Real life fight club

[kddani]

Saw a sign yesterday advertising a Pittsburgh Fight Club, then saw this news story today:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/29/fight.club.ap/index.html

Ouch. Why do people do this?

One quote in the article I didn't like:
"Real-life fight clubs are the male version of the girls who cut themselves," he said.

[33girl]

One quote in the article I didn't like:


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"Real-life fight clubs are the male version of the girls who cut themselves," he said.
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A-hole needs to watch the movie/read the book again.

The typical profile of girls who cut, compared with the guys who go to Fight Club, couldn't be farther apart.

(and yes, I do realize that I'm not upset about the violent bloody fighting or people cutting, but misinterpretation.)

Where'd you see this sign at??

[AlphaFrog]

33 - PMs

[kddani]

Originally posted by 33girl
Where'd you see this sign at??

On the way to my parents' house yesterday in Bridgeville. Kyle (the BF) said that he's seen them around at various places, too.

[Rudey]

That's great. Someone should make a video tape of the Asian and Indian computer programmer fights and sell them.

-Rudey
--I thought it would be cool until I saw all the people they quoted and talked about the "Fight" in Menlo Park...douches.

[quantum jim]

Yes I am a geek, and yes I do practice martial arts. However, I do so safely and not for the reasons iterated by that horrible CNN article. I have lost 50 pounds and cut my body fat in half. Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts has helped me break from the introverted shell we geeks can fall into. I have made more friends and experienced more in the past year than the previous five. I highly recommend martial arts to anyone who is depressed or troubled as I was.

Pittsburgh Fight Club (http://www.pghfightclub.com/) is a safe environment for learning mixed martial arts. You can learn the sports of boxing, kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and how to integrate them into a mixed martial arts environment. You pick what and how much you want to learn and how intense to work out. Nobody thinks any less of anyone for taking a break. Almost everyone is friendly and happy to work with new people.

They do have a cage for training. However, nobody except advanced students will use it. Most sparring is simply grappling and wrestling with light strikes if any.
Rather than feeling violent and agressive, mixed martial arts is more like a very tiring chess match. Unlike boxing or other sports, nobody cares if you lose by surrendering - tapping out is an honorable way to lose akin to staying checkmate. Nobody is trying to kill anyone - indeed learning to pace oneself is one skill you must learn in the sport. There is rarely blood involved unless you have an individual predisposition. Injuries are simular to what athletes risk in wrestling, judo, and other sports.

So don't think that Pittsburgh Fight Club is in any way related to the "geek fight clubs" in the CNN article or in the movie/book. They are completely different.

Note: The "Pittsburgh Submission Fight Club" is a different organization. That club is not run by Eric Hibler (see link). I had a bad experience with them. In fact, I don't recommend going to them since they are simular to the CNN article. However, don't confuse that bad club with the numerous good schools in the area.

[Tom Earp]

Beating Head against wall!:rolleyes:

WooHoo, boy is that fun!:rolleyes:

[Optimist Prime]

there is a difference between people who pratice martial arts for self defence/self improvement and a bunch of douchebags clobbering each other for no reason

[quantum jim]

Hence why I attempted to show the dissociation between Pittsburgh Fight Club and those idiots in the CNN article.

[Optimist Prime]

right