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Anime Crossplay plus Mix Martial Art, only in Japan.

So long as fights don't become staged, it's fine.

^ What I meant was, you'll see the theatricals played out differently as a result of different cultures. He appeals (or not) to Japanese culture by dressing up like that, the same way an American wrestler would try to show how much of a bad boy he is.

I also disagree with your assessment. Someone who wishes to promote what he loves will find any means to do so. If he makes a fool of himself outside the ring, but brings in the masses, and gives them a good show because he's also a great fighter, then I'd say he's damn good at what he does.

One's style of promotion shouldn't diminish one's commitment to being a fighter. You, yourself, as a training instructor should know this more than anyone. If you aren't at least half as good a businessman as you are a fighter, you won't be good as either, if only because you're living off what you want to do. That's the reality of it.

Sophisticat wrote:

So long as fights don't become staged, it's fine.

I myself greatly prefer staged fights, for the benefit of entertainment value. With respect to anime promotions, I believe the recent Sapp vs. Kinnikuman attraction shouldn't have been a shoot; I found it a tedious and uninteresting mismatch. Had it instead been a puroresu match under a different organisation, more could have been made of it.

The crime:Taking the [url omitted] with [url omitted] his anime crossplay subculture[/url].

DomFortress wrote:

The crime:Taking the [url omitted] with [url omitted] his anime crossplay subculture[/url].

Mind if I ask a question? Why do you take offense with this direction when anime has done the same for decades?

By infusing fantasy into reality, just like what you're doing here on another thread by lying about copyright infringement.

Now get out of my thread before you ruin the discussion with your lies!

^ Then I'd say you're living with the fantasy that the fighting world should follow specific rules. As Jello said, this is entertainment. You're not going to witness the kind of "true fighter" you're looking for in that setting.

I never cared much for any of the nonsense codes of most martial arts schools, if only because fighting is fighting once you get down to it. The dress-up is just an act. I doubt they take it more seriously than the fighting itself, which might not say much.

Feel free to do so via PM as to protect your thread.

No offense, but I'm going to disregard your request. I don't believe I've lied anywhere within it. For you to bring up my other posts was your doing, not mine.

I can only speculate what real ninjas feel when they watch an episode of Naruto.

Some think it's about money. Others to garner attention. But can't all this be classified as entertainment?

But your very first sentence makes me wonder what you define as cosplay if it's not reality and fantasy infusing.

Anime crossplay is a niche sub-branch within the also niche Japanese anime subculture. And to be frank, it's just a grow-up hobby of fantasy character dress-up, with amateur playacting for that flare of dramatics. In another word, an extreme form of anime character worship. I know this sounds harsh, because as a 2nd generation anime otaku, I personally know just how selfish cosplaying/crossplaying can be. It's not a form of self-discipline but an obsession, and at the end of every obsession isn't humbleness but selfishness. Those who finds cosplaying/crossplaying to be entertaining was only able to do so for their self-serving reasons. And as long as the purpose of an action was only self-centered at best, such act won't find itself infused to anything that's greater than only the sum of its parts. This is why anime still remain to be but a subculture, because the fandom themselves in general are just too selfish.

Wrong, for a true fighter knows exactly the importance of true sportsmanship, and since you said so here that:

You'll never understand what true sportsmanship is; self-discipline and humbleness. Which is not anime crossplaying/cosplaying about.

I don't see how cosplaying implies a lack of self-discipline, however. It might not be the most humble of self-promotions, but I don't see how that affects him as fighter, either. I see good fighters talking **** all the time, making a ruckus, provoking an opponent, etc. and basically make asses out of themselves. Once you see them in action, though, they're the real thing.

Yeah, I agree this guy isn't the best of fighters from the video you posted, but I absolutely disagree that cosplaying should somehow diminish him. A good fighter in the most ridiculous of dresses remains a good fighter no matter what you do about it. I suggest you drop that elitist attitude, because good fighters take so much advantage of that all the time, that it's not even funny anymore.

What you're worried about is the image of "sportsmanship", and how this guy tarnishes that, which is pretty much irrelevant. Why are you singling out the actions of one individual? If he's the only one doing it, and he's bad at it, then I'm pretty sure that means hundreds of other fighters aren't. If he's good, then more power to him. Besides, if this rakes in cash and crowds, I don't see how the other fighters can complain. And if the crowd doesn't like it, well, I'm pretty sure tournament organizers are going to put an end to that.

'I'd like to see how your "fighting spirit" survives in a knife fight. Good luck with that. I'm done with this thread.