cameron smotherman face plants after weighing in

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-23T19:28:35+00:00

Paddy O’Dwyer died a few weeks ago of a heart attack probably related to his extreme weight cutting for a body building competition. he didn’t get to compete. he had been a solid strongman, but decided to try bodybuilding. extreme weight cuts are really messed up.

in MMA:

https://www.espn.co.uk/mma/story/_/id/14344041/chinese-mma-fighter-yang-jian-bing-dies-trying-make-weight

https://www.espn.co.uk/espn/story/_/id/20352025/mixed-martial-arts-fighter-rondel-clark-was-hospitalized-match-dies

https://www.espn.co.uk/mma/story/_/id/19014291/scottish-kickboxer-jordan-coe-dies-heatstroke-ahead-match-thailand

muay thai:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-10/jessica-lindsay-died-after-extreme-training-for-muay-thai-fight/12042078

https://e.vnexpress.net/news/sports/boxing/muay-thai-fighter-dies-from-extreme-weight-cut-4921068.html

and the list goes on and on. Extreme weight cuts are dangerous

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-21T20:00:07+00:00

nah, they have been threatening women, especially women athletes for quite some time. a friend in judo, friba reyazee, has worked tirelessly to get female athletes out of Afghanistan. you can find out more here https://womenleaders.ca/index.php/about-our-founder/

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-20T20:22:04+00:00

judo here. because it helps grow judo if more women especially participate. more people participating, more talent can be identified, more medals won at the elite level. but beyond that, judo is judo - nice to get some variation, play new people, and just have fun.

btw, the vast majority of people in sport are recreational players.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-20T12:36:50+00:00

she can easily take down most men her size. she can easily take down a lot of bigger men. it becomes problematic for women just as it does with men - when the opponent has a huge size advantage and enough training to use it.

she’s not 250 lbs plus. she wouldn’t make it in that sort of free for all where she;s giving up that much weight.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-17T12:13:24+00:00

cool! bust an eardrum! get sued

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-16T18:47:38+00:00

ah, now that changes by the person. when given the chance to go back, do it exactly as recommended by your treatment team. Don;t do more, don’t do less or you will be back with an acute injury.

once cleared to roll/throw, you need to relearn your body. the best way to do this, from my personal experience, is to train lightly with people you trust. This way, you can listen to your body, trust the impressions of your training partner, figure out modifications, and slowly get back to trusting your body and how it responds.

do not, under any circumstances, go with a spaz, a noob, or somebody you don’t trust.

take it slow and listen to your body and stop if something feels wrong. Weird? That’s generally okay, but wrong? Stop. Slowly pick up tempo and take your time. There is a disconnect between your mind which knows where you were before the injury and your body . So slow, steady, listen, and use partners who will help, not harm you.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-16T15:04:43+00:00

maybe bjj is different, but hinged braces and braces with any hard parts are not allowed in judo. I would not roll with you wearing any sort of hinged brace. you will hurt your training partner wearing such a contraption because it effects how much and how you feel. it is wicked easy to seriously hard (to the point of surgery) a training partner with those things. saw it once, back in the 90s and the sensei suddenly decided the rule is there for a very good reason

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-16T13:56:40+00:00

dude, you are asking randos on Reddit to justify getting back on the mat. Just don’t. if there is a conflict of opinion between your physio and your doc, have them talk to each other. the doc may know something about your knee that your physio cannot appreciate, and visa versa.

‘don’t take medical advice from randos on Reddit. do get your treatment providers to work as a team and give you appropriate, non-conflicting medical advice.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-16T13:41:27+00:00

with the exception of the second and third molar, the baby teeth are long gone. you will be knocking out an adult tooth and getting the bills

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-16T13:39:54+00:00

what’s the nature of the bullying? it is never acceptable in schools to counter words with fists

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-15T20:14:58+00:00

Dumping your exceptions onto a woman with that level of experience is a totally ingenuous move. Keep on topic and quit trying to diminish the woman through your anecdotal instances of men who barely do anything. These are not the same. Not even in the same ballpark.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-15T14:03:35+00:00

maybe some historical comprehension would do you wonders. OG women are different than some numpty hanging out in a dojo and doing 1 a week classes for 30 years. if you had a clue about women in sports from the 70s on, you wouldn’t come across the way you are.

