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What do you identify as?
6 year(s) ago • 583 views • 24 replies
AKPurple beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
BJJ is a "martial art", but also falls under other categories like "grappling", "submission grappling" and there's enough of it in MMA to qualify as "fighting" in its own right.
So what are you - a grappler, a fighter, a martial artist? An accountant by day, ninja by night?
Personally I loath the term "martial artist" because it just conjurers up mental images of the George Dillman / Frank Dux / Steven Seagal types who are going to do no-touch KO's or send you flying across the room with a street fighter ball of chi. But plenty of people I respect identify that way. I tend to go with "submission wrestler", it's the most self-explanatory term that lay people might actually understand and avoid the "oh, is that like karate?" follow up.
So what are you - a grappler, a fighter, a martial artist? An accountant by day, ninja by night?
Personally I loath the term "martial artist" because it just conjurers up mental images of the George Dillman / Frank Dux / Steven Seagal types who are going to do no-touch KO's or send you flying across the room with a street fighter ball of chi. But plenty of people I respect identify that way. I tend to go with "submission wrestler", it's the most self-explanatory term that lay people might actually understand and avoid the "oh, is that like karate?" follow up.
CGBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
who are going to do no-touch KO's or send you flying across the room with a street fighter ball of chi.
You make that sound like it's a bad thing???
AKPurple beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
You make that sound like it's a bad thing???
It is if you do it without shouting "hadōken"
JLBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Struggle Snuggler
PHBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Murder yogi
DUBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Murder yogi
That's by far the most funny thing I have read this year so far. Thank you very much for the hard laugh!
RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Chicken little
VCBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Pretzeler but often a Pretzelee
ADPurple beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Evil physiotherapist.
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
A human first and foremost... Occasionally an AH-64.
Combat sports athlete / coach.
Combat sports athlete / coach.
FFBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Martial artist is what I am, coaching for combat sports is what I do.
RRBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Purveyor of pain and a recreational chiropractor
KBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I prefer grappler since I teach a lot of NoGi and also coach wrestling.
Jujitiero also sounds pretty cool
Jujitiero also sounds pretty cool
WJBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
'Martial Artist' for me :)
CBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Power cuddler.
MMBrown beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
I am an attack toaster. did you know that toasters kill roughly 900 people a year world wide. test me if u wanna
DKBlue beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Freestyle Judoka and bjj player.. I call myself a grappler lol
KKBrown beltPending
6 year(s) ago
I like to call myself a parital artist. This is a very rewarding and enjoyable hobby for me but I try not to take myself too seriously or think I'm hot shit just because I like to roll around with friends under various rulesets.
AKPurple beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
I am an attack toaster. did you know that toasters kill roughly 900 people a year world wide. test me if u wanna
I believe a lot of people die by falling down the stairs each year too
MMBrown beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
the dwedpiwate wobets takes no suvivas, the dwedpiwate wobets is here for your souuuuulllll
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NBBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
To others, "I do Jiu-Jitsu" so as not to sound like I take myself seriously, cause I don't. Inside it's martial artist, cause Frank Dux aside, it's been my principle passion since I started doing Kung-fu at 11. It has always been more than just an athletic activity to me.
TPBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
I have already ages ago arrived to the shocking conclusion that people who don't train don't give a flying fuck about "jiujitsu" or the intricacies of different grappling styles. To them, I just tell I have "wrestling practice" or "wrestling competition" when I once again can't attend a social event. (I can't wrestle for shit, so to real wrestlers I tell what I'm actually doing. :D)
Personally I've been an admirer of ALL martial arts since a kid, and I like the idea of expressing oneself through martial arts, whatever the choice of the art is. (Obvs BJJ is the best tho, d'uh!) Thus, a recreational martial artist (rather than, say, a fighter).
I also tried to come up with a joke answer but couldn't think of anything to rival the best ones here already!
Personally I've been an admirer of ALL martial arts since a kid, and I like the idea of expressing oneself through martial arts, whatever the choice of the art is. (Obvs BJJ is the best tho, d'uh!) Thus, a recreational martial artist (rather than, say, a fighter).
I also tried to come up with a joke answer but couldn't think of anything to rival the best ones here already!
