Food/Diet and training hobbies
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@dan-mackinnon Sounds good. Once the plague has died down and its safe I would do like you say and give each class a try. Im sure you will do this, but pay attention to the environment and the other students as much as the instructor, should give you a clue as to the overall club attitude.
Well done with the fast Im doing a slight mini one and am 24hrs in, will stop around 5pm tomorrow.
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At the weekend I went for a walk and spotted a 3 places which teach BJJ about 40 minutes walk from me. I've just checked online and one seems more of a fitness gym (there is no information about the instructors) but the other 2 seems reasonable. They both do free introduction classes so might give it a try later in the year. One seems to have 1 instructor who is a black belt, whereas the other has 12 instructors all 3rd - 8th Dan.
As for the fast, I'm 52 hours in and finally got over the hump. I really struggled to sleep last night and was very tempted to stop at lunch time but I've pushed on.
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@stuart-capstick Agreed 100%. I think I mentioned her somewhere, followed her career for a while, one of my fav fighters. She put on an absolute masterclass in movement in the Ronda Rousey fight, probably the best Ive ever seen.
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Holly Holm- fantastic striker and moves wonderfully. Apologies if you've already mentioned her.
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@dan-mackinnon Check out this excellent fight. Some top level striking on display here also a hell of a lot of guts.
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Agreed, his fight IQ is off the scale. I remember watching his comeback against TJ after such a long injury lay off that was an incredible performance. It is a shame, I agree, I think that artificially elevated Garbandt and I would class that as an upset.
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He is a very intelligent man. I think what he has achieved is astonishing given the injury record he has and the fact that Team Alpha Fail has done nothing for 5 years except plotting ways to beat him. Shame he lost to Garbandt, who in many way is the anti-Cruz: thick and leaden.
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@stuart-capstick Thanks, made a nice little bit of green there. Couldnt see Izzy, as good as he is, carrying that sort of weight difference.
Shame I didnt get the KO too though. Cruz winning was a shock if I'm honest, really thought this would be the end for him. Glad he did though love watching and listening to him.
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Good call on the Blachovicz victory.
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I admire you for this. I couldn't fast for 5 hours. I've got the metabolism of a hummingbird.
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@matt-wood I try and average 24 hours every 4 weeks but learnt to be flexible. The first time I did it I struggled for 24 hours and then woke up the next day and felt the best I've ever felt. Makes you wonder what they put in all the food we eat - or maybe it's best we don't think about it!
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@dan-mackinnon Yes feeling the cold is a certain side effect I have come across too.
I usually do similar to you, I have a small meal of mostly salad leaves then about an hour later some eggs. I couldnt imagine eating a full english after that long :face_screaming_in_fear:
Do you do daily too or just save for a bigger fast once a month? I tend to do a min of 16hrs everyday, usually 18-19. Then like you when I feel the need I'll drop in a 24-48 hour fast.
Something I had noticed was that my eyesight got crystal clear after about 24hrs too. You notice anything like that?
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@matt-wood water only plus the occasional black coffee. I'm planning on breaking it with some eggs but when I've done it before I don't have any issues. I think 5+ days you need to start phasing yourself back into it. I have heard of people breaking a fast with a full English but I think that would send me off to sleep!
Same, once I get past 36 hours I'm fine. The biggest downside is feeling cold all the time.
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@dan-mackinnon Water only fasting? I have always found that once you get past the 36ish hour mark you feel like you can go on forever. How do you plan on eating again after the 5 days? I think this is where a lot of people make some mistakes and just eat normally, forgetting their body has not seen food for 5 days so you have to be gentle.
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Thanks, I'll check them out.
Off topic from martial arts but I've got next week off work and my plan is to try a 5 day fast. I often do 24-36 hours once per month and then 72 hours every 4 months. I've tried 5 days once before and found that boredom was the hardest part so going to crack on with some reading
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@dan-mackinnon Yes Id agree with that too.
If you want to watch Bas Rutten, and you can get hold of them, Pride was where he fought best. After he retired he did a collection of all his fights with his own commentary on them, was fascinating stuff.
Dekkers was a kick boxer, probably the first westerner who earned respect in the Thai rings in Thailand.
@Stuart-Capstick has pointed out some excellent strikers from the UFC, I would also add Holly Holm to the collection, she is a very technical striker, highlighted her skills in the fight with Ronda Rousey.
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I would put Wing Chun under self defense rather than a sport.
Funnily enough, I've never really watched UFC. I guess like anything, when you're an outsider it's hard to know where to start. I'll definitely check out your recommendations.
Very true about avoiding a real fight. Even if you "win" you will more likely lose long term if you get sent to prison.
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@stuart-capstick Yea that seems close to what I did. Didnt do foot sparring though and 1v1 plus 1v2 only. I was with the TAGB, also ITF style. They had a very standardised black belt grading system and everyone had to go to the academy in Bristol when I did it, probably more places now though.
I remember A good friend of mine and me took our 1st Dan together and trained our asses off for it. Probably overdid it but like you say that gave it more of a sense of importance to us.
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ITF. Black belt testing is not really standardised; seems to vary from club to club and even person to person. I and a few others had to do a hell of a lot more to get the first Dan than some other people did. Not that I minded that as it felt more of an accomplishment.
2nd Dan test- patterns, drills (e.g. combinations jab+cross+spinning hook etc), fitness (certain number of press ups, burpees etc), board breaking (jumping turning kick, inside of hand etc), sparring ( 1v 1, 1v 2 and 1v 3), self defence (some 4th Dan grabs/attacks and you have to defend in a variety of ways), foot sparring (the most pointless form of sparring ever...), knowledge of Korean terminology.