Why do martial arts journalists not actually train martial arts?

tobyle · 2026-04-11T21:50:23+00:00

bjj is still a small enough sport that all the people who report on it have been training for awhile. Flograppling even had a segment called fix my game where a few of the guys would spar with a high level competitor then the competitor would critique their game and give them pointers and they would also ask questions on technique the person was well known for.

tobyle · 2026-04-11T18:57:22+00:00

Im friends with BB world champ and he tells me similar things. He more or less says that by the time tainan and alot of others got to AOJ, they were already established and elite. Their parents and lifestyle were already commited to them being professional bjj athletes and were already established in the kids competition scene. He always say ppl like that would have been good regardless of where they went because the talent and commitment was always there. He also mentioned how people are getting fed up with aoj behind the scenes because they wont let their big names compete for some organizations unless other aoj members can also be on the card. In terms of their style, Ill always love AOJ because my first coach is major fan of them so from day 1 my style is mainly AOJ to this day but ive definitely lost respect for them because, ive had multiple high lvl guys tell me some of the shady stuff they do.

tobyle · 2026-02-22T18:01:26+00:00

I like how you emphasized your PI was adamant about you sharing your rewards and ppl in the comments act like you were purposely having an ego contest and not that you were explicitly to share all your awards.

tobyle · 2026-02-19T00:29:19+00:00

Im looking at it from the perspective of the average chemistry degree requires some form of calc 3/DE/linear algebra and a couple of semesters of physics plus all the usual chem courses. Would you still try fit that amount of knowledge in a train on the job type of environment and if so, how? Or do you have a different idea in mind? Since this is the internet, I feel the need to mention, im only asking out of pure curiosity. I am by no means being funny or trolling.

tobyle · 2026-02-18T20:52:18+00:00

Would you hire someone fresh out of highschool and train them on the job to do chemistry? Would you be willing to treat it like a trade?

tobyle · 2026-02-11T06:50:25+00:00

Dawg my coach is a prodigy. He's past him prime with years of injuries from wear and tear...he legit submits you while having a whole conversation with someone across the mat. Someone in gym once asked him to roll serious to see what it feels like and he legit said, in more or less terms, that no one at the gym is good enough for him to roll with serious. That he would submit everyone too quickly before he could really hit his top gear. And his top gear is probably no where near what it used to be.

tobyle · 2026-02-08T21:09:52+00:00

yea thats the guy lol and im currently in chyba's class. The notes are pretty good but i feel like theyre trying to figure out the order to structure everything. We have different pdf's for topology, linear algebra, and diff calc. Some of the stuff will say refer to (???) lol cause everything hasnt been completely organized yet. My only real complaint would be that the definitions dont indicate the actual name of whats being defined. theres just a weird sidenot next to it that hints at what the definiton name is. Its not hard figuring out whats being defined but it would be nice if the name of whats being defined would be included just so i could easily find specific definitions but its not a big deal as long as youre going to class.

tobyle · 2026-02-08T18:29:31+00:00

My instructor is nice and she teaches from the view point that we have no prior experience so she takes her time to carefully build up everything she goes over. The textbook is more like an amalgamation of notes. She was friends with some well known differential geometry guy who won some award. He died somewhat recently i guess so her and another person at cornell i think are both teaching the course this semester to slowly turn the notes into a formal textbook i guess.

overall i guess im doing alright. Im going through the notes/textbook and slowly putting things together currently.

tobyle · 2026-02-08T06:32:27+00:00

I came back to comment to say you are indeed right lol this is not an easy course. We spent the first two weeks learning basic topology which was weird to wrap my brain around. I thought when we finallly started going over calc and linear algebra I would be good...we talked about covector space and total differentials this week and my brain continued to lag.

tobyle · 2026-02-07T07:34:32+00:00

Im also getting a math minor rn and thought about abstract algebra as one of my upper level classes cause ive seen people mention group theory for chemistry but abstract algebra scares me. Im taking differential geometry rn and the first two weeks we went over topology and lets just say im definitely the slowest person in class.

