>>259026
Not at all Mic Tyson was 5'2

>>259026
5'6~5'10, biomechanically speaking, is the best height for boxing

You're never gonna compete anyway, so who cares.

>>225994
I would wear the armour of thorns from dark souls.

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>>225994
>optimal fight wear
RETVRN TO TRADITION

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>What I wear all the time in summer.

I feel free in this and it won't hinder my movement for sure

Always ready for a fight

>>259017
Comfy and easy to wear. Ideal for early-route battles.

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>>247918
This is also RETVRN TO TRADITION

>>257797
Cause it's dangerous af

>>177327
It has

>>90229

Since the 90's I've literally never heard him called anything but Mike Valley.
I can say that much.

>>257903
Bump

Funny captchas

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>>258842
>Funny captchas
If there wasn't a Mike V captcha then they fucked up 2 bh

>>250012
>What's up with huge guy usually not knowing how to fight?
they rely on size to intimidate and strength if they do fight, but a real fighter is not intimidated and knows how to beat fatty.

Bob knew how to fight, for example he tore the shit out of that dolls head for a promo video once. That shit was hardcore.

At a certain size it just becomes too difficult to move your body effectively, even if you're on roids. That's why in open weight competitions like Pride the best fighters capped out at like 230lbs (Fedor, Cro Cop, Igor Vovchanchyn, Mark Coleman, etc.) and some were even successful while weighing substantially less (Wanderlei Silva, Dan Henderson).
No matter how well conditioned you are, if you're 300lbs of muscle you're gonna gas out quickly. And apart from a few 0.00001% freak of nature, genetic outliers most guys aren't capable of being fast/explosive at that size. Freak levels of size can get you far, but at that very highest level you need a balance of good over all athleticism combined with elite level skills.

>>250012
Took it for granted

>>250012
Big guys are used to instilling fear in their opponents from their size so it made it easier for them to beat them up. But they never take into account big muscles means big energy expenditures so they gas out rather quick

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How the fuck have I NEVER seen a consensus around Judo? Is there a more contentious martial art? I don't know who's bullshitting it's all
>I've been doing judo for years and have used it multiple times to protect myself
and
>I've been doing judo for years and the sportification over the years has made it impractical compared to other grappling martial arts. It's better than nothing but most things are.

The only common opinion I tend to see is that it's pretty fun, regardless of which stance one takes on its usability.

>>257870
Both are true. Judo has become overly sportified throughout the years, with every judoka grumbling about it to some degree. But that doesn't mean it's diminished to the point that it's impractical. If anything, we see a lot more judo techniques trickling into MMA/no-gi grappling now than ever before. It's just the loudest critics of judo are the ones who don't do judo or have very little judo experience.

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>>257870
>The only common opinion I tend to see is that it's pretty fun
Sounds to me like that is the most important factor in being consistent in any martial art. I tried Judo myself and thought it was fun as shit, but I didn't stick with it because of the fear of getting injured by a partner I couldn't trust. I should get back in there and try again.

>>236726

This guy is correct. All grappling relies on knowledge of fundamental human biomechanics and the laws of physics. The only major difference among the grappling styles are the uniform and the rules etc, but there are more similarities than differences. If you are a good grappler, you will be decent in any other grappling style, and only a short familiarization period away from being good again. Training the style you like the most, and dabbling in other styles whenever you get a chance is the best choice.

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>>242810

I eagerly await the day when you ragequit mma after a few classes, as you did judo and freestyle, and then endlessly spam the board about how mma doesn't work.

