Got my gur rank for the styles of Kali and Silat I do two years ago. Still feel like a failure and that I don't deserve it. Fractured ribs on my first Guro ranking attempt which I of course I failed. Does the feeling ever go away?
>>252025>Got my guro rank
Hello everybody . So like a 6 months ago my old "friend" begged me to lent my dh mtb to his friend, and I told it would be a good idea to strengthen our friendship. with some hesitation I lent it to them the next day. Shortly after 2 days they returned everything was fine, and than they begged me to lent them bike again because his friends bike was broken, and we decided to store it at my basement. Than 1,2 days after they took that broken bike out of basement and sold it. And then begged to lent my dh Bike again for 4 days, because "I don't need I'm not riding that much" well yes I was preparing for exams. I said like ok but not for more days, my parents didn't knew that I lent it. Than passed like 2,3 weeks of me literally begging them to return it, also my "old friend" was my classmate so I was questioning him every day, and he replied : it's not my problem you lent bike to him not to me. I can write even more in details what happend but it would be long if anyone interested in. After 3 weeks of me begging them they returned me it, transmission destroyed, and every bearing was with rusty water. As an excuse for what they did, they said that I abandoned my friend when we were 13 years old in the forest, and it was telling his friend who wasn't even at the moment it happend, basically imagine the start of small local forest near city where many people hanging out, and we left him in close to exit area waiting for him like literally a wide trail that goes only in one way, as result he walked out with bike only with some mud stains on shirt. And that was an excuse, ok but then they told that they found buyer for my cycle, but they will be selling it without me without my supervision because they told everybody that it's their cycle. I declined it and then they threatened me that they won't give back my tools that I lent them earlier. At this point I told my parents about it, and I got my tools back, and it's not the end of the story. It is too long.
what lessons did you learn?
>>246766yea, dont lend people anything. i had to go around to my neighbours to get my paintbrush back that they never used after 3 months,
>>246766well you learned who your friends really are.As a proper bike autist I never let people borrow anything that I want back in the end.And never to anyone who is black, Indian, or has any kind of YN behavior
hi /xs/ this is my cat rupert, hes a very adventurous cat and i was thinking about going skydiving with him. ive been skydiving before and i liked it, does anyone have any experience skydiving with a cat, or any pet?
>>246088That’s a pretty shitty idea anon, stressing the hell out of your cat for no reason is just abuse. Rupert is very cute though.
>>246088wait, like, THE Rupert? Like picrelated?
Rumor has it if a cat has enough time to right itself and spread out their terminal velocity is lower than what it takes to injur them so beyondNo gear required, just drop him and he'll be fine
>>251648OP is this you
>>251648dude another rupert get, rare added to my collection
-fuji edition>Banzuke:http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Banzuke.aspxhttps://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoBanzuke/index/>Fight Schedule & Results:https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoMain/torikumi/1/1/>Some sumo links and how to watch live:https://rentry.org/uwbgc88dPrevious thread >>250248
>>252376Wow! What a manifestation of SPIRIT!Forgive my ignorance but, who is the rikishi opposite Asashoryu?
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>>252407Our guy.
think there'll be a new Chris video soon?
>>252409Geez, I’m sorry. That was extremely newfaggy of me. Thank you for being gracious.
I hate this company.They ruin every mountain that they touch.They’ve even started going after the mom and pop local hills.
$300 lift tickets to stand in lines like this.
Crotched and Sunapee weren't too crazy this last week, that being said their food prices would make a rabbi blush.
>>251899would lowering the ticket prices help?
>>251898ai photo btw
What strength training routines do these types of fighters maintain?Could this be replicated at home?
