Would any of you like or want to participate in something like this? I thought it interesting that the quote below indicated a fight club in a certain location was started by a martial arts instructor... (highlighted in blue).
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/29/fight.club.ap/index.html
It made me wonder how many of the martial artists may harbor thoughts of being able to truly fight back? I suppose there are a whole range of how people think of fighting. I am guessing that many probably dream of such conflict, perhaps more in a what-if context. Some may extend this to sparring and/or competition. Others may go further and actually indulge in similar fight clubs. The way these fight clubs go (if it is anything like what is in the article), I'm surprised no one has been seriously hurt (requiring hospitalization) or killed. One of these days, I'd like to watch a Dog Brothers competition. I understand these are pretty intense.
For me, I have no wish to participate in fight club activities. However, I will admit that I have dreams of physical confrontations. Most of these dreams, however, are a result of the bad experiences I went through a long time ago.
That said, I do enjoy sparring.
- Ceicei
The link to the article from CNN:Gints Klimanis, a 37-year-old software engineer and martial arts instructor, started the invitation-only "Gentlemen's Fight Club" in Menlo Park in 2000 after his no-holds-barred sessions with a training partner grew to more than a dozen people. Most participants are men working in the high-tech industry.
"You get to be a superhero for a night," Klimanis said. "We have to go to work every day. We're constantly told to buy things we don't need, and just for a couple hours we have the freedom to do what we want to do."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/29/fight.club.ap/index.html
It made me wonder how many of the martial artists may harbor thoughts of being able to truly fight back? I suppose there are a whole range of how people think of fighting. I am guessing that many probably dream of such conflict, perhaps more in a what-if context. Some may extend this to sparring and/or competition. Others may go further and actually indulge in similar fight clubs. The way these fight clubs go (if it is anything like what is in the article), I'm surprised no one has been seriously hurt (requiring hospitalization) or killed. One of these days, I'd like to watch a Dog Brothers competition. I understand these are pretty intense.
For me, I have no wish to participate in fight club activities. However, I will admit that I have dreams of physical confrontations. Most of these dreams, however, are a result of the bad experiences I went through a long time ago.
That said, I do enjoy sparring.
- Ceicei