27 Mar 10
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Originally posted by Seitsethat's why it's called BJJ.
Man, it is so boring to see those guys on the floor all the time,
rolling like gay pandas and touching each others' parts while licking
the sweat off the rival's shoulders.
Boy George is über masculine compared to that stuff.
it gets a lot more interesting after you begin to understand what they're actually trying to do. I can't really stand watching pure strikers anymore, not that there's many of them left.
check out the old (first) ufc tournaments from mid 90s, with a skinny brasilian guy royce gracie demonstrating the big strikers what happens when you don't have ground game. gracie didn't throw a punch, all fights ended in about a minute, and he just plowed his way through the hard-fisted man mountains. didn't even break a sweat. -other than that, the fights were terrible, nobody but the brasilians knew what they were doing. but it changed everything, and now all decent fighters tend to have black belt in BJJ. because you just can't survive without, it's like taking a knife to a gun fight.
27 Mar 10
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Originally posted by wormwoodSo, the "mixed martial arts" crap is plain wrong then.
that's why it's called BJJ.
it gets a lot more interesting after you begin to understand what they're actually trying to do. I can't really stand watching pure strikers anymore, not that there's many of them left.
check out the old (first) ufc tournaments from mid 90s, with a skinny brasilian guy royce gracie demonstrating the big strikers what ha BJJ. because you just can't survive without, it's like taking a knife to a gun fight.
Because, as you just said, there is no mixed anything, just BJJ, and it has
become unidimensional and repetitive. Maybe it will have some of my
respect when renamed into "BJJ Get Together" or "Everybody On The
Floor Fights". In the meanwhile, it is not mixed anything. I'd rather watch
Tae Kwon Do in the Olympics or Judo, which is more honest.
I find much more interesting to watch a boxing fight, particularly when a
slugger and a boxer meet. Other style combinations and strategies are
also entertaining. A matter of taste, we could say.
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P.S. I do remember the UFC. I actually liked it, in the times of 'The Tank',
what a mean puncher! 🙂
27 Mar 10
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Originally posted by Seitsewell the name comes from the idea of 'anything' goes, and the purpose was to determine which discipline is the strongest. turned out no single one was 'strongest', but instead you need a wide variety of different skills. and there's a vast amount of different styles going around. it's very different to fight a wrestler and a karate guy, even though they've learned ground game and boxing.
So, the "mixed martial arts" crap is plain wrong then.
Because, as you just said, there is no mixed anything, just BJJ, and it has
become unidimensional and repetitive. Maybe it will have some of my
respect when renamed into "BJJ Get Together" or "Everybody On The
Floor Fights". In the meanwhile, it is not mixed anything. I'd rather watch
Tae Kwon Do ...[text shortened]... mber the UFC. I actually liked it, in the times of 'The Tank',
what a mean puncher! 🙂
it's not at all unlike chess. you have your kramniks, your karpovs, but also the morozeviches and tals. and none of them have an advantage because of their style, it's more about other things.
27 Mar 10
Originally posted by Seitsewell it is pretty damn gay. no wonder the ancient greeks had their 'inclinations'. plato, sokrates & co were tuff muthas. (the 'wrestling' used to be quite like MMA, and at all like today. fights often ended in broken bones and even deaths. and the fighters were naked and covered in oil.)
Homoerotic body rubbing?
27 Mar 10
Originally posted by wormwoodSee? It's all the fault of the Greeks.
well it is pretty damn gay. no wonder the ancient greeks had their 'inclinations'. plato, sokrates & co were tuff muthas. (the 'wrestling' used to be quite like MMA, and at all like today. fights often ended in broken bones and even deaths. and the fighters were naked and covered in oil.)
27 Mar 10
Originally posted by wormwoodI'm fascinated by strikers in MMA if they can pull it off. That's why I like Petruzelli.
that's why it's called BJJ.
it gets a lot more interesting after you begin to understand what they're actually trying to do. I can't really stand watching pure strikers anymore, not that there's many of them left.
check out the old (first) ufc tournaments from mid 90s, with a skinny brasilian guy royce gracie demonstrating the big strikers what ha ...[text shortened]... BJJ. because you just can't survive without, it's like taking a knife to a gun fight.
I'm looking for someone who uses deep stances and hand strikes to fight grapplers. That's what I think those stances are for.
29 Mar 10
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Originally posted by Ice Coldthat brings to mind tim sylvia. there's just something inspiring in a guy who looks to be completely out of shape, no muscles, has flabby love handles and bad coordination, but who's so god damn TOUGH that he refuses to be knocked out, choked out, or even to admit his arm is broken. then goes and knocks the other guy out.
..Doesn't look like a bad ass, but boy is he tough.