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
The only part I really enjoy is me grasping a certain concept and executing it, seeing my overall progress, however the training itself is just boring repetition most of the time, and that's all there's to it for me.
>>244716I do for health reasons. For now. Maybe it will be more fun as I get better. Still a NOGI newb. Hardest part is of course just getting ot out of the door. When you get there, change. 1,5 hour and forget. Come home tired as shit knowing it's good for the body and mind.
>>253846What do you mean? I just don't think they happen that often. I didn't go out of my way to avoid it. I got ringworm a couple times and that was the worst of it. Sometimes things ache and hurt. But I just stretch and train. I didn't even ever choose my partners wisely, just whoever wanted to rumble in any school in any country. I don't think there's very many people throwing kani basami or really in a rush to yank your arm
>>244716Try Capoeira
>>253846Learn to break-fall and you kinda don't?
Tonight is the season opener and Jett is already out. Who is going to win A1, the championship?
>>261874>outdoors.start a outdoors mx thread so its at the top.Today Barcia was stoked he beat a bunch of retired guys at glen helen.
How about this pic for a new thread for the start of the outdoor nationals?
>>261901looks good to me
>>261903the cam is on Ken Roczen but its at glen helen. The first round is Pala/Fox but I could not find a good one from that track
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Ladies look amazing when they grapple
Is it weird if I masturbate exclusively to women wrestling and have 6 tb of it saved
>>261918Don't think so. Heres something from a Slate article, "That combat sports readily lend themselves to eroticization is hardly news. The Olympics of Greek antiquity prominently featured wrestling, boxing and pankration (a sort of latter day MMA). In a seeming nod to the audience’s sexual voyeurism, clothing was eventually done away with and experts have argued that the events were 'all about watching naked men.' "Wrestling as a sport has always had a sexual component to it, and wrestling rituals and mating rituals have their overlaps (showing the physically fitness/attractiveness of a potential partner)
Why are BJJ channels such obnoxious faggots?
>>250875it is reasonable to assume someones friend may jump in and start kicking you in the head if your rolling around on the floor trying to get some dudes arm in a hold
which martial art (that you can realistically go and find a training center for) is actually the best for winning unarmed fights? or at least the best at improving your odds in a real life fight (because it often does come down to luck as much as skill, and who throws the first punch)
>>261807They don’t hand out medals for street fighting and most of the time, despite what shows up in world star highlight videos, what actually happens is two guys swing for about 5-15 seconds, get broken up and then both sides go home saying they totally kicked that guys ass.Your most important goals are going to be defending against punches to the head avoiding getting tackled as those are what’s most likely going to be the average gorilla retards attempt at trying to hurt you. So a single martial art that trains striking and some amount of stand up grappling is going to be “best”. Something like Sambo, Sanda, or Muay Thai. All that said, from a practical perspective, as long as your training an actual combat sport and not ninja larp, time spent in the gym is more important than the specific martial art you do. For that reason just try whatever’s in your area and then stick with what you actually enjoy practicing.
>>250881>his friend slips it in from behind>Th-this is my fetish
like half of the people that are serious about bjj got bullied so hard in highschool that they think about it before every training session. bjj guys will roll up 7 dudes deep and hang out at bars sober to start shit with people. theres lots of pathetic people like that in bjj.
chess boxing, sure
>>261866extreme speed chess would be entertaining, maybe have magnetic pieces or not because that would be more extreme if the piece could potentially fly around. maybe skydiving chess or roaring rapids chess, zero-g chess wouldnt be very extreme unless it was done in a zero-g simulator plane because the gravity fluctuates. maybe between moving pieces or specific maneuvers you could throw a punch at your opponent or something
Trying to get into boxing as a manlet(5'7)Is it over for me?
>>259026Not at all Mic Tyson was 5'2
>>2590265'6~5'10, biomechanically speaking, is the best height for boxing
You're never gonna compete anyway, so who cares.
i hate when people just post retarded shit for no reasongenuinely why did you make this thread
please tell me im not the only one who swears his name has always been Mike Valley
>>177327It has
>>90229Since the 90's I've literally never heard him called anything but Mike Valley. I can say that much.
>>257903Bump
Funny captchas
>>258842>Funny captchasIf there wasn't a Mike V captcha then they fucked up 2 bh
Why is skydiving considered an "extreme sport", it's literally just falling down.