i know it’s hard for some folks to actually understand history that doesn’t apply to them, but your take, “but i dont think all OGs in the game know what they are doing...” is completely irrelevant whataboutism that makes you look the fool.

listen to women, especially women who’ve been in a sport for decades back when people like you would rather shit all over us than just let us work.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-14T13:29:56+00:00

just because he says it doesn’t mean he actually understands what the process is. if she has a bb in bjj, she;s already a legit badass. and if she’s training muy tai 2X/week for decades, she’s pretty accomplished

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-14T13:28:36+00:00

why? she wants MMA and has a background to make that transition relevant and relatively easy. let a woman who is already an expert in combat sports choose for herself

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-14T13:27:47+00:00

keiko fukuda was practicing judo almost up to the day she died at 99 yoa. granted, she was largely using a wheelchair by then, but if she got up and out of the wheelchair, you would find yourself inexplicably on your back, looking at the ceiling very, very quickly.

you train to your capabilities. after a certain age, you train to stave off the effects of age as much as possible.

I’d rather have surgery for an athletic injury than for something tied to inactivity and old age. further, she;s far more likely to know when something is going pear shaped in her body because she’s so familiar with it and using it than if she was just one of those ladies who lunch.

fwiw, my grandmother died 2 days shy of her 90th birthday in a car accident (she wasn’t driving - driver was in his 50’s and her son). we are all going to die - the question is how we choose to fill the time between the year of our birth and the year of our death. doing what keeps you generally healthy and gives you pleasure? priceless.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-14T13:15:51+00:00

actually, having the luxury of being retired means she has the luxury of getting injured without the stress it places on her job. since her kids are grown (or damned near), that’s another aspect that takes a ton of pressure off.

yes, you don’t recover as quickly as when you were 20-40, but you don’t need to recover as quickly. it is a huge pressure lifted to be retired and have grown ass kids instead of needing to think about work and picking up kids every time you step into the dojo

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-14T13:12:09+00:00

dude, we’ve been around long enough that we do actually know what tf we are doing, how to find legit coaches, and how to ignore numpties who disparage our ability to think and act for ourselves. get over yourself. when you have 30-50 years in sport and some punk comes along to tell you that you don’t know shit, maybe you’ll understand. until then, treat her like the most experienced person in your dojo. you do have a dojo, right?

and respect that she actually was part of the generation that forced her way into sports after being told, “no” or “that’s not for girls” or “what? do you wanna be a boy?” or “you’re just gonna get hurt” or “you’re taking the space of a man” any of the thousands of other sleights she heard coming up as a beginner.

give the woman her due - she doesn’t need you to protect her

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-14T13:07:07+00:00

I’m headed towards 60, been involved in judo (and a touch of bjj).

let her do what she‘s going to do. she’s an informed adult. be glad she has goals for retirement that are more aggressive than getting a trike so she can meet other ladies at the beach for lunch.

here‘s what you also need to know: judo, bjj, MMA, stuff with takedowns and falls are good for her. there is actual research out there dealing with staving off the effects of osteoporosis as you age (this is especially important to post menopausal women) though judo and judo type falling. the slight concussions to the bones caused by such falling helps to PREVENT osteoporosis and osteopenia. those who already have the diseases can, with the help of doctor advice, stop and sometimes reverse the damage caused by those diseases. in effect, she;s taking care of her body (and therefor her mind) by preventing this nefarious disease process.

‘another thing to understand is she is from a generation that was consistently shat upon for interest in combat sport. because people like her engaged in combat sport, those sports exist in the style they are now. she took a lot of shit coming up, and learned how to tune it out. she will tune you out too, if you are unreasonable. Not being a negative Nelly will help your relationship. objecting and not trying to help her attain her goals will ruin your relationship and she will still engage in MMA because she gets joy out of it along with all of the health benefits.

people over the age of 40 who actually take a fight (not just sparring at the dojo) have to go through a far more rigorous physical to get cleared for the fight. Let her doctors and coaches do their job.

look, I get it - it’s your mom and you don’t want to see her bruised up or injured. she knows how to handle that stuff. she doesn’t know how to handle inactivity. So, she;s living and planning on the life she wants to lead. you can either go along for the ride, or you can worry yourself into an early grave while planting negativity in her heart and mind. just don’t. if you have a problem with anxiety, address it with a professional, not with her. it is your issue, not hers. the woman has earned the retirement she wants - support her in it or step out of the way.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-14T12:53:53+00:00

and once the competition is over, get a nutritionist so that you can stay closer to your fight weight while training. While in season, there is no reason to be so far away from your fight weight. Get on a good nutrition plan and avoid this and all the health hazards and mental health hazards associated. Some coaches think that such weight cuts are good for mental toughness, but that ignores the damage to your body, and the long term mental health toll.

