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Hi guys, im a 28 year old black male, ive been feeling increadibly lonely for as long as i can live. Im a calisthenics athletrs so most of my training is a bit isolated. For starters im an introvert by nature and Its hard for me to people when theres a big crowd but ive tried this time to nreally talk tk these guys

Ive joined this muay thai group because i developed an interest fornthe martial arts, however the people there definitely do not like me... ive tried to say hello to them, they will respond but i can just tell that they dislike me from the vibe and thr way they give me dirty looks constantly in and even out of the class.

I've noticed I've progressed quite fast and I've gotten use to muay thai fairly quickly, i just require conditioning through sparring. I still have a lot to learn

When i first joined i got invited to watch one of their fights at a venue and i decided to go, the same energy was reciprocated, there was one guy who i made friends with who however came to me and said it was unfair and asked me to sit with them. Some people at the gym are genuinely nice but certain groups which could be classified as a click are quite the opposite...

I don't know what to do, this whole thing makes me feel incredibly uncomfortable... I've also noticed it's mostly the men that treat me this way.

What is the best thing to do? Especially considering i just came from a gym that had the same vibe to join this one...

6 years ago I was going to a martial arts class of karate Kyokushin. I was going there for some time and i got really used to the place, i liked the people and the training and almost considered them friends.

That is until tension started building up between me and a black belt guy there. I couldn't explain it, it was coming mostly from him since I felt quite friendly towards everyone. With time he started talking less with me and on the sparring sessions went harder and harder on me each time. Of course I fought back and I felt that irritated him more. I didn't know where that tension was coming from and he didn't really talk about it. One thing I can think of is I'm a tall guy and he was relatively shorter than me.

Then on one sparring session I was matched with him again and of course he went harder than usual on me, we exchanged kicks and punches, he came in close quarters to me and I kneed him in the stomach, then I guess he got enraged and started going full out on me, keep in mind i was an orange belt which is one grade after white belt and I was tired still from the training last week. At one point I stopped fighting and I expected him to do the same but he didn't stop. He kept going and I was just backing down until I reached the corner of the dojo. I noticed this was not usual since the whole training class stopped fighting just to stare at us. The other instructors also didn't interfere. I was kind of shook by what happened. After that he got out from the sparring session without saying a word. After the session was over I went to him and asked if I can have a word. I just wanted to know the reason for this. And he just said ''no'' and walked away.

I suddenly felt humiliated and angry by a black belt that trained far longer than me, without proper explanation. Suddenly my mood towards this karate class changed, I no longer felt this friendly and fun environment I was looking forward to go to every day. I was angry too, during my school years I was bullied a lot. And I guess this unlocked some old trauma in me and made me feel helpless , humiliated, weak again. And I wanted revenge. The next sparring day I went again, thinking I should defend my honor but he wasn't there that day.

I went for a week and then I stopped going altogether. I didn't enjoy it anymore. I tried other martial arts but I gave up on those too. I spent a long time after that, healing from this event, mentally I wanted to get back and kick his ass and try to humiliate him like he did with me, in order to feel strong with myself again. Sort of like I needed to prove myself to him that I'm not a pushover. I felt like he was the reason I stopped going to a sport I enjoy. But another part of me was telling me that I should let go, revenge is not worth it and I should just go training somewhere else and making another spectacle there wouldn't make a good impression on others too and I dont know if I would actually feel better afterwards even if I beat him. So after a time I buried this emotion for some years to come. Then recently I decided to give karate another chance. I went to the same class, its almost nothing has changed, the people, the training drills etc. Even this guy was still going. We didn't talk much but he acted as if nothing happened, of course this was 6 years ago so he probably doesn't even remember the case so i decided to bury the hatchet. A bit later I found a different karate dojo that I found more practical and that I enjoyed more and decided to replace it instead of the old Kyokushin. But as I was participating combat sports again, I noticed this old feeling for revenge stirred up again and I was thinking of going to the next sparring session to teach this guy a lesson again. It seems that I have not let this go entirely. Like a sore wound that never really heals. The reasonable part of me again tells me I should let this go and enjoy my life and the new training dojo.

What do you think I should do?

When raditz came to earth he is shown with the ability to use ki blasts despite being overall less trained than goku and piccolo who have dedicated their whole lives into learning ki based attacks and martial arts. We also see in flash backs that great apes are able to expel ki blasts from their mouth, but we never see goku exhibiting this behavior as an oozaru. Why is this? Is this just another example of toriama forgetting his own lore?

