EPTwrestled and did judo in high school, did bjj for 3 years in college until sprained my acl twice. won local hawaii triple crown my first year
now i am fat
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opsayo
591 Posts
wrestled and did judo in high school, did bjj for 3 years in college until sprained my acl twice. won local hawaii triple crown my first year now i am fat | ||
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statix
United States1760 Posts
On April 03 2010 00:23 YouMake wrote: My Name is Brendan Weafer. I actually run with my friend and business partner. A BJJ and Maui Thai Gym. I fight professional also  http://www.youtube.com/user/hvjj#p/u/9/-_Giod6Mp_c (im in camo shorts) What's your gym called? Where are you guys located? Just wondering if it's near me I'd like to check it out. | ||
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510Sushi
Azerbaijan331 Posts
but really i learned Capoeira as a kid | ||
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opsayo
591 Posts
On April 03 2010 00:23 YouMake wrote: My Name is Brendan Weafer. I actually run with my friend and business partner. A BJJ and Maui Thai Gym. I fight professional also http://www.youtube.com/user/hvjj#p/u/9/-_Giod6Mp_c (im in camo shorts) that was pretty god damn awesome dude but as soon as i saw the ring girl after your KO i kind of forgot what i was watching | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
edit: oh, and I also trained in Kick Boxing if that counts. edit2: On April 03 2010 00:52 Kaboo wrote: Not sure if I'm being trolled or not, but man that was a nice KO. You were ON him afterwards *clap*Also, I'm not good or anything but I like kickboxing for the workout. No mumbo jumbo philosophy like in Kung Fu. Not saying thats bad, but it isnt for me. I do enough philosophy on my own. I never learned any philosophy in my training. I am sure you could find a martial arts instructor in your area who only teaches the moves/techniques without any eastern philosophy. | ||
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Ao_Jun
Denmark396 Posts
Now i have been practising seidokan for 4 or 5 years - it's a few masters from bjj, ninjutsu, muay thai, and 2 old school door men that's joined up to take the best from each style. I guess you can call it MMA, we do almost purely BJJ / dirty tricks on the floor, and a nice mix of styles standing. A few of the guys compete but i don't have the guts myself. I usually get pummeled at practise so i think i would die in the ring :D. | ||
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
On April 03 2010 00:45 Navi wrote: agh im jealous >.< I used to be a flexible little midget back when I was a kid, but i've lost all that  i've tried out some grappling (If judo counts lol). I've been interested in starting muay thai for a very long time and probably will, but I'm curious, how strongly would you recommend BJJ? It sounds pretty interesting, but all I have are leg and arm strength, and I think (unless my opponent is vastly weaker than me) it would be damn hard to get out of submissions etc because of my lack of flexibility. Why wouldn't Judo count? You realize that BJJ came out of Judo right? The functional difference these days is that Judo tends to specialize in standup (throws/takedowns) while BJJ focuses on groundwork. These differences are largely the result of the evolution of competition rules. No martial art is dependent on strength. The idea is always to maximize your technique so that you can get the most out of your extant strength - as such, good martial arts training is probably particularly helpful for people who are naturally quite weak. Also, there is nothing to stop you from getting stronger - this will happen by itself if you start Judo/BJJ. If your Judo club was any good you will probably have a hard time noticing any difference between Judo groundwork and BJJ. As you get more advanced I imagine you will begin noticing a higher technical level in (most) BJJ groundwork. | ||
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Lord_of_Chaos
Sweden372 Posts
Did judo as a kid for a total of six years but was never any good at it. Got green belt. Thing is, I started when I was 8, and I was just "playing judo". When people starting getting up in their teens everything got more serious and I lost interest. Picked it up again when I was 17 and went on for about six months but stopped due to my body simply not coping to do both judo and aikido at the same time back then (small injuries that never had time to heal between practices). So yeah, martial arts are my biggest passion in life. Can't say I'm good or anything, but everything I lack in talent I compensate for with passion. I practice way more than I have time for, but hey, it's just that fun. This summer I'm going to Japan and going to be Uchi deshi (live-in student) at an Aikido dojo over there for two months. Going to be awesome. Never been outside Europe (unless you count Caucasus), and now I'm going to spend my entire summer practicing Aikido in Japan. Really really looking forward to it! Weird question: Does anyone feel that they have any advantage from being a starcraft player when doing martial arts? I feel that my view on how to practice and what mindset to keep in a match that I acquired through sc helps me some to understand how to better practice in both BJJ and Aikido. Like, it's better to master one BO fully than knowing a lot of them "ok". Same with martial arts, in a match it's a lot better to know the basics really really well than to know a lot of tricks and high number of techniques "ok". If your Judo club was any good you will probably have a hard time noticing any difference between Judo groundwork and BJJ. As you get more advanced I imagine you will begin noticing a higher technical level in (most) BJJ groundwork. I feel there is a huge difference in the clubs I've practiced at. Basicly, judo groundwork is a lot more static since you can turtle on your stomach and win by pins and not just submissions, while BJJ gorundwork is a lot more fluid. Doesn't mean my old Judo club was any bad (hell, the national team practiced there). Kodokan judo that is. If you want to see good judo groundwork, check out Kosen Judo. I hear it looks basicly like BJJ. They kept the older rules when Kodokan limited time on the ground and made rules to prevent jumping and pulling guard. | ||