>>253881
It sure as shit isn't white trash on wheels either.

muscles =/= athleticism
Some bloated powersharter that can bench 400lbs but can't scratch his own back and gets winded walking up a flight of stairs is not a formidable opponent for any intermediate martial artist (unless you're some 120lbs turbo manlet). Same goes for your average bodybuilder who in the grand scheme of things is probably not even that strong and poor overall athleticsim.
Now a guy that's explosive and fast, and legit has top 1% genetics (like a D1 football player or something) AND lifts weights, that's where things become problematic and where the real "strength vs skill" debate begins.
>>258532
When it comes to people that are untrained, it barely matters. Especially if that weight "advantage" is derived from a guy just being an out of shape fat ass.
Even at an amateur level it's not that big of a deal. I'm 180lbs and I regularly dunk on dudes 40 pounds heavier than me in sparring. I've even had a couple smokers in local shoddy competitions where there was a big weight difference (20lbs-30lbs pounds) because my opponents failed to make weight/the organization was crummy and they'd match you up with whomever and it was fine. You can see it in those YouTube fight orgs as well, like Streetbeefs, which have dubious match ups in terms of size, but smaller guys manage to come out on top frequently.
If anything "muh weight classes" is super overrated because most people are just hobbyists that will never reach a level where weight becomes the truly limiting factor

>>253749
He would probably beat Eddie Hall albeit

>>258539
being a fan and promotor of skateboarding has to be the most embarrassing thing on earth. The whole culture is based around doing heroin and not contributing to anything.

>>258667
I'm not a fan of motors on skateboarding, no

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>>257583
>Pretty much this. Virtually every single culture in existence has a documented tradition of wrestling, to a greater or lesser degree

And then I would simply defer to the oldest culture. So if Homo Sapiens originated in east Africa, then I would suggest maybe Nuba wrestling? But the thought occurred to me that perhaps there were martial arts before Homo Sapiens...

>>257545
Isn't it Kalarippyattu?

>>257595
It's claims to historicity mostly rely on chinese apochrypal texts from the 17th century claiming to be about a man who supposedly lived in the 5~6th century. In all likelihood kalaripayattu as it exists today is only a couple hundred years old at best.

>>257545
big stick

>>257545
Rock throwing

>Team USA being blatantly hilariously overscored
>Canadians finally call it out
>We were completely removed from all the Olympic drama. We were the lucky ones on the podium. And that, you know, is quite rare at the Olympics. Usually, the entire top three is celebrating, crying, and emotions are running high.
>But in a way, Paul and I have really prepared ourselves for this moment over the past two years. The American team has done this to us many times: they might not skate their best, fall or trip, the judges might not notice, and they'll still beat us.
>For example, they robbed us of two World Championship medals by ending up on top of the podium. So Paul and I know exactly what that feels like, and it's a terrible feeling."
>But I think we learned a lot about ourselves and how to handle these situations. You just have to say, "I can't help it. Yes, I don't like it, but I'm not going to go to the media and make a big fuss."
Not going to lie, it genuinely annoys me seeing how much Liu is being shilled everywhere when she's genuinely a mediocre figure skater. Why in fuck has her routine suddenly jumped 20 points from before the world championships to now literally nothing has changed, she hasn't improved in anyway, exact same footwork and jumps etc, yet now just magically get scored 20 points higher. It's not even a good routine, just bog standard exhibition level stuff
>No Level 4 elements
>Constant underotation on jumps
>Constant full prerotation on jumps
>Literally kindergarten level footwork
I genuinely do not understand how people with a straight face can think Liu is on the same level as Sakamoto, Chiba, Nakai, Trusova etc. The judging of the sport is so fucking bullshit these days. Literally the Judges just give out top scores to whatever Federation gives them the most gimmies. Honestly the only good routine this entire year was Miura and Kihara.

>>256982
anything with judges or refs is a corrupt meme sport

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>>256982
she looks horrendous. jumps are low, skating is slow as fuck etc.

how is it even possible that skater this low quality is now olympic champ kek, she had been out of top5 in 2020 sochi with the latest performance even including refs overscoring team usa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUDuycYSyDw


meanwhile 14 year old russians score higher than her olympic points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsSEpyP6Xlg

valieva in 2026, has the world record of 270 points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJrqXEYEOg

>>257598
didnt the russian federation guy say that he did acknowledge alysa's win as legitimate as in he was there and felt her presence or whataever, and he also did say russian athletes were overscored.

>>257598
>Russians
Russians are well known for rigging though, it's not even a conspiracy they've been caught doing it repeatedly.

