Comments | leere_form: new directions, maybe

leere_form

new directions, maybe

Jan 22, 2007 00:20

okay so i didn't see the girl this evening, but she was called into work today, had lots of homework, laundry to do, etc. legitimate excuses, all of them, and she promised to do dinner tommorow at a very punctual 6:30, so i'm content with that ( Read more... )

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vindonnus January 22 2007, 07:08:56 UTC

"i just think a martial artist ought to focus on fighting."

Oh?

Just because it's martial doesn't mean that it's only about being able to win in a simple one on one fight... nor does it mean anything of the sort. Martial comes from the word "Mars" which has to do with war, and war, like most fights, has a lot more to it than simply fighting. At least I've always felt that way. I could be wrong... but I have yet to see that.

leere_form January 22 2007, 20:20:06 UTC

well, then if i was a serious martial artist, admittedly i would be studying rocketry and nuclear weapons, ensuring that i could defeat any opponent ever. =D ( ... )

Sounds about right to me! vindonnus January 22 2007, 20:32:53 UTC

Yep, true... I like how my MMA instructor put it when we were talking about training philosophy once.

What we do in MMA is different from a lot of "martial arts" in that we're training to fight people that have some measure of skill at fighting. A lot of the more common martial arts seem more focused on being good exercise, as you pointed out, but they do, in fact, give someone a slight edge in unarmed combat, psychologically, if nothing else.

That said, I'll just point out that MMA is really just a composite of other martial arts... usually wrestling, kickboxing/karate, and jiu-jitsu (or some other ground-fighting skill). So I would posit that one could get training that's just as good by mixing those styles of training from individual sources... even if you would still have to work to integrate them.

Re: Sounds about right to me! leere_form January 22 2007, 21:23:54 UTC

yeah, MMA has the advantage of integration. the jiu-jitsu and boxing implemented by an MMA fighter is the same as that implemented by a jiujitsuka or a boxer, it's just been trained together and with an intent to use for MMA.

if somebody did, say, judo and boxing, they would have touched all the MMA skillsets and would probably do well in local competition. or wrestling and boxing, or kickboxing and sambo, or kyokushin karate and greco-roman, etc etc.

actually those combinations sound cooler than the very meat and potatoes "muay thai and brazilian jiujitsu"... even if MT and BJJ are pretty much the final word in their respective ranges.

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leere_form January 23 2007, 03:16:22 UTC

indeed you did.. =/

judo is a far more reliable source of entertainment than dating. =P

thenaturegirl January 23 2007, 19:32:23 UTC

damn you for being so.. cute.

LOL! That's awesome.

Hopefully, the busy schedules will help keep you able to enjoy your solitude and personal pursuits while keeping it balanced with the ladybird. Maybe having that sort of freedom will help her open up even more to the possibility of having other romantic interests. Hope all goes well!

leere_form January 24 2007, 03:53:50 UTC

i am firmly opposed to opening people up. ;)

all references to gutting people aside, haha, i'm not really interested in changing anyone or convincing anyone that poly is the way to be, so i'd rather just be single if it's ever a source of conflict.

but right now things don't look like they're working out with this one, so i don't have to worry about it. i should have been more skeptical about this whole thing.. but in the immortal words of brad nowell of sublime: i am only a man. ;D