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Winkle-Daddy posted:Okay, so kind of off topic but I have to ask...is it law or policy that people with assault on their record can't train? I mean, I think it's a loving great idea that if someone is the kind of guy who's always looking for a fight and is a violent individual, the last thing you want to do is improve their skill set...I've just never heard of this before. Well, my main instructor was in jail for some general hooliganism and such, but has since straightened out his life. We've had people come through who have spent time in jail or prison before, but we've also had correctional officers come through as well. Either way, generally people who come for the wrong reasons don't last.
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ManOfTheYear posted:Can somebody open up MMA ground game for me a bit? A lot of matches get kinda stuck when the competitioners end up in guard, often the attacking dude just keeps on punching and will not even try to pass the guard and the match won't go anywhere for a while. Is this because of you getting the points from the judges when trying to pass ther guard would risk a submission? Also is this also because of the high level grappling, where the slightest posture change would also risk a submission, so both guys are just waiting for the other guy to do something more drastic? Your phrasing is kind of strange, but it seems like you're referring to stuff in the gym rather than actual amateur/pro fights. In any case, the issue with guard is that the guy on bottom is generally trying to stop the guy on top from hitting him but also standing up. In a real amateur/pro fight, the ref will often stand both fighters up if they aren't active enough. Guard, in MMA is considered a neutral position, perhaps slightly advantageous to the guy on top while in Gi BJJ it's probably the opposite. But, in a fight if it were literally one guy hitting from guard and the guy on bottom not being able successfully sweep or submit, yes the guy on top wins that round. If my hips are better than the guy on bottom I may actually opt to stay there and pound him, especially if I can move him to the cage. There is quite a bit of technique for ground and pound here, mostly dealing with breaking his grips and creating openings. Escaping mount in MMA is tough against anyone you're not way better than. It involves a lot of bucking, and not covering your face,do you can push their knee or hip down or perhaps hook an arm. You will almost always expend a lot of energy and take a few hits, which is why it's so hard and many fights end here. I would say there is no truly reliable way to escape mount, except maybe giving up your back which honestly can be a better choice sometimes.
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If there isn't a triangle choke attempt countered by a powerbomb, I will be upset.
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A gym shouldn't care if you train somewhere else, as long as you're still paying your fees and not trying to steal students. One girl was at another kickboxing gym, came to check out ours and got kicked out of her gym. Now she's our student and we're getting her money. It's really dumb because this city is very gym-dense. If there was only two gyms in town, I could see the issue.
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ImplicitAssembler posted:If a gym doesn't care about your progress and how you learn stuff, do you really want to train there? If all the coach cares about is the money, do you really want him/her as a coach? Most people would go to classes at another gym to fill in a hole that their primary gym isn't fulfilling. Like one guy said, his gym didn't have classes one night. Another guy said there was better boxing somewhere else. Those are legitimate reasons to get some training elsewhere. If they care about your progress, they'll let you.
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Buy a dollar mouth guard, goddamnit. That first dollar provides the most protection per dollar of any mouth guard out there. A 5 dollar mouth guard is only slightly better. Same with the 10 or 20 dollar one.
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Christoff posted:
Next you're gonna tell us to drain our cauliflower ears, aren't you?
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Space human being posted:Does anybody kick flat-footed? I don't think it's very common because it's difficult to rotate on. On the other hand, it's how Bas does it, sand Bas is never wrong.
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Compression lock probably has the least priority, but the rest is whatever you're best at. Although, against a bigger opponent, I prefer to go for chokes over joint locks.
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I'm level 15 in Muay Thai RPG. Perhaps you've heard of it?
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Travic posted:
I need to buy this domain. Also, if you click the link it's two kids touching dong.
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Christoff posted:Yeah my simple non-switch kick low left kick to his lead was my go-to. Kept almost tagging him in the nuts though, woops. You can do either, I think most camps are split on this. For me, I swing like you, I want to hit with my middle finger knuckle, boot my pinky knuckle. With such little gloves, which knuckle is more likely to break on a solid punch?