>>249999I'd take a look at D1 college wrestling programs and what they do for their conditioning
good resource, helped me a lot:https://www.youtube.com/@willratelle8027big thing if you're training judo with intense training programs is to keep volumes low and stimulus consistent but not burdensome
>>249999Checked. As other anons have said, the basic compound exercises (squat, bench, deadlift, overhead press, rows) are all good, I'd personally argue that trapbar/hexbar deadlift is a better option for most people than barbell deadlift. Farmer carries (or even holds) can be good for grip strength, hell just hold your last deadlift rep of the day for as long as you can. Like anything consistent training is key, though if you're also training martial arts you need to be careful with your programming: Alternating lifting days and martial arts days, or doing lower lifting intensity on the days you'll train martial arts, etc. I like to do a little lifting before bjj/kickboxing, but the lifting sessions in my case are very minimalist to just maintain strength I've built up over the years. Some other guys at my gym train Mon-Sat, but skip martial arts on Wednesdays to lift full body instead. Lots of different ways to do it.t. Competed in powerlifting for 10 years before switching to bjj and kickboxing
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GbzpMT6t-Zgdeadlifts, squats, bicep curls and chest exercises are useless and counter productive
They all have different strength requirements. Grapplers need good lower back strength and strong grips and durable strong pulls, they are also very explosive as well.Strikers need cardio and mobility
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.
Tozando or E-Bogu?
>>251725>There would be no point in creating a system of kendo which allows for strikes to the legs or arms, because that's not what kendo "is". In the same way that Judo has no punching or kicking because that isn't what Judo is.Yeah my point or rather, question was why did they decide to cut out all the stuff they cut out and focus exclusively on what kendo currently does.Im not saying entire kenjutsu systems should be done in kendo but it does feel like there's a lot of stuff missing from it.Things like arms and leg strikes aren't kendo but why not? Im not saying kendo should be exactly like kenjutsu but why did they remove so much stuff .
>>251758Kendo was never meant to be a complete martial system. It's an aesthetic sport, similar to gymnastics and diving in that form matters a lot, and as for why, that's a complicated question with an answer that involves a lot of history. There's a great book called Kendo: Culture of the Sword which goes into real historical depth on the matter.
>>251758Its not an appeal to anything. You're trying to identify something that is "missing". It's not. Kendo doesn't do that stuff because that stuff isn't in kendo. That's like asking why a basketball player doesn't practice tackling. It's against the rules. The overly-simple history is that kendo evolved gradually as a way of preserving traditional swordsmanship through standardizing the practice of shinai fencing (gekiken) so that it could be more easily disseminated through schools.Kendo was not made to be a simplified version of kenjutsu, they didn't "remove" anything. It was created sort of as a universal style of gekiken that various ryuha were practicing in ADDITION to their regular kata forms. And they didn't do stuff like that in gekiken because those kinds of strikes would injure your opponent. Keep in mind the protective armor has changed very little over 200+ years. The real purpose of gekiken was never thought to actually mirror or replace the kata but provide a sort of additional training with whatever physical/mental benefits it had.Go on youtube and search gekiken and you'll actually find examples of "kenjutsu" schools who also practice contact fencing and you'll find that what they end up doing looks much closer to bad kendo than "real" kenjutsu. There are even HEMA weeaboos who do wear a fully protective armor practicing stuff like you describe and it rarely ends up looking good or working in my opinion.And the few legitimate Japanese ryuha that do sparring don't really incorporate anything new that a kendoist wouldn't already be able to understand except perhaps more grappling, wrestling to the ground and stuff.
>>251759>There's a great book called Kendo: Culture of the Sword which goes into real historical depth on the matter.Thanks, ill check it out.
~~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.
>>252972I might be retarded but I have trouble imaging what you mean by foot flexion. Is it the same idea when I flex a bicep? Just trying to flex all the muscles in my foot?
>>253027Yeah just flex your foot, your toes will naturally curl downwards, that's the tension you want. You'll notice that the tension increases especially in your big toe, which is exactly how climbing shoes are designed, to allow you to put as much pressure into your big toe as possible. Obviously you don't want your feet to be flexed for the whole climb, but if the boulder calls for a hard dead point where you can't cut feet, this trick is a huge game changer if you're not already doing it.It's harder to do irl than it might seem but I also think it's more effective than I'm making it sound. I felt stupid once I realized I had climbed for years before figuring out that I should be doing this. The difference in my ability to apply tension through my feet improved literally in one session once I found out.
>>252975that doesn't change the base grade
>>253099Yes it does, substantially. A V4 on 40 degrees is like a V6 at 50, and a V10 at 60.
>>253060Oh okay. I do that already. I just never thought about it as flexing my foot. It just happens naturally when I consciously try to apply as much pressure as I can with my toes. I can't imagine how I'd do that without flexing my foot. Might try it.
