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Post by antimony on Feb 29, 2008 17:29:40 GMT -5
Okay, three questions have come up as I've perused the web for an unspecified MMA project:
1) Is there a way to tell a fighter's dominant hand by looking at his card? For example, does a right-handed fighter tend to lead with his right more than his left, or anything like that?
2) Is there a substantive difference between a "strangle" and a "choke?"
3) How many frickin' Gracies are there?!?
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Post by Knapik on Feb 29, 2008 18:09:58 GMT -5
Okay, three questions have come up as I've perused the web for an unspecified MMA project: 1) Is there a way to tell a fighter's dominant hand by looking at his card? For example, does a right-handed fighter tend to lead with his right more than his left, or anything like that? I don't know if one could tell on a card, but a right-handed fighter almost always lead with his left. If you see 'left jab' on a card, he's probably right handed. Also something like 'right cross' would lead me to believe he's right handed as well. Most fighters will use their off hand to set up their power shot with their strong hand. |
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Post by Darth Turkish on Feb 29, 2008 18:21:09 GMT -5
Okay, three questions have come up as I've perused the web for an unspecified MMA project: 1) Is there a way to tell a fighter's dominant hand by looking at his card? For example, does a right-handed fighter tend to lead with his right more than his left, or anything like that? I don't know if one could tell on a card, but a right-handed fighter almost always lead with his left. If you see 'left jab' on a card, he's probably right handed. Also something like 'right cross' would lead me to believe he's right handed as well. Most fighters will use their off hand to set up their power shot with their strong hand. This is correct, but I tried to do a lot of switching on leading strikes, because good fighter will be able to fight in the opposite stance, even if they do not prefer it. So it may be difficult to tell, to be honest. No difference between 'choke' and 'strangle'. I mainly got tired of writing 'choke' and went to an acceptable alternative. By the way, I am told that shime waza (strangling tehcniques) in judo are named thusly to differentiate between 'blood chokes' which are what are allowed in judo and MMA, and "air chokes" which attempt to arrest breathing. No deaths have been reported from the use of blood chokes in judo. There is a veritible army of Gracies. |
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Post by Trent Lawless on Feb 29, 2008 19:11:41 GMT -5
There is a veritible army of Gracies. Hight on, brother. You hock! (Okay, who gets it?) |
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Post by Darth Turkish on Feb 29, 2008 20:08:52 GMT -5
There is a veritible army of Gracies. Hight on, brother. You hock! (Okay, who gets it?) Me! ;D |
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Post by Cosmic Crippler on Mar 3, 2008 20:16:02 GMT -5
There is a veritible army of Gracies. Hight on, brother. You hock! (Okay, who gets it?) It took me a few seconds, but I finally got it. LOL. |
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Post by Trent Lawless on Mar 3, 2008 22:03:15 GMT -5
Cool. Just keep hollin', hollin', hollin'...
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Post by wildman on Jun 30, 2008 17:29:20 GMT -5
It always bothered me when the Rock Bottom or Book End was called an uranage. They are actually closer to o soto gari. If you want to see a good pro wrestling uranage, watch some old Hiroshi Hase tapes from his New Japan days. Those looked brutal. Hase is AWESOME! |
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Post by jasonjaconetti on Jan 6, 2009 11:22:58 GMT -5
Hase and Sasuki had a heck of a battle with The Steiners at the WCW-IWGP supershow in 1991.
Plus he has an awesome mustache!
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Post by Darth Turkish on Feb 1, 2009 0:20:37 GMT -5
To further whet the appetite: Here is a move I have been wanting to use ever since I saw Tim Boetch execute it on David Heath: Sort of an Uki Goshi or "floating Hip" throw. This is what I envisioned as Zealot's "floating head and arm hip throw"  |
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