Yesterday Geo Martinez took quite a tonal shift from an ego driven competition to shining a light on blessings he has and maturity he’s gotten with his life commitments. As a reminder Geo said:

” I’m going to be real with you. I’ve been in this game for awhile. I was traveling the world fighting my way through life as a bboy by 17. In that scene this kind of shit talking back and forth is the norm. Every crew are rivals. Every battle feels like a personal fight. I loved it for what it was, it was hype and during those younger years I had that fire and anger to fight against it.”

adding:

“You want to know what’s actually scary? What really tests you and forces you to grow?
Commitment.
Love.
Honesty.
Opening a gym.
Building and standing behind a crew day after day, year after year something you might never have.

I have found these test me far more than the child like behavior I was into before.

Just look at the image you chose and the post you’ve written vs mine. You’re alone, playing theater, attempting to follow through with this fake character you have created. I’m around a family which took years of commitment, hard work and loyalty, speaking my mind freely, being real, not a fake character.

I know who I am, where I stand and who stands behind me.
Life is simple.
All I need is good food, good people and something to get ready for.
Do you know who you are AJ?”

However AJ wasn’t to lazy to point out the hypocrisy in that tonal change:

It’s a bit amusing to see you segue’ from the Furious Protector of your Master’s Honor and BJJ System’s Effectiveness to Mr Mellow All-I-Need-is-My-School-and-Good-Friends-Good-Times-Good-Food so quickly and completely.
All you had to say was…”NO”
This isn’t about your Comfy Stoner Musings, fella
This is about you talking a ton of s*it, getting called on it, having your challenge accepted, and watching the pressure of competing with your entire programmed personality at stake making you CRATER into a back-walking, d*ck-tucking psychological fetal position.
You weren’t talking about good food and good times and your family of students the other day. Had you put out this kind of hazy, boring, slop 2 days ago, nobody would have noticed or cared. You are now using this whole hokey-fanokey “B-Boy-turned-“Family”-man schtick as a form of professional camouflage to melt into; hoping to hide from the S*IT you (YOU, not your little nest of snugglebunnies eating burritos in a haze of pot-smoke, and giving each other “bro” hugs while you watch ‪9/11‬ conspiracy videos in Eddie Bravo’s basement)
YOU challenged me
YOU nominated your dumb f*ckin’ SELF as the Avenger of your Master’s honor
YOU d*ck-tucked
YOU
NOW
FACE
the
SHAME

Shove your fake challenges up your useless, coward’s ass
Don’t waste my time backing down then trying to cloak your terror of competing under REAL pressure in some phoney-baloney “Spirit of Jiu-Jitsu” routine

AJ

A post shared by AJ Agazarm (@thefloridaboy) on Apr 20, 2018 at 2:56pm PDT

Do you think Geo’s approach is tactical or was he honest?