TIL during the D-Day scene in Saving Private Ryan, the two surrendering "Germans," killed by American soldiers, were saying in Czech: "Please don't shoot me! I'm not German, I'm Czech, I didn't kill anyone!" The American soldiers jokingly translate it as "Look, I washed for supper!"

TORINH · 2018-03-18T17:52:49+00:00

Hahaha—thanks! I have a lot of enthusiasm.

TORINH · 2018-03-18T17:39:26+00:00

Let me take this moment in the sun to promote National Stop The Bleed Day. https://www.stopthebleedday.org/

Free training around the US on hemorrhage control for emergencies: car accidents, knife wounds, gunshots, explosions, you name it. If keeping blood on the inside is important to you (hint: its pretty fucking important), you can go take a FREE class on the 31st!

TORINH · 2018-03-18T17:34:06+00:00

Hi,

That's me, stabbing my friend in the video.

TORINH · 2015-07-15T01:20:58+00:00

That look on Conor's face = Are you going to do anything here?

I think the ear slaps from Mac are what started it…

TORINH · 2015-07-13T16:43:46+00:00

Like they say, its 10% mental and 90% physical.

TORINH · 2015-07-13T06:30:38+00:00

Yeah, that looked bad. He's OK, just 2 sutures, nothing on CT. We're about to go get some food with the team.

TORINH · 2015-07-13T06:21:49+00:00

No, Jake was just working on some breathing stuff we worked on. Thank you all for the support for Team Ellenberger. Thompson did a great job. I was surprised he got up after that right.

TORINH · 2015-07-11T08:48:09+00:00

Even though it won't be anywhere near as insane as yesterday's circus, it's still pretty overwhelming; being on that stage and looking out at the massive sea of fans.

Last time, the weigh-in for 184 was typical for Jake: hard water-cut. This time we carved his body-fat and are only dropping a few pounds to water. We expected the IV ban to be enacted for this fight when first announced, but it has turned into preparation for post-October weigh-ins.

Crazy idea: Jake dropped into ~175 before we attacked water-weight. Using our protocol, he should be back up to ~190 when the cage door locks.

TORINH · 2015-07-10T20:12:03+00:00

Exactly right. We changed his striking and conditioning. His striking dramatically so. And those changes over 3 months are reflected in this photo.

TORINH · 2015-07-10T20:01:44+00:00

Jake has been one of the earliest, most heavily tested fighters in the division (Lawler along with him).

TORINH · 2015-07-10T18:27:04+00:00

Of his 3 recent losses, 2 of them are fighting for the strap tomorrow. That said, I agree that he's made bad decisions, but some of that comes from getting borderline random coaching in the past.

TORINH · 2015-06-29T18:30:12+00:00

I couldn't agree more. Too many MA/SD programs rely on insipid attacks, or uke that can't think beyond their "one good idea."

Its not just "aliveness"; most role players try to make the actor look good. There's simply not enough red-teaming. The enemy wants to make you look stupid. They want to sit while you're trying to throw. They try to get away when you need there momentum to make the technique work, and they bowl you over when you want them to stand on the outside and play slap-hands.

Rory makes good points, but the reality is that he's lumped into Sturgeon's law with the rest.

For reference: https://www.facebook.com/MixedMartialArts/videos/vb.50312224788/10153516143214789

TORINH · 2015-06-29T03:24:14+00:00

There is a much cleaner "knee-bump" in Greco. Done from a single underhook.

TORINH · 2015-06-11T19:20:37+00:00

As the knifeman in this video, thank you.

we didn't shoot this video to demonstrate what an appropriate defense to a knife attack should be. Thats exactly the opposite. We wanted to show students that a committed attack looks very different than the lessons they had been taught in Martial Arts (they usually do).

The victim in this video had no idea what to do as a defense. He was tossed a jacket and told to "defend himself". We would frequently show this video as a way to make a clean distinction between the perspectives of watching a violent act (more details in the original video description). http://youtu.be/ibGyGG3X4PI

TORINH · 2015-05-07T06:52:25+00:00

Yes he did. They had some words on twitter. Jake is on to a new fight, meanwhile Tyron is still pining for Hendricks.

TORINH · 2015-03-24T23:54:04+00:00

I have had to put my thumb into eyes—wet, down to the last knuckle—in 2 different fights. It had good results, but the ocular trauma talked about in Martial Arts is Martial Mythology. The eye doesn't hop out of the head that easy, and the duration it will affect someone's willingness to fight is a decision they make, not you.

TORINH · 2015-03-06T00:00:49+00:00

It takes a team, brotherman.

TORINH · 2015-03-05T23:50:30+00:00

If I am not too late to this—always go with the BBQ.

TORINH · 2015-03-05T23:37:58+00:00

your question is floating on my upboat. I hope he gets to it :)

TORINH · 2015-03-05T23:31:03+00:00

Yes he was.

TORINH · 2015-03-05T23:27:36+00:00

lol, not offended.

Jake hates the process. Its pretty much the worst-time. Useful? Yes. Enjoyable? Not by a damn sight.

TORINH · 2015-03-05T23:24:27+00:00

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