/xs/ is a place to discuss all types of extreme sports and similar physical activities, which include (but are not limited to) skydiving, surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, climbing, rafting, bungee-jumping, parkour, BMX & mountain biking, airsoft, paintball, etc.
Absolute pathetic.
>>195645Fair, I don't like these people either
>>195589That guy is usually more-or-less technically right, or at least not wrong, but is such a fag about it he's nearly unwatchable. Not seeing him break through to big time yt stardom. Also you're wrong op, he is reddit incarnate, if anything /xs/ is DanTheWolfman for being a disagreeable shitbird that may-or-may-not actually have knowledge, but is so autistic, arrogant, and such a bad communicator no one will ever know or care.
>>195589Honestly I just had how people act like people saying martial arts is good for self defense means that we suddenly think training marines in nothing but karate is the solution to fighting wars.Of course guns and weapons are more effective than fists. But there's a reason every armed combative force includes hand to hand combat training. Being able to use your body, which is always on hand, is always important. And not every fight needs to end with someone dying.
>>195606It isnt common but there are "bjj" that have that gritty feeling.I went to 6 gyms before I found it the head coaches is an ex ufc fighter with the other being a former Olympic wrestler.What we do can only loosely be called bjjmost of the class is guys who want to win.
>>195712Bjjs identity is DUDE WEED and laying on your backSo lameBernardo made a post before that if he could start bjj over again he would learn judo or wrestlingSuch a shameful state of affairs
Power rankings edition>Schedule:https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnTicket/year_schedule/>Banzuke:http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Banzuke.aspx>All the sumo links and how to watch live:https://rentry.org/uwbgc88dPrevious thread: >>191535
>>195624>Wonder why that one kid couldn't figure out what was going on>See the kid
>>195658The most powerful brand of sumo there is - to step in the dohyo and not even notice that your opponent is there.
>>195658Enwords not beating the low IQ allegations. I hate them so much.
>>195632I'd be 100% on board with onnazumo if they wore only a mawashi like the men. No shorts, no bodysuit, tits out and swingin'.
>>195715Japan should really just make Keijo into a real sport. It would single-handedly revive the Japanese economy.
SPAZ EditionOld Thread:>>187462Keep strictly real-steel related topics in >>>/k/, gun and gear porn's cool as long as you don't spam.If you have a useful guide or want to rework one for the OP, post it and someone will add it to the next one.>Recently updated Newbie pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/9EdSzRMj>Recently updated /asg/ retailer guidehttps://pastebin.com/VHtFZX8M>Legal comprehensive, crosscheck with your local laws to be on the safe sideComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Did you have fun today anon?
>>195489All pastimes attract spergs, but maybe airsoft attracts more than most.>>195693I've fucked up my knee, so no games for me atm.
>playing bb gun war yesterday>see small building with about five enemy players sitting down behind it>can't see everyone, but it looks like the majority are dead>sprint up around the corner, gun at the ready>don't shoot immediately because I don't want to hit people who are already out at close range>somebody yells "we're all dead!">lower weapon>90lb kid in the middle of his wiped squad pulls a pistol from a chest holster and pops me in the chest>"Not me! I'm not dead!">MAD>respawn and get back to the building ASAP>sprint around the corner full gas>rapid firing before I can even register what I'm shooting at, don't care who I hit>everyone except the kid has left>blast his skinny ass multiple times at ~12ftComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>195693yeah
>>195698Yeah, I often find kids react poorly to those kind of situations. Same thing: pop around barrier, offer kids bang kill, one panics and blasts me point blank range. Now I just pop everyone once in the chest or gear so there's no misunderstanding.
Being a musician is optional.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cpRB0TAhs4&ab_channel=uffesgrotta
I've been considering taking a bunch of edibles and rewatching jackass 1-3.5 in an attempt to rekindle my youthful spiritmaybe watch all the others too, I watched the bad grandpa one but nothing after that
https://www.fairmans.com/announcements/FAIRMANS IS CLOSINGF
>>190222New gf and yoga instructor. Seems like a typical yoga psycho, but seems to be a much better option than Nikki/the slag from Bend My Dick Into My Ass So I Can Fuck Myself who was getting DUIs in his car while he was in rehab.>>193623So fucking sad. I was hoping to finally get to America/Philly this year partially so I could visit it.
https://youtu.be/zjBn5EwTdwEBAM IS BACK EARTH ROCKERS!
