That's awesome, dude. I could do better of course, but it's very impressive.
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That's awesome, dude. I could do better of course, but it's very impressive.
Hey Svino, did you watch that vid of the UFC 2 fights yet?
Yes, I did. It was everything I hoped it would be!
Highlights:
Apparently Dave Levicki was associated with that infamous "Seal Team 6".
I was a little surprised to see Gordeau in the corner of Frank Hamacker, since I saw him with Remco later. I guess all those Dutch guys stuck together. Wonder what would have happened if they had to fight.
I'd really wanted to see Pardoel fight that Spanish Pencak Silat guy. It was funny to see the announcers say "Now watch how close to the ground he fights." thinking he would imitate the Silat forms he showed them earlier -- but nope, he didn't. Also, one of the only active moments in the fight appeared to be missed by the cameras, as Leon stood up and got thrown back down, but the cameras were inexplicably filming someone's corner at that point. Finally, it seems Sherdog (and Wiki) have the fight outcome wrong, as they say Pardoel won by "armlock". He did go for some (and I recall Remco saying Leon's arms were hurt afterwards) but at the end of the fight, Leon is clearly tapping to a collar choke.
The commentators on "Sambo": "Sambo is the Soviet style they teach privately to the army... They teach a lot of dismembering -- things of that nature."
It was interesting to see Scott Morris getting a quick choke, and Pat Smith win with exactly the same standing guillotine he used later in the night on Rhodes.
You see, I was like fuck that. I knew exactly what was going to happen. Not only was I sure that the silat guy had little grappling ability, but Remco was also a lot bigger. I would've much rather seen the Silat dude paired up with one of the karate or kung fu guys. I think that would've been a lot more entertaining.
I actually thought that the best (most entertaining) fights were the Wiet/Lucarelli (brutal) and DeLucia vs the wing chun guy.
LOL, yeah.
I was actually wondering if what they said was true about Sambo not being taught to the public. I've never heard anything like that. Obviously that is not the case now if it ever was.
Yeah, Pat Smith was definitely one of the more legit fighters in the early days, and if Morris hadn't gone retarded in his 2nd fight then he may have ended up showing some decent skills as well.
Yeah, the fight between the two Kung-Fu guys was actually pretty good.
I was curious to see the Wiet fight to see why people were so confident in him vs. Remco. I'm not sure I'm getting it, as Lucarelli even had him in some trouble. To Wiet's credit though, he was fighting much bigger guys.
From what I understand Sambo was in fact created as an elite special forces combat system. In the beginning it wasn't taught to the general public. It was originally a battlefield concept and many of it's core philosophies reflect that. An old Sambo saying translates to something like "break one leg and remove three men" because it takes two guys to carry the dude with the broken leg off the battlefield.
Anyone know anything about Systema?
what kind of system?
Systema. . .
BOL
Well, Lorenzo is much smarter than Dana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbbs5nKXliU&feature=player_embedded
I'm really curious to see this "Between the Lines" thing or whatever it's called.
http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dp...,1768188.storyQuote:
COSTA MESA — It's pretty impressive whenever a student of the Gracie Barra school of Brazilian jiu-jitsu gets a black belt.
Even more impressive is when one of those students is 78.
Gene Pace was awarded his black belt Thursday night during a ceremony after his regular twice-weekly class and sparring session at the Costa Mesa studio.
More than 100 of Pace's friends and supporters showed up to see his milestone.
"It was overwhelming. And last night..." Pace started with a pause, then laughed. "Well, it was a little emotional."
The Whittier resident has been training under the Costa Mesa school's founder and instructor, Mike Buckels, for more than 15 years.
"He's Mr. Consistency. He never misses a class, not ever," said Buckels, who holds a black belt in jiu-jitsu, as well as kru in Muay Thai kickboxing.
In those 15 years, before Pace, Buckels had only awarded one other jiu-jitsu black belt, and it was to another instructor.
"The best way to describe Gene is that he just executes what you teach him to do," Buckels said. "If you show him a move, he will go after that move."
Although Buckels admits that he is careful whom he pairs with Pace, as an older student Pace is not one to underestimate.
"Gene can still pick me up — and I'm a 180-pound man — and toss me to the ground," Buckels said. "He practices with people as much as 55 years younger than him."
Pace fell into the Brazilian practice after signing up for a martial arts course for fitness — and to humor his grandchildren.
"I thought to myself, 'Well, OK, they can't kill me, and besides, maybe I'll learn something,'" Pace said, laughing.
"Once I got started, I had to think, 'Do you just walk away [and] embarrass your grandkids?'" Pace continued. "Nah, you can't be disrespectful like that. And everyone just stuck with it."
Pace's interest in martial arts transferred to jiu-jitsu after meeting Buckles and liking his style of teaching.
A lot of that style resonated with Pace's finish-what-you-start attitude.
"The things learn you here are discipline and techniques, which you apply to situations, but you never walk around like a peacock," Pace said. "But, as Mike says, if someone won't back down, you finish it."
That's hilarious. Japs are weird.
I was waiting for Tracy Morgan to pop out and be like "your on scare tactics!"