Motivational Posters

[TTEscrima]

Some of these are relevant to the discussions on this board, and some are just plain funny.

This one speaks volumes.



Think this one carries some weight?



Nuff said.

[TTEscrima]

Buy an American car, you're gonna pay for one either way.



JJ ain't all bad. At least not as bad as the spelling on the poster.

[TTEscrima]

And you thought you were having a bad day.

[Ghost]

lol some good ones.

the weight class thing is sort of null and void because no one trains in weight classes.

[Uke]

lol some good ones.

the weight class thing is sort of null and void because no one trains in weight classes.

In what world?

Boxing - weight classes
Wrestling - weight classes
Muay Thai -weight classes
kickboxing - weight classes
judo - weight classes
MMA - weight classes

[Ghost]

In what world?

Boxing - weight classes
Wrestling - weight classes
Muay Thai -weight classes
kickboxing - weight classes
judo - weight classes
MMA - weight classes

no one trains in weight classes, they only fight in the ring in them. the day in day out training is with everyone in the gym of whatever weight they are.

another factor that is often overlooked by the anti-wieghtclass mob.

have you worked out why boxing matches can last 12 rounds yet?

[jubaji]

Careful Ghost, you are asking questions too far beyond his ability to comprehend. He also has a lot of trouble with math.

[Ghost]

Careful Ghost, you are asking questions too far beyond his ability to comprehend. He also has a lot of trouble with math.

im starting to think you might be right.

what im finding with these guys is a lot of talk and not a lot of substance.

im shocked by the general lack of knowledge, on the surface they appear to know what they are talking about but scratch it and there isnt much going on.

it was the comments about thai boxing being all about conditioning that got me worried.
after that ive been looking more closely and i dont believe there is any real training going on.

id be interested to see some detailed technique discussions from these guys.

[Hardball]

JJ ain't all bad. At least not as bad as the spelling on the poster.

The Brazillians spell it Jiu Jitsu, theJapanese spell it Jujitsu or Ju jitsu or Ju Jit Su.

[TTEscrima]

The Brazillians spell it Jiu Jitsu, theJapanese spell it Jujitsu or Ju jitsu or Ju Jit Su.

Oh I know all about the variations of spelling JJ, apparently you missed the misspelling I was talking about, seeing as to the content of the picture it's understandable though.

[Ghost]

lol the JJ one is great.

[Tant01]

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:d

[Uke]

no one trains in weight classes, they only fight in the ring in them. the day in day out training is with everyone in the gym of whatever weight they are.

another factor that is often overlooked by the anti-wieghtclass mob.

have you worked out why boxing matches can last 12 rounds yet?

Oh .. that was clever. The wonders of semantics yet again give hope to those who can't discuss the topic. Regardless as to how you word it, they aren't effective unless they are pitted against someone their size. If that wasn't so then no one would have to move up in weight when facing a larger opponent. What would be the point? If the smaller man could win while giving up 20-30lbs they would sell that fight as David Vs Goliath. They never do though, now do they?

In the event that a practitioner from one of the above systems does fight someone who is larger than them and loses ... they nearly ALWAYS blame it on the fact that they gave up how ever many pounds. Just look at Helio vs Kimura.

Just look at the heavyweight division in boxing. The division used to have quality. Now, they substitute that quality with giant boxers who should rightfully be considered super-heavyweights. The largest of them all, Valuev, is hardly the most skilled but with his incredible height of 7'0 he is very formidable. The Klitschkos are 6'6 and 6'7. Lennox Lewis was 6'5. This is why the division is wrought with awful fights. Everyone in that division is a terrible respresentation of what heavyweight boxing is supposed to be and they win based on their size and not their talent. When you think of heavyweight fights you think of Tyson, Holyfield, Holmes, Spinks, Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Liston, Marciano, Louis and Johnson. Not the clumsy and awkward giants we have today.

MMA showed us that once weight classes weren't a part of the equation it all looked like toughman contest. UFC I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, & VIII all had the original format that proved this point. Those were the best of what the UFC had to offer before weight classes and inhibiting rules were instituted because the whole concept of the UFC was to show truths in combat ... however possible that was in a controlled environment.

Great posters, TTE.

[Uke]

what im finding with these guys is a lot of talk and not a lot of substance.

And by substance he means Youtube videos.

[Ghost]

Oh .. that was clever. The wonders of semantics yet again give hope to those who can't discuss the topic. Regardless as to how you word it, they aren't effective unless they are pitted against someone their size. If that wasn't so then no one would have to move up in weight when facing a larger opponent. What would be the point? If the smaller man could win while giving up 20-30lbs they would sell that fight as David Vs Goliath. They never do though, now do they?

In the event that a practitioner from one of the above systems does fight someone who is larger than them and loses ... they nearly ALWAYS blame it on the fact that they gave up how ever many pounds. Just look at Helio vs Kimura.

Just look at the heavyweight division in boxing. The division used to have quality. Now, they substitute that quality with giant boxers who should rightfully be considered super-heavyweights. The largest of them all, Valuev, is hardly the most skilled but with his incredible height of 7'0 he is very formidable. The Klitschkos are 6'6 and 6'7. Lennox Lewis was 6'5. This is why the division is wrought with awful fights. Everyone in that division is a terrible respresentation of what heavyweight boxing is supposed to be and they win based on their size and not their talent. When you think of heavyweight fights you think of Tyson, Holyfield, Holmes, Spinks, Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Liston, Marciano, Louis and Johnson. Not the clumsy and awkward giants we have today.

MMA showed us that once weight classes weren't a part of the equation it all looked like toughman contest. UFC I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, & VIII all had the original format that proved this point. Those were the best of what the UFC had to offer before weight classes and inhibiting rules were instituted because the whole concept of the UFC was to show truths in combat ... however possible that was in a controlled environment.

Great posters, TTE.

its because they are so close in skill, obviously in the ring you have to have the same weight or its not an even contest. when you get 2 guys at almost the same skill level weight makes a huge difference.

you should know this its basic and the reason why there are weight classes.