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statix
United States1760 Posts
On April 03 2010 04:25 Lord_of_Chaos wrote: Weird question: Does anyone feel that they have any advantage from being a starcraft player when doing martial arts? I feel that my view on how to practice and what mindset to keep in a match that I acquired through sc helps me some to understand how to better practice in both BJJ and Aikido. Like, it's better to master one BO fully than knowing a lot of them "ok". Same with martial arts, in a match it's a lot better to know the basics really really well than to know a lot of tricks and high number of techniques "ok". I feel like because of StarCraft I think about the strategy involved in BJJ/Kickboxing more than most of my peers. I'm always trying to think 3 or 4 steps ahead of my opponent or trying to outsmart them. | ||
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
On April 03 2010 04:25 Lord_of_Chaos wrote: I feel there is a huge difference in the clubs I've practiced at. Basicly, judo groundwork is a lot more static since you can turtle on your stomach and win by pins and not just submissions, while BJJ gorundwork is a lot more fluid. Doesn't mean my old Judo club was any bad (hell, the national team practiced there). Kodokan judo that is. If you want to see good judo groundwork, check out Kosen Judo. I hear it looks basicly like BJJ. They kept the older rules when Kodokan limited time on the ground and made rules to prevent jumping and pulling guard. Kosen Judo is not actually in existence anymore - Kosen Judo refers to a competition rule-set which was used in vocational school competition which emphasized newaza more than normal. There are certainly schools which specialize in newaza today but they aren't really "Kosen Judo" (look up the word "Kosen" - it will lead you to this understanding. Also, if you're interested I can find you links to extensive discussion on judoforum.com). I've never practiced at a Judo club where people turtled all the time while rolling - maybe the fact that your club had a lot of high level competitive players encouraged this bad behavior. In my club we roll for 15 minute rounds and it is very "BJJ-like" - jiu-jitsu guys who practice there are very at home. Also, the differences you speak of are circumstantial rather than essential - Judoka who turtle all the time do so because in competition they can get the ref to stand it up very easily. However, the techniques and the underlying principles are identical, and I think this fact should be especially apparent to a beginner (it felt that way to me, at least). Obviously BJJ ultimately takes things to a higher level because that is its specialty. Sorry for tangenting the topic. | ||
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SilentCrono
United States1420 Posts
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Belgo
United States721 Posts
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RoosterSamurai
Japan2108 Posts
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Zapdos_Smithh
Canada2620 Posts
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pikaaarrr :3
United States593 Posts
I'm a red belt ;3 It's really fun and I hope to continue in college. I'd love to try something new though, maybe like Yongmudo or Judo? TKD is mostly speed and requires practically no upper body xD | ||
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Lord_of_Chaos
Sweden372 Posts
Concerning Kosen Judo you are probably more knowledgable than I am, but I'm pretty sure there are som dojos labling themselves as Kosen Judo in Japan at least. Though I could be wrong. | ||
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EGMachine
United States1643 Posts
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imperator-xy
Germany1377 Posts
when i think back it was very funny and i still like those kinds of sports, but somehow i decided it got boring. it seems like the only sport i can do for longer than 1 year is football (the real one, soccer), which i have been doing for about 8-9 years now. | ||
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YellowEmperor
Taiwan100 Posts
I'm not sure how good I am in comparison to other martial artists. I won a sparring tournament and kata in branson, MO. I went to observe a taekwondo class and rank test. I thought it was retarded and the people paying for it are ignorant. A child who is 7 had a black belt. It takes getting your ribs nearly broken and 7+ years just to get the first grade of black in my system. We were traditional and invite only taught by a guy from Okiniwa. I just disagree for people learning taekwondo. I'm sure after 10 years or so, it's very helpful for somebody. It's just too fancy and you won't find yourself doing rabbit kicks to someone's head in a real altercation. My advice to people interested in learning. Don't dish out 150-300$ a month just to learn how to punch and kick a pad and run circles around your gym. Go find a traditional place that will offer you the hardest workouts you've endured thus far in your life. By doing that, you'll learn a lot about yourself and become physically fit, healthy, tough. I was a Yellow belt in my system when I entered the black belt sparring contest in Branson. They were slow--they got extremely tired after 2 matches. 2 sneaky full contact blows to the ribs and they grow fear and fail. That is a result of paying for bad martial arts learning. edit: of course i think the sparring things are just games of tag.. nothing useful | ||
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pokeyAA
United States936 Posts
On April 03 2010 03:48 statix wrote: I'm a blue belt in BJJ and have been training muay thai/dutch style kickboxing for about two years now. Trained in Kali/JKD for about 6 months prior to all of the above though. edit: i was actually thinking about posting instructionals in the blog section demonstrating a little dutch style kickboxing technique. I wasn't sure how many people would actually be interested though. I would be interested haha, dutch kickboxing is what you see a lot in K-1 correct? Lots of hand/kick combos. I'm a fan of K-1 Max. | ||
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