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Lives with mom, collects knives, only uses the original Japanese. He's a weaboo. 
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May 15, 2018 04:22
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Yuns posted:No anime. John isn't a weeaboo. He is only interested in judo (maybe knives too) with respect to Japan. Anyone who thinks he is a weeaboo is projecting. He's a weeaboo insofar as he prefers japanese terms to english ones. Just according to Keikaku*. Translator's note: Keikaku means plan.
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May 15, 2018 04:25
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It's kinda weebie to use Japanese names for positions and moves that have basically a literal English translation in the same way that it's weebie to create an entire system and make up names like "stoner control" etc. Also calling your students Senpai and Kohai is loving lol But from what I have seen of John I truly appreciate his eloquence and analytical approach.
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May 15, 2018 04:36
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How is being a stoner using stoner lingo weebie?
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May 15, 2018 04:45
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He lives alone. His family is in NZ. Where did "he lives with his mom" come from?
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May 15, 2018 04:46
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I was going off the mom bit from earlier. Also we're just joking around. Don't ask to meet me on the mat and say you wanna fight me sir. 
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May 15, 2018 04:46
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John's not a weeaboo though he is a possible serial killer. If he ever gets arrested for serial killing, all of his students will say, "We totally suspected it" in our interviews.
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May 15, 2018 04:55
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Yuns posted:John's not a weeaboo "he was so good at leg locks, no sane individual would be!"
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May 15, 2018 05:31
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Yuns posted:John's not a weeaboo Expand on this
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May 15, 2018 05:37
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Well you see he has a huge coffee table book all about serial killers he carries with him as a conversation piece.
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May 15, 2018 05:39
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JaySB posted:Expand on this Have you heard him speak?
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May 15, 2018 05:39
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I can get behind using the Japanese terms for some things. I've taken to using Sangaku a bit so I don't have to say "leg triangle" vs "arm triangle." I also like "juji gatame" and "ude gatame" when I need to specify those particular arm bars vs other variations. That doesn't a weeb make. Adult sword ownership, however....
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May 15, 2018 05:56
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I wish somebody would come up with a naming convention for positions that makes sense. It'd have to have flexibility built into it to deal with metagame changes.
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May 15, 2018 06:07
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:I wish somebody would come up with a naming convention for positions that makes sense. It'd have to have flexibility built into it to deal with metagame changes. That could happen. A lot of 10th planet terms have stuck just because nobody else committed to names. We don't have to let a paranoid stoner name everything if someone else would just step up and do it first. Others roll their eyes and make fun of his names, but they gotta accept some responsibility for leaving it up to Eddie Bravo.
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May 15, 2018 06:33
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Drewjitsu posted:"he was so good at leg locks, no sane individual would be!" *In a basement laying in a pile of cut in half lower bodies scissoring and spinning frantically*
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May 15, 2018 12:58
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Xguard86 posted:*In a basement laying in a pile of cut in half lower bodies scissoring and spinning frantically* Shoot, if I had a supply of corpses instead of complaining white/blue belts I'd be really good at leg locks too.
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May 15, 2018 15:33
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John's knife thing is mostly custom made knives from American master knifemakers like bowie knives and stuff. He has knives from a ton of the top American knifemakers. He awards custom knives for excellence in competition.
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May 15, 2018 15:37
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im not a weeb. here is a finely crafted blade of folded steel for your excellent senkaku senpai gordon
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May 15, 2018 15:55
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I like to have my room arranged in such a way that the first and last thing I see every day—when I wake in the morning, when I go to sleep at night—are my blades next to me.
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May 15, 2018 16:33
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Yuns posted:John's knife thing is mostly custom made knives from American master knifemakers like bowie knives and stuff. He has knives from a ton of the top American knifemakers. He awards custom knives for excellence in competition. So he's got like a room full of Kramer knives?
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May 15, 2018 18:34
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Yuns posted:He awards custom knives for excellence in competition. lol
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May 15, 2018 23:00
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JaySB posted:But from what I have seen of John I truly appreciate his eloquence and analytical approach. This. If anything else the guy is totally understandable even to stupid people like me that have to have watch things three times. With him its usually just once.
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May 15, 2018 23:25
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Is there a sweep that you guys find effective for breaking the stale mate of someone sitting in your guard with good posture and just sort of doing nothing? I had a five minute roll with a guy who did this and couldn't off base him or get any offense going and I couldn't land a scissor or flower because he just sort of sat back on his haunches. I'm bad too so maybe execution is the problem.
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May 16, 2018 01:05
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Sit up sweep, then go for the kimura?
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May 16, 2018 01:14
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flashman posted:Is there a sweep that you guys find effective for breaking the stale mate of someone sitting in your guard with good posture and just sort of doing nothing? I had a five minute roll with a guy who did this and couldn't off base him or get any offense going and I couldn't land a scissor or flower because he just sort of sat back on his haunches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5eGjpGxAk I think I learned this one as the hip bump sweep.