>>257797it's scary
>>258975It's actually pretty safe if you do ot in pairs
>>257797How autistic are you?
>>258975how hard is it to pack a parachute and not have it fail? genuinely asking, seems like a pretty basic thing
>>257797wingsuit flying is the shiiiiiiiithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChpGDDw-Ix0
soaping bros, we're home
5 year old thread, holy based
bump
Damn my brother was still alive when this thread was made
>>260609huh, what a poignant perspectivefor me it's my momisn't it strange how time moves
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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.
>>258984I almost know that feel I almost hit my sensei in men when we were just doing our kirikaeshi and instead of going the usual right I went left since my brain dropped the ball completely. I stopped right before it just seeing the look of my sensei just crumpled me into a tissue.
>pre-war kendo allowed strikes during sonkyofuuuuark. I wish I could punish people for not taking sonkyo seriously.
Ok, I'll be the brave soul and say what everyone else is thinking.I wish I could use the korean velcro hakama.
did my first ever tournament in kyuu, managed to snatch one win (even if the third guy forfeited) and could've almost done one more.all in all it was fun while it lasted, but showed i'm still lacking a lot physically but also mentally. i was quite lucky today.
>>261595Tournaments are really important to highlight weak areas in your technique and spirit.I hope you had a friend record your shiai so you can see for yourself the parts that don’t work from an outside prospective.Anyway, nicely done the first tournament is something that you won’t forget.
A place to discuss zorbing and zorbing accessories. A misunderstood but globular extreme sport. Limp Bizkit once wrote a song about this
>>254379Zorbed out
>>167995cool
My balls are fully polished for the summer
I'm looking for a Zorb rep, i'm trying to get sponsored. I know somebody in here knows a Zorb rep!
#zorbgoals
Parkour thread. Where are you at with your training? How have you been working around the limits of weather and lockdowns? How much do you apply the utilitarian Hébertist mindset of being strong to be useful to your training routines?Freerunners can post, too. Maybe even gymnasts and trickers if you don't get your own thread up and running.original thread >>1236
>>253165the safe answer is by training plyometrics, lifting, crosstraining calisthenics and the like. the real answer is we just send it. don't forget that half of the athletes in our sport are too young to vote, and the other half suffer the consequences of our previous training habits. there shouldn't be anyone under the age of 25 who's had an acl surgery but i personally know at least two, due entirely to an injury sustained from either parkour or tricking and if i were a little bit more retarded, i'd also need one.
>>252849What are some lightweight FOSS programs I can run on a laptop from 2012 to censor my face in parkour videos?
>>256228Try DaVinci Resolve. Why you shy? Post video.
>>252901new Skate game.
>>76696I recognize a lot of these spots from when I was younger, do people still train at big bandage by the Waterfront hall?
Would've been GOAT if he wasn't diseased and dying to the cold and flu. He could've been triple champ.DESTROYS Anderson Silva, Israel Adesanya, Alex Pereira, Sean Strickland, DDP.DESTROYS Jiri Prochazka, Jamahal Hill, Glover Texeira. Beats up Magomed Ankalaev, beats Jon Jones.DESTROYS Jack Della Maddalena, Belal Muhammad. Beats Kamaru Usman, Islam Makhachev, GSP.
>>250263RuTracker is unironically safer than PirateBay https://rutracker.org/forum/tracker.php?nm=UFC
>>249750I'd sprawl it no problem
>>240440NopeJust lost the belt to Sean Strickland. Hey OP, where you at? Don't be scared homie
What a boring fight, reminder why I don't watch this slop anymore
>>240440NO!this fat retard had a competitive back and forth with a fucking midget because he had no opportunities to engage in grappling.Sean beat him by having okay defense and being patient enough to not give him easy takedowns. He was just lucky.
>>238429They're gay
/xs/ streetfighting league when
>>257883I'm down
>>238429It's stupid bullshit. Rather watch DBX or BKFC or any MMA than this amateurish crap full of never-wills and mouthbreathers
Did you see their latest video? Its the owner trying to excuse and make excuses for one of his stars acting like a fool at a different organization's event.I should not be surprised that Winged C can only be invited to places like StreetBeefs or KarateCombat.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2xNYxli8-E
BIKES>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 >>260059
>>261406So let me get this straight. Didn't this injury happen in November? And he's only thinking about surgery in MAY?
Heal on the dohyo.
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