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  • What are good, viable self defense objects to carry on you at all times, besides a firearm?

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  • keys on a ring I between your fingers

    If you think this works, try it on a bag and report back.

  • What are good, viable self defense objects to carry on you at all times, besides a firearm?

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  • Steel water bottle with one end narrowed to be a convenient handle –

    A fat water bottle can't be gripped. Bad handle = bad weapon –

  • Batman vs The Woker

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  • To state the obvious, it's not a worker doing that. It's Universal Studios.

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    Muay Thai

    Asadula Imangazaliev vs Nong-O Hama full fight, no commentary

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    Unitree Invites You to Witness the 2026 Humanoid Robot Combat Competition

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    Drills to Fix Your Roundhouse Kick (FightTips video, 10 minutes)

  • How is your training coming along? What are you focusing on improving? What recent accomplishments are you proud of?

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  • I've been focusing exclusively on roundhouse kicks because mine were embarrassing. Such a basic thing and my technique wasn't perfect.

    My problem was that I was dropping the knee in the chamber (out of laziness). You're supposed to hold the knee high, using the adbuctor. This is the right chamber, look at how high the knee is (and think about the effort required to keep it up there):

    Several times a day, I was going en barre and getting the feel for the right way and wrong way. Telling myself "get your knee closer to your chin" was a breakthrough.

    I'd hold it the wrong way, then the right way, go between them a few times to familiarise the different feelings. I'd do that for 10-20 seconds, then start throw 10 kicks each leg. I did this three times a day.

    Now my coaches say my roundhouse is much better, and it feels stronger on the pad.

    Next thing to work on is I'm getting stiffness in the lower back (too much time sitting still in meditation) and it's affecting my kicking. I need to add in daily loosening exercises.

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    How is your training coming along? What are you focusing on improving? What recent accomplishments are you proud of?

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    Torrenting is still boycotting, right?

  • There's a narrative that everyone now is stressed/busy/anxious – do you find this relatable?

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  • I’ve heard the response of “just stop watching the news” or “don’t pay attention”, but that’s basically impossible.

    It is not only possible, it's simple.

  • Starting an martial arts group

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  • Good luck with it. I read your PDF. Let me know if you want any advice.

    I'm not sure having no coaches is a good idea. A martial arts coach is a perfect example of "justified hierarchy". And you do mark skill disparities as one of the major issues you're facing.

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    Leg-lock specialist wrestles guy who doesn't have any (legs that is)

  • Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say

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  • (seriously, is that what you wanted?)

  • me when I am like, super straight

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  • Guy who tweeted this doesn't fight.

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    Full book by Jack Dempsey: 'Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense' (1950)

    archive.org /details/Championship_Fighting_Explosive_Punching_and_Aggressive_Defense_1950_Jack_Dempse/

  • Boxing star Gervonta Davis arrested on kidnapping charges after two-week manhunt

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  • https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2026/01/28/gervonta-tank-davis-police-custody-arrest/88405886007/

    Gervonta "Tank" Davis was arrested and booked Wednesday, Jan. 28 on charges of attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment and battery, according to records with the Miami-Dade County, Florida Clerk of Court and Corrections and Rehabilation Department.

    Davis, 31, was being held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to the records. The action against boxer stems from a woman saying Davis attacked her while she was working at Tootsie's Cabaret strip club Oct. 27 in Miami Gardens.

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    Teofimo Lopez (21-1) vs. Shakur Stevenson (24-0) on Saturday at welterweight, get hyped

    eu.usatoday.com /story/sports/boxing/2025/12/01/teofimo-lopez-shakur-stevenson-date-records-fight/87554060007/
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  • How will they resist?

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    Boxing star Gervonta Davis arrested on kidnapping charges after two-week manhunt

    www.theguardian.com /sport/2026/jan/29/boxing-star-gervonta-davis-arrested-on-kidnapping-charges-after-two-week-manhunt
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  • cat pictures

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    Dad Bod Judo video on Okuri Ashi Barai (foot sweep)

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  • I was pissing blood so had to take a month off hard training (docs said no vigourous exercise; the issue wasn't just contact), spent it shadowboxing and developing my hips, especially doing this to get better at holding my feet in the air. I do it throughout the day whenever I have a few seconds:

    I did something really clever in boxing yesterday but I forget exactly what it was. I read the boy and thought "if I do this then this then this, I can probably land over his left shoulder". Maybe it was jab, right-step, right-cross. Satisfying when a plan works perfectly.

