Is Steven Seagal the biggest phony ever ??

[raskat]

I just listened to a few minutes of the Steven Seagal interview which he did on Bruce Buffer's radio show and I heard Buffer saying Seagal is also a guitar player. Then I checked Seagal out on youtube and saw the guy can't play for sh+t. And I say that cause I played myself for quite some years (a long time ago). Seagal was only using his thumb to play and only simple Blues stuff, but he was ON STAGE and people were cheering. The thing is this: if you can't play the guitar at all, then you can't really judge how difficult it is what somebody is playing. So- for somebody who can't play, almost everybody who can play just a little bit, is a guitar god, if you know what I mean. And then I said to myself: that is exactly what Seagal did in MMA: he whores for attention.
He becomes the friend of the best fighter in the world (Anderson Silva) and repeatedly tells everybody how he taught him this kick and that punch and how he taught Lyoto Machida this and that.
I only watch MMA, I never practiced myself Jiu Jitsu or whatver. I know Seagal is an Aikido expert. But watching him play guitar on stage when he can't play for sh+t makes me think if you look at Seagal as a whole, that he is a phony, and I mean A REAL phony.
What do you guys think, and how do you judge his Aikido skills?

[Mannie Phresh]

Didnt he train Silva in a kick or something?

[Necrophobic]

So basically you are saying that Seagal is a phony because he isn't Carlos Santana?

[Shadow boxer 3]

and u got all that from the way he plays the guitar

[New England]

he's an actor.

pretending is his job.

[res]

Originally Posted by raskat

I just listened to a few minutes of the Steven Seagal interview which he did on Bruce Buffer's radio show and I heard Buffer saying Seagal is also a guitar player. Then I checked Seagal out on youtube and saw the guy can't play for sh+t. And I say that cause I played myself for quite some years (a long time ago). Seagal was only using his thumb to play and only simple Blues stuff, but he was ON STAGE and people were cheering. The thing is this: if you can't play the guitar at all, then you can't really judge how difficult it is what somebody is playing. So- for somebody who can't play, almost everybody who can play just a little bit, is a guitar god, if you know what I mean. And then I said to myself: that is exactly what Seagal did in MMA: he whores for attention.
He becomes the friend of the best fighter in the world (Anderson Silva) and repeatedly tells everybody how he taught him this kick and that punch and how he taught Lyoto Machida this and that.
I only watch MMA, I never practiced myself Jiu Jitsu or whatver. I know Seagal is an Aikido expert. But watching him play guitar on stage when he can't play for sh+t makes me think if you look at Seagal as a whole, that he is a phony, and I mean A REAL phony.
What do you guys think, and how do you judge his Aikido skills?

Well Buffer said it right, not Seagal.

[Clegg]

I've heard he was the first Westerner to open an Aikido dojo in Japan. Not sure how true that is but it suggests he was very good at the art or at the very least had a real devotion to it.

A lot of his comments do seem to be a bit self-serving and the guy clearly has an ego. But I don't think these guys would train with him and let him make these comments if they were just humouring him. If they were looking for a celebrity to hang out with to increase their public profile, there are surely better options than Seagal. But at the same time it does seem surprising that he has something significant to offer the best MMA fighter.

I think someone on here had in their sig a photo of Seagal with the comment "so then I suggested to Helio that he fight off of his back" on it which is pretty funny.

[Last Tribe]

Stop hating on Seagal. Listen to the above piece of art and then judge him.

Lyrics:

Girl what you really want all night
Me want the buddy, make me feel nice
Boy what you really want all night
Me want the poonani, see for make nice
She want the buddy
Him want the poonani
And me know it nice

When the girls start to strut
you could look at her but you shouldn't do that
Think about just that because her clothes are just as pretty
They're not just to cover her kitty

Girl what you really want all night
Me want the buddy, make me feel nice
Boy what you really want all night
Me want the poonani, see for make nice
Baby the way you waik is so hot
Let's have a shot of rum
Then I can make you come with me
To the ocean
That would be phat
You can be my bow cat
Nice ital breeze
Bring you to your knees
We're jammin

[res]

Originally Posted by New England

he's an actor.

pretending is his job.

lol well actually he is a pretty bad actor. He was a martial artist that lived and trained in Japan from his teens into about his early 30's (He speaks Japanese fluently) and as the other poster mentioned, he became the first Westerner to run an Aikido dojo in Japan.

[CHOWWOKKA]

Originally Posted by Shadow boxer 3

and u got all that from the way he plays the guitar

You can tell how much hair a guy has on his balls by how he plays guitar