Mostly explained in the title, I’m thinking to take up some hobbies for both self improvement/distraction purposes since I mostly spend my days inside on discord/playing games and only recently realised it sounds terrible and unproductive.
What are some skilful and preferably “cool” hobbies which can be taken up by complete noobs? I also want to try meet new people since the majority of my relationships are online so nothing boring like cooking, gardening, etc. I was thinking something like electric guitar or some kind of martial arts…Any suggestions are appreciated ^_^

Rules

Batman can replace any fighter that lost the first round he can only use his Martial arts

stats equalized

Technically there is small amount prep and recovery time between fights

Everyone has the same power lvl as they did during these tournament arcs

Who does he replace and does he win?

I've seen it on a couple of YouTube videos, but unsure if they are preplanned performances or just daily things people do like the group dances. Thank you

I really like this guy, however right now there are no progress because of the age gap, and this has been going on for the 5th year now. I have been watching his performances since hes in martial arts, basically always watching from afar.

We don't really know each other, basically close to being strangers.

I thought it may be an infatuation but this feeling lasted for so long I don't think I'm being delusional? For the past few years it was like a cycle of me watching his performances and getting excited over it.

Is it time to move on? Because I do not see a possibility in the near future either. As much as I would like to wait till we are older...

I just started playing basketball about a month ago with an intro to basketball intramural course that was offered at my uni gym. A little before then I played a pickup game with some friends and realized I want to play as much as possible and get better at it too. I've gotten really into it and been watching the playoff games with my team in it (76ers). I honestly want to get good enough to the point where I can compete at some professional level but I started so late (currently 20yo freshman in uni) and didn't do many sports in high school aside from martial arts. I'm also 5' 9" on a good day which is sort of a disadvantage. I'm confused on where to start and how to get better by myself at the gym. What I want to know is, how do I train myself to be a good player and what are the prospects of competing having started so late?

When it was first teased I was so hyped for more Face Stealer shenanigans. Like it followed pretty obviously from the whole mask thing. Exchanging his face for energy bending ability would work infinitely better than just another evil bloodbender. Tbh it could bring more variety to the power system of the setting, extending it beyond elemental bending and martial arts. Deals with spirits would be more interesting than doomsday cannons and megazord mecha.

They use their own children to come observe They keep talking shit They watching me masturbate or having sex It's sick dude Disgusting

I’ve been looking at SR on a Tanker, and it seems really good. I was wondering what secondaries people feel pair well with it?

I’ve recently done Dark Melee and Fiery Melee, so I’d like to count those ones out.

Some I was knocking around were Stone Melee, Katana, Psi Melee, Martial Arts, Savage Melee and Energy Melee. I’m open to suggestions though!

I'm not sure if this is the correct sub to ask this question, but it's related to novel translations, so... shrug. I know that the all words that are used to refer to one's masters and fellow apprentices are compounds where the first word is "master". Like, 師父 (shīfu) is "teacher-father"; 師兄 (shīxiōng), meaning "Senior Brother" is "teacher-elder brother"; 師妹 (shīmèi), which means "Junior Sister" is "teacher-little sister". What are female masters called, if the word for "master" itself means "teacher-father"? Whenever disciples talk about their male masters' wives, the English translation has stuff like "master's wife", and I think the Chinese word for that would be "master-mother". But what if the master herself is a woman? Is the female master still called "teacher-father" or is she "teacher-mother"?

Westerns and Martial Arts are my favorite genres. There are a ton of Western books, but I’ve yet to be informed of a martial arts book in the same vein as The Five Deadly Venoms, The 36th Chamber of The Shaolin, The Kid with The Golden Arm, etc. Looking for plenty of three section staffs, gimmicky weapons like a flying guillotine, and bō staffs (I know it’s redundant to say that). Preferably something low fantasy or even historical fiction, but I don’t mind a bit of mythology.

What are you thoughts on the gym? Planning to go there for three months starting October.

Talked to them in whatsApp answered every question I had, they were extremly helpful, was surprised that I was talking to the owner (henry)

But I want to know the thoughts of those who trained there? Keep in mind I'm a complete beginner and have no martial art experience.

Planning to do two sessions per day, and stay there for three months to gain as much experience as possible.

Hey Guys!

So long story short. Myself and friends around the world remember this film and have been looking for this movie for many years. Some of us have been in the hunt for over 20 years! Including myself. We have done podcasts explaining it and multiple posts about it. It most likely was made and set in anywhere between the 1970s to 1990s. Not exactly 100% sure of the time frame though. Judging from my memory, I would say more 1970s to late 1980s maybe. Before I start describing the film. I want to make a point that this film is 100% not American Samurai, The Best Of The Best 2, Shoot Fighter 1 & 2, The Quest, Bloodsport, Kickboxer or Gladiator Cop. (More on what films we have confirmed it is not later) But we want everyone to know before proceeding reading the description of the film that we have confirmed all the details below to be mostly accurate and true. The movie I am searching for with all of the others in the hunt to is 100% a different story to the films listed above and I have actually gained new and confirmed details by others along the way over the months and years.