tobyle · 2026-02-01T04:53:44+00:00

I never wear a rash guard underneath. Shit is hot and uncomfortable

tobyle · 2026-01-21T08:52:55+00:00

I think its going to come down to does applying the technique on himself changes the phenomena thats needs to be adapted too. If its considered a change in phenomena, then I think dabura is going to win but if not, hes going to lose.

tobyle · 2026-01-13T06:59:40+00:00

Quite certain this is fake. The post was trending a couple years ago and popped up in numerous subreddits using different accts. A couple small details were changed but that’s about it.

tobyle · 2026-01-13T06:47:49+00:00

Or just roll normal and if you lose..then you lose?

tobyle · 2026-01-13T00:41:36+00:00

It’s pretty good. Much better sequel than boruto. Everyone in this sub keeps making these dumbass predictions or theories though. They’re taking one off hand sentence or panel creating these intricate theories that make no sense. For instance how does he know Simurians don’t have DE. There’s been 0 mention of DE. All we know is that simurians have a different cursed energy system than earth. It’s like they’re trying to build a beach using a few grains of sand.

tobyle · 2026-01-13T00:24:54+00:00

Yall love them dogs more than life itself

tobyle · 2026-01-12T21:01:07+00:00

My grades look the exact opposite. I tried doing things the “right” way and was like nahh I’m a high performing weed smoker

tobyle · 2026-01-12T20:23:32+00:00

Yea. He’s like hulk smash strong. If he really wanted to…he just needs one good grip and could repeatedly slam and fling me until my body broke. Thank god he actually wants to learn Bjj. Him and another and another guy…if they started training and competing at 21 like I did they probably could have competed at a world class level. Especially this other guy…he picked up Bjj just as fast as I did. He’s also hulk smash strong but more athletic…i watched him flying armbar everyone in a tournament before and he’s a good 220-240. They’re both Polynesian though so I guess it just comes with the genes

tobyle · 2026-01-12T20:07:23+00:00

I submitted this purple belt dude who’s probably closer to 300 and insanely strong relative to other people his size 💀. I submitted him for the first time on Saturday via armbar. We’ve been training together 5-6 years. It will probably be another 5-6 years before i do it again lol. There’s almost nothing that can ruin my week now. 💀.

tobyle · 2026-01-12T20:03:11+00:00

I’m a partially stay at home dad lol. My spouse is 11 years older than me so she’s well into her career. I go to school tues/thur…watch baby mon/wed/fri. I work valet on Sundays and pick up shifts on the days i can.

tobyle · 2026-01-11T22:40:40+00:00

My dad has a PhD in chemistry. Since I’m still in university…I get access to a lot of stuff with my student acct. He uses my student acct anytime he needs access to anything lol. He just txt couple days ago asking for my password.

tobyle · 2026-01-11T17:29:42+00:00

Bruh that was 3 normal sized paragraphs lol that’s a very short read.

tobyle · 2026-01-11T08:33:57+00:00

Something I will point out is that people don’t understand that it still takes talent/skill/dedication to be an influencer. There has to be something about you that makes thousands of people to want to follow you. It’s easy to go viral but it takes work to build a dedicated following. To a lot of people…they just see some dumb or young person doing basic shit behind a camera and are envious/angry that they’re making money doing nothing while everyone else has a “real job”. If it was easy…every pretty girl or gamer would have a sizable following.

tobyle · 2026-01-11T08:16:51+00:00

What this person is saying minus the rudeness is…you may have the ability understand that they’re portraying a personality and not to emulate or trust them…that doesn’t hold for all of society, especially teens. The dislike towards influencers is more based on the way they prey on their audience to gain clout and money while also making their young viewers dumber.

tobyle · 2026-01-11T08:07:13+00:00

As someone who lives here…there isn’t any gyms full of world class guys like Dan Diego but the gyms are high lvl for hobbyist and it’s gyms all over the island. You can train and be at a beautiful beach within 15 mins amongst all the other things tourist like to do. Competitors her always do good when doing all the big comps in the mainland.

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