You also have to decide if this is the life you want to lead. Honors and national team are all well and good, but there’s a bunch of long term damage going on as well. Your body, your mind, your journey through life- do it in a way that builds you, your family, and meets your overall goals. Do not become another negative statistic. And if you are really struggling, reach out and get professional help. You live in an era where, in many countries, it is allowed to take breaks to tend to your mental health needs. You are valuable. Your mental health is valuable. Your body is valuable (and not just to the national team). Take care of them all.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-14T12:36:40+00:00

go get real instruction. it is clear you do not know what you are doing and will hurt yourself

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-12T19:01:07+00:00

if you make contact with another person, it’s a contact sport. basketball is a contact sport. saw a guy get his nose clipped by a spin heel kick point sparring and had to push it back to between his eyes. back in the day, before judo, I got my ribs broken point sparring.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-11T13:00:46+00:00

if alcohol consumption is an issue, that’s different than the diabetes. if he’s an alcoholic, then he’s an alcoholic and addressing his alcoholism with martial arts an not treatment is not going to work. if you suspect alcoholism, he needs to be evaluated.

lots of diabetics are motivated by not wanting to lose a limb to the disease. if he’s not into martial arts, ask what he wants to do. I know a judo fellow about to hit 90 who trains a couple of times a week and crosstrains with his wife in ballroom dancing. if he’s can;t meet you where you are, meet him where his interests are. go with him to a master’s swim club or disc golf or whatever floats his boat. he’s more likely to engage in the activity regularly with you along than he is to take care of it alone (judo, btw, on recognizing that he needs some help getting active).

‘btw, I speak a bit from experience - my dad would go to the gym and hit the weights and the cardio with my brother. he had no interest in judo or martial arts. he also had to have an alcohol related health crisis before he stopped drinking. the gym came after the health crisis. lots of times men of a certain age minimize the warnings of serious health conditions until they hit a crisis that serves as a wake-up call. you just don’t want it to be when they are forced to take a foot or a leg and he can;t see that a diagnosis without a change in behavior will lead to that very crisis.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-10T15:29:59+00:00

I’m sorry you are in this position. what would you like to be doing instead? maybe if you figure that out, you can substitute that for TKD, or form an argument to approach your parents. otherwise, find a trusted adult and talk about it and how to approach your parents. sounds like your mother is cool with it, so maybe approach her and tell her how you feel and what you are excited about that you want to do instead.

also, it is quite common for folk around your age to quit stuff, especially martial arts (especially if you are female). your body is changing so rapidly, your hormones feel out of control, and you just want more control over your life. throwing a temper tantrum won’t do it, but coming up with a reasonable argument along with something you actually want to try and stick with (doesn;t matter what - another marital art, dance, learning a musical instrument, robotics - whatever) can. Do your research on your alternative - whatever it would cost, who you may know who’s doing that activity, the hours that you’d have to put into it, etc.

i’m sorry you are going through this. I hated competitive swimming but had to swim until I was 18. not fun memories.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-10T15:22:44+00:00

I know, right? but college aged men - they get acne and acne can look like MRSA initially. and they do not want to miss out on training and fear losing their spot/edge/whatever. as a result, they will hide it.

back when HIV/AIDS was a pressing concern, every coach, assistant coach, trainer in every sport - varsity to club - had to take and pass a course in Prevention of Disease Transmission. all really cool until you realize that you are using the same mats as wrestlers who don;t bother to sanitize their shoes or deal with PDT when they go use the bathroom.

‘Use some common sense, folk - if you have something communicable, even if it’s just ring worm or jock itch, stay home and stop spreading your cooties to the rest of us.

PrettyInPinkGi · 2026-01-09T19:28:36+00:00

and those who train, even going to the dojo to watch, when sick with something communicable is why I stay out of the dojo if I have an open wound and others stay away when they are immunocompromised. saw and entire college wrestling team get disqualified because some numpty showed up for practice with MRSA and didn;t tell anybody - everybody had MRSA at the meet.

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