A popular Alaskan climber fell to his death from Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, marking the third death in the park this summer.Balin Miller, 23, died in a climbing accident Wednesday, his mother Jeanine Girard-Moorman confirmed.“He’s been climbing since he was a young boy,” she said. “His heart and soul was truly to just climb. He loved to climb and it was never about money and fame.”https://apnews.com/article/yosemite-climber-death-balin-miller-2b30976fd38680bcdbf7761ece3c0e5f?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
>>248178he thinks all guns are sig p320s
>>244037what went wrong?cheap-ass gear?
>>244154>He hadn't tied a safety knot.so once the rappelling rope was completely taut, the knot tying him to the end of it came loose?>>246899isn't it the mistake which just killed him? seems important
>>244268ah ty>>244655eheheh
if I jumped over woodchippers for fun and fell in one day that wouldn't be an accident
Why should I do kendo?
>>251633>nerds>""""research"""""It's not the nerd part that's inherently a problem. It's being a nerd who can't fight. Shad is not a fighter (as evidenced by him cherrypicking a novice HEMA fighter to spar against and still looking like shit) and he's not a real academic either. He's peak of Mt. Stupid and it's shocking that anyone takes his opinions seriously.>Remember the flail video? >they are the primary factor in dispelling them.Shad himself is creating myths about flails being useless when the actual research shows the opposite. Even the other HEMAtubers disagree with him there, including Skallagrim who you mentioned.
>>251652>it's shocking that anyone takes his opinions seriously.You're seemingly more fixated on him than I am. I merely brought him up because he's an example of a guy who dispelled a myth. You implying that I worship everything he says is a bit of a strawman; do better.>>251652>Shad himself is creating myths about flails being useless when the actual research shows the opposite.He never said they were useless, anyone who's ever been to a high school physics class can understand how devastating a flail can be. He merely thinks they are not as common in the battlefield as the media would have you believe. The video I was referring to, however, was when he explained that every flail that has the weighted end as the same length as the handle is fake. Lo and behold, many museums started to check their collections with radiocarbon dating, SEM-EDX, or combustion analysis and realized that a bunch of flails were reproductions or forgeries made centuries after their original estimation.
>>251657>He merely thinks they are not as common in the battlefield as the media would have you believeIf anything, they're more common than people believe, since the popular opinion pendulum has shifted into people thinking they're solely fantasy weapons that didn't even really exist.>many museums started to check their collections with radiocarbon dating, SEM-EDX, or combustion analysis and realized that a bunch of flails were reproductions or forgeries made centuries after their original estimation.You vastly overrate Shad's influence if you think he was the driving force behind that.
>>247443Kendo would be a lot more fun to watch if they also hit the legs.Also watching videos of kenjutsu, the techniques they do used a lot more angles and binds, i know kendo focuses on a single smack and i like how fast they are when they let the shinai go (after a millennia of feeling out the opponent) but i feel like kendo could very easily incorporate more kenjutsu techniques and it would be fun to see with how fast they can get.
>>251658>If anything, they're more common than people believe, since the popular opinion pendulum has shifted into people thinking they're solely fantasy weapons that didn't even really exist.Fair enough, back when I talked to history dorks a decade ago, many people thought that every single knight had unique weapons like that. I wasn't aware of a shift in thinking and that now people think they didn't exist.>You vastly overrate Shad's influence if you think he was the driving force behind that.He used to be very popular back when he was making videos on castle architecture rather than the garbage movie reviews and fantasy weapon reviews he makes nowadays. He's currently unwatchable, but that wasn't always the case.
A new comfy F1 general now that the old one has gone off the rails latelyNo AnimeNo TwitterpostingNo RedditpostingNo posting literal shitStrawposting and Gimiposting welcomeAlso reminder that F1 has had more deaths than many of the sports on this board, therefore extreme
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>>243081The sky commentators are such senile br*ts, they're awful.Although I don't really like the f1tv play-by-play commentator, he has a weird inflection he always does with his voice like he's telling a stupid joke constantly
McLaren losing the championship just to keep the brit ahead of the aussie. What a shit team.
Tsunoda kamikaze
>>249412HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
> Be Mota Bhai > Struggling on YouTube since 6 years > Got an e-girl GF > She cheats on me > I leak her number to my friend out of spite to give her threats> Friend ghosts me and leaks her number further > Everyone hates me now > See my egirl talking to D0perman on his stream > Jealousy. Pure pain. > Start beef with D0perman > Get roasted by him and his entire audience > Leave the call in frustration> Smoke cigarettes to numb the pain > Delete discord> Delete youtubeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>247793Wrong board.
