--- curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <Snip> > > > > Curtis, my neighbor (30 something guy) has trained > in > > Muay Thai for several years. He works out a lot in > his > > garage. I asked him to demonstrate some Muay Thai > > moves on me a while back. I'm an old judo guy so i > do > > know somethings on the mat. My experience was like > > yours. That behind the neck lock-up is incredibly > > powerful. > > > > Peter, > > I was wondering when you would join in! > Yeah, I was blown away by the Muay Thai clinch's > control even without > eating knees which is how Rich Franklin experienced > it a few UFC's > back. I dig their low kicks too. > > Judo is such a great tough sport. I did a lot of > Judo in my first > school. Learning to fall in a relaxed state while > being thrown was a > religious quest for me. One class I asked my > teacher to throw me 25 > times in a row so I could begin to stay conscious > enough to > "experience" the throw. It really helped. I > learned how to slide my > hand on their GI as I was flying over them to slow > down my impact. But > even with that it is really hard on your body to get > thrown. Not to > mention all the nasty ways to accelerate a throw > that would pop up > with certain sadistic partners! Like my TM > intensive days, I am > really happy to have experienced it, and really > happy I am not into it > like that now. > > The discussion with Off really brings me back to all > those debates > when UFC 2 blew the lid off. Those were exciting > times when a little > Gracie ground game could give you a huge advantage > in a classically > trained Jiu jitsu or Judo dojo. Now the sport is at > such a high > level. Last year I hit the mat with a purple belt > Gracie fighter who > I used to train with in the mid 90's. Very quickly > it became obvious > that the world had passed me by, his skill level was > so radically > different, I couldn't do a single thing to slow down > the inevitable. > What a brilliant system of body chess! But I have > fallen off the board > and I can't get up! When he described all his > injuries and how messed > up his fingers are I remembered why I had accepted > my fate and hung up > my GI. > > These days IFC is on cable, the UFC reality show has > fights every > week, and the day after UFC you can catch the fights > online for free. > It is really blowing up as a sport. But 70 UFCs ago > Royce Gracie > changed the way I viewed martial arts forever. And > I sure wasn't the > only one!
UFC 1-6 were the best! What a shock to all the karate/gung-fu one-punch-kills-all dudes. That's why I'm surprised that there are martial arts afficinados out there that still believe in some superduper secret school of one punch destroys all. Really quite silly. I'd love to see it if it was true. I'd love to see some guy lift a horse with his ki the same way I'd love to see some siddha actually "fly high" in the dome. But I ain't waitin' anymore! I'm always open to the possibility but until i see it....... > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > > Make Yahoo! your homepage. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
