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Thank you for sharing this. I wish this would have been an option for me growing up. I had the same issue, very bright but didn't do homework. I would like to do the same for my daughter. Her mother and I have been discussing unschooling and homeschooling for sometime. She is 4 now, do you have any advice on how we should proceed or where we can get more information?

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I've been seeing this a lot on here, people thinking the point of an MMA bout is to cause pain. The fighters are in no way judged by how much pain they cause. They are judged, however, on on proper hits and technique. Just like other full contact fights a fighter can end the bout early by knocking the other person out or getting him to submit. There is a lot of skill and control in this, in fact without skill and control a fighter will loose pretty quickly. MMA is really a test of that skill in its purest form.

I have been on both sides of fighting. Due to being fairly small (5'9" and 125lbs in HS) I looked an easy target for bullys and learned to defend myself at a young age. I was a part of many unorganized fights. These were very violent and animalistic. On the other side I spent quite a bit of time in a gym sparring (full contact) with gloves and quite often full body and head gear. This was much more controlled and much more fullfilling. It was just a friend and I having fun. There was no animostiy or hostility, yet we still managed to go hard for hours. There is a huge diffrence between the two types of fighting. One form does not begat the other. Neither does some kid watching MMA on tv want to go out and fight in the streets, if anything they want to train and get in the ring themself. In my opinion it shows people a proper place to test their fighting prowess.

I quit street fighting years ago. The U.S. Marine Corps calmed me down when I realized I could get in trouble. I have not been in a street fight in over 10 years. I also have not found a situation I couldn't talk my way out of. I still enjoy sparring with friends but am very limited due to injuries while in the Marines or else I would train for MMA myself.

Lastly I find it very poor taste for you to attack her husband. You are doing with words exactly what you're preaching against with hands and fists. Frankly I find MMA bouts less animilistic than you're low cut jabs. Atleast there you'd be penalized for it.

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I don't think there is an atypical fan. Every sports bar has a diffrent setting and diffrent clientel. Why not just find a buddy and go for it.

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