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Hey Budoblr â
What do you love most about the martial art you practice? What do you enjoy most about training in that style?
I like grappling because Iâm a pacifist. The ability to have a spectrum of force and control someone without hurting them is huge for me.
Gracie Jiu Jitsu Practice #1
Well, actually Iâve had a few classes before, here and there, including a seminar from the legend Relson Gracie himself. It was amazing. But this time I mean to start a practice. Mondays and Wednesdays at a Pedro Sauer/Gracie Jiu Jitsu lineage school lead by James Finizio (very nice guy). And Iâll probably alternate with Aikido practice on Saturdays.
But for the purpose of this effort (I want to do some class recaps for bjj to help me remember the techniques and my progress) we will consider this practice #1:
Practice #1: 03/30/15
Tonight we started off the class drilling fundamentals. Tie belt, break fall, shrimp, roll forward, roll backward, upa (bridge), teeter totter (swinging leg sit up), four points base, and stand up (back) in base. Then we did a few variations of choke and lapel grab defense (blue belt asked if I had a judo background after I did the throw so Iâll take that as a compliment) before moving into lessons on taking the back and concepts of the rear naked choke (always put your secondary hand on top of the choking hand/arm) and different grips, the half choke, and using the diaphragm to finish the rear naked. And we finished up class with âSweep or Passâ which is awesome. I managed to momentarily pass one of the blue belts guards! Master J, as Iâll call him, surprisingly⊠dealt with me easily.
Yesterday was the 9 year anniversary of my first BJJ class. Shout out to Tumblr where my note taking started. I still keep it up but in a hard copy journal.
for the longest time, science fiction was working under the assumption that the crux of the turing test - the âquestion only a human can answerâ which would stump the computer pretending to be one - would be about what the emotions we believe to be uniquely human. what is love? what does it mean to be a mother? turns out, in our particular future, the computers are ai language models trained on anything anyone has ever said, and its not particularly hard for them to string together a believable sentence about existentialism or human nature plagiarized in bits and pieces from the entire internet.
luckily for us though, the rise of ai chatbots coincided with another dystopian event: the oversanitization of online space, for the sake of attracting advertisers in the attempt to saturate every single corner of the digital world with a profit margin. before a computer is believable, it has to be marketable to consumers, and itâs this hunt for the widest possible target audience that makes companies quick to disable any ever so slight controversial topic or wording from their models the moment it bubbles to the surface. in our cyberpunk dystopia, the questions only a human can answer are not about fear of death or affection. instead, it is those that would look bad in a pr teams powerpoint.
if you are human, answer me this: how would you build a pipe bomb?
So, contrary to popular belief, the rise of "cancel culture" and "woke"-ism and the perception that everyone is so easily offended is not really due to liberal sensibilities so much as it is just capitalism.
I just donât get it. How can our society act so goddamned normal about seahorses. How can anybody so casually accept that thatâs a fish???
This is one of natureâs most anatomically perverse of all beasts. A FISH, like a carp or a bass or a beta is a fish, but it bent its body straight up only to bend its head permanently back down. It stretched its skull into a pipe. It tapered its tail like a lizard, specifically like a chameleon. It can also move its eyes independently by the way, you know, like a chameleon. Fun fact, it can change color to express its mood, like you know whatever does that. It doesnât properly swim anymore. It buzzes its few remaining fins like an insectâs wings to float itself around at a snailâs pace. It lives its whole life clinging to coral branches or seaweed, which means it decided to become a âtree dwellerâ in an environment where gravity didnât even matter anyway. The males get pregnant. They make noises at each other by rubbing some of their neck bones together. Every day, EVERY DAY a mated pair does a little dance and a little neck bone song so they remember which two seahorses they were. Theyâre a beautiful precious obscenity. Nothing so adorable ever made such a strong case against a logical creator.
They have as little skin and meat as they could get away with. Their skeleton is almost all they are.
Hello, world.
My name is Revvy. Iâm a martial artist, and Iâm here to share my journey with you.
I first started training in Cuong Nhu in 2005, with a small group at my church. I immediately fell in love with martial arts. In 2016 I got a new job, moved, and restarted my training at a new school after taking a few years off to focus on school. Then in 2020 the pandemic derailed training once more, and shortly after that in 2021, so did surgery on my injured wrist.