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu GeneralI only do it because it's trendy editionSmoothcomphttps://smoothcomp.comBelt Checkerhttps://www.beltchecker.comPrevious thread>>178342Thread question: What kind of amenities should a gym have?I think there should always be a bowl of oranges on the front desk for anyone to have
>>195519It's hard to find matches online now because there's a whole bjj youtuber sphere with uppity blue belts thinking they're worth something BJJ VS JUDO EXPERT ROLLING COMMENTARY
>>191479How do I stop breaking ribs?I broke my second rib in 2 months this week. Both times I just moved weird when someone was trying to pass my guard.Do I need stronger abs?
>>195588Do you roll with bigger people?Like 20+lbs difference?
>>195588That happened to me in my first month of rolling. Well, I didn't break a rib but I had a pretty nasty intercostal strain. It happened when I exhaled the wrong way at the wrong time on bottom. Since then I've learned to breathe better and protect myself better. Keep a little bit of pressure in your thorax when you're in vulnerable positions on bottom. Learn to recognize when you're bearing the brunt of his weight, and don't take full breaths, just sip some air. Learn to breathe and brace, and power breathe.And yeah, get stronger abs and get stronger generally. Doing the big compound lifts will actually help you learn to breathe and brace while moving.Also, don't know about your gym, but at my gym no one would look down on you for declining a roll with a much bigger guy, or asking to start on top if we're doing positional rounds. Be smart, train constructively not destructively.
>>1955883 things that could help you1st abs, work up to doing toes to bars2nd get good at position escape3rd would be gain some weight nothing crazy but 15lb, bones need food
>watching The Alpinist >movie about free solo climbing >introduces a bunch of famous free solo climbers at the beginning >ALL of them died climbing >the two climbers the movie is about died climbing this sport is ridiculous. EVERYONE who made a name for themselves in it fucking died due to climbing aside from Alex Honnold Why would anyone do this?
So just how many of you faggots belay while climbing stairs ?Free solo is no harder or more dangerous than climbing stairs without guardrail.If you can't measure your strengths and can't judge difficulty of a climb, what the fuck are you doing in this sport (besides learning this things)
>>161091>don’t have a fear of death.I think they don't even see the dangers, because they are addicted to the adrenaline
I've said multiple times that it's just retarded and not "cool" or anything to just gamble with your body to try and climb a mountain, this makes people really mad.No, you're not "brave" or "tough" or whatever to play russian roulette but with a really big hill, not how it works. You're just too retarded to realize the risks, or you're suicidal, which makes you gay and retarded again.
>>195465your biggest regrets in life will always be the things you didnt do
>>195709Yup. I love heroin.
Riding season started above the equator EditionFAQ on buying a bike that nobody reads anyway:> What good bike can I get for under $500?a stolen bike. Possibly a newer used entry level hardtail but don't expect it to survive rock gardens, jumps, or drops. Or an older mtb which won't be as good as newer ones and will still have a front derailleur, but it'll be good enough.> What good bike can I get for under $1000Good used hardtail, new entry level hardtail> What good bike can I get for under $2000?New Hardtail, decent used full suspension> What good bike can I get for under $3000?https://www.yt-industries.com/fr/produits/velos/capra/uncaged-10-al/602/capra-mx-uncaged-10/Used full suspension, decent entry level full suspension but prepared to put more money into it.> What are the excellent value brands?Marin, Commencal, Canyon, Polygon, YT, Propain, Kona, and many more. Sometimes the expensive brands have an excellent alue bike>> What are the differences between an XC, Trail, Enduro, and Downhill bikes?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>195701If 2.0”+ is an option, there no need to limit yourself to the meme tire of the month, if he’s riding XC-grade stuff then XC-grade tires are appropriate even on a gravel bike. XC tires also already have years and years of reliable reviews from beginners to professionals, and they go down to 50mm and are always in stock everywhere
>>195702A black diamond trail, just checked it on Trailforks. Those fuckers.