That said, while I don't like Alysa that much she's far from being bad. Regardless of your stance just based on her technical output she's in the top of the olympics for this year. You could argue the Japanese girls were better, but honestly I find them pretty tame too.
You can say they're overscored, but who in the lower federations are actually putting out something better? There really isn't much competition there.

Like I LOVE Isabeau and Kurokova, but they just objectively don't have the technical abilities to win.

>>258625
Unc so washed, jealous of Futagoyama and desperate for views he has to punch down, make shit up and gossip like a woman to get any views, baka my head.

>>258637
>Dan goes first because he is the best
There's clearly someone walking in front of him.

>>258646
>make shit up
No, nabatame really did send a picture of his dick to a tranny kek

>>258623
He has a Yokozuna license. That makes him a "legit" Yokozuna.

>>258651
and then he sent that pic to oho's dad for some reason?

>>239408
Are you sure it's not a beaver?

>>254112
Yes, I'm wearing the shirt.

>>258162
Looks like a beaver to me dude

>>239408
Nice. Took me like 3 years to get the orange belt (covid inbetween)

>>239408
Watch out Steven Seagal!

>>248343
Japanese karate has less larping, I mean less bunkai or "practical" application of kata.

Japanese - kata is basically formalized as a dance, but they do it anyway

Okinawa - they still pretend kata is useful

>>251050
also kendo used to have grappling, leg sweeps, take-downs..it was more like HEMA I guess? in pre-WW2 era

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what about "pre-karate" Okinawan Te, Kobudo, and other "primitive" forms? are they worth learning, or just historical curiosites?
>pic is Siam Island boxing, supposedly direct ancestor of Te

>>254680
That just doesn't exist.

>>251696
The rhythm element

>>239977

No fighting discipline can make you invincible. And some people fight just great without taking any kind of classes.

But I've never come across anyone who takes Muay Thai seriously, who could not handle themselves in a real brawl.

Boxing also helps develop a wide array of strengths. A good boxing gym will beat most other options, for physical and mental strength, and agility.

Anything with grappling is also helpful (wrestling, ju-jitsu, judo) but you need to get used to being beat on the head and whopped in the nuts, if you want to stand a chance in the aggression of a committed fight.

(Source: nothing really, I've done a ton of fighting disciplines, most are beautiful, develop character, and help you to avoid fights preemptively. But then make little difference if you're mugged at knife-point or jumped by burly thugs who mess people up every day.)

>>239977
I started literally where you are in my early 20's. Same height, same weight (I'm also on the verge of 5'11/6'). In fact I could have written this - I tried Eskrima first too. I've done a mix of Krav Maga, Eskrima and Muay Thai. (Krav Maga is gay)

I had never really cared about being small until I sparred someone and they said "...and you're a pretty small guy", which made me realize I was at a physical disadvantage. I couldn't stand that. I ate food, lots of protein and did a fully balanced routine (trained like a bodybuilder but also trained for strength; minimal dumbfuck routines that just "squat bench and deadlift" develop severe muscle imbalances).

Size and strength do make a difference. I walk around comfortably at ~180 lbs now. There is no comparison to how I feel, and how I perform in sparring, compared to before. I can feel it when I punch people. I've rolled with some guy who was like 210 but less in shape and it was like throwing a retarded sack of potatoes around. His confidence at being "bigger" went out the door quickly.

Focus on building mass and strength. Even getting to 150 lbs. at your size will make a world of difference. Keep up cardio as well. I promise you you'll thank me if you stick with it.

>>257272
>I'm also on the verge of 5'11/6'

Lol
Lmao even
Do manlets really

>>239977
Do you care about the sport, or do you just care about being able to defend yourself? If it's the latter, then carrying and training with weapons is the easiest and most efficient solution.

>>239977
Crab McClaw

I don’t want to start a whole thread about it so I’ll post it here:

I think situational awareness is a meme created by self defense instructors who want to rake in cash and not risk legal consequences by teaching fighting which could get them sued if their fighting techniques don’t work.

>wait wait wait you can't tip me, i'm not playing!!
#krav maga mindset

>>255507
Against children, maybe.

>>256831
Antisemitic.

>>255507
How is a hat going to help me win?