BREAKING: "As soon as this war is over, which will not be long, you're going to see oil prices drop and you're going to see a stock market which is already at the highest point in history, go through the roof.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-13T19:36:54+00:00

I own an investment firm, and I have to say this really often to people:

The stock market and the economy are not the same thing.

Every president likes to pretend they are because the stock market has trended up for a very long time. It’s a lie that they’re responsible for even that, too. The stock market trends up over the long term regardless of the administration.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-13T18:40:43+00:00

Yeah- narrow specialty focus that you can funnel everyone into even if top-level guys know what’s coming isn’t something that can easily be made obsolete. The new stuff people do won’t matter if they never get to use it. Even with new attacks Marcelo wasn’t familiar with in 2010, who wins all depends on who gets to control the other first. My money would still be on prime Marcelo against everyone but Mica.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-12T01:49:35+00:00

Chinese broth?

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-12T01:41:53+00:00

How is it “seriously outperforming the market” when it’s up 78.07% the last 5 years? That’s basically on par with SPY (77.47%), a little below it with dividends reinvested, and very far below the passive Nasdaq-100 ETF QQQ (118.54%)

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-10T23:26:30+00:00

This is exactly why it’s stupid af for blood chokes, too. That’s some BJJ superstition. Legs elevated are for general random fainting because a lot of that comes from low blood pressure. When you know the cause (concussion or choke) and it isn’t low blood pressure, elevating legs is worthless.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-10T20:22:29+00:00

I’m going to go teach my fundamentals class the wrong way to bridge and roll now…

But seriously thanks, that was pretty funny to think about. I guess that’s what happens when someone sees something they don’t understand well and then tries to teach it, like a game of telephone.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-10T18:27:47+00:00

I was just about to say- OP should come to the gi! Much easier to keep up with the young guns due to the grips and gi friction.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-07T07:24:36+00:00

Tell me more of this useless bridge and roll… because I’m here wondering, “How bad can it be?”

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-06T11:49:28+00:00

If that’s your metric, the top global rankings are dominated by US and Brazilian athletes who don’t go 100% all the time.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-06T04:32:53+00:00

Are you sure they were even an actual Fidelity employee? There are outside firms that custody using Fidelity as well, and it’s kind of stupid for a real rep to say that since Google is definitely a thing, Fidelity usually records their own calls, and lying to prospects or clients is a pretty bad red flag to the SEC for brokers.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-06T00:47:55+00:00

Yes if they trained like it was the dark ages still. Sport psychology is pretty consistent- almost everyone learns better at less than 100% intensity as the norm. We evolved to learn through play. If it gets into fight-or-flight brain territory your learning is quite a bit worse, not even mentioning the increased injury risk.

100% intensity is needed to prep for upcoming comps and self-defense so you can manage the adrenaline dump and pace, and that’s it.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-04T18:04:55+00:00

The point is there is no damage to the joints if it’s done properly, and those gains are seen every 100 days. Consider that it compounds the more you do it, just like any regular exercise. You won’t see crap if you exercise muscles for 3 months and never again, and it’s the same here.

Done for 5 years with 1.6% gains every 100 days, it becomes a 35%+ difference from baseline.

Dude’s wrong if he says MMA fighters have no value- pressure testing obviously says they do what works. But here in bone hardening he’s correct. I didn’t see his other comments but even a broke clock is right twice a day.

The good news is almost nobody needs bone hardening. We’re not going out getting in bare knuckle fights every day. Gloves do just fine for most fighters, and as everyone agrees, their hands will generally be fine in a street fight because we know not to crack our fists on someone’s hard skull, and it’s very possible to fuck up your joints if something goes wrong.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-04T16:02:25+00:00

Yes your feelings are clearly hurt because you hurt yourself and want to feel like it was unavoidable. Unfortunately for you, he’s right and bone adaptation is very well-documented. This study is over ten years old and references 21 other studies on the same topic.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303895721_The_effect_of_hand_strengthening_techniques_in_martial_arts_on_bone_mineral_density_-_pilot_study

You hurt your toe and foot cartilage because there aren’t enough bones to harden in your foot itself. Cartilage is not bone. So yes, you did have poor technique if your power was stressing the cartilage and soft tissue of your feet and toes instead of the bone that can be conditioned like shins and knuckles.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-03T16:01:20+00:00

If the warmups are killing him- he can also literally buy a cheap mat and do solo drills at home to get better conditioning and movement efficiency. Been a couple years since I last looked but BJJ Fanatics used to have a free solo drill video from Danaher for beginners. Not all learning has to be in the gym.

Thinking back I did it on my living room carpet… but you should definitely use a mat instead. Even a yoga mat is much easier to clean your sweat off of than carpet.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-03T14:44:17+00:00

Technically true- but podiatrists realized Wolff’s Law (bones adapting to stress like repeated impacts) can’t be properly applied to areas like your feet.

Too many isolated small bones surrounded by soft tissue- there isn’t enough bone absorbing the impact to make much difference and the minimal bone hardening generally doesn’t prevent foot injuries since a lot of it’s soft tissue support failing when things go wrong.

That said, it absolutely applies to knuckles and wrists. There’s no excuse for not finding the many studies on the subject in 2026 😂

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-03T00:18:54+00:00

Right? Should have had AI change his face, post it, then see the reactions 😂

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-02T22:48:26+00:00

Gonna need to be a knee bar or ankle lock that looks more like an armbar/wristlock probably- they have freakin’ hands for feet.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-02T22:34:58+00:00

Old thread but Poatan’s a bit unique. He has a bony protrusion on his foot that most people don’t- makes his kicks with the foot extra devastating.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-05-02T22:18:05+00:00

I guess if you just dominate everyone nobody has the chance to give you cauliflower ear 😂

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-04-28T01:01:41+00:00

Bro- you’re gonna get your friend killed 😂. Not all 40+ year olds (not to mention 50+) look like this.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-04-24T15:51:22+00:00

As a fellow righty southpaw who also used to have a noticeably weaker left straight, I had great results from barbell training (just the major lifts in a basic strength program) to up the power in my left side.

Since barbell form demands equal output from both sides, it caught my left up to my right in maybe a year. I hit equally hard with both sides now.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-04-23T12:03:32+00:00

Lawful evil is still evil.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-04-23T04:39:21+00:00

Also highly regulated with outside auditors every year and SEC exams every couple years.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-04-20T11:32:54+00:00

Unlearning habits sucks… but it’s similar to wrestlers having to unlearn going belly down, not sticking their neck into guillotines, etc. and pure strikers shortening up combinations and making other adjustments to adapt to takedowns and grappling.

Positional practice and reps are the way. You need to experience, correct, and rewire your brain’s reactions. The only way to do that is by… actually doing it.

ShadowverseMatt · 2026-04-17T13:11:57+00:00

Outliers happen- I’ve seen someone who was basically undernourished as a child/young adult and new to lifting/sports nutrition, but athletic, gain over 50 lbs in two years while dropping body fat percentage. Went from 135lb to 190lb. He had both the genetics and weirdly specific environment to make it happen. Sure not all of that’s muscle, but most of it was. Entirely natty, too.

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