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[Sullivan]

A black belt? How many people do you think you could fight at one time with a blackbelt? Average street tuffs, obviously

I have a blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do also. In order to promote to blackbelt I had to be able to spar two other blackbelts at once and hold my own, and I'm expected to be able to take three slightly lower level belts at once and win.

I took MMA for awhile, and I learned Brazilian jujitsu, hapkido, Wing Chun, and a bit of boxing and wrestling. I'm not incredibly adept in any of them, though. Out of all of those things, Tae Kwon Do is the most useless fucking thing I've ever learned. It would never work in a legitimate fight, but the instincts and reflexes it teaches are what's useful. And the self-discipline and mental discipline learning the martial art from start to finish brings is probably the most important aspect, in my opinion.

I've never done any official MMA fighting. Mostly because I'm poor and because the area I'm living in has no such official events, however, I am very enthusiastic about it and I was always certain I could hold my own in a fight of my own weight class. Which would be about 140 lbs, and I'm 5'4 3/4".

Sparring in my class was relatively unrestrained because of our inability to go to an actual tournament, so I've been knocked out once and almost knocked out two or three times. I clocked a guy in the jaw with an uppercut once and saw the stars fly and almost knocked him out, which was probably one of the most satisfying feelings I've ever had. I also made a couple guys tap out with Brazilian jujitsu armbars, and I accidentally rolled someone's ankle during a spar once with a leg sweep and it was considered legit.

My sensei almost got into UFC. After sparring him, I realized how fucking ridiculous you'd have to be to actually get in. I thought I was good...well, I came at him with a jab and was on the ground and had NO idea what happened.

A lot of the guys who go to tournaments are just insanely good.

EDIT: The martial arts I have experience in for reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Chun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tae_Kwon_Do

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Jujitsu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapkido

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling