Dealing with the big guy.
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Originally Posted by
NickA
The most famous probably being Rickson Gracie when Yoji Anjo tried to dojo storm him:
“If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when I feel like it.”
After which they went behind closed doors, until Rickson emerged to show the reporters a bloody and unconscious Anjo.
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It was awesome to be around Conan's gym during that time in the early 90's. Then in the late 90's early 2000's to train at the SBG in Portland and see the absolute ass beating that would get thrown to dudes that would walk into the gym on MLK Ave in Portland? Most of which was videotaped and later posted on the SBG sites for folks to see for themselves. It was a weird time. I'd be out at Mary's with guys from the gym having a discussion about whether that 300 pound guy that walked in off the street challenged Dan to a "real fight" then was beaten mercilessly... was going to be found dead from a brain bleed meanwhile the next day on some self defense forum I've got guys with less facial scars than my daughters telling me about what happens in a real fight because I'm a sports dude that only fights if there are rules.
I realize this is a huge derailment so I'll stop with this; it was awesome to be part of that aspect of the game. When guys talk about challenges it's cool to think I was there for a bunch of that stuff. It gave me absolute confidence in my ability to fight anyone, anywhere, under any conditions. You know with absolute certainty that win, lose, or draw that dude is leaving here permanently altered. Although I think it messes with your head because we're living in a world that doesn't function in that fashion.