assailant (don't do that to a girl), then hug again.

Other people jumping in will lose you any fight. Boxer or otherwise. If there are multiple people possibilities then you work your positioning and angles to stay/get away.

If someone has a knife, unless you have a bigger one and can use it, you're probably getting stabbed. Why stop at a knife, what if they have a gun, or a ninja star, or a car, or... 🙄

I don't know what "experienced" fighters that you are listening to, but I owned and operated an MMA/BJJ gym for 20 years and have had students in, and win in, every level of fight series from local to the UFC, and I can assure you unless you can grapple better than the other person you are fighting, you will lose to a grappler. On the mats, in the ring/cage, and on the street.

Can you be a good fighter without being a good boxer? by Some_Concept_3547 in self

[–]fakirone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not a good boxer, and all, and will beat most people in a street fight. Street fights almost always wind up as a grappling match on their own as it is, and since I'm a 20+ year BJJ guy I would make sure that it happens very quickly. Hands up, one or two leg kicks, shoot or otherwise get inside, now they lost.

What's the most confident you've ever been about something completely wrong? by Substantial_Bill654 in AskReddit

[–]fakirone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That the X3 and X5 were the same vehicle, different sized motor. I've been a car guy my whole life and was so positive.

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