being one who does Aikido, we do not have to worry about weight class. IE Steven Segal ( spelling) however.. i was reading that one man cut down 27 pounds in one week...
how the hell did he do that?
how the hell did he do that?
In the third or fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter, Ross Pointon went from 199 to 185 in a day. He basically ate low carbs, drank distilled water, and went in a sauna. You have between 24-30 hours after weigh-in to carb up and rehydrate. Most fighters walk around 10-20 lbs heavier than their fighting weight.Yeah, dehydration, ultra low carbing it. In wrestling my teammates used to spit for hours and drop lots of wieght to make class. Definitely would impact strength/endurance though.
The Seagal reference is in regards to him being a practitioner of Aikido as in Maynard, and hence he is not accustomed to cutting weight.If it's even possible, I'm very skeptical, 27 pounds in 7 days would be dangeously debilatating, one would be critically dehydrated with electrolyte imbalances.
I'm doubly skeptical since it's Seagal, nothing about that guy feels authentic to me.
You're relentless on the shorty jokes:rofl:what if it was someone like glen, who tried a high kick to your shins?
If the attacker displays no energy towards you except for verbal aggression then releases a thai kick then how would you respond? Catching a thai kick from an experienced fighter is no easy task.wafter thinking about it... we would never put ourselves in the position .. the attacker would be long gone in another direction if he came in like that.... but.. IF for some reason it had to happen.. i would happen as stated above... by me
I agree with you. I do not think any one way is the best. Most individuals will assume "their" way is the best, but this is not a fair or impartial way to approach the subject.ii will never say it is the best.. i think all art forms are awesome..
Not to steal MaynardMeek's thunder here, but the demo you tend to see is just that, a demo of Aikido principles and techniques. When it comes to real combat, which the Aikidoka attempts to avoid at best he or she can, the Aikodoka make heavy use of footwork to get out of the way and redirect your momemtum. Footwork and movement is life. Without footwork and movement, the Aikidoka is dead meat.First off, I'm not trying to denigrate anyone's martial art or TMA in general but they seem to have severe limitations. I've seen the aikido demonstrations where 7 guys (200lbs+) charge one person usually someone who weighs 120. They always charge with thier arms ****ed back telegraphign a punch. The aikido practioneer redirects their energy with ease throwing aside. But I never see them attack with leg kicks or go for shoots without charging. Sure flying kicks and dive tackles are easy to divert, but who really attacks in this manner. Any competant fighter isn't going to close distance in a manner like that, and they aren't going to telegraph their strikes like that. Also it seems like aikido practioneers keep a wide base so they can redirect their opponent's energy easier. But this limits their mobility and leaves they susceptible to a shoot.
I also find it hard to believe you can block or redirect punches so easily. It's not so easy to discern where a punch is going to land as you can change its angle mid punch with relative ease, much less a barrage of strikes, at least from my experience. Granted I've never seen an aikido practioneer initiate strikes so it might be easier to block when you don't have to worry about throwing strikes.
There's no Aikido dojos around here and I've never gotten to spar with anyone with adequate Aikido training so I may have gross misconceptions about this art. And perhaps my skepticism is due to my own limitations. Given all my training I still find it hard to deflect strikes or avoid or initiate takedowns or throws.
Riggs did not make weight for that fight...I dont know exactly what he weighed but the fight was non-title since Riggs was too heavy.A little off of the above guys' off topic posts, but at UFC 57 Joe Diesel Riggs was said to have weighed in at 170 and was walking around the next day around 200! I don't know how how much he lost and how quickly, but that's ridiculous anyway that you look at it!
Joe Rogan referred to him as the incredible shrinking man (Riggs has fought at as big as 300lbs).
Yeah it was UFC 56 that I was talking about...my bad.I thought the fight before that was the one that he didn't make weight. I'm talking about the one where he fought Nick Diaz...I was pretty ripped that night though, so it I don't doubt that my memory is off. Thanks for the info...guess I got all excited about nothing.
Edit: Now that I think about it though...I don't think the Diaz fight was a title fight. Are you thinking about the Riggs vs Hughes fight? That was Riggs' fight before the one in which I am referring to (UFC 56). Now I've confused myself...