A Budo Baka

A friend of mine emailed me yesterday to ask me to tell her what "budo baka" meant. After explaining that it's loosely translated as "martial arts idiot" but often is meant derogatorily to describe a martial arts addict, I continued the reply with the following:

The typical image of a "budo baka" here is a Caucasian guy who thinks he's more Japanese than the Japanese. He often squints even in low light and takes on a strange Japanese-sounding accent whenever he starts to recite obscure historical and cultural trivia related to long-dead swordsmen or Zen philosophy.

I'm sure you all know at least one of them.