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Kung Fu Jesus posted:I was thinking of joining a gym, MMA Lab specifically, in Arizona. Its a know gym with UFC guys and its close to where I live. Since it is well known, there's no concern about the level of knowledge from the trainers. But I was wondering if there are any down sides to going to a gym with a high profile and big stars. I am not a young guy who wants to get into the UFC. I just want to get fit and learn new skills. I'm already super intimidated at the thought of even entering the place but its just really convenient for me. Any average joes who go to these high profile gyms have any thoughts? To present the other side of the responses to this: I joined an MMA gym last year with a minorly famous coach with the sole intention of getting in shape and brushing up on my stand up game. I'm a little older, and have no interest in competing, but I do have some years of sparring experience and I'm not a total slouch. After a month or so of the teacher feeling me out and giving me a lot of attention, he asked if I'd be interested in getting a match. After I said "no thanks", he pretty much ignored me from then on out. Turns out he only wants to train fighters he can send to money-making matches. Since then 99% of my instruction has come from the other students. I'm not happy about it. Try to get a sense before you join if the trainer at your school is going to be one of those guys that only cares about the students he can send into the wood chipper.
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Ligur posted:Annoying thing of the day: The fist twitchers. (Could that be made into some sort of really creepy porn movie?) And I mean these guys who keep shaking or twitching their hands all the time before they punch. Or just all the time even if they will not. Obviously they have learned it somewhere. Like a movie or watching some sort of Muay-Thai clips where the fighters stalk forward, balanced on their rear leg, moving their fists up and down all day or whatever. I was thinking of this yesterday after sparring yesterday. It's like... What are you doing? Some guys wave your fist around, shake their fists or stand absolutely still before doing some combination. Unfortunately my reaction is usually to freeze up and start wondering how I'll get hit now that he is going to try and hit me. And then I get hit instead of you know... Blocking or something... So I guess it works against dumbasses like me 
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I love this video of martial arts expectations vs reality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzCBUXTUPIs
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Cauliflower ear chat: instead of going to a doctor; go to a NURSE. They do a lot of the actual needlework and are in my experience, much more skilled with it. Your ear is going to be sensitive as gently caress, so get someone who can stab needles accurately and not to deep. If they stab the needle in wrong, it'll be worse than before. Also twitch fist chat: It's funny that, now with experience, you can see what newbies do. How they flail around and miss you when you don't even move because they do not yet properly understand the concept of distance and reach. It's a beautiful thing; like watching LARPers in the park.
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Yuns posted:I love this video of martial arts expectations vs reality: realy nice to watch :p I remember this aged 72 if I have no motivation to do anything... 
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Signed up for the Dallas Open at Super Heavy despite weighing 233lbs. Started training my rear end off, 10 training sessions a week, super clean diet, weight started coming off nicely, and my game was getting on point. Woke up this morning with cellulitis.  gently caress
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ch3cooh posted:Signed up for the Dallas Open at Super Heavy despite weighing 233lbs. Started training my rear end off, 10 training sessions a week, super clean diet, weight started coming off nicely, and my game was getting on point. Should've worked some showers into your new routine.
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Went to boxing training for a first time in years. For an sport where you can only punch poo poo's extremely hard: I started martial arts by doing karate for two years begore going to judo, so by doing kihon (basic techniques where you punch air) back then I can now deliver strong punches and combining it with the 7 years of judo and a year of combat sambo I can move, close in, move out of the way and back off, but because I have no sense of striking range whatsoever and I haven't really practiced hitting a moving target and I can't grapple, the result is an really interesting mess. Like wow. I am able able to spar effectively with good strikers who can't grapple too well, because going in isn't too hard if they aren't used to avoiding in and in their attempt to strike there is always movement to every which way so throwing and submitting is easy and I combined that with poin-fighting type of straight long punches so I am doing okay or mediocore as long as I can grapple, but now, I'm basically going against my nature. I was slow when doing slips and bobbing and weaving because my stance was too wide - partly from karate and partly from combat sambo - and I always tried to step 45 degrees forward when slipping, because I wanted instictively to get in. When I realized I should only move my head and narrow my stance, I realized that this would be no good for combat sambo, because the narrow stance makes you weak for takedowns. I had fun and I'd like to put at least one boxing session to my week schedule, but I'm wondering if I will just pick bad habits from it. What do you guys think? The coach sure was a character, reminded me of a combination of Rocky's coach and Master Roshi from Dragonball.
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Aug 25, 2014 18:55
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I signed up for my first judo tournament.
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Had my first BJJ class today. Was a poo poo ton of fun. Most fun I've had in months and I can't wait for the next class.
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ManOfTheYear posted:Went to boxing training for a first time in years. For an sport where you can only punch poo poo's extremely hard "Only punch" -- by limiting the ruleset, of course technique is going to be more demanding.