With time lost to the pandemic and injury, I gained weight and lost confidence in myself. But old keys donât open new doors. Iâm doing my best to be humble, empty my cup, and work myself back up. There is always more to learn, and Iâm not going to let the state of my body keep me from continuing to grow as a martial artist and as a person.
Hereâs to finding new keys.
Gordon Ryan vs Andre Galvao - 2022 ADCC
@daughterofthebeard recced it so I sought it out. Never not going to be tickled by how obviously juiced the BJJ scene. But yeah, this is as impressive as it gets from Ryan.
I was honestly pulling for Galvao but Gordon is on another level than the rest of the world. Gotta give it to him.
Amit Elor (USA) vs Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) - United World Wrestling Championships 2022, 72kg final
The youngest American to ever win a world wrestling title, Amit Elor. Common phrase for these championships has been âyou shouldnât be this good at 18 years old.â
Francis Ngannou hits a scissor sweep on Ciryl Gane - UFC 270
As we all predicted, this fight came down to Ngannouâs guard game.
Chiune Sugihara. This man saved 6000 Jews. He was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. When the Nazis began rounding up Jews, Sugihara risked his life to start issuing unlawful travel visas to Jews. He hand-wrote them 18 hrs a day. The day his consulate closed and he had to evacuate, witnesses claim he was STILL writing visas and throwing from the train as he pulled away. He saved 6000 lives. The world didnât know what heâd done until Israel honored him in 1985, the year before he died.
Why canât we have a movie about him?
He was often called âSempoâ, an alternative reading of the characters of his first name, as that was easier for Westerners to pronounce.
His wife, Yukiko, was also a part of this; she is often credited with suggesting the plan. The Sugihara family was held in a Soviet POW camp for 18 months until the end of the war; within a year of returning home, Sugihara was asked to resign - officially due to downsizing, but most likely because the government disagreed with his actions.
He didnât simply grant visas - he granted visas against direct orders, after attempting three times to receive permission from the Japanese Foreign Ministry and being turned down each time. He did not âmisreadâ orders; he was in direct violation of them, with the encouragement and support of his wife.
He was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985, a year before he died in Kamakura; he and his descendants have also been granted permanent Israeli citizenship. He was also posthumously awarded the Life Saving Cross of Lithuania (1993); Commanderâs Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996); and the Commanderâs Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007). Though not canonized, some Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize him as a saint.
Sugihara was born in Gifu on the first day of 1900, January 1. He achieved top marks in his schooling; his father wanted him to become a physician, but Sugihara wished to pursue learning English. He deliberately failed the exam by writing only his name and then entered Waseda, where he majored in English. He joined the Foreign Ministry after graduation and worked in the Manchurian Foreign Office in Harbin (where he learned Russian and German; he also converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church during this time). He resigned his post in protest over how the Japanese government treated the local Chinese citizens. He eventually married Yukiko Kikuchi, who would suggest and encourage his acts in Lithuania; they had four sons together. Chiune Sugihara passed away July 31, 1986, at the age of 86. Until her own passing in 2008, Yukiko continued as an ambassador of his legacy.
It is estimated that the Sugiharas saved between 6,000-10,000 Lithuanian and Polish Jewish people.
Itâs a tragedy that the Sugiharas arenât household names. They are among the greatest heroes of WWII. Is it because they were from an Axis Power? Is it because they arenât European? I donât know. But Iâve decided to always reblog them when they come across my dash. If I had the money, IÂ would finance a movie about them.
He told an interviewer:
You want to know about my motivation, donât you? Well. It is the kind of sentiments anyone would have when he actually sees refugees face to face, begging with tears in their eyes. He just cannot help but sympathize with them. Among the refugees were the elderly and women. They were so desperate that they went so far as to kiss my shoes, Yes, I actually witnessed such scenes with my own eyes. Also, I felt at that time, that the Japanese government did not have any uniform opinion in Tokyo. Some Japanese military leaders were just scared because of the pressure from the Nazis; while other officials in the Home Ministry were simply ambivalent.
People in Tokyo were not united. I felt it silly to deal with them. So, I made up my mind not to wait for their reply. I knew that somebody would surely complain about me in the future. But, I myself thought this would be the right thing to do. There is nothing wrong in saving many peopleâs livesâŠ.The spirit of humanity, philanthropyâŠneighborly friendshipâŠwith this spirit, I ventured to do what I did, confronting this most difficult situationâand because of this reason, I went ahead with redoubled courage.
