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Quote: Originally Posted by SA_BJJ Dude there is a HUGE difference between a JJ match and an MMA match... Yup. But that doesn't change the fact that if slams are legal under the rules, then they are legal. It also doesn't change the fact that when someone stands up and you are attacked to their head you should let go because you aren't going to go down softly, even if you manage to finish the choke. To me it looked like he was...

Quote: Originally Posted by Andrew Green Putting a triangle on someone when they are standing up is potentially dangerous to yourself Carlos Newton has a loss to Matt Hughes from a very similar situation, except he actually choked Hughes out, Hughes fell and Newton got KOed, Hughes got credit for the win. Once the guy is standing, there really is no "nice" way to put them down, they are going to come down hard if they...

Quote: Originally Posted by MJS IMHO, anytime you're working some something more dangerous, I would apply it slow and also observe what is happening to your partner. Some people tend to let their ego get the best of them, and instead of tapping when they should, feel that they should let it go a bit longer. Well, its during those times that accident will happen. "Hmm...he has me in a pretty good ankle lock. It hurts really bad,...

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Quote: Originally Posted by Andrew Green Providing it was within the rules There needs to be an overarching rule (or ethic) of "but if it would maim the other guy, don't do it" in any sport. Things can still go wrong, but a move can be legal yet unreasonably dangerous. When I wrestled there was a "potentially dangerous" rule with some weasel room.

Martial sports, to me, are just an end to a means: improving your ability to defend yourself. In that light, the guy who got slammed chose poorly. How much worse would this have been on asphalt, on concrete? Unwise, I think, to try to win a game in a way that places yourself in peril. If he picked that "strategy" in self defense it could have been fatal instead of a painful lesson.

None of us have competed yet, true. And I don't know when we will. How do we know what we're doing is good? Maybe we don't. (shrug) We do have the opportunity to measure ourselves against Straight Blast Gym athletes at camps. We have had an SBGi Jits instructor from their Canadian gym for training and game-tweaking a couple of times. Different fighters from different gyms wander through, and we can measure ourselves against...

Is this Dwayne Rhoden? If so how have you been buddy? I've been to a few of you guys workouts and while I have to admit I did have fun, it was only because it was a change of pace from the gym I normally attend. We only spar once a week and you guys spar every session. But as far as what you guys work, from what I see you just hop in the ring and brawl a bunch. You don't work too much technique in any range. Maybe you did on the days...

Quote: Originally Posted by STL FREESTYLE Is this Dwayne Rhoden? If so how have you been buddy? I've been to a few of you guys workouts and while I have to admit I did have fun, it was only because it was a change of pace from the gym I normally attend. We only spar once a week and you guys spar every session. But as far as what you guys work, from what I see you just hop in the ring and brawl a bunch. You don't work too much...