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May 16, 2018 01:36
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flashman posted:Is there a sweep that you guys find effective for breaking the stale mate of someone sitting in your guard with good posture and just sort of doing nothing? I had a five minute roll with a guy who did this and couldn't off base him or get any offense going and I couldn't land a scissor or flower because he just sort of sat back on his haunches. Scissor him? :naughty:
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May 16, 2018 01:36
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Kick him away vigorously when he postures up, spring up to your feet and flying triangle him. Works wonders. Also, why doesn't anyone want to roll with me?
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May 16, 2018 02:14
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flashman posted:Is there a sweep that you guys find effective for breaking the stale mate of someone sitting in your guard with good posture and just sort of doing nothing? I had a five minute roll with a guy who did this and couldn't off base him or get any offense going and I couldn't land a scissor or flower because he just sort of sat back on his haunches. I get really impatient with full guard, and I'll often intentionally switch it to half guard or knee shield just so I can create the angles I want. In related news I had my first rolls today since the broken rib - just positional start rolls, and just four times through, but it went well and I feel good!
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May 16, 2018 02:44
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flashman posted:Is there a sweep that you guys find effective for breaking the stale mate of someone sitting in your guard with good posture and just sort of doing nothing? I had a five minute roll with a guy who did this and couldn't off base him or get any offense going and I couldn't land a scissor or flower because he just sort of sat back on his haunches. Listen to Roger. He knows what's up: https://www.flograppling.com/training?q=roger&playing=5629183
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May 16, 2018 02:49
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I'd be interested in watching an alternative that's not behind the flograppling paywall
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May 16, 2018 02:59
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old.flv posted:I'd be interested in watching an alternative that's not behind the flograppling paywall Whoops, didn't realize it was content restricted. Conceptually this video is pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDnr6NYImck Simply put, don't let them get posture.
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May 16, 2018 03:19
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  edit oh now it shows up - of course
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May 16, 2018 04:04
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JaySB posted:Listen to Roger. He knows what's up: Gd Roger is so good
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May 16, 2018 04:31
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spb posted:Gd Roger is so good It's kinda stupid but that video really changed the way I view and play closed guard. He's the goat for sure. There's a really good video he has on Flo about attacking turtle too.
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May 16, 2018 05:25
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Heavyweight judo is stupid as hell now with the new IJF rules. Everyone I fight now just does a half rear end throw then attempts to crush you with a hold-down for 10 seconds. The only reason it works is that most heavyweight newaza is stall tactics until the ref breaks for inactivity. There is no purpose for throwing ippon in Heavyweight anymore when everyone just keeps doing this poo poo every god drat match. It really makes me want to go down to -100kg because this is getting frustrating as hell.
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May 16, 2018 12:55
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Whiskey A Go Go! posted:Heavyweight judo is stupid as hell now with the new IJF rules. Everyone I fight now just does a half rear end throw then attempts to crush you with a hold-down for 10 seconds. The only reason it works is that most heavyweight newaza is stall tactics until the ref breaks for inactivity. There is no purpose for throwing ippon in Heavyweight anymore when everyone just keeps doing this poo poo every god drat match. How are the new rules creating this environment? (In the last heavyweight regional bouts I watched, both fighters gassed out after a minute and they were still gassed for the next bout.)
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May 16, 2018 14:03
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JaySB posted:It's kinda stupid but that video really changed the way I view and play closed guard. He's the goat for sure. There's a really good video he has on Flo about attacking turtle too. What's the name of the video? I'm curious now and maybe I can find it outside of Flo.
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May 16, 2018 16:51
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old.flv posted:What's the name of the video? I'm curious now and maybe I can find it outside of Flo. Master Class: Roger Gracie Teaches The Best Closed Guard In The World Good luck.
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May 16, 2018 17:17
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JaySB posted:Master Class: Roger Gracie Teaches The Best Closed Guard In The World thanks, I was able to watch it - interesting that he shows the shoulder jump position near the end I was training in Chicago a couple years back and the instructor demonstrated this during the technique portion and I said "hey pretty cool that's a Roger move - where did you pick it up?" - he just gave me a blank stare and replied that he was actually a black belt under Roger. Lmao.
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CommonShore posted:How are the new rules creating this environment? Ever since Waza-ari became the new Yuko. In training, everyone who is heavyweight just keeps doing Waza-ari throws into nawaza and attempting to do holddowns for 10 seconds. I guess I am venting more about how my training partners have gotten lazy since our Champion Heavyweight has been coming in less to inspire the other guys to keep trying to improve. I just feel like I am plateauing right now because my training partners are not proving a challenge or consistently improving. I might as well hit the gym more often than go to Judo right now for all the good it is doing me right now.
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