Dan-Dan Ninjaman's Brother?
Posted: 2009-03-26 11:48pm
Is it possible I have encountered a family member of the (in)famous Dan Dan the Ninja Man?
So I just moved back to Boston from some time in Oregon. I tagged along with an old friend to a little get-together to meet some new people. About an hour into this the image I had always had in my head of Dan Dan the Ninja Man (Check the Flame section if you are not familiar) walks in. I can not stress how ridiculous he looked: a studded belt over blue jeans, a black tank top that stopped about two inches before his beltline, underneath a black T-shirt that had its' sleeves ripped off and also was about three inches too short. He was also sporting the type of glasses/goggles Major League pitchers (think Duaner Sanchez) wear with a buzz cut.
Just in case you didn't notice him entering the apartment, he immediately proceeded to the TV to yell "MMA is for fags". No one was really watching it since CSI had been on and it was muted, but he felt the need to say this about three or four times while explaining all they did was roll around on the ground with other men in their underwear. It seemed pretty obvious he wanted someone to inquire further so he could spout on but no one was biting.
Lucky me, being the new guy, I was the target of his first conversation. He asked what I did, when I replied I worked in a deli he almost immediately cut me off in explaining how I had just moved back to say he was a combat medic. This got my attention, as I have been meeting with many recruiters lately and am interested in joining, and one of the options I am looking into with the Army is SF Medic or Health Specialist. He then went into his big spiel about how his first MOS was as a Hand-to-Hand combat trainer, but he felt it was too much like boot camp 24/7 so he became a combat medic, and on and on about how much he loved the Army. I asked whether this was before or after Health Specialist and Combat Medic were joined and he said it was before (I thought they did this 2 years ago, he claimed to have done it 4 years ago).
Then he whipped out his wallet bearing the words "National Guard". He must have noted my odd reaction, so he explained that he had a kid and other commitments that meant he could not live the Active life. Turns out he loves the Army so much he heard he could help by becoming a recruiting assistant, which is what he is doing now. But apparently the Army wants him to become an SF Medic, because he already is a hand-to-hand specialist. I'm not sure where the SF Medic thing came from, I almost wonder if he felt upstaged by me bringing it up. He gave me his card and told me to call him and he could hook me up with anything I needed. I almost burst out laughing because his E-mail is (seriously) Ninja_Drex
It's not over yet, because he spent the rest of the night telling me all about his martial arts skills. You see, Drex has been training since he was four, he has earned four black belts and a Master's Degree in Jujitsu, which makes him a ninja (Not kidding, he literally said this). Is there even such a thing? Apparently training our Army and National Guard to be as efficient killers as he is was not enough ass-kicking for him, because he also regularly goes to bars with his brother, who will pick a fight and then let Drex kickass. Since no one reacted to this, he upped the ante, saying once they got into a fight with a bar full of Hell's Angels!
Several hours later, he tried to demonstrate some of his martial arts skills to me. He showed me a method for countering a punch that involved twisting someone's arm and gaining control over them by increasing pressure or straight out breaking their arm. He clearly thought this was impressive, but to me it looks like the kind of basic hand-to-hand skills you would learn in Basic. The same ones my nephew showed me when he came back from Marine Basic. When I mentioned this he went into his whole "I am a ninja" (!) rant about how if he wanted to he could rip my heart out with only his hands! And here is the creepiest part, he then stated that even if I waited up all night for him to fall asleep, it wouldn't work, because he DOESN'T SLEEP! He just does what he described as meditation that allows him to rest. How that helps his REM cycle is beyond me. Luckily enough for me, my friend was ready to bail and I escaped before he pulled out his ninja suit.
So, since this board has a large number of knowledgeable contributors I have a few questions.
