Donald James Roley Martial Arts Strike Forces




There’s internet tough guys, and then there’s Don Roley — the online martial arts cryptid who somehow manages to puff his chest from behind a keyboard while dodging real-life confrontations with the precision of a man late for his own funeral. If martial arts forums were high school, Don wouldn’t be the quarterback or the class clown. He’d be the weird older guy who graduated fifteen years ago but still shows up in the parking lot to argue about karate with the janitor.


 Don Roley: The Ninja Nobody Asked For

Don Roley struts around the internet like a self-appointed gatekeeper of ninjutsu, yet somehow manages to be the only ninja who could get winded typing a blog post. He’s the martial arts equivalent of that guy who “used to be in a band” — always living off a vague past no one can verify, while the rest of the world has moved on.

His whole persona is built around pretending to be the guardian of “real” ninjutsu, but the reality is he’s just the final boss of Facebook comment threads. Every time someone disagrees with him, he acts like they’ve dishonored his ancestors, when really, they just had the audacity to exist outside of his tiny echo chamber.