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Pretty psyched that a new Boxing academy opening in town with lunchtime training sessions (which will fit into my schedule nicely) going to check out the open day on Sunday hopefully costs are reasonable. It's gonna be realllllly hard to not kick stuff.
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Weird question. What's your go-to submission on a really fat guy? I was spinning all over this guy like a whirlwind but I was unable to properly hold any control positions because he was so round. I was trying back control but I couldn't sink a choke in because he didn't have a neck.
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Aug 26, 2014 12:05
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:Weird question. What's your go-to submission on a really fat guy?
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:Weird question. What's your go-to submission on a really fat guy? The bigger someone is, the more likely I am to use shoulder locks. Works for fat guys and big muscular guys. Probably has something to do with constantly moving to the sides to not get stuck under them.
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Aug 26, 2014 12:49
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:Weird question. What's your go-to submission on a really fat guy? Tried a North/South choke?
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Toeholds are my go-to fat guy sub.
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General Emergency posted:I was thinking of this yesterday after sparring yesterday. It's like... What are you doing? Some guys wave your fist around, shake their fists or stand absolutely still before doing some combination. Unfortunately my reaction is usually to freeze up and start wondering how I'll get hit now that he is going to try and hit me. And then I get hit instead of you know... Blocking or something... I move around a lot hands and bounce around a bit, most of my coaches tell me to stop but I don't stop moving when I throw, I set down obviously to generate power but I move my hands a lot, it's a habit I got into because it always helped me parry with my hands better. It's not a major movement but just a little one, it reminds me to keep my hands high and I find I can slip and cover better. I tend to get good success with combinations anyway. At the end of the day you're going to come up against more experienced guys who're going to have good defense if you move your hands around when you're sparring or if you're completely static unless you're throwing. You're better off learning to set up your power punches and setting your combinations than worrying about whether your selling whether you're going to throw something. I can't think of a fighter off the top of my head to give you an idea of what I look like when I punch and kick things/people I spose Dan Hardy style movement would be pretty close to what I try to do. I find if I try to stay more still and shuffle forward and hold my hands more still I'm too focused on that and not focussed enough on what I'm doing. 02-6611-0142-1 posted:Weird question. What's your go-to submission on a really fat guy? If you practice them I like wrist locks against big fatties and heavy dudes. most of them go right to the size advantage and don't realise how open their hands are to being controlled. I find triangles come on really quick against big guys, I struggle to lock them up because I've got stubby hocks instead of legs, but once they're on they tap quick. Otherwise I end up getting smothered.
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I didn't expect such a variety of answers, honestly.KildarX posted:Tried a North/South choke? I'll give this a whirl, it fits in with my game pretty well and I need a lot more practice with them.
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Hey I don't think anyone cares and I only made a few posts here back forever ago, but I just took my test for my black belt in 특공무술 and totally nailed it cuz I'm so awesome. Pretty pumped about that right now.
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ManOfTheYear posted:The coach sure was a character, reminded me of a combination of Rocky's coach and Master Roshi from Dragonball. Boxing coaches: First training session: *silence* Second... *silence* Third... *silence* 74th, when they figure out you want to actually box and might need some help: "hrrmmpph.... jab... throw deh jab... deh jab... mumbling... hurr hurr, when I was young.... jabasfisterdurrr.... grrrgglhhMPH... throw a one-two... one-two I say... hyuck hyuck...* Yeah. edit: probably sitting on a chair near the rink and laughing or chuckling with invisible people Ligur fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Aug 27, 2014 |
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BrainDance posted:Hey I don't think anyone cares and I only made a few posts here back forever ago, but I just took my test for my black belt in 특공무술 and totally nailed it cuz I'm so awesome. I don't know what 특공무술 is but congrats!
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BrainDance posted:I just took my test for my black belt in 특공무술 and totally nailed it cuz I'm so awesome. Congrats guy, what is this though, Korean martial arts? Defenestrategy fucked around with this message at 15:41 on Aug 27, 2014 |
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Kuvo posted:I signed up for my first judo tournament. If you lose you will bring shame to your dojo and things will never be the same.
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KildarX posted:Congrats guy, what is this though, Korean martial arts? Google Translate claims "Commando Martial Arts," and Google Image Search seems to back that up. I expect it's something hapkido-esque. EDIT: looking back at that guy's posts, it's teukgong moosool, or basically Korean combatives. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teukgong_Moosool ulmont fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Aug 27, 2014 |
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BrainDance posted:Hey I don't think anyone cares and I only made a few posts here back forever ago, but I just took my test for my black belt in 특공무술 and totally nailed it cuz I'm so awesome. From zero to black belt in 9 months? That's awesome, congratulations. It must have been tough, how often were you training?
