BJ Penn to Possibly Form Cult, Lead Unholy Army of Martial Arts Instructors
("Child-brides welcome!")
Just because you're a martial arts master who's been teaching a specific fighting style for years, it doesn't mean you can't learn a lot from BJ Penn. In fact, Penn would like to help 300 hand-picked martial arts instructors improve their minds, bodies, and spirits through a year-long training camp in Hawaii called "The Live Like a Champion Project." (The press release is after the jump, in case you don't feel like clicking on that link.) This is troubling for a number of reasons:
1) So basically, the Prodigy is luring the world's most skilled fighters to an extended stay at his shadowy island fortress. Yes, that's the exact plot of Enter the Dragon.
2) It's such a perfect expression of BJ's hubris. Penn has gained fame as a brilliant fighter, but he's not really known as a talented teacher. (Sorry, Rude Boy, it's not your fault.) Yet he feels he's qualified to tell hundreds of instructors how to do their jobs. Particularly, he aims to train the minds of these people. The irony of a blood-licking crybaby obsessive holding seminars on inner tranquility is apparently lost on him.
3) The fact that the program requires its participants to spend a full year in Hawaii will generally attract men without families, who have no problem quitting their paying job and living off the food and shelter that Penn gives them — in other words, disturbed loners who will be easily influenced by the Jim Jones-like sway of BJ. Okay fine, I'll spell it out for you: BJ Penn is obviously trying to start his own cult. Check out his Christ-like pose in the above image. You wouldn't drink cyanide-laced coconut milk for this man? Of course, before the mass suicides, the Penntown 300 could be sent on revenge missions against Georges St. Pierre and Keith Kizer. Far-fetched? Maybe. But don't say you haven't been warned.
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Time: January 1, 2010 at 6am to January 1, 2011 at 7pm
Location: BJ Penns Mixed Martial Arts Academy
Organized By: BJPENN.COM
BJ PENN ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF LIVE LIKE A CHAMPION PROJECT
BJ Penn Invites 300 Martial Arts Teachers to Join Him for a Year of Intensive Training
March 17, 2009, Hilo, Hawaii – World Champion mixed martial arts fighter BJ Penn has been fighting on the mat, in the ring, and in the “cage” for more than a decade; now the popular Hawaiian-born fighter has decided to take on the world, the martial arts world that is. Penn has announced the launch of a one-year martial arts teacher training program called “The Live Like a Champion Project”, set to begin January 1, 2010.
Penn, the first non-Brazilian to ever win the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championships, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight World Champion, and the current UFC Lightweight Champion of the World, will lead 300 hand-picked martial arts teachers, of all styles and from around the world, through an experiential training program that will include martial arts and fitness training, meditation, philosophy, a strict dietary regime, anger management classes, and extensive community involvement. Penn’s goal is to improve the way martial arts instructors learn and practice their craft.
“Fighting is just one part of the martial arts,” says Penn. “Half of The Live Like a Champion Project is about expanding the public’s awareness of what martial arts are about, beyond fighting and self-defense; the other half to expand the kind of education available to people who love teaching martial arts.” Participants will diary in on-line written journals and via video a year of their life as they work with Penn and a team of experts to upgrade their knowledge and live in a way that sets an example for their students –and the international martial arts community.
“The ring is small and the world is big,” says Penn, “knowing how to fight like a champion has its value, but living like a champion is the ultimate aim of the training; and to teach it you have to live it first.”
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Joe Canada Says:
first!
rokabee Says:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
BJ Penn Cult. Its Beautiful. Aimed to destroy GSP!
Robert M Says:
Me want to go to there....
rokabee Says:
wat happened to the site there for a sec?
mayhem420 Says:
Next thing you know BJ will start talking about a space ship that fly's in the tail of a comet. The only way to get onto the ship to go to the next dimension is to commit suicide. Everyone will start wearing black hightop sneakers to show unity....
This comet will come close to Earth in 365 days from now.
Myles Kilometers Says:
Does BJ even fight anymore?
Darwin Says:
that's a bit scary ...
it's kinda sad that most naturals can't teach worth a damn without getting upset or distracted. Try asking a naturally gifted musician how they do something "um... I just do it" same w/ quite a few naturally gifted grablers I'd assume too.
LoneWolf Says:
WTF is this crap.....
Joe Canada Says:
Hahahahaha this is what happens when you mix a concussion, a bottle of rum and the movie 300.
El Famous Burrito Says:
Step 1:
Convince Reggie Jackson to kill the Queen of England.
Step 2:
Break into Spam warehouse. Horde Spam while waiting for spaceship.
Step 3:
Hand out purple jumpsuits and Nikes.
Await further intstructions.
CanadianProduce Says:
I knew it...I just knew it.
BJ has a Jesus complex.
I hope he makes his followers wear white Nike's and drink the Kool-Aid (Oh yeah!)
ItburnswhenIpee Says:
Live Like a Champion= cry and whine when you get beat!
Live Like a Champion (advanced course)= Bring your mother and cry and whine when you get beat!
Dmonicideals Says:
So he has already quit MMA?
This guy is a joke. I hope he doesn't expect to fight KenFlo in like August and then not figth again until his little "project" is over, and still call himself teh LW champ.
Darkside Says:
Relax! Don't do it....!
CanadianBuddha Says:
butter his forehead and call him toast.....cause crazy baby Jay has gone off the deep end....
go away BJ go far far away!
Little Dan Says:
I would love to see if he can get even 10 instructors to go to this horseshit. He's really lost it now, I wouldn't be surprised if he invites Greg Jackson. Sort of a let me show how you should be doing things instruction.
WANG CHUNG FIGHTER Says:
Seriously what the fuck? Is he even starting to prepare himself for Florian? Penn needs to shut the fuck up, get in the gym and train his ass off. I hope a bird shit in his mouth after the picture was taken.