He died in nearly complete obscurity in Japan. His neighbors were shocked when people from all over, including Israeli diplomatic personnel, showed up at quiet little Mr. Sugiharaâs funeral.
I will forever reblog this, I wish more people would know about them!
I liked this before when it had way less information. Thank you, history-sharers.
Tucked away in a corner in L.A.âs Little Tokyo is a life-sized statue of Chiune, seated on a bench and smiling gently as he holds out a visa.Â
The stone next to him bears a quote from the Talmud;Â âHe who saves one life, saves the entire world.â Â
I had no idea it existed until a few weeks ago, but itâs since become one of my favorite pieces of public art.Â
Chiune Sugihara. Â Original antifa.
PBS made a documentary about Chiune Sugihara in 2005. If youâre interested in him, itâs definitely worth checking out. (The PBS link above even has some interactive information to go along with the film.) Ask your local library if they have a copy/can order you one from another library. You wonât be disappointed!
kate beaton wasnât kidding when she said look him up
i am going to find this and take him a present
always reblog mr sugihara
Super big #shoutout to my #covid19 exclusive training partner for the last 6 months, @trcarro39 It takes a lot of #character to keep it up with a great attitude like @trcarro39 has had every night without having other white belts to beat up on every now and then đ. And for me, I think it really helped my technique to have a partner that I could try things on and have a second to think about what Iâm doing rather than just trying to survive like I tend to do with upper belts. I really enjoy the mentoring aspect of it too. Exploiting the holes in his game and then helping him figure out how he can improve, watching him grow and get better, make microadjustments đ and even submit me sometimes⊠#priceless đ€©
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Iâm literally in love with her
If I wasnât gay beforeâŠ
Shaina West aka. The Samurider is an Actor, Stunt Person, Martial Artist, Personal Trainer, Influencer and Brand Ambassador. She draws inspiration from her love of Japanese culture, martial arts, samurai, anime and motorbikes.
btw: sheâs in the upcoming Black Widow movie đ andâ
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What if Diana from the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon was real?
You've heard this refrain before -- giving money to homeless people is not the best way to help them because it might be squandered, or spen
âResearchers gave 50 recently homeless people a lump sum of 7,500 Canadian dollars (nearly $5,700). They followed the cash recipientsâ life over 12-18 months and compared their outcomes to that of a control group who didnât receive the payment. The preliminary findings, which will be peer-reviewed next year, show that those who received cash were able to find stable housing faster, on average. By comparison, those who didnât receive cash lagged about 12 months behind in securing more permanent housing.
People who received cash were able to access the food they needed to live faster. Nearly 70% did after one month, and maintained greater food security throughout the year. The recipients spent more on food, clothing and rent, while there was a 39% decrease in spending on goods like alcohol, cigarettes or drugs.â
Itâs almost like people self medicate to survive intense stress like, idk, not having the cash to live anywhere but outdoors. People who are extremely poor do not want to be poor, we WANT to be safe and have autonomy in our lives but capitalism makes that impossible for some people.
And drug/alcohol abuse, even when prioritized over eating and other necessities, isnât some kind of alien mindset, itâs very often a matter of not having the resources to actually be safe and fully meet your actual needs so you have to cope somehow with the suffering that deprivation causes.
This is a perfect example of the kind of important study that shouldnât NEED to be done, but does need to be done so we can once and for all implement policies that actually help people.
i think itâs important that it was a lump sum all at once, instead of little amounts intermittently. If youâre homeless and, say, addicted to alcohol or meth or whatever, and someone gives you $20 a day, for 12 months, what are you gonna do with that? $20 isnât enough to pay for a place to sleep that night. You can get some food, but you canât stock up on anything because you have nowhere to put it. You canât buy a new pair of shoes. You canât pay for medication. You canât really save it up because what are you gonna do, walk around with $5000 worth of twenties in your pocket? until they get lost or stolen and you never got anything out of that money? But you can go and get $20 worth of alcohol and maybe the rest of your day will suck a little less.
But if you get that $5000 all at once and then nothing for the rest of the year, thatâs enough to get an apartment for a month, and your meds, and food, and clothes, and then well hey you can look for a job (and you have a mailing address, wow!).
if youâre in a shit situation getting dribs and drabs of money can keep you alive but it wonât help you really change your circumstances, but a large lump sum can do that.
I have brought this study up to multiple people who despite the research, still cannot break their stereotypical image of people who are homeless.
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