lets say your walking down the street and u bump into a guy. one things leads into another your granted a fair 1v1 no weapons only limbs. (kicks and whatnot allowed) but you cant back out. what kind of clothing would be best? would you regular street wear help you? i usally wear a nike tech fleece very breathable and moveable material and typical sneakers. only thing that might through me off is if im wearing some jeans that day. i think perfect fighting outfit would be a good sports tracksuit like the nike tech suit and some sort of sneaker that u can grip the floor in and kick with but thats not too limiting. on the foot
>>225994Have you ever seen john danaer?
consider steel toe boot
>>226017>why are you morons having trouble, he's just an old man?!
>>237127>>239180Lightweight steel toe sneaker for kicks.>>235077>>228446Some chainmail which will make his punches ineffective, also stab-proof unless he's using a spear. (I know it's a fair fight but this is in any case). Other than that you just want something breathable and hard to grab. Maybe a low-quality old shirt that will rip the moment your opponent grabs it.
>>225994>Stret fight>No weaponsWho TF isnt reaching for the nearest object
Night ride 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.
>>236546I just got a V3 Edit after a ten plus year hiatus of all things mountainbiking - I got out just as they were trialling out 650b bikes and my buddy (who still kept riding) recommended that I get one. I'm pretty impressed how far bikes have come since 2012. This descends better than my old Giant Glory. Two rides in though and I'm having intrusive thoughts that I'm too old for this shit. The average age of the kids I bump into around here must be about 17 years old.
>>237677totally opposite where I ride, most people are in their mid to late 30's or 40's and it's very rare to see anyone else younger than me. Most people are also riding an ebike too. Mine is a v1 edit and for how old it is it still rides great imo. Yes it does have a 2021 model fork on it but pretty much everything else is around about time specific for when it came out. I think the only issue with airdrops is that their seat tube length has always been too long (I ended up cutting around 15mm of mine off) and they have only really fixed it with their new mx models.
Should I get a 27.5" or a 29" ebike MTB or make a mullet out of the 27.5" for food delivery?I tend to jump on curbs, lane-switch and such in the inner city but in the outskirts there are longer stretches of asphalt, potholes are not rare either
>Had to hose out a Spider nest made literally within my bike>Like it would literally just crawl out of my left hand brakes at random times while biking to just chillAnyone else deal with this?
>>238137Hardtail with slack tube angle, fat semislick tires and rigid fork with mounting points for a rack. Throw in a bafang kit and you'll get yourself your optimal in-town delivery bike.
What's your excuse for not skating?
>>237764Cause I know retards that lost their jobs due to inability to work cause of injuries gotten skateboarding. Seriously think about it. Unless you're essential to your place of employment, if you tell them "sorry I'll can't do what you hired me for for 6-8weeks or maybe more cause I decided to FAFO with a skateboard" they're just going to replace your dumb ass. The chance of serious incapacitating injury is so much higher than alot of other extreme sports.
>>240085That's why I just cruise. Best of both worlds, have fun without being out of a job because I biffed it in a halfpipe.
>>237764my excuse is that im old enough to be usinh this website
>>240085what a weird thing to make up
>>240085skate culture is full of late 20s early 30 year olds that listen to punk and post punk working at pizza places/pizza chains for a reason
European riders are arguably the more skilled of the two, riding on gnarlier tracks and outdoors only. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-BleZkNdEU&t=1527sYet, European pros themselves still watch AMA more growing up. We do nothing to make it more presentable. The tracks are diarrhea with some plastic poles to mark where to go.Why are we like this?
>European riders are arguably the more skilled of the twoNo. Your defending champion Jorge Prado came to the US and is getting 5-8.>European pros themselves still watch AMA more growing upBecause euroop is culturally irrelevant.>We do nothing to make it more presentableI agree most MXGP tracks are ugly and forgettable.>Why are we like this?Genetics.
