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Nirel
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gullberg
Sweden1301 Posts
On August 18 2014 22:26 Liquid`Jinro wrote: No just he said that should be my pro-weight, amateur weighins are the same day so they are different than pro. I assumed that he meant pro-weight. Still seems a bit much to me. But hey, atleast it won't be as crazy as the cut Hendricks makes. | ||
Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On August 19 2014 00:19 gullberg wrote: I assumed that he meant pro-weight. Still seems a bit much to me. But hey, atleast it won't be as crazy as the cut Hendricks makes. I'm going to try to add some weight and convince him I should be at lightweight... I feel sort of frail and slow when I walk around at 76-77 :/ And yeah, Hendricks was actually an example he used when he told me I should be at FW ;d | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
Also 2011 GSL Jinro vs MC ... will always remember that. Would be cool to see you playing again. Even if it's streaming or online or smaller tournies for fun and nothing committing. It's amazing to still be playing KR GMs and so fast already considering you took a break that long. | ||
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Mithriel
Netherlands2969 Posts
Good luck with anything you do! | ||
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dala
Sweden477 Posts
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Garemie
United States248 Posts
Glad to have you around. | ||
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Phizzik
United States77 Posts
Enjoyed the blog - thanks for taking the time to share. We crossed paths at MLG Providence - was fun chatting with you then. Def miss seeing you stream and play but its all good life goes on GLHF. | ||
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
On August 18 2014 11:47 Liquid`Jinro wrote: Depends, the 1room was 5k deposit/450 a month. The house before that was 30k deposit as I said. You can find some older 2 bedroom/kitchen places for 10k deposit as well... but yeah, their system is pretty expensive. In the past, the "Jeonse" system was even more popular, where you pay a HUGE deposit and no rent (so for this place I'd be paying like 150-200k and then not pay rent, then get the money back when I choose to end the contract)... as I understand it, it was more common your family would have money saved up. No visa since poker doesn't qualify as work, I'm perpetual tourist  I could get a working holiday visa but have to go back to sweden to get it so its a bit of a hassle. Not taken any tests, I dont study Korean in any official capacity. Yes, Im not sure if entrance is free or not (I know its like 40$ for the people fighting). It's at Korean Top Team in Seoul (you can check the Top FC facebook page and they always post their info in Korean and English). Hey Jinro! I was in Korea from Dec 1st 2007 to Jan 31st 2012! I'll be flying back to Korea this December to work for several more years! I'll be working/living in the center of Seoul this time instead of out in the boonies. Does Korean Top Team have mainly grappling days? I have mainly been focused on doing Muay Thai in the past. I love the striking aspect of martial arts. How's KTT when it comes to stand-up practice? I know eventually I'd have to pick up on grappling. I'll most likely come check KTT out when I move back to Seoul. I probably wont be able to attend regularly until I get settled in from the move. Also my wife is due for our 2nd kid around January so I'll probably be fucked until me and the wife get adjusted to the baby life again in Korea.  My Korean sucks, but I I'm still trying to spend more time learning it. My wife is Korean so she does all the talking Any more information about foreigner friendly Korean MMA and/or kickboxing gyms would be NICE! | ||
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mdamda
63 Posts
The other was sksYen or something (when he used to be one of the first Koreans to stream). Hope to see you making a comeback  | ||
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On August 19 2014 09:44 Silentness wrote: Hey Jinro! I was in Korea from Dec 1st 2007 to Jan 31st 2012! I'll be flying back to Korea this December to work for several more years! I'll be working/living in the center of Seoul this time instead of out in the boonies. Does Korean Top Team have mainly grappling days? I have mainly been focused on doing Muay Thai in the past. I love the striking aspect of martial arts. How's KTT when it comes to stand-up practice? I know eventually I'd have to pick up on grappling. I'll most likely come check KTT out when I move back to Seoul. I probably wont be able to attend regularly until I get settled in from the move. Also my wife is due for our 2nd kid around January so I'll probably be fucked until me and the wife get adjusted to the baby life again in Korea. My Korean sucks, but I I'm still trying to spend more time learning it. My wife is Korean so she does all the talking Any more information about foreigner friendly Korean MMA and/or kickboxing gyms would be NICE! Never trained there, but I'd imagine they do. KTT is probably the best place to train in Korea (alongside Team MAD I guess) for MMA. English wise, not sure, but I'd bet there's someone who speaks it since they do a lot of traveling. There was 1 gym, Body and Soul or something that had a lot of foreigners competing last event I went to --- the guy who cornered them spoke fluent english, and he did the translating for Top FC (like the pro events) when they had foreigners fighting. Not sure if he was part of KTT or body and soul tbh. | ||
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HoZBlooddrop
Italy324 Posts
anyway it was an awsome read :D | ||
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
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guitarizt
United States1492 Posts
Fighting is hard. Cutting weight sucks. I respect people who do mma, but performance enhancing drugs are so rampant that there's no way I would want to fight. It was medical costs that always prevented me from fighting before, but if I knew then what I knew now and I had free medical care for life, then I wouldn't fight for the head trauma and because everyone is on peds. You can still improve training, but I also get people who want to fight at an organized event. I love the blog, and good luck with everything! | ||
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Marou
Germany1371 Posts
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igay
Australia1178 Posts
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
On August 19 2014 13:33 guitarizt wrote: I definitely relate to your blog posts. I moved to vegas about 5 years ago and played poker until black friday. I never thought I could do math, but I started to get into game theory with poker which helped me realize that math is a cool way to solve some problems. I'm going back to school and majoring in math now. Fighting is hard. Cutting weight sucks. I respect people who do mma, but performance enhancing drugs are so rampant that there's no way I would want to fight. It was medical costs that always prevented me from fighting before, but if I knew then what I knew now and I had free medical care for life, then I wouldn't fight for the head trauma and because everyone is on peds. You can still improve training, but I also get people who want to fight at an organized event. I love the blog, and good luck with everything! Are PEDs that common in the amateur level? That sounds wild that people not getting paid to fight would go to extreme levels to win. I know a lot of pros use PEDs, but that's pretty sad if majority of the amateur fighters are doing it too. | ||
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On August 20 2014 09:52 Silentness wrote: Are PEDs that common in the amateur level? That sounds wild that people not getting paid to fight would go to extreme levels to win. I know a lot of pros use PEDs, but that's pretty sad if majority of the amateur fighters are doing it too. I think he meant pro level, but in the US the amateur scene seems different, might be lots of PEDs there too. | ||
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Hider
Denmark9433 Posts
Awesome blog with some cool stories. Anyway, I remember reading or hearing from someone back in early 2011 when your results started to get worse that you didn't practice enough/went out to clubbing. Would you enlighten a bit more on how your overall motivation was after your semifinals and how your training routine looked like? | ||
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