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I'm pretty sure that's how Heihachi Mishima fights in Tekken.
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A lot of university clubs are run by blue belts, but in this day and age, a gym should not be.
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Do people say "dans" for BJJ? I've been doing it for over 6 years and have only heard "degree," but most of my training has not been with straight up Brazilians. Although, Wiley doesn't sound Brazilian. I will admit, though, that I teach a no-gi and MMA class once a week and I am only a blue belt in BJJ, it's not entirely unheard of but usually they will try to stick a purple belt in there at minimum and maybe let blue's teach fundamentals and beginners classes.
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Travic posted:So I just had my first introductory lesson. Long story short I made an rear end out of myself by being out of shape and very bad at throwing punches. I walked in nervous as hell and left an hour and a half later embarrassed as hell. I can barely lift my arms now. It was awesome and I'm going back on Wednesday for my first Judo lesson. My instructor was very nice and patient I just hope I didn't disappoint him too much. After the lesson we talked about membership plans and he said I could do the 30 day free trial. He did try to sell a membership, but he wasn't pushy. Judo for the most part tries to funnel its practitioners into its own sport, and isn't really considered essential to MMA. A cookie cutter MMA fighter could get by with Muay Thai and BJJ, but of course many will incorporate boxing and wrestling as well. I would say 100-200 a month would be the normal range for a MMA/BJJ school but I've heard Judo places were a bit cheaper.
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at the price. I don't know what the price normal memberships run at, but drat.
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mewse posted:Why the gently caress are all Aikido(?)'s punches haymakers? I'm pretty sure that's how samurais fought.
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In no-Gi underhooks become super important.
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Mechafunkzilla posted:No-gi is much more like wrestling, with submissions. You could even say it's some sort of "submission wrestling". Take your ball gags and whips somewhere else.
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None of them will really work properly. They are calibrated for steps, which is only vertical movement, they don't track limbs, so you'd have to input activity data. Plus there isn't a great way to wear one of them while grappling.
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Rabhadh posted:I have this guy in my class who goes on an on about krav maga, I don't have the heart to tell him what I've read in this thread. BJJ for little guys is the most technically pure BJJ. It involves a lot of attaching yourself to the other guy tightly and forcing him to move you to where you want to be. Bigger guys tend to try to move their opponents instead, which gives them a hard time vs even bigger guys.
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I feed arm bars all the time, in full guard but I probably wouldn't do it against a black belt. That said, most people purple or higher won't be content with just a full guard and will be working for something more active. We're talking no-Gi right? Cause feeding something, then having to break grips in Gi takes way more effort.
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KildarX posted:It seems to work in both, but you're right it is way easier to do it in No-Gi. v I accidentally went to a Gi class after not training for years. But since I took the effort to show up, and having a little Gi experience in the past I decided to borrow a Gi and do the class. Later on during open mat, I was in someone's butterfly guard, so I flattened a knee to the ground and did a somersault pass. He responded by grabbing the bottom of the back of my Gi and pulled me into back control. Then I remembered why I hated Gi. As far as anger goes, I don't really get angry, but I can get frustrated. If someone is pulling guard constantly and being a pain to pass but not being good enough to sweep or submit, I'll just disengage them constantly to remind them that no one has any reason to willingly walk straight in to your guard. Then I'll usually try to do a standing pass, drop for a heel hook or go for a rolling toe hold.
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v I took to man hugging in pajamas almost a little less than a year after starting No-Gi. So a lot of the passes I do know are less than graceful, when your opponent starts grabbing on to clothes.
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Honestly all military self defense/hand to hand combat systems are bad. The great assumption is that your opponent doesn't know jack poo poo. And if you're opponent doesn't know jack poo poo, then aikido is just as good as Krav Maga or MACS. Anecdotally one of my frat brothers who is a marine officer won some sort of Greek week wrestling event. The he came down to my gym later on, and I tossed him around like a rag doll and subbed him at my leisure while he had about 70 lbs and 6" on me. It just goes to show that Any martial art is better than nothing.
