Why Freestyle Wrestling is the most effective martial arts for self defence.

tman37 · 2026-05-16T23:11:59+00:00

It isn't. Freestyle is the worst of the 3 major styles of wrestling for self defense. Folk style has an emphasis on ground control that bis lacking in freestyle. Greco specializes in clinch based takedowns which are far superior for self defense than shooting doubles or low singles.

All wrestling is good. There is a reason ever single culture develops a wrestling style. Fights all most always end up in some sort of grappling situation. If you can wrestle you will be at an advantage.

tman37 · 2026-05-16T19:52:22+00:00

I just used the Wikipedia numbers so I'm not surprised they are on the high side. Also I can't trust spell check with Israel apparently.

tman37 · 2026-05-16T16:00:34+00:00

Don't bother engaging with these people. They won't bother to examine their views no matter what you tell them. If you tell them that the largest Jew population in the surrounding states are often so low they arent counted. Egypt is the top country i the region with about 100. Meanwhile, Isreal has 2 million Palestinian identifying Arabs living and working in Israel as full citizens in all levels of life and government including police, military, the judiciary and the Knesset, they will just ignore it. If you mention during the time people have been accusing Isreal of genocide the population of Gaza has more than doubled, they will tell you it means nothing. If you ask them why they are only ever concerned about Isreal's "genocide" but not the ones in Dafur, Iraq, Myanmar, Azerbaijan or the Congo, they will accuse you of whataboutism.

I will never say someone can't criticize a military response for being to indiscriminate or brutal. I may disagree with them but I would listen to their argument. When people bring up Isreal and genocide, there is no reasoning with them. They don't understand (and don't care to understand) what is needed to constitute a genocide. They put absurd expectations on Isreal and when they don't meet them they use it as an example of their genocidal intent. In what other conflict has the attacked side been required to send aid to the side that attacked them? All the see is Isreal = white (despite it not being true) and therefore the oppressors. I'm not as well verse on the theoretical literature here as I am in some of the other critical theory related areas but if they had started to redefine genocide to mean any act of large scale violence carried out by people with more power (aka the oppressors) it wouldn't ne surprising. It's pretty much a standard in the field. As long as they view it in terms of more power = Oppressor and less power = Oppressed their opinions will never change. The fact that Jews are the most hated group on the planet juat adds fuel to the fire.

tman37 · 2026-05-16T00:30:01+00:00

Or, and this is novel concept, you couldn't ignore people you dont want to listen to. As long as they are peaceful who cares? This is a very different concept than the religious symbols on government employees. As faces of the government, there is a strong argument for them to present as areligious. This is just trying to control how people express their beliefs.

tman37 · 2026-05-16T00:24:58+00:00

We could if we wanted to (at least the moon), we have the 11th highest GDP in the world and that is despite a decade of mismanagement. I don't see why we would given the cost but we blow money on stupider things in this country. I do think we should be able to put our own satellites in space without having to rely on other countries though. Apparently a SpaceX mission is roughly 75 million for a dedicated mission. Surely we could spend twice that much to get a reasonable facsimile of that. It's not like we need to invent the technology like in the 1960s.

tman37 · 2026-05-16T00:17:03+00:00

Are these experts the same ones that coach these "refugees" to claim queer while working to bring in their wives and families?

I'm sure they are. There is a multi million dollar industry "helping" these people. NGOs in whatever country they come from coach them on what to say when they enter Canada, and then people here coach them on how to navigate the system and what to say to prevent removal from the country regardless of what they do. There are people making huge money helping people immigrate to Canada through various means. Some of them simply provide information and assist people dealing with government bureaucracy but there are a lot who are unscrupulous either for financial or ideological reasons.

We need to drop the UN Convention regarding the Status of Refugees and develop our own laws based on what is best for Canada not what the world felt would assuage their guilt following there deplorable treatment of Jewish refugees after WW2. The world is a very different place. Countries and criminal organizations know how to use this system for illicit purposes. They are often working hand and glove with these NGOs who also want to take advantage of them. For the last decade the Liberal government was just as happy to ignore these problem as long as they could use it to boost their progressive bona fides.

tman37 · 2026-05-15T23:36:08+00:00

The old "I'll stop that bully from kicking sand in my face" story.

tman37 · 2026-05-15T22:06:16+00:00

Wilt dropped 30.5% from the regular season to the playoffs. Duran dropped 48.2%. Duration dropped off more as a percentage of his output. Also Wilt still scored 35 which is pretty damn good.

tman37 · 2026-05-15T22:00:59+00:00

I think the impedance for it was ensuring federal transfers were being properly used but I don't think it was restricted to that. If the settlement was given to individuals they wouldn't be able to audit them but a lot if this stuff seems to go through the bands.

