The Martial Arts Thread of Asskickery

SaintCrazy · **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:31 am

I took a self-defense class last year, and they taught us how to disarm someone with a gun if they're close enough, but Lord knows I'd probably be too terrified to try it.

LordSeth · **Posted:** Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:06 pm

Welp, tomorrow is it. The last class before the school I take Tae Kwon Do at closes.
Hm, I have a uniform from their first student. Still probably fits, but it'd also probably be a bit flippant to wear.

Syobon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 15027

Down came the rain and washed the spider out..

Terraem · **Posted:** Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:11 am

What the hell happened there. It doesn't seem like he hits him in any critical way.

Madican · **Joined:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:18 pm **Posts:** 13531

Looks like a strike to the chin, so that rattled his brain quite a bit.

Syobon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 15027

Silva, the guy that goes down, is a fucking monster that can usually just dodge blows all day while not even keeping his guard up. This time however, the winning competitor, Chris Weidman used an unusual punch combination that caught Silva off guard and managed to win him the match. This broke Silva's incredible record 16 win streak. This quote from Jack Slack goes into more detail of how Chris exploited Silva's weakness

Quote:

When fighting Silva, opponents struggle to hit him, and when they connect, he takes the power away by rolling with strikes. Rolling with a punch means to move in the same direction in order to reduce its impact. In MMA, this should be easier than in boxing because almost all MMA fighters attack by alternating their hands—left-right-left or vice versa.

Boxers often double or even triple up the same hand mid-combination, which makes it difficult for the defender to turn side to side as Silva does.Very few opponents have doubled up punches from one hand against Silva. I am not saying that doubling up would allow a fighter to knock Silva out—there isn't a simple answer to an iron chin. However, there is a reason why elite boxers rarely roll with every punch as effectively as Silva does; boxers are not as predictable and one-note in their offence.

The combination that Weidman used was left , right, right backfist, and left.

Madican · **Joined:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:18 pm **Posts:** 13531

Oh so the punch on the chin wasn't the end of the GIF. It stopped loaded there for my browser.

Terraem · **Posted:** Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:25 pm

I see now. You can see him rolling with that first right punch but the next hits him full on.

Syobon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 15027

I managed to find a vod of the fight (UFC tends to pull 'em down). It's pretty disappointing though, Silva just clowns around the whole fight.

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