/xs/ is a place to discuss all types of extreme sports and similar physical activities, which include (but are not limited to) skydiving, surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, climbing, rafting, bungee-jumping, parkour, BMX & mountain biking, airsoft, paintball, etc.
>joints hurtyour response?
Stop eating grains, that's your problemThey're poison, all of them
dr scholl
>>248053drink some waterhave a shower
>>248053Hot tub
Fresh melons edition > old thread >>246295
>>248142"Nice style" or something
>>248228>>248264Friggen shweet
gimme skate video reccs, preferably some older ones
>>248267>>248268Schweet. Are you allowed to skate there?>>248264Can't open this on the phone
>>248280Cops kick you out but you get like 30 mins
~~Hangboarding Edition~~>Where do I start?People typically start in the gym and branch off outdoors and find their niche, be it bouldering, trad, sport or a mixture of the above. Some never leave the gym at all. Ultimately it doesn't matter - just get started and enjoy yourself.>How fit do I have to be to start? Do I have to be able to do x amount of pull-ups?Being light, strong and flexible helps at the higher levels but climbing is open to almost anyone and is fairly intuitive to most. Even if your body is feeble and weak now, you will develop strength over time by virtue of just climbing. Climbing is a holistic sport and success often hinges upon many factors, not just strength and power, but having these qualities definitely helps when you breach into the higher grades.>What shoes do I buy?If you're starting out in the gym, don't worry too much: get some snug shoes without dead space that don't cause you lasting pain. Some people (such as the famed shoe designer Heinz Mariacher) recommend wearing soft shoes when you're starting out -- this makes sense since your footwork will probably suck and the increased feedback will pay dividends over time. You really don't need fancy expensive shoes when you're starting out, but certain shoe properties help send harder problems (e.g. stiff shoes for standing on tiny granite edges or soft shoes for sandstone/gritstone smears).Here are some useful resources for sizing:>https://sizesquirrel.com/>https://rockrun.com/blogs/the-flash-rock-run-blog/rock-climbing-shoe-sizing-guideComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>248231Depends on the material of the upper and the brand. Leather uppers stretch a lot synthetic uppers don't stretch at all. For example, La Sportivas with a leather upper can stretch even 3 sizes.In my experience, with a leather upper I would downsize 1 size for comfy shoes and 2-3 sizes for tight fit. For synthetic I would not downsize at all for comfy shoes and downsize 1 and 1.5 sizes for tight fit.
>>248243>>248240My only worry is that the Katanas are more designed for outdoor bouldering vs indoor (all I do) but my friend who is a coach told me lots of people use them indoors too. I just got boreal zeniths that were too big and not aggressive enough so I'm looking for something a little more intense and tighter, so if you got any suggestions in the up to 150 range please let me know.
>>248243>>248240was maybe thinking dragos or instinct vsr
>>248251For indoor bouldering try LS skwama or solutions. Katanas have a very stiff sole/edge and are typically used where those features are needed (outdoors on very small edges).
>>248252Are you new? You sound new. If you're new then Dragos are probably not for you. The instincts vs/vsr will probably be more appropriate. Or vapor v.But honestly it's hard to make recommendations for climbing shoes. You have to know what you want. As for sizes I think the guide is your best bet if you have to buy online.
Thread for Judo (other jacketed wrestling styles welcome)Niggatoro Edition>IJF World Tour Schedule 2025https://www.ijf.org/calendar?age=world_tour>Watchhttps://www.youtube.com/c/judolive.ijf.org>Video Resourceshttps://www.youtube.com/@KODOKANJUDOhttps://www.youtube.com/@Shigashi84https://www.youtube.com/@TravisStevensgrapplingComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Break falls are fake, slapping out does nothingIt's equivalent to karate trying to make the gi snap, it's just making noise for noise sake
>>248180Its a reminder not to post handsAlso so someone knows someone has fallen nearby and you won't fall on them/stand on them if sparring
Are bear hugs like this still legalhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wIzoR7fLQr4&pp=ygUOanVkbyBiZWFyIGh1ZyA%3D
Watch out anon, you're getting punched!Post your techniqueIf bigger than my last 2 digits, you defend successfully.
>>248277>If biggerIf your last two digits are bigger than my two last digits*sorry fellas, I don't tuck my head in when I get thrown
Being a musician is optional.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cpRB0TAhs4&ab_channel=uffesgrotta
>>103075id love to see bam waste whats left of his cash on drugs and be forced to go on some zoomer tv show where hes now the fat drunk depressed comic relief punching bag and they treat him like shit and bully him for laughs like they did to vito.
I keep relapsing just like Bam. I need to get my life together. Rockin' isn't always supposed to hurt.<3
>>246863Don't get trapped in the florida shuffle bro
>>246863Brother, Bam has been clean for over a year now. He is back to killing it skateboarding.If he can do it, then you can do it too.
how often do you guys come check this goated thread to see if theres been any posts? once a week, once a month?
