Well, thanks to Lev I won't feel quite so much like I'm spamming and necroing a thread at the same time. Thanks, Lev.

I really did ask around at work, even though it wasn't nearly as funny an idea when I sobered up. They had nothing interesting to say, just a lot of "I can see where he's coming from, but I don't personally agree." It's like they were trying to avoid flaming and getting me in trouble. Thanks a lot for being boring, people at work.

I was in Tulum from Feb 10 - Feb 22 =P

I like to catch the matches when Im not the one shelling out 45-50 dollars for them

In the beggining I watched mainly to see people beat eachother, but as I started watching more and looking up stuff on technique I tend to appreciate the ground game better. really its interesting to me to see how they do everything. One of my favorite counterpoints for when people say "why watch people play a game" is that The professionals know how to do it better. While I know in a technical sense how to do some of the things I see (mostly goaltending), I see people like Marty brodeur (for the record, I hate this man), Henrik Lundqvist, and Ryan Miller do it better.

You know, you can get a lot of Athleticism and Technique by watching Professional Wrestling. Specially if you have something like the Undertaker on a title match!

*straws fall from the sky* Grasp them!!

You can also get a lot of pointless drama and bullshit by watching Soap Operas.

90's Pro Wrestling? Omg just the interviews with this guy are gold.
http://www.e-filler.ca/images/UltimateWarrior2.jpg


2000's 2010's wrestling... oh man I saw this episode before I saw any contemporary wrestling, very well done.
http://www.xepisodes.com/southpark/e...310/W.T.F.html

Interviews has nothing on the comics about himself that he wrote. :3

You can get a lot of athleticism and technique without the pointless drama and bullshit WWE so loves if you watch CHIKARA!

Yah, well you can go to hell, good sir.


As an interesting comparison, I'm going on two years training in Escrima and Krav Maga. One of the first things I was told was, "I'm teaching a combative, not a sport. If you want tournaments and medals, go somewhere else." When I train, I am literally told things like "Aim for the bridge of his nose. If you miss, you're probably missing to the side and you can take out his eyes," or "If you can get this far outside, break his wist, THEN use it for control." A lot of people I know in Aikido and Karate train aiming for important parts, but it's never really addressed as such. I'm explicitly told to aim for arteries and nerve clusters and the like in order to inflict as much damage as possible. At the end of the day, we all aim for the same bits, except I actually know that I'm aiming for it. It's really interesting to see 1) How martial arts are take different routes to the same objective, and 2) How "mainstream" martial arts almost need to advertise based on that definition as a "sport." You're competing, not fighting, y'know?


Also, anyone who says "The Fed" isn't really that well trained needs to try fighting the man.

Side note: Man, I would love to move to Russia to study Sambo.

I would think that if it were slave vs slave. But IIRC, there were some gladiators that made a living off of their gladiatorial games. The ripe bold age of 30 then they get a spear to the gut. ;)