Got Fight? by Forrest Griffin

Just finished reading Got Fight? by Forrest Griffin. I'd consider it recommended reading for men who enjoy competing and/or just like to fight.

I'm not sure, but I think I just read the biography of "HellBOY." Forrest Griffin's "Got Fight" is an exciting fun-filled journey into the dark caverns of the male ego's need to conquer. Real men will love it. They'll find Forrest as a brother-in-arms, one who appreciates what it is to be a strong no-nonsense man in a world trying to turn "Us" into wimps. What Forrest in his book reminds today's man of is that regardless of his build, religion, ethnicity or economic status, if he has the heart to stand-up for himself, even if it means taking a butt kicking, then he is a man. Sound a bit childish and immature?, sure, but aren't men depicted as such today anyways, with their sports, cars and lust for hot chicks?

In this book, Forrest keeps it raw and real with splashes of raunchy man humor thrown in for good measure. I pride myself on being a so-called educated and cultured man, but that doesn't prevent me from relating to and agreeing with some of what Forrest shares in this book. Its about more than just fighting, though fighters will gain invaluable information and tips in it. Bottom line, a man earns his manhood through courage and honor. He doesn't have to jump into an MMA cage to prove it, but he has to be willing to let out that primal scream of rage and kick some butt should he find all other avenues of making-nice closed.

Forrest seems to agree that training in some form of combat will help a man hone his basic fighting techniques should the but kicking time arise. He's a survivor and reminds us that survival in any jungle takes some skill and plenty of heart. Losing a fight doesn't make you less of a man, it should earn you respect from peers of men.

For someone I'd never heard of, I must say that Forrest Griffin is alright in my book. He analyzes, then makes fun of his and all men weaknesses which makes a reader feel this book is a sort of private mens journal. Its a very quick read and the writing is easy enough for all levels of homo sapiens to digest (not to be confused with ....), just some Forrest humor.

If you are sensitive to words and/or phrases that can be taken as politically incorrect, or if you didn't find the old movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" a funny dude movie, then you've been forewarned. Men all have that deep down demon locked away in the recesses of their humanity. Forrest talks to that demon in "Us". Come to think of it, maybe he's the one that escaped to live above ground in daylight. I thought this book was a great read probably for all the wrong manly reasons. Great job Forrest! Those who say otherwise are "Just a bunch of Wimps (The Warriors 1979)."

"Where there is no man, do your best to be a man" Jewish Rabbi Hillel