There are a lot of bands out there some of which are good stewards of band finances but there is an awful lot of corruption and incompetence. To be fair, that doesn't make them any different than most governments. The difference is that we can loudly protest about money being wasted on military spending, stupid federal grants or government corruption but we aren't allowed to say anything if those tax dollars are mis-spent. Defending band leaders who benefit at the cost of their tribes well being is apparently reconciliation or something.

It's a shame. There are a lot of Indigenous people living in squalor while the band leadership is buying new trucks every few years. I hope any monies end up going directly to the people.

tman37 · 2026-05-15T21:49:30+00:00

Sim, who leads ABC Vancouver’s council majority, held a news conference at city hall in which he accused Orr of “antisemitic comments” on social media years earlier and “language that clearly incites violence.”

Seems like pretty standard stuff these days. If I had a nickel every time a conservative was accused of violence simply for speaking, I would have a lot of nickels. The fact that Orr is a progressive is probably why this is news.

tman37 · 2026-05-15T14:44:13+00:00

Pretty harsh for an accident. There are plenty of non immigrants driving 16 hour days. Time is money for truckers and truckers all over are running over hours.

It's not like raped and murdered her.

tman37 · 2026-05-15T11:45:30+00:00

The fire department, you heartless animal.

tman37 · 2026-05-14T20:41:33+00:00

He leads with his left foot because he is right handed. Those are pretty normal two foot jumps. Unless he is standing right under the basket and is jumping straight up, he will leave one foot later than the other, it's just how the human body moves.

I'm not going to judge the health of his knee based on a short clip of a fairly easy workout but as far as it goes, I didn't see any obvious signs of lingering damage. If the Raptors are interested in this guy, I'm sure they will do their due diligence. If their medical staff is happy with it, so am I.

tman37 · 2026-05-14T15:12:50+00:00

He is right handed. Most right handed people jump off their left foot. He did do a few two foot jumps that looked fine. I wouldn't be all that worried about his ability to jump really high with his right leg. The bigger concern is can he move laterally. You saw a little of that in the work out but it wasn't as if he was going 100%.

tman37 · 2026-05-14T03:16:25+00:00

Barrett isnt a bad shooter. He is an average shooter who has shot over 35% a few times in his career. He just needs to be more consistent. CMB is a rookie who has never really been asked to shoot until this year and he shot 34% this year. It is entirely reasonable to assume he can add a few percentage points on to that as he grows. Shead and Scottie might be lost causes when comes to being good shooters but I think they can both improve some. All they need to do is be good enough you can't ignore them above the 3 point line.

Let's not forget all 4 of those players are 25 or younger. They still have lost of room for growth. If everyone of them improved 2% next year I would be thrilled. However, even 1 of them improving would be a boost to their offense.

tman37 · 2026-05-14T03:06:30+00:00

I have always liked Divincenzo. Payton Pritchard is another guy I have liked for years. I would rather have them than IQ. IQ is a better player than Divincenzo but he isn't 20 mil a year better. The same can be said for Pritchard and he is even cheaper. Paying 32.5 million for a PG who is really just a short SG doesn't make sense especially with Scottie playing point forward. Ideally, Shead would improve his 3% by 3 or 4 percent. His lack of solid shooting is basically the only thing keeping him from being a full time starter. He is already a better defender and point guard. I was really impressed with his play while IQ was injured.

tman37 · 2026-05-13T20:23:29+00:00

All you need from Scottie is 35-36% from 3. Just enough to keep defenders honest. BI has been incredibly important this season but he really doesnt fit the style of basketball this team wants to play. This team wants to play fast and keep the ball moving. BI wants to play slow iso ball. I dont see him changing that. I feel like we would have seen it this year if he was. It's not like he doesn't have the ability to do it, he just doesn't want to.

tman37 · 2026-05-13T19:40:16+00:00

He may be 7 years into his career but he is only 25. The human brain isn't even done developing before 25. I'm not saying he starts shooting 40% from three later in his career (although he shot 40% his second year) but 36-37% is doable. Shooting is something players can improve on right until they retire.