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:Weird question. What's your go-to submission on a really fat guy? toeholds. knee on belly depending on how 'soft' they are. Positional dominance. Armbars. Basically you want to break something; they're going too be hard to choke. Same thing for those tiny rear end kids that have tiny little necks that slip out; you just got to break something.
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Syphilis Fish posted:knee on belly This is also the answer for 99% of any other grappling questions anyone might have.
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Mechafunkzilla posted:This is also the answer for 99% of any other grappling questions anyone might have. Not in my experience. Mostly since my experience involves a lot more questions along the line of "how the gently caress do I get this guy off my back/chest".
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DekeThornton posted:"how the gently caress do I get this guy off my back/chest". If you put your knee on his belly its not an issue.  edit: How useful is it for newbies to attend seminars with good fightermans? I have the opportunity to go to an Erik Paulson[CSW] and Dan Inosanto[Kali] seminar within a few months, and just wondering if I would end up getting anything out of it except a workout. Defenestrategy fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Aug 28, 2014 |
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KildarX posted:If you put your knee on his belly its not an issue. This guy gets it :-) KildaX posted:edit: How useful is it for newbies to attend seminars with good fightermans? I have the opportunity to go to an Erik Paulson[CSW] and Dan Inosanto[Kali] seminar within a few months, and just wondering if I would end up getting anything out of it except a workout. Do it. It's freaking great. I guarantee that two or three of those moves that you'll learn will be your bread and butter for a few years. You'll pay attention like a boss, because you just paid, the teaching style will be fresh and different so you're paying attention, the moves will be the bread and butter of the guy, he'll have taught it several dozen times already so he really knows where to emphasize and how to explain his moves. also facebook bragging
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ulmont posted:Google Translate claims "Commando Martial Arts," and Google Image Search seems to back that up. I expect it's something hapkido-esque. Yeah that's it, I do taekwondo a bit now too (I'm teaching a guy who runs a giant gym, so free lessons, also there's so much money in taekwondo here Jesus) and I'm picking up a lot of similarities. I expected that though. A lot of differences too. I've always been told that it's a mix of a whole bunch of martial arts, hapkido included. Ikantski posted:From zero to black belt in 9 months? That's awesome, congratulations. It must have been tough, how often were you training? You know, when I started the plan was just to meet up with the gwanjangnim on the weekend mostly, then practice a bit during the week but I really liked it and to be honest it kind of led to tons of improvements in my life in every way. So, excluding the occasional day off for whatever reason I go 6 days a week. About an hour on week nights, then three or so hours on Sunday. I also do two hours of taekwondo throughout the week, mostly just for the exercise. It's all pretty intense and hard but I can say for sure that I am a very different person because of it than I was 9 months ago. I've tried a few exercise routines in my life, lots of different things, but nothing has really made the improvements like this has. I bet it would have been a lot different if I was in America, but as a foreigner here it's helped so much. My main social group now is the guys I train with when it used to be sad people at depressing foreigner bars. My body is so much better, my confidence is much higher and I feel like it's based in some real accomplishments now. I could go on and on.
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One week into grappling and my everything is hurting. All of it. Pretty awesome and I can't wait for the next session tomorrow but how the gently caress and when did I hurt my jaw?
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General Emergency posted:One week into grappling and my everything is hurting. All of it. Pretty awesome and I can't wait for the next session tomorrow but how the gently caress and when did I hurt my jaw? When someone choked you high across the jaw instead of low across your neck. Also the judo world championships just ended in Russia, and there are dozens of hours of video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeYa3QaP2n7I8SpGSqD-kUQ).
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sivad posted:Also the judo world championships just ended in Russia, and there are dozens of hours of video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeYa3QaP2n7I8SpGSqD-kUQ). Love doing judo but watching the competitions is just bleh. I spar with the old rules, so when you see high-level people having to deal with the grip restrictions and no leg grabs it's just such a waste. It's starting to look very artificial when you can't do things that you should be able to do: I understand time limits and the rules for saafety, but judo is quickly becoming a grappling version of point-fighting.
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Wait, you can't grab your opponent's legs in judo? Yeah, and they implemented that years ago. NOW you can't take your opponents grip off with your both hands, or was it that you can't take it off with your hands at all. Also you can't grip your opponent on the same side with your both hands, like sleeve + same side lapel unless you throw immediatedly, the same rule applies when you grap a sleeve and his back, reaching the "same side" over the spine. poo poo's just stupid. Hail sambo, honestly. ManOfTheYear fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Aug 31, 2014 |
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I got second place in my first judo tournament! I also broke two bones in my hand! 
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Kuvo posted:I got second place in my first judo tournament! Nice boxer's fracture
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