ninjashoes
09-18-2006, 06:17 AM
The Shoebox
Ok so I was explaining how I became interested in mma. I left off right before I witnessed my first mma event at a friends house. It wasn't an event actually but a best of ppv that was really heavy on the Tank Abbot. I admit the guy was entertaining but something about him made me think he was more of an asshole than a martial artist. My favorite part was seeing him get destroyed by Vitor Belfort and Pedro Rizzo. My friend was a big Tank fan and was wondering why I was laughing at him getting his ass kicked. I think I just liked the idea of the well trained athlete picking apart the barroom brawler with an attitude. The ppv also showcased the early stages of the Ken vs. Tito fued that would carry on till this very day, jesus christ *shakes head. Overall I was impressed, I went home believing Brazilian Jujitsu to be the best martial art of all.
Later on this persepective would change as we all know now that you gotta be well versed in boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, jujitsu and now even judo.
I went to a couple Judo lessons when I was a young kid and was pretty intimidated by the intesity of the lessons. I wish I would have stuck with it because when I started wrestling in junior high, a few years prior Judo experience would have helped me alot. I wrestled until junior year when personal problems caused me to quit. I started smoking the chronic, dropped acid and tried mushrooms a few times. On my graduation night I tried E teh first time and was high as fuck.........wait a second what is this article about oh yeah anyways when I was about 22ish fuck I can't remember I was searching online trying to find information to learn how to fight when I came across a picture of Rampage slamming dah fuck outta Arona. I was like "Pride? wtf is this some pro wrestling shit?" after further reading I realized this was just like the UFC and I remembered reading about Sakuraba in Pride, the whole look and feel was just amazing with the ring and the bright colors, it was like wwf but real(I was a bit of a prowrestling fan). It was then I felt a chill shoot up my spine, like I just discovered something amazing and when everyone else seen what I seen it would be the new thing. I became very interested in the martial arts once again, doing alot of reading online and picking up magazines.
I came across Sherdog and started reading the posts. Alot of days when I was bored or waiting for downloads was spent on Sherdog learning about mma. It was different then, more knowlegable people, this was the pre tuf era, the golden age of sherdog and I had come seeking enlightenment. I'm tired of writing, tranies pwn!
Ok so I was explaining how I became interested in mma. I left off right before I witnessed my first mma event at a friends house. It wasn't an event actually but a best of ppv that was really heavy on the Tank Abbot. I admit the guy was entertaining but something about him made me think he was more of an asshole than a martial artist. My favorite part was seeing him get destroyed by Vitor Belfort and Pedro Rizzo. My friend was a big Tank fan and was wondering why I was laughing at him getting his ass kicked. I think I just liked the idea of the well trained athlete picking apart the barroom brawler with an attitude. The ppv also showcased the early stages of the Ken vs. Tito fued that would carry on till this very day, jesus christ *shakes head. Overall I was impressed, I went home believing Brazilian Jujitsu to be the best martial art of all.
Later on this persepective would change as we all know now that you gotta be well versed in boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, jujitsu and now even judo.
I went to a couple Judo lessons when I was a young kid and was pretty intimidated by the intesity of the lessons. I wish I would have stuck with it because when I started wrestling in junior high, a few years prior Judo experience would have helped me alot. I wrestled until junior year when personal problems caused me to quit. I started smoking the chronic, dropped acid and tried mushrooms a few times. On my graduation night I tried E teh first time and was high as fuck.........wait a second what is this article about oh yeah anyways when I was about 22ish fuck I can't remember I was searching online trying to find information to learn how to fight when I came across a picture of Rampage slamming dah fuck outta Arona. I was like "Pride? wtf is this some pro wrestling shit?" after further reading I realized this was just like the UFC and I remembered reading about Sakuraba in Pride, the whole look and feel was just amazing with the ring and the bright colors, it was like wwf but real(I was a bit of a prowrestling fan). It was then I felt a chill shoot up my spine, like I just discovered something amazing and when everyone else seen what I seen it would be the new thing. I became very interested in the martial arts once again, doing alot of reading online and picking up magazines.
I came across Sherdog and started reading the posts. Alot of days when I was bored or waiting for downloads was spent on Sherdog learning about mma. It was different then, more knowlegable people, this was the pre tuf era, the golden age of sherdog and I had come seeking enlightenment. I'm tired of writing, tranies pwn!