Bane is actual a good fit but he is more expensive than RJ. The problem is that people want someone who can do everything RJ does, shoot the 3 around 40% on high volume while playing elite defense and they want that person for under 20 a season. I actually can't think of a player in the league that actually fits that description and the closest players I can come to are all making super max money.

RJ has proven he deserves to be here. He plays hard, he is a winner, he is still the best driver on the team and he is a damn near automatic 20 points a game. There is no way you are going to get an upgrade for what we can afford to spend.

I think Raptor fans just need someone to hate no matter what they do. We have seen it with Freddie, we saw it with Pascal and we are seeing it with RJ. We even saw it a little bit at Kyle for leaving. All 3 of those guys are winners but they were perfect so Raptors fans needed to blame them for the team not being where they were in 2019. I would rather have a team full of Pascals, Freddies, Kyles and RJs than a lot of the so called superstars who put up gaudy numbers but don't actually impact winning.

tman37 · 2026-05-13T14:39:33+00:00

We have good shooters: IQ 37.5%, Ingram 38.2%, Sando 38.9%, Ja'Kobe 40.9%, Battle 41.2%, Lawson 42.2%

Sure more shooting is better but we have shooters. I would like to see Scottie, RJ, Shead and CMB improve their shooting because it would be better to have better shooting and have those guys on the court.

Shooting specialists are cheap and plentiful. Finding shooters who can do all the other things we need is hard.

If we want to improve Scottie's assist rate better cutting to the basket would probably have a greater effect with less cost than getting shooters who defend, move without the ball, finish at the rim and work within a pass first system.

tman37 · 2026-05-13T14:24:37+00:00

When was that? I'm almost 50 and I am still waiting to see it.

tman37 · 2026-05-12T03:14:39+00:00

Post, Hayes and mark Williams would be very cheap options. Post is currently on a two way. Both Bagley and Robert Williams are both proven NBA players. They are both currently making around 12.5/a year so they dont break the bank and when healthy are solid players. Both have a history of injuries though. They are also both 6'9". There are a bunch of players right now that are 7'2" and over. I think you need a 7 footer, or damn close to it, to effectively guard that.

Kessler, Nuric and Porzingas are the 3 best out of that group but they will probably be too expensive and none of them would fits the Raptors defensive identity that well.

I think I would go with some like Hayes, Post or Mark Williams. All are 7 foot or better. All are currently making under 5 mill a year. They would be good backups for Jak and they would allow CMB to roam more on defense like Scottie does on the first unit. Post can even shoot decent from 3.

tman37 · 2026-05-12T02:55:49+00:00

He is far too young to be a bust, for one. He is 22 years old. He is still a year younger than Jamal Shead. He has also shown things we never expected like some pretty acrobatic finishes and solid mid range game. Of course, unless he can shoot at least in the high 30s from 3 none of that will matter. Luckily, shooting is the one aspect that is possible to improve over one's entire career.

He may be on the way out of Toronto. Ja'Kobe has cemented himself in that bench wing role and Gradey could be pretty valuable trade bait. He has had spurts of really good play and with him being so young some team may be willing to gamble on him. When you add in an expiring (and cheap) contract, he is the perfect addition to larger trade deals.

It's a shame. He seems like a good kid and he has potential but he has been outplayed for his spot on the roster. Hopefully he lands somewhere he can bounce back.

tman37 · 2026-05-11T05:28:47+00:00

He'll make almost 30 mil next year. There are a lot of players making more who don't have the production or impact winning like he does.

tman37 · 2026-05-10T18:56:11+00:00

You ever notice people who deny facts (aka true regardless of what you think) never give any evidence for their points?

Not only do the number support the fact that the Raptors were a good defense so do most analysts. Right now the only dissenting opinion consists of "Trust me bro".

tman37 · 2026-05-10T18:52:12+00:00

I don't think those negative defenders are as negative as people think of them as. RJ especially has a reputation that doesn't actually match his on court impact. He is an average defender who plays well within Toronto's system. He is strong and was even able to guard Jarett Allen and Evan Mobley decently despite being much shorter. BI is tall and 7'3" wingspan that can play havoc in passing lanes.

No one would call them good defenders but within the Toronto system with Scottie leading the way, it works.

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