awesome. the twin pillars of ass-kickin'

It's awesome Will, and I finally understand why you do that funny dance in Muay Thai haha

Sore ! Being up on your toes like that kills your calfs. Loving it so far. Happy Thanksgiving everyone

haha yeah the old muay thai march

First night sparring tonight after tough cardio. Got my ass handed to by one of the instructors. Can definitely say I learned more in those 10 minutes than in 2 lessons lol

Nice! There’s nothing like sparring/training in general.

Absolutely. It can be daunting but I would recommend anyone who isnt training currently to at least give it a go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJuQP0hO6s4

Royce Gracie basically beats this Asian blob of fat by using his legs to triangle the dudes arm.

The early UFCs were wild. "Street Fighter" / "Enter the Dragon" type all comers tournaments of different styles. For better or worse (truth is always bittersweet), the BJJ/Muay Thai (and similar wrestling+boxing type training sets) empirically proved themselves mostly superior.

Pride was nuts

Best strat? Kick 'em in the head.

Pride soccer kicks were nasty

or if you we're bas rutten or Andy hug, kick em in the leg for a KO lol

Best part about losing the mouse for my laptop is that instead of vidya I just watch old mma vids

Did anyone see the wrestling referee who made the black kid cut his dreadlocks? Could that have given him an advantage?

They are unsanitary. Some refs are specific about a lot of stuff. More commonly no beards or long nails

He didn't make him cut his dreadlocks. He said your hair is out of regs and you cant wrestle so the kid had someone cut his dreadlocks

Makes sense, I cant imagine he would force him to cut them

Would you guys reccomend boxing as a legitimate thing to get into versus more modern mma? Always wanted to learn legit boxing.

@Mark Vandal Yup.

Boxing's great.

Jocko Willink has it as the third best martial art in the world, behing BJJ and Wrestling.

Just be sure to learn how to defend takedowns.

https://twitter.com/RenerGracie/status/1080561882191130624?s=19

+1 for BJJ

Beautiful kimura

(and, of course, why is it always black guys)

Looking to get into BJJ. Was a first degree black belt in karate at 11 and quit before my 2nd degree test because of football in high school 🙄that was half my life ago. There’s a Renzo Gracie school right by me in NJ. Anyone up in this area that does BJJ?

@Fred X - NJ I believe Brunswick does BJJ

And Gracies BJJ is a great way to start

A number of us do

Everyone should have some basic striking and grappling experience at the very least

For self-defense, of course.

@Sam Anderson @Reinhard Wolff thank you both. Keep you posted on the journey.

https://m.ibjjf.com/champInterna.php?id=21508

I’m looking to attend this to spectate unless I feel confident enough participating as a beginner white belt. Would anyone else be interested in spectating as well?

We can make a BJJ nyc meetup out of it. Maybe go to the event and then do something else as a group with the day.

I can advertise it on the main server if you'd like. I probably won't compete for a while though.

We can do that in about a month or so, maybe end of March or beginning of April since it’s some time away. However long people would need to plan for it

https://youtu.be/20clynSkgOY

Lol every suspect in this vid is black

Got my ass handed to me at M. Thai Monday night. Definitely lights a fire under a person to get better quick when you're getting whooped to not let it happen again.

I’ve learned a lot by getting beat up. A LOT. 🤣

Howdy, gents. I’ve got a quick question, even though I’m sure it’s been debated here before. If I want to start training a martial art discipline, which one should I pursue?

Go to an MMA gym that offers striking and grappling, try them out and specialize

But I'd recommend having the basics down for both

Striking: Muay Thai and or boxing
Grappling: BJJ

Awesome, thanks for the advice.

@whiskeytangofoxtrot The answer depends on what you want to accomplish. What are your goals?

I want something self defense oriented, but also something I can have fun doing. I’ll have a good bit of free time this summer, so I plan to devote a good chunk of time to it.

@whiskeytangofoxtrot Go to a boxing gym for striking. Go to a BJJ gym for groundwork. Some places will teach both. You can dabble, or you can spend an entire lifetime focusing on one respective discipline. Have fun.

Will do, I’ll start looking around for places to train. Thanks.

I will say access to quality martial arts training is the one thing I envy city people for (that and more frequent IE meetups)

@whiskeytangofoxtrot my BJJ school offers BJJ, Judo, and Muay Thai classes. Try to find a school that offers more than one discipline like was recommended by the others. Good luck.

Anyone use CBD products with BJJ? I’ve read a lot on it

It's apparently pretty popular in BJJ culture

So is weed in general. Especially among Eddie Bravo types

Sometimes the best marital art is awareness. I used to ride this trolley all the time. Lots of unsavory people hang around after dark as near the Downtown Library.

https://youtu.be/76z2I6ZsNR4

@Der Seeteufel - SD I heart ASP

Same here. Great channel