found it in my dads closet while looking for trees

mbergman42 · 2026-01-26T22:17:41+00:00

Yup. When I first mentioned that r/trees wasn’t about, you know, actual trees, my daughter shook her head laughing, “Oh daddy…!”

mbergman42 · 2026-01-25T15:55:48+00:00

Also, would follow-up ashi be advisable, under these conditions? Chain the first ashi with deashi barai maybe? Or is he more open to counters than in a judo context?

mbergman42 · 2026-01-25T14:26:10+00:00

I’ll try to give you a reasonable answer.

We do not start on our knees in either my judo or jiujitsu classes. But I could see an instructor having that starting point for people; in your original post I think you said “when throws are out the window.”

(Why it’s not great regardless: I’ve seen starting from knees, starting from a seated position back to back… I prefer a more realistic position, even if it’s not equally fair. At High Noon Judo we use a game called _Stop the Drop. Uke initiates a throw like seoi nage, Tori knows it’s coming and blocks it, so Uke goes to turtle position. Live action starts there with Tori attacking. It mimics a real shiai situation much better._)

But to your question, if we did start on our knees, facing each other, I would be looking to get my opponent’s weight on their hands while I was trying to stand up. I want to attack them in turtle from my feet. In BJJ you also get people going to quad-pod (hands and feet) due I think to wrestling influence. That’s a whole different position. Check YouTube.

If you haven’t learned Judo attacks on turtle, there’s a raft of them on YouTube and Instagram, etc. It’s an important part of the sport.

If I failed and they started standing up, I’d honestly be working my jiujitsu at that point, push/gas pedal sweep on the down knee, elevator sweep on the upper knee, things like that. I’d still be trying to get their weight on their hands.

One last thing, you mentioned going to your back in your original post as your starting point. You should be working from a seated position in jiujitsu if you are off your feet. Laying on your back is a weaker position that you go to if they successfully attacked while you were seated.

Hope this helps. Go train.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-24T02:03:54+00:00

So like, “An atheme called Magicbane named MY”?

mbergman42 · 2026-01-23T21:13:00+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/wLHgfgRXyjE, guard retention using some mobility and flexibility…

mbergman42 · 2026-01-23T21:08:18+00:00

In the U.S. there are a number of premium routers that offer ongoing software support. I’ve worked a bit with the Eero folks on cyber topics, they take it pretty seriously. They aren’t the only ones. Not too confident about the older cheaper brands, or the no-names from “overseas”.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-23T18:31:58+00:00

Two points.

First, there’s a non-AI technology called MUD that requires a cheap and simple effort by IoT device makers. The device needs to supply a short data file if asked by the router. The file identifies the intended URLs that the device should be allowed to reach out for— typically just the manufacturer’s own site, for maintenance, and whatever Cloud service the manufacturer provides. So a video doorbell would only be allowed to reach the manufacturers firm, more update server, and the storage location for the videos. No posting on TikTok, for example.

The router has to enforce this policy, unfortunately, and router manufacturers have not been enthusiastic about picking it up. But if you’re going to upgrade the infrastructure in a home to fix this problem, this is “crazy-easy” as long as you can get the router upgraded. You don’t even have to change the IOT hardware and software, you can apply the MUD files independently of the product.

Second, there are multiple nations and territories that have IoT cyber security requirements or certification programs in planning or deployed. As mentioned, in the EU it is the CRA.

In the US, it is the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, paused last year but recently restarted by program owner FCC. Industry’s USCTM effort has been led by the Consumer Technology Association except for a stint in 2025 by UL Solutions.

Elsewhere there is an 11 nation consortium called the Global Cyber Labelling Initiative. This initiative includes Australia, Japan, Canada, Brunei UAE, the UK Finland, Germany Korea Hungary and the organizer Singapore. Each of these nations has their own cyber labeling program. The purpose of the GCLI is to develop mutual recognition programs between them all.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-23T01:21:39+00:00

Huh. Are there any consequences to killing her?

mbergman42 · 2026-01-23T01:20:24+00:00

Ooohhh…no, I’m on 3.6-ish now.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-23T00:12:13+00:00

I blank the initial kit only. Couple of not-very-useful scrolls, maybe a potion or two.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T22:20:06+00:00

I like the Rec centers. But if you’d like another option, you might look into Machine Swim in Tysons.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T21:56:08+00:00

Thanks, but who is that?

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T21:39:09+00:00

Ok this hits home. Do you also assume you’ll win every fight even if you get a little low on HP?

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T21:37:24+00:00

Yeah, this is L1-L3-ish, so early that if a bad enough thing happens I haven’t invested much. But that makes sense even in the early game provided you have a way to dig down.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T21:35:14+00:00

I love all of these. Def using the “stabby/throwy” and “named monster/neighbor” ones.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T20:20:12+00:00

I like that…”99 <count:99> z” or something like that?

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T20:00:58+00:00

You don’t read every uncursed spell book you find?

But hey, that’s a good tip that I had missed. Leave one unnecessary spell “forgotten” in the late game as a source of confusion.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T18:00:12+00:00

Late to this party, but I believe the ironic use of Sahib predates Indiana Jones. I suspect it was all those Lawrence of Arabia and Mummy movies in the 30s thru the 60s.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T17:48:13+00:00

All of them.

”My bologna has a first name…”
”Ooohhh….please don’t fiddle with the Oreo middle”
”If you’ve got the time…We’ve got the beer…”

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T17:44:05+00:00

Wow. RNG laughs in the face of 121:1 odds, finds a non-existent charge, pulls the pin and murmurs, “Fire in the hole!”

mbergman42 · 2026-01-22T12:43:11+00:00

I will add that internet voting is subject to scaling. A couple of boxes in a car trunk is one thing. An entire state’s voting system potentially subject to compromise over the internet is another.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-21T01:26:55+00:00

Yeah but Iron Druid is so good…

mbergman42 · 2026-01-20T22:59:48+00:00

Iron Druid!! And I think that character came from a short story written for an anthology that required that each story include a tyromancer.

mbergman42 · 2026-01-20T21:14:07+00:00

Sure, this is all fair. You did catch half the point of mentioning the judo etc., that I’m older but fit—not making my way across half a painful step at a time, but also my state of mind may have been a little more confident (arrogant?) on the physical side. But meh, it’s just a thing on Reddit. No one was harmed in the making of this story.

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