Most martial arts technique is useless in MMA or no rules fighting. Most wrestling grips, judo, bjj techniques go out the windowIt becomes 99% of the time the most simple boxing/kickboxing and the simplest takedowns and submissions
>>248213yep.That's why it's the basic that are taught a lot and refined most of the time.Then, you do the classes for the advanced techniques to get better given a ruleset as you'll face knowledgable opponents with a set of rules.What else do you need to prove retard ? MMA doesn't stop bullets ? Faggot
>>248213>you don't get it bro I just see red
>pay us $20 extra and your helmet might actually do what it's supposed to dowhat a fucking scam.
>>246969the skate one is literally just the plastic outer shell with the soft padding inside. meanwhile the certified one has the plastic shell, a layer of hard foam, then the layer of soft padding. it's also multi-impact certified, so it's not a one time use thing.
>>247001It's EPS which is single impact
>wearing a helmetlmao
>I've never seriously injured my head while skating so I don't need to wear a helmetwhy do so many people use this excuse?
>>247635Because they've seriously injured their heads while skating
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu General: This is our board edition>Daily dealshttps://www.bjjhq.com>Instructionalshttps://www.bilibili.com>Smoothcomphttps://smoothcomp.com (not sure why we post this)>Belt Checkerhttps://www.beltchecker.com (back online) >Thread questionComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
When I'm rolling with someone much weaker than me I find myself in a position let's say mounting them, and i have control of one of their arms. I then start trying to brute force their arm with my strength in a position where I can kimura/Americana it.They resist and I then start feeling bad and like I'm "using too much strength" or something and then just give up as It feels like I'm bullying them with my strength. Is this what I'm supposed to be doing or is this bad etiquette?
>>248250if they're the same age, gender and roughly equal skill level i would say it's a them problem for being weakerbig guys love americanas and kimuras. nothing wrong with using strength. if you're completely dominating them, just get a few taps and try something else next time that you're not good at.
>>248186>>248198>>248199Thanks niggers.
>>248250Well they have to test their technique and see if it works against stronger guys. There is a counter for pretty much every strength move but of course being stronger is an advantage.Get the tap anyway and once you reset use 20% less strength.
>>248229buddy.... 1 shower before class, cut your nails the night before, 2 wash your shit IMMEDIATELY after class, all your gear, your belt, your knee pads, all of it, use Oxyclean 3. Shower IMMEDIATLEY after class
im looking for ideas for a gambling site,i think there's opportunity to create something really fun and idiotic for people to gamble on, something that isn't dull like horse racing.Marble racing is cool but its been done before, claw machines same thing.With AI you can code things with zero effort, but it doesn't have the human creativity for good concepts.please give me your suggestions on what cool and fun virtual things you would like to bet on and how the game would function.. e.g race/chance/obstacles..and if you're interesting in collaborating potentially drop a disc
Just found out about this sport. Seems too cool to be this niche. Anyone into it?
are these the guys that film themselves doing backflips in public trying to pick up chicks?
>>248066if they did that maybe people would actually know about them
>>248062>No tricking thread?It was tentatively lumped into the parkour thread under the assumption that there wouldn't be enough discussion to sustain separate threads but it's definitely different enough to warrant a distinct thread if there's adequate interest. You might find some posts relevant to your interests there either way:>Freerunners can post, too. Maybe even gymnasts and trickers if you don't get your own thread up and running.>>76604>Anyone into it?I keep up with some basic parkour and I used to train taekwondo but I've never combined the two enough to be considered tricking. I tried to learn backflips once with the help of two coaches: one thought I had it and the other thought I needed assistance through the flip so I got pushed on one side and not the other, resulting in me rotating sideways and kicking the coach who didn't push me in his head hard enough to put an end to backflip lessons. >>248066Sometimes. Tricking consists of gymnastics movements like that combined with martial arts movements like high kicks. >>248077Jujimufu on YouTube is somewhat mainstream and was primarily a tricker before he became a bodybuilder. I think the reason people don't know about trickers is that there's too much overlap between movement disciplines and a normie doesn't know or care whether the practitioner in a seven second social media clip is doing tricking, freerunning, wushu, taekwondo, parkour, gymnastics, etc., etc. so they just assume it's whatever discipline they're most familiar with or that the individual is simply doing a flip outside of the context of a specific art. Jujimufu memed himself as the "anabolic acrobat" because everybody knows basically what an acrobat is and that's close enough to what tricking is to get the point across.