MAD MIKE Says:
BJ IS THE MOST GIFTED MMA FIGHTER AROUND TODAY. HIS GROUND GAME IS SECOND TO NOBODY, HIS HEAD IS LIKE A BRICK YOU CANT KNOCK HIM OUT. SO WHAT IF HE IS A LUNATIC AS LONG AS HE KEEPS FIGHTING WITHOUT BITCHING HE WILL ALWAYS BE FUN TO WATCH...THE BITCHING HAS TO GO. I AGREE WITH BJ ABOUT GREASEGATE BUT IT'S OVER DEAL WITH IT...
Geriatric Peon Says:
STEPS TO LIVE LIKE A CHAMPIONS
Step 1:
List to be completed when BJ returns from vacation.
Goog Says:
He went from exciting to questionable to sad to desperate to batshit crazy and ultimately not interesting at all, even as a joke... all in the course of two fights. Good job.
Lama Says:
YES!
farva Says:
live like a champion, bitch like a kid that lost on field day
rokabee Says:
Bj Penn, The Hawaiian Supreme God.
sqoooooooze Says:
make him go away. fuck bj. watch when people dont show, hell stage a press conference with his mom defending her son crying in the background because he realized hes become a joke in mma.
who wouldve seen that comin
Officer Farva Says:
HOLY, I mean....PennTown SHIT!!!!
praise be the the enlightend one....all power and glory to BJ (or to jst BJ's in general)!!!!
i love me some hummers...
El Famous Burrito Says:
At least my dashboard BJ Penn statue doesn't seem so weird now.
All I need now is a velvet painting of BJ "The Savior" Penn.
Penis Shit Says:
BJ Penn is going to blow up the island once all these fuckers get here and then he will be the best there is. its like the plot from pokemon he just wants to be the best trainer
Ample Says:
Congrats Kenny....BJ gets to walk away with out getting his fat ass handed to him by Mr. Florian? Bullshit....
1glove Says:
Maybe, if he figures out how first, he can teach them also to lose like champions.
why do we care about bj? Says:
maybe BJ and Tito Ortiz need to be buddies. who the fuck is worse between those two wastes of flesh? i never thought i could hate a fighter more than i hate Tito and the Shamrocks, but BJ has skyrocketed into Super Douchebaggery!!!
someguy Says:
Train as hard as BJ? I don't think I can even eat that much Domino's pizza for a year.
greenseed Says:
a fucking year!? jee why not 5
Armbreaker Says:
B.J. Penn giving fitness training?
Daddy Doug Says:
The picture is just BJ showing you how big his ego is.
Bobby M Says:
"Live like a champion... dont train like one... just live like one."
danomite Says:
if bj starts talking about "to the death" again we might need to take him seriously this time
cr_trinity Says:
What in the fuck is happening in MMA? This WWE-ifying of MMA that ZUFFA has perpetrated for so long seems to be legitimised in some of the "fighter's" "minds" now too. My god. My god.
And BJ Penn is certifiably insane. Not nearly as much as his fans have to be, but still. I'm surprised ZUFFA is tolerating such conduct from a "champion" of theirs as well. That is if you don't see how this whole situation reeks of sports entertainment bull shit.
Anonymous Says:
what a frickin loser this guy has become......no respect for him anymore..
Anonymous Says:
"arts teachers, of all styles and from around the world, through an experiential training program that will include martial arts and fitness training, meditation, philosophy, a strict dietary regime, anger management classes, and extensive community involvement. Penn’s goal is to improve the way martial arts instructors learn and practice their craft."
Hey Blow JOb penn, make sure you add "how not to be a frickin whiney pos when you get your ass handed to you"
Criminally Negligent Says:
I wonder if one of the workshops will be entitled "How to abuse the legal process against those who legitimately beat your ass."
Marcer Says:
I came across a few examples of the classes that will be offered at this camp:
"PENN 101 - Maintaining narcissism in the face of adverse reality
PENN 213 - Increasing Chi by consuming blood
PENN 122 - The fundamentals of shit talking
PENN 203 - Cooking with a deep fat fryer - With a short intermission to cover cardiovascular training in its entirety"
HF Says:
"Don't concentrate on the Vaseline on the finger, or you will miss all the heavenly glory."
Bubbafat Says:
Does he have the continuum transfunctioner? Do I have to wear a bubble wrap suit?
oo718oo Says:
Maybe this will turn into a boys from brazil scenario and in a year we will have 300 bj babies trying to takeover Montreal only to lose to a tub of Vaseline and a BJ to be named later yelling "slippery shoes!"
RaginAsian Says:
Doesn't he have a friggin kid to raise?
Maud Says:
After Greasegate, BJ may want to shrink the number down a bit. I think he is gonna have a tough time filling 300 spots. And besides, that gives a little over 1 day of 1 on 1 time with each person. Sounds like a f**king waste to me.
rokabee Says:
I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was, to catch them is my real test, to train them is my cause! BJ PENN!
Anonymous Says:
shut up....bj is a frickin whinner pos
Leveled He@d Says:
I think it is a well based plan to create some positive press for MMA. God knows that MMA needs it. There are not many circles that I can talk about the sport in public, without getting a nose turned up toward me. Now, we have some idiot school teacher setting up high school cage matches and politicians looking to throw mma under the bus for personal political gain (like McCain did in the 90s).
He truly loves the sport and knows that he is getting older. It's a great idea, but I would agree that 300 people is much too large for his first attempt at this type of project. Then again, he wants to make a big difference.
Everyone that was huge Penn fans that have flipped on him because he has valid complaint about this last fight need to quit at life .... and I am not kidding about this
homegrowncone Says:
Caption for the picture:
I once ate a buritto THIS big!