WEBVTT - Are there real-life fight clubs?

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<v Speaker 1>staff writer, Charles Bryant. Charles W. Bryan Right, that's right,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll welcome Chuck. How you doing. I'm doing great, Josh.

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<v Speaker 1>How about you? I'm doing pretty good, Chuck. I'm feeling

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<v Speaker 1>a little jacked up. I actually kind of feel like

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<v Speaker 1>punching you right in the face. Well, you know what, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>if you did that, I would I would probably just

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<v Speaker 1>would take it like a past Like every good pacifist,

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<v Speaker 1>I would take it. I see, I'm not. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily pacifist. I'm more fear pain me too. Yeah. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that means that neither one of us

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<v Speaker 1>should actually join a fight club. No, I've never been.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never been hitting the face, and I don't plan

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<v Speaker 1>to start now at my advanced stage. It's been many

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<v Speaker 1>years since I was hit in the face, and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that was the first and only time, and

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<v Speaker 1>I quickly became scared of being hit in the face,

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<v Speaker 1>which is my fear of pain that you know. It

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<v Speaker 1>explains that. So fight clubs not for us off limits,

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<v Speaker 1>but they are for some people. Yeah, and actually they

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<v Speaker 1>are real. Surely you've seen the movie Fight Club several times. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>every guy you know that's a real man's man, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>has seen Fight Club at least three times, at least

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<v Speaker 1>maybe four. Even you read the book. I did. I

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<v Speaker 1>read the book. I saw the movie. I uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I put on a one act play. The Fight Club

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<v Speaker 1>was great. I'll bet, I'll bet it was your own interpretation.

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<v Speaker 1>It was so. The author of the book, Chuck Palin

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<v Speaker 1>yuck right, I think, uh, he has been accused many

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<v Speaker 1>times over, especially after the movie came out, because I

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<v Speaker 1>think most people who start fight clubs don't read necessarily.

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<v Speaker 1>But he was accused of of starting a trend of

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<v Speaker 1>conceiving of these fight clubs, which he says that he

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<v Speaker 1>made up, um and on the real thing. Yeah, like

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<v Speaker 1>lots of lots of people who like to fight, um

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<v Speaker 1>start to their own fight clubs. Yeah, and actually, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there are some out there. I found some when I

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<v Speaker 1>wrote the article are their real life fight clubs, um,

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<v Speaker 1>and found that a lot of them really mirror some

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<v Speaker 1>like the rules in the setup that that you find

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<v Speaker 1>in the book. Like, Um, did you read about Bloody Knuckles. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Bloody Knuckles in San Francisco is they have their one rule,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the famous rule from fight Club. If you

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<v Speaker 1>show up, you have to fight. You can't just be

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<v Speaker 1>a spectator and you have to say it like that,

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<v Speaker 1>yeah exactly or else it's just you know, loses his

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<v Speaker 1>meaning and it kind of you kind of wonder like

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<v Speaker 1>what exactly would happen if you're like, Okay, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go to Bloody Knuckles fight club. He he

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<v Speaker 1>lives in a hotel. I imagine a really run down,

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<v Speaker 1>weird hotel, UM, and everybody meets in his room. There's

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<v Speaker 1>like a secret knock you have to know somebody, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>and they take you down to a sub basement to fight. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>What happens if you get to the sub basement You're like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to fight, right, I don't. It might

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<v Speaker 1>quickly turn into a pulp fiction scene, you know, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>get they get might Oh yeah, yeah yeah that scene. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a bad one. And I think I'd rather fight.

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<v Speaker 1>I would too. I would too, you know, like just

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead and go through with it, because you're either

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<v Speaker 1>going to be beaten and maled or you know, just

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<v Speaker 1>you know, fight somebody else whatever. Yea, So California seems

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<v Speaker 1>to be the place to be for real life fight club. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there was another one in Oakland, just on the other

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<v Speaker 1>side of the Bay called the sp Rats or or

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<v Speaker 1>a gang of motorcycle tuffs or Vespa tuffs, and they

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<v Speaker 1>they use it actually as a formative initiation. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>apparently like hundreds of people show up to these fights

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<v Speaker 1>so you can be a spectator. Yeah, it's not just

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<v Speaker 1>a form of initiation. They they and there are like

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<v Speaker 1>hundreds of people. It's like the place to be on

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<v Speaker 1>Friday nights if you ride a motorcycle. Right. Um, So,

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<v Speaker 1>some gangs, including I think the Rats, use it as

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<v Speaker 1>an initiation for prospects. They basically throw him in the

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<v Speaker 1>ring and have him beat the tar out of one another,

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<v Speaker 1>and I guess whoever's left standing is the new member.

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<v Speaker 1>That kind of thing, right, And if you lose, then

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure what remember what happens either. And actually

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<v Speaker 1>there's a really extensive article in UM the I think

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<v Speaker 1>San Francisco Guardian, Bay Guardian something like that. It seemed

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<v Speaker 1>like an underground kind of newspaper or alternative press at least.

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<v Speaker 1>And this guy chronicled UM this night, Friday night at

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<v Speaker 1>the S A S B Rat fight club, there were

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<v Speaker 1>girls fighting one another. He went up and interviewed one

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<v Speaker 1>of them, and she got about halfway through this quick

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<v Speaker 1>interview and turned and started vomiting because she was beaten

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<v Speaker 1>so badly. Some prospects got jumped in. And that's when

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<v Speaker 1>you're earning your money as a journalist. Yeah, yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>this guy, you could tell it was very thrilling, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean, when you're writing about a fight club,

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<v Speaker 1>the best way to do it is to go yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>I unfortunately didn't have time to do that, right. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't find any in Atlanta. Right, although it would be legal.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, you found out that as long as two

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<v Speaker 1>dudes or two women or whoever, adults, adults have adults

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<v Speaker 1>and they have to be not paid. They can beat

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<v Speaker 1>the snot out of each other and there's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>no repercusion as long as as long as you're concending, right. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And actually I also ran into something that didn't make

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<v Speaker 1>it in the article. It's called the pillow fight Club.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you heard of this? I've heard of National Pillow

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<v Speaker 1>Fight Day. They have every year. They have like flash mobs, um.

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<v Speaker 1>But there was one in Tel Aviv, iFund one in Seattle,

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<v Speaker 1>um where everybody just shows up at a predetermined time

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<v Speaker 1>and starts beating one another pillows. That sounds like a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more at my allien, it's much more of a

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<v Speaker 1>loving Yeah, as a lover, I think you'd appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 1>I think anybody would appreciate are their real life fight clubs.

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<v Speaker 1>So you should go read it now or else Me

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<v Speaker 1>and Chuckle find you and stay tuned to find out

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