>>247793kys shiteater rapebaby spammer hindu cockworshipper poop demon
>>247793Why do so many youtuber/streamers have girlfriends that cheat on them?
Bump
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
>>250965You have no idea what you are talking about
>>250846>fighting people with weapons is stupid and you’ll lose>training weapon arts is delusional mcdojo shitPick one.
>>248213>Street fight starts>I immediately grovel on the ground asking for mercy>Take a knee and extent my arms to beg for my life>MMA guy tries to put me in a triangle leg choke >"This move works cause he can't punch me teehee">Suddenly I'm the bad guy when I make a snack out of his shriveled nuts>Suck dick in like a noodle and tie it in a knot with my tongue>He let's go, begging me to stop>Let go and poke in his eyes with all my weight behind my thumbs as I stand up>I walk away, pick the heaviest object I find and run back at him 13 minutes later>Flip the ambulance stretcher and aim for his spine>Didn't even sprawl>His friends and family try to jump in, but they are weak due to me systematically poisoning their water supply for 3 months>I shoot all 23 of them dead while they shit and puke bloodComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Most retarded take, almost everything from the main five (boxing, Muay Thai, jiu jitsu, wrestling, judo) is useful depending on context. It’s better to have it and not need it. Would pulling guard and going for single x as a main strategy be retarded? Of course. But if you end up there you’d better know what to do. That said, generally a double leg, pinning them in half guard and bashing them is the optimal strategy. Also arguing about what’s useful in da streetz is boring and useless
The only fight in my adult life that came to blows was saved because I learned a judo throw at a workshop at a fucking anime con. He went to punch my head and I rolled him over my back onto the ground (don't know what it's actually called) and while I still had his arm I started double-boot stomping on his head four or five times until I broke and ran for it.
For anyone who has done a martial artIs it normal to have mixed emotions about it?None of the stuff I've tried (Boxing, Judo, Wrestling, BJJ)Has made me instantly think "omg I love this. This is it. I'm doing this for life"It's usually a combination of "well that was really difficult and tiring, is this worth it, this is going to be difficult but I'll be a better person mentally and physically, I guess.. just stick with it?"Or were you instantly hooked
>>244716i hope you find your spark anon
I don't like training, it's not joyfulI just want to roll around with the lads for 2 or 3 rounds then go homeThere's not really any reason to do anything other than that either. Training is overrated, you get better at doing things by doing the things
>>247357slow your roll, i do agree to a degree however there is a time and place for specifics, and that time and place is most of the time. if you want to get good at your armbar, well, how often during a roll are you in an armbar? What if it's a more specific spot, like deep half guard? It might be an important tool, but it might be a tool that you're not in long enough, or often enough. Nothing wrong with just getting a couple of rolls in though, we all need some kind break from this retarded gay life.
>>244716ive done taekwondo for some time and im pretty split on it. on one hand, i kinda like it but on the other its one of the most useless fighting styles for an actual fight. i would say the mixed feelings overall comes from what you want to get out of it and whether or not you are actually receiving such goals.
>>244716>Has made me instantly think "omg I love this. This is it. I'm doing this for life"Nope. And I've been doing Judo for years. Recently just started BJJ too. It's good that this is the case. The high barrier of entry filters out most normalfags and mentally ill clowns who ruin spaces (look at what happened to video games, my poor beloved).
>hard sparring>more than 4x a yearCouldn't be me!
>>240331>display a lack of reading comprehensionProjecting after misreading my comment. sad.
>>240049as an amateur, i like heavy sparring because i find it fun. As long as you make a rule of not trying to kill your partner (as in, be careful with head-hits), both parties can enjoy it.I dislike light sparring as it gives amateurs false confidence in their abilities, and people can take advantage of that you'll be slower by spamming range like side-kicks.
>>240146>BOSS in south africa?Wtf is this.
If you don't like sparring then don't spar, it's that simple. If you want to test yourself knowing that you're going to get hit in the head, then go for it. Boxing's not for everyone.
>>240146I think in the military they just shoot people and if that doesn't work they stab them