>>238886>I liked his old, fun-loving persona. His new hateful "villain" persona doesn't make him the goofy underdog anymore, it just makes him unlikableMANY SUCH CASES
>>239552He has a headband tattooed on his scalp, he's more than a little touchedIts not autism but there's a healthy amount of mental illness in thereSchizoeffective disorder if I had to guessWe just don't publicly see the crash outs
Mighty Mouse is finding out the hard way that all men are NOT created equal.Granted I'm a DJ fanboy, but I think DJ genuinely thought these guys were hopeful youngsters who just needed a shot. Yes he's creating content, but he wanted to create wholesome content.Instead he's finding out that no, actually, these weirdo losers are weirdo losers for some very tangible reasons, not just because they "never had a chance".
>>239793That spar with Winged C was so cringe and disrespectful. I hope Mighty Mouse stop collaborating with those faggots.
>>240030Mouse has pretty much made clear he's only there because he loves the art of fighting, not for the clip farmers. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rDGi8DTGBZw
Why isn't muay thai a big thing outside of ladyboyland if there are so many people who hate grappling and for some reason watch mma?
>>230783Nice try, dog-eater.
>>217240Kind of this. If UFC didn't dominate American combat sports so much, more people there would be watching something at least close to Muay Thai and Kickboxing.
>>238336>If UFC didn't dominate American combat sports so muchIt doesn't. The US is a boxing country that's developing an interest in UFC.
>>218526Boxing has legacy status. It's fighting vanilla for most the world and especially older people. MMA is the new hot alternative and there isn't enough room in the imagination of a random normie to care about both mma and muay thai or kickboxing.
>>217345Kick boxing Is just western Muay thai
It's like playing russian roulette every summer
>>233689why is the second guy staring at the first guy's balls? Is that common in base jumping?
>>233689Free diving or apnea
>>234088Anon I know it's hard to differentiate but he's not *actually* a flying squirrel. There's no balls to be seen.
Before wingsuits Cave Dying was always the number one comedy self removal sport, but now they made that even more efficient by adding 'free' to it. Tough call.
>>234088What do you expect from a bunch of men who go into the mountains to wear dresses?
Is rollerblading still alive?
>>217715For some reason in my town in France it's mostly old dudes and black chicks i see rollerblading, but they are a pretty regular presence at the skateparks
>>217685I have to cut through a weird skate park on my way to town (it's in two parts separated by a public walkway right through the middle, like I say it's weird). You only ever see skateboarders there, but recently there's been some rollerbladers turning up. I have noticed they're never around when the skateboarders are there though and they always look really nervous.>>237242It's not just that. With a skateboard you can pick it up and walk about. Trying to walk on rollerblades looks like your trying to walk on ice. It's too cumbersome.
I think inline should focus on it's niche of urban skating(weaving through traffic) and wizard skating. You can do a lot of elaborate legwork. Not the most showy thing compared to tricks skateboarders do, but sliding and dancing through the streets and being a bit of nuisance to the normies sounds fun.
>>239754What type of skating do you want to do? For urban skating I'd get an hardboot 4x80 pair like Rollerblade Lightnings or FR Skates FR1Ride those while you learn then upgrade to an Endless frame (4x90, 4x100) when you're ready to go faster
>>217685It's doing well enough for these to drop.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFZI3EITzRA
Rie Tsukihiji, a pioneer in the world of women's sumo, passed away on July 23rd 2024 at the young age of 46. She was an active figure in women's sumo from the early days of the sport, when it was still called "new sumo." She was a legend, having won 11 consecutive open-weight championships starting from the first All Japan Championship in 1996.She is 159 cm tall and weighs 150 kg. She started sumo late, after entering Takudai University, but her powerful style of wrestling made her a star on the world stage. She won a gold medal at the World Women's Sumo Championship. Why does nobody seem to care? nothing in jap media or anywhere.
>>229936insecure
>>229939Yes, that's the point. Aoiyama came close to knocking his opponents out with them sometimes, imagine what some of these lardy maidens could achieve!
>>229425>Why does nobody seem to care?Because she fought on the sumo equivalent of the CFL
>>229425Did this bitch just use sumo as an excuse to become a lardass and eat and eat?
>>229856Yeah, I need to see Japanese mature BBW tits. It's traditional.