1. Is there a Master's Degree in Jujitsu? Does attaining one make you a ninja?
2. Can a Guardsmen straight out of Basic become a hand-to-hand instructor?
3. Is that change of MOS (Whatever he was to Health Specialist/Combat Medic) even allowed?
4. Can a Guardsmen become an SF Medic? I thought that was limited to Active soldiers.
5. Have I met Dan-Dan the Ninja Man!?
(Edited to point the unaware how to discover who Dan Dan the Ninja Man is)
So I just moved back to Boston from some time in Oregon. I tagged along with an old friend to a little get-together to meet some new people. About an hour into this the image I had always had in my head of Dan Dan the Ninja Man (Check the Flame section if you are not familiar) walks in. I can not stress how ridiculous he looked: a studded belt over blue jeans, a black tank top that stopped about two inches before his beltline, underneath a black T-shirt that had its' sleeves ripped off and also was about three inches too short. He was also sporting the type of glasses/goggles Major League pitchers (think Duaner Sanchez) wear with a buzz cut.
Just in case you didn't notice him entering the apartment, he immediately proceeded to the TV to yell "MMA is for fags". No one was really watching it since CSI had been on and it was muted, but he felt the need to say this about three or four times while explaining all they did was roll around on the ground with other men in their underwear. It seemed pretty obvious he wanted someone to inquire further so he could spout on but no one was biting.
Lucky me, being the new guy, I was the target of his first conversation. He asked what I did, when I replied I worked in a deli he almost immediately cut me off in explaining how I had just moved back to say he was a combat medic. This got my attention, as I have been meeting with many recruiters lately and am interested in joining, and one of the options I am looking into with the Army is SF Medic or Health Specialist. He then went into his big spiel about how his first MOS was as a Hand-to-Hand combat trainer, but he felt it was too much like boot camp 24/7 so he became a combat medic, and on and on about how much he loved the Army. I asked whether this was before or after Health Specialist and Combat Medic were joined and he said it was before (I thought they did this 2 years ago, he claimed to have done it 4 years ago).
Then he whipped out his wallet bearing the words "National Guard". He must have noted my odd reaction, so he explained that he had a kid and other commitments that meant he could not live the Active life. Turns out he loves the Army so much he heard he could help by becoming a recruiting assistant, which is what he is doing now. But apparently the Army wants him to become an SF Medic, because he already is a hand-to-hand specialist. I'm not sure where the SF Medic thing came from, I almost wonder if he felt upstaged by me bringing it up. He gave me his card and told me to call him and he could hook me up with anything I needed. I almost burst out laughing because his E-mail is (seriously) Ninja_Drex
It's not over yet, because he spent the rest of the night telling me all about his martial arts skills. You see, Drex has been training since he was four, he has earned four black belts and a Master's Degree in Jujitsu, which makes him a ninja (Not kidding, he literally said this). Is there even such a thing? Apparently training our Army and National Guard to be as efficient killers as he is was not enough ass-kicking for him, because he also regularly goes to bars with his brother, who will pick a fight and then let Drex kickass. Since no one reacted to this, he upped the ante, saying once they got into a fight with a bar full of Hell's Angels!
Several hours later, he tried to demonstrate some of his martial arts skills to me. He showed me a method for countering a punch that involved twisting someone's arm and gaining control over them by increasing pressure or straight out breaking their arm. He clearly thought this was impressive, but to me it looks like the kind of basic hand-to-hand skills you would learn in Basic. The same ones my nephew showed me when he came back from Marine Basic. When I mentioned this he went into his whole "I am a ninja" (!) rant about how if he wanted to he could rip my heart out with only his hands! And here is the creepiest part, he then stated that even if I waited up all night for him to fall asleep, it wouldn't work, because he DOESN'T SLEEP! He just does what he described as meditation that allows him to rest. How that helps his REM cycle is beyond me. Luckily enough for me, my friend was ready to bail and I escaped before he pulled out his ninja suit.
So, since this board has a large number of knowledgeable contributors I have a few questions.
1. Is there a Master's Degree in Jujitsu? Does attaining one make you a ninja?
2. Can a Guardsmen straight out of Basic become a hand-to-hand instructor?
3. Is that change of MOS (Whatever he was to Health Specialist/Combat Medic) even allowed?
4. Can a Guardsmen become an SF Medic? I thought that was limited to Active soldiers.
5. Have I met Dan-Dan the Ninja Man!?
(Edited to point the unaware how to discover who Dan Dan the Ninja Man is)