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starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

You're 28 and out of shape and think you can make it to UFC? Wow. You're 10 years too late.

Just do BJJ to get into shape and have fun.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2018 12:48

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 09:19

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

Count Roland posted:

He's got TMA experience though, don't forget that.

mmm, I also forgot about the capoeira

# ¿ Jul 28, 2018 13:38

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

normal bandage over it then strapping tape over that, even just a pad over the sensor would be fine

# ¿ Aug 28, 2018 12:30

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

I've been doing bjj for a year and I just turned 40. I feel the fittest I've ever been in my life but I have constantly changing physical problems / pain.

I'm not stopping.

# ¿ Oct 9, 2018 09:01

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

Cephas posted:

I got my orange belt in judo!

To date, I've landed I think 3 throws in randori that actually felt like "maximum efficiency, minimal effort." A magical o soto gari against a fellow white belt who was approaching me right at the start of randori too quickly to keep his balance; a harai makikomi at the very beginning of a randori before the teenager I was up against could get his grip; and a ko soto gari where for once I just saw a clear opening and realized "oh! your foot's just right there for me to sweep." It was like time slowed down on that third one as I realized I had an opportunity. Those brief moments of basic competence are super encouraging and unforgettable. Most of the time I just sort of stiffly and awkwardly try to set up either an o soto gari or a ko soto gake, or go into a kesa gatame on the ground if either of us flub a throw.

Great work!

# ¿ Dec 28, 2018 05:16

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

I'm glad TKD has been a good way for you to keep active, get fit, lose weight and socialise. It's basically the reason I do BJJ.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2019 23:44

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

kimbo305 posted:

Our school had a blanket "no instruction to fellow students" policy,

That's...a thing I suppose. We have a general, "everyone helps everyone" attitude. Even a new white belt is capable of pointing out to another white belt they missed something the coach showed in the technique.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2019 23:38

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

I use a SISU mouthguard for BJJ and it seems fine. I bought a few bulkier ones before that and hated trying to breath with them.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2019 22:19

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

Spear chat:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2381198101892986&id=181753478504137

# ¿ Sep 15, 2019 00:43

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

https://youtu.be/Aaehn1aY8Ig

You can see how red Halfthor gets, muscle mass like that needs a lot of energy to keep functioning. I think cardio is easily one of the big differences between someone with a more athletic physique who has trained for a while, and someone big and new to combat sports.

This sparring session was not long before one of Conor's fights in the UFC so I'm sure there was no way the Mountain was allowed to try and hurt Conor anyway.

https://youtu.be/D3EjguU3U1g

at 2mins into this interview he thinks he would have a chance in a real match, not sure what to think. A lot of big guys think that, I think if Conor had plenty of room to keep distance he would just outlast someone huge.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2019 00:37

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 09:19

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

That's super cool. I was on a real kick of watching Senegalese and Indian wrestling for a while, there's a lot of great matches on YouTube. Will have to do that again and check out some other regional styles as well.

# ¿ May 5, 2020 10:03

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