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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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Comments
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:25
first!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:26
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH BJ Penn Cult. Its Beautiful. Aimed to destroy GSP!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:29
Me want to go to there....
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:29
wat happened to the site there for a sec?
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:30
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.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:32
Does BJ even fight anymore?
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:34
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.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:35
WTF is this crap.....
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:46
Hahahahaha this is what happens when you mix a concussion, a bottle of rum and the movie 300.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:56
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.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 01:59
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!)
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:01
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!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:02
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.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:09
Relax! Don't do it....!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:11
butter his forehead and call him toast.....cause crazy baby Jay has gone off the deep end.... go away BJ go far far away!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:14
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.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:17
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.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:18
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...
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:21
STEPS TO LIVE LIKE A CHAMPIONS Step 1: List to be completed when BJ returns from vacation.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:21
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.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:22
YES!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:25
live like a champion, bitch like a kid that lost on field day
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:31
Bj Penn, The Hawaiian Supreme God.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:34
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
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:34
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...
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:37
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.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:39
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
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:41
Congrats Kenny....BJ gets to walk away with out getting his fat ass handed to him by Mr. Florian? Bullshit....
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:43
Maybe, if he figures out how first, he can teach them also to lose like champions.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:44
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!!!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:46
Train as hard as BJ? I don't think I can even eat that much Domino's pizza for a year.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:48
a fucking year!? jee why not 5
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:49
B.J. Penn giving fitness training?
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:50
The picture is just BJ showing you how big his ego is.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:50
"Live like a champion... dont train like one... just live like one."
Thu, 03/19/09 - 02:54
if bj starts talking about "to the death" again we might need to take him seriously this time
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:02
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.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:04
what a frickin loser this guy has become......no respect for him anymore..
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:06
"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"
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:07
I wonder if one of the workshops will be entitled "How to abuse the legal process against those who legitimately beat your ass."
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:16
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"
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:18
"Don't concentrate on the Vaseline on the finger, or you will miss all the heavenly glory."
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:27
Does he have the continuum transfunctioner? Do I have to wear a bubble wrap suit?
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:29
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!"
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:34
Doesn't he have a friggin kid to raise?
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:44
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.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 03:50
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!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 04:12
shut up....bj is a frickin whinner pos
Thu, 03/19/09 - 04:14
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
Thu, 03/19/09 - 04:17
Caption for the picture: I once ate a buritto THIS big!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 04:19
2nd to nobody? do you have abrain? have you heard of damien maia or Marcelo Garcia or how about Ronaldo Souza, or oh maybe Royler Gracie BJ is a stupid shit, i dont give to craps about him anymore.....trying to find any excuse for his loss to GSP....if he was a man, he would MAN up and stop this frickin noin sense....what a tool...BTW go learn about bjj before you make stupid comments like that..ya he has skills but is NOT even a top 10 in BBJ world.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 04:20
this will be the biggest sausage fest in the history of mankind
Thu, 03/19/09 - 04:25
and everyone can get off of criticizing his fitness because he is one of the only top level fighters / pro athletes that you can actually believe has not cut corners by using illegal performance enhancers. The stuff is so easy to get ahold of that tons of high school football players use it. I'm sure a majority of men who invest their entire lives into athletic competition have cut corners with steroids for at least some period of time and then stopped before dropping for the Athletic commission. All of you Couch Cage Potatos talkin sh!t about weight and fitness, should try to get your body fat % that low when you are 30 without using performance enhancers. fair weather fans can drink cyanide-laced coconut milk
Thu, 03/19/09 - 04:31
@Marcer: "PENN 122 - The fundamentals of shit talking" Nice. People who actually have worthwhile stuff to say don't advertise themselves. People seek them out, not the other way round. Also, a full year? Seriously, how arrogant do you have to be to expect people to put everything down and devout a year to you?
