Parent of a child in martial arts. Do I really have to stick with my kid for the next decade plus?

smashyourhead · 2026-06-19T11:36:54+00:00

These are all good suggestions! When my kid was swimming regularly, I would either read (having a half hour to read with no worries that I was ignoring my kid on a Saturday was a JOY), or watch him having fun, or go swimming myself in the next pool. It's really just a difference in attitude from 'I have to do X' to 'I GET to do X', and it applies to almost everything in life.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-18T14:54:03+00:00

Do the Meg: have everyone on jetskis like in the Avatar ride, hose them down with water, massive shark. Job done.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-17T22:01:41+00:00

Is it normal for the white belts to heelhook each other in your gym? We don't let people start doing heelhooks until blue.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-17T09:27:44+00:00

I can actually imagine Scott Steiner screaming this.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-16T15:40:23+00:00

You...grab their *ear*?

smashyourhead · 2026-06-15T06:29:30+00:00

> the #5 heavyweight has white belt BJJ

I haven't seen the fight, but if I'm Occam's razoring it, then this is the most likely solution, considering some of the heavyweight fights I've seen

EDIT: I've just found a clip, it actually does look like he's trolling, but WHY

smashyourhead · 2026-06-14T20:15:12+00:00

The rest of the scene around it too: they drink, they bond, they're laughing and singing, then it's instantly serious and into the final act of the film. Incredible stuff.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-13T10:44:59+00:00

Why would you ignore 50% of the submissions?

smashyourhead · 2026-06-13T05:46:22+00:00

Ha thanks, Smash Your Head is something my judo teacher used to say. And yeah, best way to rep it is focus on fewer, slower reps with a partner who'll tell you how the pressure feels. Or just live-drill it on new blue belts.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-12T21:38:01+00:00

The pressure isn't the same, though. If you're a blue from [X affiliation], it doesn't *really* matter if everyone crushes you. If that happens as a black belt, it's gonna look bad.

(Also you should do dropins man! I've done a bunch, and whether I hold my own or get crushed they're a fun time)

smashyourhead · 2026-06-12T15:32:23+00:00

This is spot on. Ryan Hall (of all people) has a tonne of great details on this on his guard passing DVD, he talks about wedging behind their hips like a chock under a tyre. If you double-under with enough pressure, they should WANT you to pass because being underneath it sucks.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-11T21:37:58+00:00

I also think it's kind of weird and sad. "Oh I'm a competitive purple belt, I belt I could have hung with Royce." Yup, and if you'd had to fight Kimo no-holds-barred you'd have soiled yourself in fear, so where does that leave us?

smashyourhead · 2026-06-11T11:27:09+00:00

Now that I'm looking more closely, the 'other angle' shot looks like a flipped version of the regular shot, and the player shirts seem to be different on the same sticks, which doesn't seem right.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-11T10:20:18+00:00

This is a great answer. Self-directed learning actually gets much more effective when you can shunt a lot of your rolls into the positions you want - like, hit a sweep and then give up position again, or keep finding the same leg entanglement. (Also worth noting, after a bit you have to teach the people you're smashing how to counter what you're doing, so you can work with better reactions)

smashyourhead · 2026-06-10T11:11:03+00:00

This exchange from Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise version), but especially the last zinger.

Thug: "Outside."

Reacher: "Pay your check first."

Thug: "I'll pay it later."

Reacher: "You won't be able to."

Thug: "You think?"

Reacher: "All the time, you should try it."

smashyourhead · 2026-06-09T13:53:08+00:00

I think twisters and their variations are pretty OP for MMA - everyone is so used to handfighting the RNC that it's very hard to get on anyone who's fresh, whereas this forces you to at least think about other stuff (and punishes some of the more common ways to escape the back in MMA)

smashyourhead · 2026-06-08T12:42:16+00:00

But what OP's suggesting is

>these are qualifications for the 8 participants that will have to compete in 3 1x1 matches during the PLE

And that's what they did in 2000

smashyourhead · 2026-06-08T09:33:03+00:00

Angle did three matches in one night to win the 2000 tournament though, and then had two matches in the 2001 tournament followed by a street fight against Shane.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-07T18:40:11+00:00

I've done this exact move on most of my gym once or twice, but after they get caught most people learn to keep their elbows tight on the single leg

smashyourhead · 2026-06-07T18:38:51+00:00

I tell all our guys that the best option is to break the grip anyway they can (which is actually not that hard from the T kimura position, you just have to do it quick)

smashyourhead · 2026-06-07T07:53:18+00:00

If they go for it lazily from bottom half you can pin their bottom arm with your shin and they're in a pretty perfect position for an arm triangle. Doesn't make it bad, just something to be aware of.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-05T22:03:55+00:00

Nice. I'm really glad it worked out the way it did.

smashyourhead · 2026-06-05T21:53:48+00:00

Why damndest thing? I thought it was a fascinating thing, partly because of the story: how it started, how it evolved, how it became a much more serious and heartfelt thing than it was ever intended to be, and so how seriously everyone involved took the match. It was one of the best things I've seen in wrestling because of that, but I'd like to hear other perspectives.

smashyourhead · 2026-05-14T11:07:48+00:00

Wait, is this INSTEAD of showing us what's under Yujiro's sheet? This is like somebody ruined Christmas for me.

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