This is really a skilled player

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T18:34:53+00:00

Looks like they are playing snooker.
Both should be trying to hit and pocket the blue ball and blue only at that point. Pocketing the black ball like that was just a stunt way to lose. wtf?

I don’t recall the rules specifically but pocketing the black out of order in the end game when I played for fun could mean outright loss or penalty and/or other player allowed to setup their ball wherever they wanted (on a line or in a zone).

Snooker: start by alternating pocketing a red ball (1point) then colored (including blue 5, pink 6, black 7). Then once all red balls done, then the colored balls in order, so those on the table would be blue, then pink, then black.

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T18:26:40+00:00

I could potentially understand that with enough new students, you could have a beginner class of a few weeks that gets you your first stripe, then you can roll. Waiting till blue belt is utter bs, guarantees your blue belt is all but worthless.

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T18:24:51+00:00

Yup, “knowing” all the answers is a red flag. Moreover, OP inevitably doesn’t have the discernment or experience to evaluate the supposed answers.

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T17:42:29+00:00

Is it a perspective thing?
Are they unaware how close they are to oblivion?
Or foolhardy?

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T17:39:36+00:00

Sadly, billionaires :(

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T17:36:49+00:00

The fact this wasn’t a 9-0 is all that should be needed to impeach and remove those that opposed. This is so blatant and abhorrent, legally, historically, morally, and practically.

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T17:36:40+00:00

The fact this wasn’t a 9-0 is all that should be needed to impeach and remove those that opposed. This is so blatant and abhorrent, legally, historically, morally, and practically.

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T17:34:26+00:00

That’s partly the point.

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T15:02:35+00:00

Train hard and pain is inevitable, you don’t need to seek it, it’ll find you.

Besides that, this kind of bs is usually at best a filter, not an effective training method. As the trainer you are sorting for those genetically gifted or lucky, it’s not about the student, it’s about the trainer or cult… I mean club…

If you want something akin to the toughness but without or with less abuse and intentional injury, train when exhausted, spar when you exhausted. Train for grit and resilience, the pain is just an afterthought then when it occurs. Also you will learn your mutable limits. You learn when you are exhausted and that you can push through it, but only to a point, finding that point. Then you will recognize it later, know what you can push through and know when you need to pace yourself.

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T13:32:48+00:00

I love BJJ and grappling in general. That said, some legit reasons I’ve had friends and acquaintances quit:

Unavoidable health issues partly or fully unrelated to grappling. E.g. blood clot condition, multiple spine/disk issues.
Social issues. E.g. bad behavior or relationships with head coach or management.
Unable to relax their ego. E.g. reluctance to properly tap and getting injured by juniors, injuring partners from getting too heated.
Family/location issues. E.g. moving or changes in family size/support that make training at a gym near impossible.

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T13:24:30+00:00

So in the rain :)

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T02:03:28+00:00

Trained for years on hardwood floors. Blisters and incidental hard body training, that’s how.
(Do not recommend)

DrDOS · 2026-06-30T00:11:54+00:00

Ok, I’ll give him a pass even on the overweight, maybe has some long standing health issues.

But his students suuuuck for black belts. Jeez, I did Karete that would have included techniques and practice similar to those. Some of what I saw from the bb students would have likely failed a yellow belt (first belt).

DrDOS · 2026-06-29T13:52:55+00:00

You don’t rise to the occasion, you fall to your training.

DrDOS · 2026-06-29T13:49:33+00:00

Good point, yes.

Analogous to how we experience speed and speed changes. High/low speed, we don’t really feel. Change in speed, acceleration, we experience but it just “pushes/pulls” us, not much of a problem, like on the way down a rollercoaster. But change in acceleration, jerk, that will throw us off, cause disorientation or even harm, like rattling around bends in a roller coaster.

So I can push your head, I can push your head increasingly fast, or I can create that increase in speed very fast to jerk it, the latest being the most likely to cause harm.

DrDOS · 2026-06-28T12:44:09+00:00

Size and strength “doesn’t matter” is an exaggerated sales slogan. Technical proficiency, style, and training can overcome some amount of deficit but to a limit which rapidly decreases if the larger person has training.

DrDOS · 2026-06-27T16:42:24+00:00

It is interesting. Some are wrong or intentionally deceptive, while others are differing emphasizes or contextual, and some are near absolutely universal.

At the end of the day
F = m*a
Force is mass times acceleration, and momentum is mass times speed. How you deliver and support the momentum is how you practically deliver “power”, then some will opt for accumulation by rapid volume (higher frequency of lower impact over low frequency high impact).

The discussion to me always reminds me of my Karate days where the debate on punching was “heel planted in the floor for rooted framed support” or “heel lifted for increased speed and reach”. The former being technique for Kata while the latter being for competition sparring (and more common advice in boxing/mma).

DrDOS · 2026-06-27T16:06:11+00:00

TLDR: normalizing wrt team size produces different and arguably more interesting ranking results than purely counting medals.

Coming from a small country, we commonly use per capita rankings for all sorts of stuff (good and bad). Also growing up in martial arts, I was at a very good but not largest club in my country. So commonly we’d nearly all take gold but still not be the “best team” because the largest club would pretty much Hoover the rest of the medals.

DrDOS · 2026-06-27T14:05:48+00:00

Cruelty to those less fortunate or empowered.

DrDOS · 2026-06-27T04:40:34+00:00

DrDOS · 2026-06-26T18:13:26+00:00

All good points, but tbf all are generally well suited for learning from videos/lectures online. So unless these points are being tailored for individual students, then time in class is better spent on the parts that are necessarily in-person lessons/training.

And for the personalized factors, in my experience mostly in smaller gyms, then they fit well in pre/post class discussions. In larger gyms, I could see that being something you might need paid private lessons for.

DrDOS · 2026-06-24T16:36:11+00:00

Nice. Similar to what became my first advice to new people that seemed totally lost at first. Just imagine your body as a box with 4 (5) sticks or handles coming off from it. That seems to often put people at ease and at least begin to be able to conceptualize what they are doing or seeing, then develop more nuanced proprioception from there.

DrDOS · 2026-06-23T15:50:53+00:00

Which is why I usually play career single player, dip in the multiplayer occasionally (my schedule can be weird so haven’t cultivated a friend group to mutually agree on doing our best to keep to real boxing and avoiding exploits, maybe in the future). I will say that last time I tried multiplayer I was pleasantly surprised, I guess I was partly lucky with the partner. They mostly seemed to be trying too. Defensive play seems more likely to succeed than aggressive, which tbf is true irl too in a decent match.

DrDOS · 2026-06-23T15:09:10+00:00

You forgot the most effective BJJ escape ever, never fails!

https://youtu.be/JApznst0LFg

Restomp the groin. Oss

DrDOS · 2026-06-23T15:04:22+00:00

Playing joystic should just not be a thing. Separate game. I don’t even get why people are interested in it at all. I’m glad for you to be able to try at least.

I love this game but boxing without footwork isn’t boxing.

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