>>195703Agreed, that's why I got the Barzos. They won't turn a gravel bike into an XC bike, but they make it so much easier to get up and down trails
Just spend the extra $18 on good tires do you work at a bike shop or something this isn’t high finance, how much savings does it take for you to compromise something as important as tires? Bet you have no problems dropping $200 for some aluminum that doesn’t change anything about your bike, why skimp whatsoever on tires?
>>195710Meant for the “bike park” edition tire topic; as far as I know Michelin’s bike park edition solely exists to save money, not necessarily cater to firm-terrain DH-only applications. If there’s any kind of a performance loss in your tire, it’s not worth a $20 savings, just like hard compound is not worth a $80 savings from not wearing your tires down
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>>195683yeah but my trucks are 7.6. >>195681I just got done skating some and Ill probably stay 7.75, but ill be thinking about it for the next 2 weeks or so. my trucks are nice and broken in and I can stay on low trucks with a short tail. If I go up, Im looking at a board with a 14.38 wheel base. Im on 13.875 wheel base right now, a new 7.75 would have at least 14 inches.
>>195687how big is your foot?
>>195688I go half a size down with skate shoes so US size 10.
>>195620overrated
>>195687>my trucks are 7.6damn son that's narrow
Modern skateboarding fucking sucks. Everyone skates like a robot: same tricks, same style (both clothing and trick execution), everyone at the skateparks are way too serious and tryhard. Nobody carves or has any real style, just the same in-line tight truck 5 approved tricks tried endlessly in a row.How do we make skateboarding like 1988-1992 again? Bright day glo colors, giant ass fish boards with rails, tricks that are whatever the fuck you felt like doing that day and who fucking cares if you drag a hand or a toe as long as you surf out of it. People used to all have a sense of humor and goof around and improvise halfway through a trick, not stand around like soulless autistic robots and give up if the autism flip didn't land perfect in the sperg grind. And for the love of fuck, they listened to ROCK and METAL, not this horseshit faggot ass trap music rap bullshit.Skateboarding used to be rad as fuck and whatever gay shit it is today isn't worth being around. I don't see any tricks around today that weren't being done back then, it just had more pizzaz then.Like, watch this part and tell me you aren't 1000x more amped to skate than some bullshit dropped today: https://youtu.be/3c7XV-FC59k?si=RAAuO_Fu-BT8R2RF&t=21Fuck modern skateboarding, make skateboarding rad again.
>>190798gay autist shit indeed
>>190575>Here in faggotville
>>186489Where does one buy a celebrity tropical fish?These no name tropical fish are wack.
>>186489This shit had a comeback in 2012 - 2014 with Welcome and then nobody gave a shit. 99% of videos from this era suck apart from Video Days and anything with Jeremy Klein
>>186572Skill issue. Tony Hawk did it.
for 5 years i’ve tried to learn the ollie, this summer…this summer will be the one i know it
>>195506I wonder if anyone in the history of skating has heard that advice and then suddenly could Ollie.
Not OP but I’m having a hard time with it too. My problem is in my pop, I’m either jumping off the tail resulting in me getting air but the board only coming up 2-3 inches. Or when I try to jump first then pop as my body weight leaves the board it totally kills the power of my jump and I barely come off the ground
>>195506knowing the steps to a trick isnt the same as learing how to do the steps
lmfao all these fuckers are lying to youyou have to have already jumped milliseconds before the pop occurs basically pretend its sf and ur sagat and ur regular so tiger knee happens with leading left knee>tiger knee (+kick)>pop happens behind you (your right foot taps the ground very rapidly using your ankle and calf)>you've already tiger knee'd so the leading foot is dragging up as the board comes into your foot *>lift your back mother fucking foot as soon as your ankle snaps, tuck that back knee into your shoulder as you tiger kneeboom city trashcans are your bitch*additional caveats include Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>194777you can do it. an ollie is just a human jumping while kicking a skateboard in a way that makes it follow your trajectory. it’ll happen. never give up!
