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Nierbo posted:
I just found out that a guy I train with did BJJ there for 2 years before figuring out that he was wasting his time and the coach was a dolt. Two years wasted. Imagine how pissed you'd be when you went to a real gym. Also I was wrong: guy's been running the BJJ club at my uni since 1998. Apparently there's something like a 90% turnover yearly.
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ICHIBAHN posted:Think I'm going to try another gym. I'm relatively happy at Gracie Barra but there author, slightly more extensive gym that offers much more mat time for beginners. Would there be any animosity with me trying somewhere else (not necessarily changing yet). What about taking some classes at both gyms. Is that something i should try to avoid or conceal? Doesn't GB require you to sign a contract? Something else to consider I suppose, if you're thinking about trying to get out of it. A lot of gyms also have "Open Mat" once or twice a week as well to encourage anyone/everyone from any school to pop by and roll. I've rolled with a few people from other schools who are just at our gym for the night to check things out, and we have a few guys who regularly go to the Open Mat for other gyms ( inc. GB ) and post in our Facebook page and it's generally encouraged.
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Feb 20, 2015 20:05
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Can someone point me to escapes from the back crucifix position, or is it a position where you're just sorta hosed for letting them get to there in the first place and ya shouldn't have let them get it.
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Feb 20, 2015 20:49
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TollTheHounds posted:Doesn't GB require you to sign a contract? Something else to consider I suppose, if you're thinking about trying to get out of it. Nah just a direct debit. No length specific contract.
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Feb 20, 2015 23:09
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KildarX posted:Can someone point me to escapes from the back crucifix position, or is it a position where you're just sorta hosed for letting them get to there in the first place and ya shouldn't have let them get it.
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Feb 21, 2015 03:43
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Yuns posted:Number one. You shouln't be lettting yourself get into that position so which entries are being used on you. Number two Are we discussing gi or no gi? No GI, I usually get crucified after a botched thread the needle to escape side control so they rotate around my body and do the dive over one. or I accidentally leave my arm behind after moving from reverse kesa to kesa.
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Feb 21, 2015 05:02
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Free your arm that is trapped by their legs first, by pulling your elbow as close to your body as possible then kind of limp arming.
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Feb 21, 2015 09:33
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I started at an MMA dojo (not a fighting gym) for exercise and I guess to learn a little about martial arts. Is there a compendium of the vocab used in places like that (e.g. "plank out" meaning "use an arm to stabilize yourself in grappling")?
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Feb 22, 2015 02:11
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Mortley posted:an MMA dojo (not a fighting gym) a what now
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Feb 22, 2015 02:43
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Mortley posted:"plank out"
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Feb 22, 2015 04:04
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Planking is what I do when I get jabbed
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Feb 22, 2015 04:27
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Planking is what I do to work on my core muscles.
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Feb 22, 2015 04:35
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Kekekela posted:You mean post out? I think I did mean that. I don't know how to explain what this gym is because this isn't my world; I just tried to repeat what I had heard.
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Feb 22, 2015 06:32
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A lot of the lingo changes from place to place, just keep going and roll with it. What do you mean by an "MMA dojo" versus a "fighting gym" though? It sounds like you might've been sold some lies.
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Feb 22, 2015 09:12
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Nierbo posted:Ligur, you're one of my favourite posters on here but I have to call you out on sometihng. Multiple times Ive seen you reference something along the lines of `increase speed but not power` or ì told them to punch faster, not harder`. Lots of people already responsed to this while I was probated for insulting a mod, but this was one of my favourites: kimbo305 posted:Scientifically, don't tense the muscles working against the punch, and emphasize tensing at the start of the motion and at the very end just before you land. I try to tell people to punch "loose". If you tell people who are not natural punchers or not very trained to strike "hard" or with "power" they will very often start forcing the issue. They push, shove, and tense their muscles far too much for it to be efficient - and end up working against themselves like kimbo here describes! It also tires you very fast. Sometimes telling a person to forget about power but to be as loose or fast as he or she can be actually makes them punch harder! They might stop shoving into the punch and tensing their muscles to create force, but instead will whip their limb at the target. If they are using body rotation correctly, then *smack* that there actually is the power. But you sometimes have to cheat people a little when you try to make them do something properly  A former boxer from a neighbouring gym has famously said several times every knockout or knockdown he ever scored almost surprised even himself: they were never punches he was trying to throw particularly hard but always those beautifully set up, loose and relaxed ones which catch the opponent unawares or coming in. Somewhat related: It's incredibly hard to KO or knock down a person who is accustomed to being hit. Seriously. Take your average boxer or even a hobbyist who spars often and hit him in the head as hard as you can, chances are he isn't going down. He will instinctively know how to brace against the punch and tuck his jaw. It's always the punches they don't see or run into which take them down.
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Feb 22, 2015 10:46
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:A lot of the lingo changes from place to place, just keep going and roll with it. Yeah. Umm maybe post the gym or some more details?
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Feb 22, 2015 18:18
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I'm laughing about the idea of having a "Boxing Dojo" not a boxing gym 
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Feb 22, 2015 20:27
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Any tips for shadow boxing for a beginner?
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Feb 22, 2015 20:56
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Am I wrapping too tightly if my hands get a bit sore from it during the first third of Muay Thai class? I don't seem to be seriously cutting off circulation, and midway through class the wraps and or my hands will loosen up and feel better. Any looser at the start and they tend to start unraveling throughout class. Or do I just need to get better at this?
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Feb 22, 2015 21:26
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ManOfTheYear posted:Any tips for shadow boxing for a beginner? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMBWfrErX9U
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Feb 22, 2015 21:35
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ManOfTheYear posted:Any tips for shadow boxing for a beginner? Occasionally pick a spot on the floor and pretend there's a dude you're fighting there. Maintain range to this fictional opponent.