>>248062>what if we took martial arts and made it gay as fuck
>>248257>Everything that's too difficult for my fat obese sedentary ass to do is bad
/archery/ Thread #3 /archg/Let's keep this bad boy going!What's your style?What you shooting?What you hitting?Recs for bows?I bought a yumi, oh god, I'm a fucking moron, please help.What you wearing?
>>237917very unlikely to get a constructive reply here and are literally better off asking reddit.I wish i was jokingthe last thread was up for about a whole year before a new one was made
I got a turkish Grozer used for cheap, 2005 make. Can any of you tell me what the core wood is? I know the belly is fiberglass and the back is epoxy with the middle having a glass paper reinforcement, but what kind of wood does this look like to you? I'm thinking beech maybe? Birch?
>>243630It's is a basic Grozer especially an older one then I would glass fiberglass belly, black locust core and bamboo backing covered with some glue or laminate.
>>212688Why is this in /xs/ and not /sp/?
>>245808People don't typically bet on archery.
The twink did it again edition>FAQ on buying a bike that nobody reads anyway:> What good bike can I get for under $500?a stolen bike. Possibly a newer used entry level hardtail but don't expect it to survive rock gardens, jumps, or drops. Or an older mtb which won't be as good as newer ones and will still have a front derailleur, but it'll be good enough.> What good bike can I get for under $1000Good used hardtail, new entry level hardtail> What good bike can I get for under $2000?New Hardtail, decent used full suspension> What good bike can I get for under $3000?https://www.yt-industries.com/fr/produits/velos/capra/uncaged-10-al/602/capra-mx-uncaged-10/Used full suspension, decent entry level full suspension but prepared to put more money into it.> What are the excellent value brands?Marin, Commencal, Canyon, Polygon, YT, Propain, Kona, and many more. Sometimes the expensive brands have an excellent alue bike> What are the differences between an XC, Trail, Enduro, and Downhill bikes?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>247974there are places like shockcraft or mtb-hydraulics that sell custom made service kits for old stuff.even for 90s marzocchi bombers, there's dr zocchi that sells bunch of stuff, though its expensive as fuck.stuff from ~2010 seems to have the worst service-ability since there's not too much interest in mtb from that era.
fucked up my frame installing new bearings but honestly don't event care new one wasn't that expensive, live & learnget puller tools instead of just hammering bearings out
>>248136>just DIY bro, it'll save you money >you'll learn a new skill>its easy
>>248136Dude you can get a chinesium bearing press for like 20 bucks off aliexpress. Mine is pretty good, just had to put loctite on the handles as they unscrewed themselves
>>248245i had a bearing press but the bearing just didn't go on straight. i suspect removing the bearing with just a screwdriver and hammer instead of a special tool started the problem.
A thread to discuss Japanese weapon based martial arts and our own martial journey with like minded people, discussion of other Asian systems is welcomed too.>what is kendo?Kendo is a modern Japanese budō that uses shinai (bamboo sword) and armor for combat, in its modern purpose is a way to strengthen body and spirit and develop character.>is kendo a martial art?Kinda>what do I need to start kendo?A shirt and sweat pants your club will likely borrow you the rest when you start>what is iaido?Is a Japanese martial art, influenced by zen practices based on different kata (drills) and subdivided in different schools with solo drills based on drawing the sword from the scabbard to defend from an imaginary opponent.>what is kenjutsu?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Is there any sense to the last part or is it just random flailing?
>>248176The whole thing is just nonsense. Fight choreography is rarely anything approaching realistic.
I just had my first Iaijutsu trail class, it was really cool. For the other inflexible anons, how long did it take for you to sit in seiza comfortably?
>>248239Some people can't sit in seiza? What the fuck?
>>248241>comfortably
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>>247009Even if I'm as inflexible as a 2x4?
I'd love to do karate, but I have an ICD. Do you think that clubs might be able to work around my implant?
>>247036Wouldnt the point be to learn how to defend it?Karate, martial arts, is about keeping yourself alive and not getting injured. If someone comes for you they will not give a shit about your disabilities or background. I have a pectus excavatum that basically leads fists into my sternum and i have almost died from a couple of fights that came at me. Learn blocks, specifically in and outside blocks. Deflection is what you want if your chest has any vulnerability
>>2470202x4s these days are about as twisted and warped as a screw. Stretching and flexibility takes practice. Start small and then go a bit further each time if you feel up to it. Always tell yourself you feel up to it.
I've been using Oi-zuki in sparring a lot lately. I don't know why. Probably from me fucking around with kata applications lately. I always thought it was a long range attack, but it's now pretty useful at close range and pretty devastating at that. Also found out my Oi-zuki can knock a full grown dude down when hit at the jaw. I guess that middle aged Kudo fighter who does a bunch of katas Motobu Choki did has a point about using Oi-zuki and the value of Naihanchi Shodan (Tekki Shodan) and Pinan Nidan (Heian Shodan).