>If a boxer lands a Good hit on a grappler they wont get up anytime soonMakes you think
>>178177How is a striker supposed to outstrike me when I double leg him?
would bin ladin have been a good fighter? dude was tall as fuck, long reach
>>194661>long reachyeah no kidding
>>178177Maybe like get good at striking AND grappling.
>>178297i love how that counts as a knock down but what Justin landed on Max wasnt Glazing hard
So I've been trying to get the balls to attend a gym that does freestyle and Greco wrestling. It took a lot to go to it as I know it's the toughest sport, and I'm not "young". Twice now I have managed to gather up all my strength and start making my way to the gym, only for freak occurances (train literally going straight past the station, train being delayed for an hour) which left me unable to get there on timeI'm just wondering if any of you had the same sort of issues when you started training. Was the universe basically telling you to stay away but you persisted? Feel like im pushing my luck trying to go a third time lmaoThank you for reading
I take signs from God as they comeLike I have a few cars needing repairs laying around so my drive way is full and I have to park one on the street at night next to a hydrantBeen doing this for almost a year a this point and then 2 days ago a guy randomly comes to the front door and says "I see there's no plates on that jeep in the drive way, I'll give you $400" for itSo I sold it to him and now I can park in the drive way Then last night wouldn't you know it ther was something going on at the neighbors house and the fire department came and needed to use that hydrant which I had been blocking for months
>>195556Wow that's lucky. it's weird the universe didn't stop me from going to judo or BJJ even though I did not enjoy those and only went for three sessions yet wrestling it just seems to not even want to let me go once very weird. Maybe I'll get suplexed and dieded
That means you have to go now
>>195543where do you live that they actually teach wrestling to adults?
>>195671Not doxxing myself but near a major city, there are exactly 2 pure wrestling gyms (too far away for me) and 1 martial arts gym that does 2 wrestling classes a weekThere are MMA gyms located more frequently that do striking/bjj/wrestling but usually only one class a week and very expensive. It's rare here and I still have to travel close to an hour to reach my nearest oneAlso we don't have any school or college wrestling here.
Was training muay thai in class with my friend. Got my kick caught and he pulled. When I was hopping in my grounded foot, I landed funny, felt something in my knee like a pop and collapsed. No swelling at all, feels weird and tingly. Hurts when I attempt to walk on it. Doctor claims only meniscus tear but nurse told me the doctor half asses his job. Going to try to schedule an MRI.Do you guys thing its a ligament, and how bad is it to come back from those?
>>194787>>194854How's the myocarditis going buddy? I'm sure it's because of global warming and not your shot. Remember, for each booster you take, 10 palestinians die for the promise land
>>194862>for each booster you take, 10 palestinians die for the promise landHow many fake identities can I get away with before the nurse notices?
>>1948946,000,000
>>194721>Doctor claims only meniscus tear but nurse told me the doctor half asses his jobdid he at least do a lachman test?
>>195496Yes and my tibia is intact. No shifting. Just an update, I can walk but can't straighten my knee or twist.
/HEMA/ General - Power of God and Anime Edition 3>What is HEMA?HEMA stands for Historical European Martial Arts, sometimes also called Historical Fencing.It's reconstructing how to fight with swords, daggers, polearms, and other weapons based on old European fighting treatises>What does it look like?Inside the World of Longsword Fighting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zueF4Mu2uMBack to the source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBmNVHTmNsMartin Fabian Sparring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8QlbKfX84k>Where can I find these treatises?https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Main_Pagehttps://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Category:WeaponsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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>>195494i will remind them
>>195518Tiny pecker compensation albeit
>>195656keep telling yourself that>t. 8 in
>>195656>first thing he thinks of when seeing a dude with a muscular body is "wow, I wonder what his penis looks like"Who's the faggot here?