Now to the movie: The story we all seem to remember was about a white protagonist we believe, that is portrayed as a hero. He is potentially special forces or some really good fighter. He is in search of something or after something. Others in the search have confirmed he is in search of his missing brother. (No its not American Samurai as the brother is a villain in that film). The hero/main protagonist I think is captured by this crime syndicate or bad people while looking for the brother. I will now explain what we truly remember about the film. There is some sort of illegal barefist fight to the death tournament that starts in the film. There are no weapons involved apart from one fighter which I will get to shortly. This tournament occurs at some point through the movie. The main thing here is that all the fights are to the death or there is a 50/50 chance of survival. You are at the mercy of your opponent. There are no KOs or submissions from memory. Most fights are to the death with no rules. The fights take place in some sort of old abondoned building or like a huge secluded indoor area. It feels like it's set in some Oriental area and the fighters are there with no escape from the area. The actual fights themselves take place in a big sandpit (actual sand like beach sand) in a torch lit or low light environment in a building of some sort. I am sure there was a big black cage surrounding the pit. There was a small audience from memory that was watching (mostly all the fighters). Before a fight, I think from memory a gong is sounded, (almost like Shootfighter, American Samurai or The Quest). When fighters are defeated, there was a scene or two of bodies being taken to this chute or hole like drain near the sandpit and they are then dumped down there and disposed of. It's almost like a modern day martial arts gladiator tournament. We feel the fighters there are all there against their will. Like they must fight to win their escape. There are scenes to that we remember in which fighters are being held behind these cell doors or steel bars watching over the sandpit or ring. It feels almost like the fights are taking place in an old abandoned prison cell block with a mortar.

There are a few fighters in the film with different styles. The main character we all remember is the fighter with the blades or blade attached at the end of his hair in his very long braid or long hair. When I say long I mean it was very long and thick! From memory he is not white. Definitely that of potentially Asian, Dark Asian or maybe Brazilian race. He has a very long braid for hair and at the end there are steel tips or a big blade that he uses to kill or slice other fighters up during the fight sequences. We think he might have worn either long red pants with black shoes, or long black pants with black shoes and is very well built. This fighter is also the only fighter we think that cheats by using the weapon in his hair. He fights shirtless and gets the momentum for the blades in his hair by using a capoeira or wushu type of fighting style so he can swing the hair around and stab his opponents with his hair. A few fighting scenes with this fighter I remember are:

One fight he was just dancing around and just toying with his opponent. Eventually he beat his opponent to death.

Another fight was when he started slicing a guy with his hair and then either strangled the guy or caught him in the throat with the hair blades which killed him.

Then the final fight with this guy I remember was when he was against the hero (main protagonist). The hero faces him and the blade fighter's ponytail gets caught and he is then stabbed to death with his own hair blades im pretty sure by the main protagonist and hero.

There's another fighter I remember to. He was a very well built, big and muscular Asian man. He had a shaved head with a moustache or a fu man chu/goatee style of facial hair. Pretty sure he had a shaved head but also he had a chonmage style haircut with a long ponytail on the back of his head. (No it's not Tong Po from kickboxer lol) He would wear long black pants and a sleeveless black top or gi from memory with black wrist gaunlets almost leather like. He looked Chinese or Japanese. When he would fight I think the top was removed. This guy was like one of the main villains the main character was after. He is the final fighter of the tournament and the last fighter the hero faces from memory. The scene I distinctly remember from him was a scene where he enters the building or fighting area through a cell door of some sort. Very menacing and intimidating. He closes the door behind him and he then walks along I believe maybe a walkway, balcony or upper floor and proceeds to go and sit down and watch a death match between fighters. It's either this man or the fighter with the blade in his hair that the hero/main protagonist is after. Now we are not too sure if possibly this fighter here is the one who has the blade in his hair. However there is definitely a fighter in long red pants and black shoes that is shirtless or this Big Asian man that is described here that are both villains and bad guys in the film and fighting tournament.

I think from memory, the main reason the hero is there, is to find his brother and take down this crime syndicate or stop this from happening to someone else. Others have also said the movie had a 80s bombshell or good looking love interest female during that time that is involved with the main character and there was a training montage. (This last detail could be wrong) but a couple of people have mentioned this).

The fights in the film are extremely brutal, confronting and violent. Quite realistic and particularly when I saw this 15 to 20 years ago now it's always stayed in my mind with just how riveting it was. The whole movie was very dark (as in, it had a very eerie and gritty tone to it). Even the music was very eerie and had a dark tone to it to.

More backstory on the film as well as confirmed films it's not in the comments. I saw this film on late night Australian TV in the early 2000s. I have confirmed that a lot of other people have also seen this film to at some point years ago. But they cannot place the name themselves. Some have also claimed to have owned the film on VHS at some point and some have also rented it from a video store in the 90s. But no one can remember the name!

Thank you in advance guys.