He's also like 70, you might break his arm by stepping forward suddenly while he's holding it stiff. If this guy was even a remote threat, then yeah he was also entering a fight in a really really bad way. However if he was a threat I would have my helmet off and using it as a weapon before it got that far. If someone who otherwise could beat me up tried using onto me like that I would feel immediate relief cause this person clearly doesn't understand that yku dont grab someone during a confrontation unless its followed by something painful, dont initiate physical contact without the goal of making the other person unable to do whatever they wanted to do. That's hust basic real life fighting.

Ive been having fun sparring against a pretty high level Judo person that im friends with, like almost made it to the Olympics representing Japan. It turns out that if you're way bigger and stronger Judo doesnt work well if the ruleset is just generalized grappling. Im guessing formal judo is similar cause they have weight classes. Im a small guy, like 5 foot 6 and abkut 150 pounds my exercise is my faorly physocal job and i smoke, my opponent being a Japanese women im sure I could easily lift over my head made it prettt easy even though theyre supposed to use my weight and strength against me,but I also knew that was the goal and just leaned in weird directions or did a grab and waited for the response and let go of them.

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, there's literally no winning in physical altercations until you can get out of the situation. But God help me I got a sick ass ouchigari in a similar sort of situation in a competitive round against a stiff arming opponent. I pray for the restraint to walk away from something stupid, useless, and easily avoidable.

But on the subject of general grappling, it's an underappreciated part of BJJ that you can use any style you want on the feet. I get typecasted as a judoka so whenever I stuff a wrestling takedown it's this "gentle" reminder that they're not overcoming me that easily. Then if I'm not making progress with grips, unlike a judo class, I can go "you know what? Fuck this." and launch myself at their hips for the double.

Going with someone who's much lighter and weaker is always a little touchy, but it's not impossible to keep it dynamic. When I'm picking on someone my own size, sometimes I'll use jerky, poppy movements to try and get my way. So when I try to do the same thing on a smaller partner it feels like bullying it's not fun. I'll always be scanning to make sure that if I were their size and would I have been pushed over then I'll just go with it. And I'll ask myself if my techniques are "real" that if they get pushed over it's by principaled grappling and not an extra strength stiff arm. With all of this you can approximate a full contact round in which your smaller partner can work but also still be at risk of getting outmaneuvered.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Im just like...a guy who had fought as an adult a few times. I have no he what ant martial arts stuff means. My judo hokie just wanted to see how practical it was amd fighting is fun as hell im a low risk scenario. Full contact isnt safe for either of us. Its unsupervised and im pretty sure youre not just allowed to consentually fight in a park and should somwone go to the hospital it would be a whole thing, not worth it for just fucking around

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

My bad, comrade!

I think everyone should do a little bit of martial arts sparring. Why? So that what I say makes more sense and everyone can ooo and ahhh at my martial prowess sicko-wistful