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Dolemite posted:I tried checking both the OP and the YLLS forum and I couldn't quite find an answer for this. You could do some HIIT circuits or skip rope and run like previously mentioned.
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I'm in the latest UFC Embedded video. In the background. Not doing anything remotely impressive. Sweet.
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willie_dee posted:Link? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPUwrxM_1nc
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willie_dee posted:Which bit are you in I meant? Doomsday's segment. I guess Uriah Hall swung by the gym on Thursday, but I don't train Thursday's so I missed him.
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If you're not rinsing your gym clothes with water and vinegar, you're loving up.
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Novum posted:Holy poo poo dude I did this all the time in Streets of Rage.
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Work on your takedowns. No one at comps have good takedowns, except wrestlers who may be sand bagging to get in your division. We're talking BJJ, right?
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Having those big basketball sneakers on really affects your guard game.
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ICHIBAHN posted:So after boxing last night, I've a whole new level or respect for those who are able to clown about with their arms down. How the gently caress. I couldn't stand sparring (first time ever), though I did, but doing it with no hands down is ridiculous. Clowning with your hands down is all about head movement and tucking your chin while keeping your shoulder up. Also it's a bit hard to see the punches coming from someone doing this because we're used to seeing the shoulder move first, then the hand following. It tends to go the other way if they're starting their punch with the hands down.
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Skjorte posted:In my last BJJ class, we did some rounds of tachiwaza (is there a BJJ name for that?), which is something I hadn't tried since I managed to explode my foot doing it in judo 2 years ago. We practiced snapdowns right before the tachiwaza, but other than snapdowns (which is a brand new thing for me), pommeling for underhooks, and drilling a technique a couple of times in my first BJJ class back in November which I've completely forgotten, I haven't done any sort of standing grappling since my short-lived judo experience, so it was a bit intimidating. Somehow, I managed to reverse a guy who shot in on me by kinda, sorta sprawling, reaching over him, grabbing one of his legs with both of my arms, and then tricking people into thinking I knew some kind of neat technique by winding up in side control. In actuality, I have no idea what I did, but I would like to find out so I can perhaps do it again instead of ineffectually trying to force an osotogari on people way more athletic than me. Youtubing 'takedown reversal leg grab' didn't yield any results, but I'm almost sure I've seen something similar in one of the amateur wrestling highlights around here. I'm in Scandinavia, so my wrestling knowledge is just about non-existent. That's pretty common in wrestling but I couldn't give you a name for it. Also I take it you're taking BJJ with a gi. I'm mostly a no-Gi/MMA guy and this type of strategy drives me nuts.
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Most coaches care about tournament points, not win-loss ratio. Every extra member competing is a chance at tournament points with no penalty for losses.
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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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Strength and conditioning are important and can't be overlooked. We've had a bunch of pros getting ready for fights lately in both Muay Thai and MMA. We shark bait our guys to get them ready. There are guys who are better than me, but when I'm going in fresh and they're on their third minute/third guy, I can pretty much do whatever I want to them, even if they're bigger than me. I mean there are a ton of fights where you'll see a lower belted (BJJ) guy submit a higher belted guy, and it's almost always due to superior conditioning. The same can be said about kickboxing and wrestling, although without such rankings and easily recognized finishes it's hard to make it as apparent.
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Someone watched too much Naruto... Or too little.
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Ligur posted:Strikers! How do you consider the art of, not of ninjutsu, but of switching sides? Switching isn't hugely popular in MMA because most people can only perform takedowns on one side. That said, lifelong wrestlers usually wrestle right leg forward but strike left leg forward, so their takedowns often require switching before going for a takedown. In Muay Thai it seems fairly popular, at least with guys at my gym. I stick mostly to orthodox, since my body mechanics feel worse when I've switched.
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meanwhile discovering new punches you never knew you had
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I generally just wear headgear when it begins to flare up, which has kept it under control and largely unnoticed. When they're no longer puffy you can stop wearing it.
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