Thu, 03/19/09 - 04:59
the disclamer will say in tiny letters "Cardio class not cover, so be it"
Thu, 03/19/09 - 05:21
@ Levelled head Yeah right... that's why it was GSP on the cover of Men's fitness and not the Hawaiian bobblehead. BJ obviously takes his fitness training as serious as his pro fights. What the hell do you stand to gain by (foolishly) attempting to justify his (poor) training habits, other than looking like a halfwit yourself? I guarantee you my body mass index score is lower than Penn's, I'm older by a few years, and don't even have to train at all to do it. I work a physically demanding and fast paced job on average 55+ hours a week. Training is simply one part of staying in shape, proper diet is just as important if not more. BJ's problem is... he doesn't take mma seriously anymore, and doesn't respect the sport or any natural talent he may have been blessed with (emphasis on past tense). Geeky fanboy adulation only serves to blow up his inflated head and ego more than it already has. As for the poster who seems to think his ground game is the best in the business... it sure as hell didn't do him much good when he was getting pounded on for 20 minutes solid. His boxing's gone downhill, as has his BJJ. His wrestling was never that great to start with. And this assclown expects 300 mixed martial artists to give up a year of their life for him? What will he teach? How to effectively piss and moan? Good cardio techniques? Sportsmanship? How to surround yourself with "yes men"? I hope Dana puts his foot down and strips BJ of his title if he successfully defeats Florian (which I doubt at this point) and tries this BS. I think he's just looking for real training partners and attention.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 05:52
so what happens if he loses the belt to kenflo... you can't live like a champion when you aren't one...
Thu, 03/19/09 - 06:05
Seriously....a guy who just got his mom to come cry about how she can't understand how a guy 20 lbs bigger than him and a champion in a high weight class beat her precious little baby boy without cheating gets to teach a class on "living like a champion" how?
Thu, 03/19/09 - 06:12
Bravo!!! well said...
Thu, 03/19/09 - 06:25
He has no shame, no dignity, no real fans left just nuthuggers.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 06:36
BJ Penn does not have a legitmate gripe. His is a clear cut case of narcissisum and groupthink with his family. BJ Penn has turned from one of my favorite fighters to a worthless piece of shit who can rot in hell as far as i'm concerened. He brought his fucking mother to fight his battle for him. HIS FUCKING MOTHER.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 07:42
Learn how to quit! Learn how to cry about it! And when you just can't beat him, ask your mom for help!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 07:43
The face BJ is making in that picture is the face he makes when guys are blowing their load all over his face when he is in gay porn.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 07:49
To add to my previous comment his mouth is open because he actually prefers to swallow. I hear he gives a mean BJ.HAHA
Thu, 03/19/09 - 07:53
wow ... this really tells me something about the person that bj penn is. this guy is so in to him self, that for some reason he thinks he is the grand master of martial arts and has a lot to teach. second i really believe that he convinced himself that he would of won if it wasn't for the vas on gsp back. its like he is in his own lil world, yeah look up delusional and bj s pic will be there.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 08:40
@ Level He@d Thanks for your valuable input, though you'll never source any of it and you're basically talking out of your ass. Nobody cares....but thanks nonetheless!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 08:45
Anon was me. I like picking fights.
Thu, 03/19/09 - 08:53
hey ! fuck bj Says: i think you have suppressed homoerotic desires, ever heard of Ted Haggard or the Tea Room Study?
Thu, 03/19/09 - 09:44
all hail bj "baby jesus" penn. we shall all pray towards hilo every morning and night throughout 2010. death to the canadian infidels!!
Thu, 03/19/09 - 10:37
I LOVE VASALINE
Fri, 03/20/09 - 05:56
I've got a head start on the "strict dietary regime." I wonder if they'll all be sleeping in those altitude beds?
Fri, 03/20/09 - 05:59
LOL yeah I have heard of the tea room study. I Actually covered it in a class last semester. And no that is not the case. I just could help but laugh and make some nasty comment about that picture due to my new found hate for BJ Penn.
Fri, 03/20/09 - 07:51
possible captions 1. "mommy,the athletic commission didn't give me what I want, UPSY, UPSY!!" 2. "I swear the vaseline tub was this freakin big, didn't you see it between rounds??, GSP ingested it to hide the evidence"
Fri, 03/20/09 - 08:44
I knew it! BJ is amassing an army of martial artists to go in and take over the NSAC by force. Then, after proclaiming himself the chairman of the NSAC, he will declare that GSP must take long hot showers with him before every fight. (and that's *every* fight, no matter who is fighting...)
Fri, 03/20/09 - 10:15
BJ just needs to do some cold fusion by putting stevia in water and blending it, remove the toxic foam, drink the left over heavy water, then he'll have lots of energy and he'll be able to lose all his fat quickly. Me and Diego are already signed up for his seminar. We're gonna cut off our balls, wear purple jumpsuits, wear Nikes, and then drink the stevia.....
Fri, 03/20/09 - 11:53
As fun as it is to make fun of cbj, I think the time has come for the Potato to stop givin a shit about what retarded thing penn is trying this week and disregard all stories related to him, its like beating up a retarded drunk, kinda looses its entertaining value after awhile,lol
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