How do we save this shitheap of a martial art? All suggestions and general Power Era nostalgia welcomet. ITF 2nd dan (but not trained in years)
>remove most protective gear except for feet and shins>allow leg kicks and stomps>score based on damage instead of points
>>225986kekaroo
Taekwondo is just mall karate, globohomo karate. It's very silly that you can trace Taekwondo back to the CIA if you really squint your eyes. Korean Marines did use it as their training exercises and PT while they fought in Vietnam, so much like any exercise it's how much you put into it. But, with the end of the Cold War and the rise of Taekwondo's spot in the Olympics, it just became globohomo karate.Anything you do in Taekwondo is actually trained and pressure tested in Kyukoshin. If you find a good taekwondo gym, it's probably one in a million, and the guy probably focuses on kickboxing, taekwondo is the training of kicking counterattacks at it's core, so it's a very niche skill to learn that doesn't translate as well as standard boxing or judo.
>>234591That would be sick, also allow Sanda and judo throws
>>239903My first instructor was an old Korean man who began his career as a hand-to-hand instructor during the Korean War. I was not prepared for how "mall karate" most other taekwondo schools were.
What ever happened to the MAJER Crew Youtube channel?
Fencing is a (not so LARPy) combat sport in which two athletes use swords to attack and defend against one another with the aim of striking his opponent.There are three disciplines in fencing, each represented by its own weapon, set of rules, and target area. Épée:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88mBQ2u2Wb0Foil:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-P_q5gdvRMSabre:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ipiJFlU_Dg
>>238496Do you like western movies (ie standing around for 10 mins waiting for someone to move)? ÉpéeDo you like rock-paper-scissors and/or cocaine? SabreDo you have zero personality but want to feel like you look cool? Foil
>>238495>This sport's community would be much better if fencing wasn't in the NCAA and olympicsMany such cases.
>>238496Épée is a gentlemanly dueling sword with a sport tip. Foil is the lightweight training weapon for épée. Sabre is low-brow slop for the masses. Épée is the best discipline, foil helps train épée, and sabre is a fun way to change things up on occasion.
>>239097ngl, they all sound like shit.
>>232534I'm in my mid-30s and have been thinking about getting back into fencing (there's a school about an hour away; I could probably make it a few times a month and do drills at home). I was never very competitive but I showed up to club practices in college when school and my primary sport didn't get in the way. I want to train ambidextrously for the sake of balanced physical development and lower injury risk since the cost of training my most competitive side half as much isn't really relevant to my goals. Am I going to need two of each weapon (most interested in épée) or can I get away with using something like an Italian grip ambidextrously?
What is the perfect body for fighting? Which muscles are the most important for functional wrestling strength, and for punching power?
>>239241Bodyshots hurt less if you're fat, and headshots hurt less if you have a thick spine, thick huge skull, and large neck.Just look at Mike Tyson, Soe Lin Oo.
>>239241
>>238054>What is the perfect body for fighting?With no weightclasses, it's packing on as much muscle as possible at around 23% BF.>Which muscles are the most important for functional wrestling strength, and for punching power?Glutes.>>238175>Upper arm muscles such as biceps - don't matter, only for vain feminine men and gay fagsBlatantly false. Biceps are crucial in wrestling.
Lanky guys tend to have the hardest straight punches
>>239377Are you retarded? Bodyshots hurt way more if you're fat. Internal organs have nothing to protect them, they get bruised easily, it's why kidney stones are incredibly painful. They rely on muscle to protect them because muscle is firm and reliable. Fat is movable and unreliable.
Promoted to orange belt!(in case anyone is wondering yes that’s a capybara shirt I’m wearing underneath )It’s been an awesome 1.3 years of judo! I’ve been improving my technique and did amazing at two recent tournaments. The progress shall continue to be strong
That girl in the back has nice arches, I like the way she has her toes flexed upwards too
>>239408Congrants anon, keep at it, WAGMI
>>239463Thanks for making me look. They do look good...
>>239408congrats man
>>239408You look hard to knock over op. Congratulations on your dedication!
how do i prevent leg hurt when doing barspins i already use chamois creme and knee protectors but it still hurts
>>239735bicycle btw