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Feb 22, 2015 22:28
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Decades posted:Am I wrapping too tightly if my hands get a bit sore from it during the first third of Muay Thai class? I don't seem to be seriously cutting off circulation, and midway through class the wraps and or my hands will loosen up and feel better. Any looser at the start and they tend to start unraveling throughout class. Or do I just need to get better at this? Sore where? The webbing between the thumb and index finger? Across the palm?
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Feb 23, 2015 01:28
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Basically feeling a little too crunched across the palm I guess, from wrapping horizontally around the hand. "Wrap less tightly there" must be the answer, but I'm struggling to find the sweet spot where by the end of the class I'm not getting tangled up in Thai pad velcro
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Feb 23, 2015 01:45
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Xguard86 posted:Yeah. Umm maybe post the gym or some more details? I understood him to mean that we don't do "live fire" scenarios, so we're never actually trying to hurt each other, as people do in real MMA. Basically it's a much cheaper gym for casual people (or beginners like me) and serious guys who just got tired of the high prices and testosterone at the other places in town. I'd post the link but goons are weird. I don't care if I was lied to because this place is really inexpensive.
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Feb 23, 2015 03:16
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Definitely keep us updated on this strange anomaly known as an mma dojo.
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Feb 23, 2015 03:46
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Is it a school that offers mma along with krav and jujutsu?
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Feb 23, 2015 04:38
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Mortley posted:I understood him to mean that we don't do "live fire" scenarios, so we're never actually trying to hurt each other, as people do in real MMA. Basically it's a much cheaper gym for casual people (or beginners like me) and serious guys who just got tired of the high prices and testosterone at the other places in town. I'd post the link but goons are weird. I don't care if I was lied to because this place is really inexpensive. Generally you dont try to hurt your training partners at any gym but i dont know what a live fire scenario is
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Feb 23, 2015 04:44
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Decades posted:Basically feeling a little too crunched across the palm I guess, from wrapping horizontally around the hand. "Wrap less tightly there" must be the answer I don't do a single loop around my palm. Some wrap methods do. As long as you are doing steps 7-9 securely, there shouldn't be many ways for the wrap to escape: http://www.ringside.com/blog/boxing-tips-how-to-wrap-your-hands-the-right-way/
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Feb 23, 2015 04:54
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Mortley posted:I understood him to mean that we don't do "live fire" scenario So, no sparring but pad work and compliant partner drills I suppose, or MMA stands for Mixed Martial Arms where they have guns and stuff, and nobody uses actual bullets.
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Feb 23, 2015 05:57
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I think he means there's no sparring, which makes me think "lovely mcdojo". But then he says it's really cheap, which means it could be cool. Who knows?
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Feb 23, 2015 06:00
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Or he means they don't compete or something. I dunno. I wouldn't call something like jits sparring "live fire". Live fire is competitions.
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Feb 23, 2015 10:50
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Decades posted:Basically feeling a little too crunched across the palm I guess, from wrapping horizontally around the hand. "Wrap less tightly there" must be the answer, but I'm struggling to find the sweet spot where by the end of the class I'm not getting tangled up in Thai pad velcro Every time you pass a wrap around your knuckles make a fist.
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Feb 23, 2015 12:43
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Just had a guy tell me he doesn't understand why anyone still boxes when you can go train ninjitsu
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Feb 23, 2015 14:05
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The secret powers of the ninja compel me. Challenge him to a duel? Ninja vs boxing. Anyway I rarely use and don't like Mexican style (= stretchy) wraps. Especially if they are super long I can even now, after wrapping my hands for million of times, get 'em a little too tight.
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Feb 23, 2015 14:46
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Rabhadh posted:Just had a guy tell me he doesn't understand why anyone still boxes when you can go train ninjitsu Who needs punches when you can stab fools with sweet ninja stars.We are all really wasting our time
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Feb 23, 2015 14:47
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I'm usually against martial arts shaming but seriously, what is it with ninjitsu? We've had at least a handful of new students come in who claimed to have practiced ninjitsu in the past (some for several years) and they almost universally have really, really bad body mechanics.
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Feb 23, 2015 15:13
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Verisimilidude posted:I'm usually against martial arts shaming but seriously, what is it with ninjitsu? We've had at least a handful of new students come in who claimed to have practiced ninjitsu in the past (some for several years) and they almost universally have really, really bad body mechanics. You just don't know the secrets of ninjitsu. Baka Gaijin. Be prepared for some Hanzo steel to the throat for your impudence against dark and mysterious ninja.
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Feb 23, 2015 15:51
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Ligur posted:The secret powers of the ninja compel me. Beats having super loose wraps that get looser every time you put on the pads.
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Feb 23, 2015 16:06
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Verisimilidude posted:I'm usually against martial arts shaming but seriously, what is it with ninjitsu? We've had at least a handful of new students come in who claimed to have practiced ninjitsu in the past (some for several years) and they almost universally have really, really bad body mechanics. It's not a real thing, mostly. Even the worst TMA's were, at one point, an actual fighting style, and there's people who kinda gave a poo poo passing it on. Ninjutsu was 'rediscovered' and attracts only the weeaboo of the anime otaku, who feed off power fantasies. At best it's really lovely jiujitsu.
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Verisimilidude posted:I'm usually against martial arts shaming but seriously, what is it with ninjitsu? Here's a clip of what it is. A friend did/does that edit: I have to say their Bujinkan style is less weapon and gear oriented and had more like locks and throws and holds and ummm yeah Ligur fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Feb 23, 2015 |
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