    Working on a mentally relaxed state-of-mind. Sometimes I have it and sometimes I don't, but when I am in the right state, I can see a combo coming and stay in a small defensive position and defend a whole combo with a series of small movements. Also generally trying to move less, not over-react, just tiny movements are fine.

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    How is your training coming along? What are you focusing on improving? What recent accomplishments are you proud of?

  • UFC 324 on 24 Jan, Gaethje vs. Pimblett and O'Malley vs Song Yadong [NO SPOILERS]

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  • Adam Fugitt vs. Ty Miller – Good fight

    Nikita Krylov vs. Modestas Bukauskas – Good fight

  • UFC 324 early prelims start when this thread is 45 minutes old, Gaethje vs. Pimblett and O'Malley vs Song Yadong [SPOILERS]

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  • I've never seen Ateba Gautier fight before, he's phenomenal.

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    SPOILERS

    UFC 324 early prelims start when this thread is 45 minutes old, Gaethje vs. Pimblett and O'Malley vs Song Yadong

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UFC_324
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    UFC 324 on 24 Jan, Gaethje vs. Pimblett and O'Malley vs Song Yadong

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  • A maga person has just threatened my family, what's to do next?

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  • Shotgun to be specific

  • Waiter being attacked suddenly recalls his boxing training

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    He's on his phone and gets sucker-punched, so you can't fault him for the first stumble. Watch his right ankle; it's all wrong; if he'd taken a proper step back with his right foot he wouldn't've fallen, but that's the element of surprise. The attacker wastes the element f surprise by not delivering a decisive blow to the head, instead doing a sort of push:

    He stands up

    The way he fell means he stands up with his left foot forward, but he gets his right foot back quickly enough. Moreover, look at how he gets his chin/head into position; his hands aren't in guard but that's ok from that distance because he uses head-movement. The punch he evades is slow because the attacker switches stances (starts the punch right foot behind, ends it right foot in front), and also because he winds it up massively:

    Watch the waiter's right leg here, how he loads it

    ☝️The attacker continues to switch stances: right-forward, left-forward☝️

    Look at the waiter's left foot: tiny step to the left to add power to the right hook.

    Right hook

    Best thing about this is the target-selection, aimed at the jaw/chin (and also the loaded leg and step we just looked at):

    Slip, slip, roll, counter

    He slips left, slips right; the attacker hesitates/freezes for a moment under cognitive load; should have thrown a knee. He sees the attacker loading up a slow right and rolls under it (keeps his left hand in a defensive position as he rolls left), countering again to the same target:

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    Waiter being attacked suddenly recalls his boxing training

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    South Korea's Army Tier 1 Taekwondo Demo Team

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    Tyson Fury says he's coming out of retirement. He hasn't named opponents but it might be AJ

    www.aljazeera.com /sports/2026/1/4/former-world-boxing-champion-tyson-fury-comes-out-of-retirement-again
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    Anthony Joshua injured in Nigeria car crash, with two others dead (said he suffered minor injuries but is "fine")

    www.bbc.com /news/live/c1w9vgr243dt
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    Tribes in Papua New Guinea fight using bows and arrows 🏹

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    UFC fight night main card starting NOW on vipbox dot lc

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    Zuckerberg Spars with Pereira. Beginner Mistakes Listed

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  • Yesterday I tomoenage'd a guy who'd represented Poland at the national level. 😀

    I need to drill out a bad defensive habit caused by boxing gloves: shelling up in defense with the hands resting on the face. Works great with boxing gloves, but boxing ≠ fighting.

    Having said that, my striking defenses have really improved in the past month. I frequently see entire combos coming and go block-block-block with no panic no hurry.

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  • I sparred a huge bodybuilder boy recently, enormous biceps, showy muscles. Pretty quick, I realized his feet were much slower than mine. Proud I got that read. And I made good use of it, kept sniping him with combos and getting out quickly. Basically the cliché lumbering muscle-bound giant he was.

    Working on getting to the anaconda choke when boys are turtling. PS: like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOlOmHRDyLY

  • Predictions for UFC 320? [NO SPOILERS]

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