Salon posted the worst article about MMA yesterday

The author claims to be a guy who used to train, and makes it out to be like people involved in martial arts are dickheads who pick on weak people. Also ascribes all sorts of other bullshit reasons as to why people train, which happen to not be any of the reasons that anyone that I know actually trains.



http://www.salon.com/2015/08/19/my_...ma/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

 

It's Salon. What do you expect?

 

I follow Salon on facebook because Im a masochist, they post a lot of cringe worthy stuff. It is basically "You like something I don't? You are evil then".

 

Lol wtf is this shit I'm reading. The whole thing reeks of BS. If it's true then... wow.

 

Lmaooooooo

 

the article makes some good points

 

why would you give it attention by posting it

so is he just posting hypotheticals because he donst have a point without them? glad i dont have a facebook

 

What was the point of that shit?

"MMA is fun to watch, but it's evil and I feel bad for being involved in MMA though I'll continue to watch"

Is that the point?

 

Since when does training in any martial art immediately make you a tool? Tools do everything that you or I do, they just make it seem stupid because they are tools. If a tool played chess, would it make all chess players tools?

Sure, some people at high levels mixed martial arts are complete tools, but the same can be said for baseball, football, and politics (especially politics).

Leave it to Salon to push the traits of the few onto EVERYONE. Hell, most people I know who train BJJ have never been in a fight and don't want to be in a fight.

 

Being the world

 

I would argue the opposite.

Hard training weeds out the douchebags, making someone LESS likely to be an asshole if they train in MMA/BJJ. They just don't have what it takes character wise to stick with something so difficult.

 

Lol. I think the author needs to go to a different gym. I've trained bjj over 8 years and I only been to one gym that felt toxic. The instructor was an asshole and the students followed suite. It seemed they all had a point to make by hurting the visitor.

But I've trained in Hawaii, California, Texas, Europe, Utah, Colorado, and other places. Everyone is very welcoming, no one was a bully.

The thing about arts like MMA, Judo, BJJ, is that they are very humbling very quick. If you stick it out, your cockiness and ego take a back seat.

 

Big surprise here, but the author quit training.

 

Fighters are bullies, many are drunks, and many batter women. Racists and pedophiles also take part in MMA.

 

I read the article. The author is just playing off stereotypes. I doubt that he even trained.

 

It's strange how the author claims he used to train and be a part of the MMA community, but still possesses an extremely cliched, outsider point of view of the culture.

As for the keyboard warrior quip, that is true; a lot of you assholes still utilize that line when you perceive you're losing an argument. That defeatist retort must stop; keyboard warriors such as myself still make valid, ingenious points. And we're incredibly good-looking.

 

That read like it was written by a college drop out. Good lord. If that piece of garbage makes the final cut I'd love to see what Salon actually turns down.

 

Look around at what's going on. What the fighters act like. People should quit being naive. There is a lot more Kobra-kai attitude in MMA than Mr Miagi.

 

The top earning boxer in the world is a wife-beater.

Funny how he doesn't mention that in the article.