/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.
ledge skating EditionYou're never too old/fat to skate, if you can jog you can skate. Skateboarding is 70% style 20% bails, 10% landing. You're never too old to smoke out the 15-year-old girls at the parkSkatepark Etiquette: wax the coping Trick Tip: cannonball: pop a fat ollie, grab the nose and tail, suck your knees your chest (your chin should be touching your dick), landBeginner Tip: learn how to fall thread question:what ledge tricks are you working on?
>>77067Sounds like you have a ton of dipshit opinions.
>>77068Oh so you actually wanna read about what the evangelical faggot and other brain damaged high school drop outs have to say about society and politics and shit?
Sumner used to smoke crack with all of the Baker guys which makes this even funnier
>>77077All ex pros used to be degenerates which makes all the political posting much more embarrassing and hilarious. I dont know why they can't just get into woodworking or gardening or fucking motorcycles or fishing or literally anything else. I guess being an idiot on the internet is easier and gets your more attention.
>>77077Yeah it's cringe and very revealing of their hypocricy to build up on an image and actually distance themselves from someone who was living it more than they (Antwuan) to suddenly be hit with life's challenges. At least Dollin stays true. And that is not to say one can't or shouldn't distance themselves from drugs and partying. But when you make it a point that you are this carefree dude because you were smoking blunts or liked beer, for two years of your life, and build the image of your company around that, only to "realise" you had enough because you had a bad trip or one tooany hangovers, yeah dude, you are just a poseur. Brands like ...Lost or Consolidated or Flip had their share of hardcore users but they were never on the nose about it. Those who understood, understood.
This board is moving so fast no one will notice my Gimi thread
>>56970gimi 301
gimi
>>77055pröööh :DD
GIMI BLIS DON GO D: D: D: D:
Post-Olympics edition Other jacketed wrestling styles welcome.previous thread >>50439
what food should I take with me to comp?
>>76399Before or after weigh ins?
>>76401both. Im in the unlimited weightclass (90kg+ because they combined classes at small comp) so I dont need to worry about making weight
>>66745Never heard of it before now but that's an interesting format. Always fun to see competitors from nations that are literally at war go toe to toe.
Keep strictly real steel gun related laws and politics to >>>/k/ and >>>/pol/. Leave the gun and gear porn.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.>Updated Newbie pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/Qy01C4Ta>/asg/ retailer guidehttp://pastebin.com/YHNFKKt6>Legal comprehensive, crosscheck with your local laws to be on the safe sidehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_in_airsLast Thread >>70791
>>74961Going to wear a suit to the field and wear smoked goggles as a stand-in for sunglasses?
>>77073sure, that works
I'm gonna play airsoft in my fursuit
Could I get away with wearing my BDSM gear to the field if I just say it's a metal gear thing?
>>77073>>77071yeah I saw it in one of the old Virtual Market worlds I couldnt enter though because it's PC only
Winch Edition:Post BikesPost RidesAsk QuestionsReceive answersThreadly question:What is the worse injury you received from mountain biking?
>>76817Awesome cornering, feels the best.Cool pic by the way.I find cornering closer to the limit is easier when the conditions are crap, as all of the terrain is equally as slick. Right now all of my local trails are covered in slick leaves
brother works at a professional mountain bike shop and carries mid tier to high end bikes. i grew up doing bmx for fun. im moving to idaho in a few months and need to get a decent mountain bike but i have no idea what to get. i dont end anything fancy my biggest thing is just reliability. i get 50% off anything but also im broke as hell cuz of school so i dont want to spend more than $1,000. and advice or recommendations are appreciated
>>76990Tell us what brands they're able to get you so we can narrow it down
>>77019seems like they mainly carry Trek and the other brand are all out of budget
>>77042order a polygon online
why does everyone shit on bmx?
Biker roll-call: do you ride BMX or were you into it at one point? Would you agree that this olympic sport needs a general?'Cause it's weird how we have a popular /mtb/ thread but only this drama thread for BMX
I remember a bike rider getting pissed because my friends and I were doing manny contests on the smooth concrete leading into the skatepark, not even going into the actual park, and he had to ride on the grass for a little lmao at the time we were like 16 and this dude looked 30. like you got a fuckin bike not ice skates
>>75714bet $10 u and ur friends were acting like little faggots
>>75769Nope just manualing one after another seeing who could go the farthest. Maybe you know the bike rider he had a red jew fro and was overweight with a crew of freshman cigarettes smokers. They always shouted "save a tree ride a bike" even though they are at a skatepark. Why can't you ride on grass?
>>63494i saw a skateboarder with no shirt on bail down the tiniest hill that i take when i have nothing on on 1 leg for fun on my rollerblades, you people are a joke to me, stop riding off tony hawks coat tails you will never be tony hawk, meanwhile i can be the tony hawk of inlining
What's your favorite example of shitty martial arts beating more effective styles?
>>75259>>73398What a lot of MMA/UFC guys didn't realize is what happened to a lot of TMA is what's happening to BJJ and MT now.You get a real martial art, that is effective, and it get's really popular. Money hungry assholes start marketing it to lazy/scared people as a "proven method of self defense" and they don't teach it in a realistic environment.Aikido is a great example, as pointed out earlier: you were supposed to Judo first. Now you get people teaching just Aikido because earlier practitioners were really good and earned the reputation that Aikido is legit.Same thing with Kajukenbo: it was a pressure tested system developed by actually fighting. Now you get mall sensei's piggy backing off that reputation, teaching weebs "self defense" that doesn't require them to be in shape.Kung Fu and Karate too: originally it was practiced by the working class that were already fit to begin with. You teach someone that routinely lifts heavy shit how to punch and kick, and no shit they can kick someone's ass that has no training.Hell Jeet Kune Do too: you look at Dan Inosanto and he advocated for BJJ and MT as far back as the 80s. Now you've got 3rd and 4th generation students that teach JKD as it's own art with an over emphasis on trapping and the silly parts of Filipino Martial Arts.
>>73211>>73148I invented a punch where I do this but it's more like the mortal draw from a sword. You spin, crouch down while doing a dodge and also preparing to spring yourself up. You use the centrifigual force and copy a "shot put throw"'s movements and throw your fucking entire fist into it, spring up and lunge forwards at the end to ensure a 100% knock out rate.if you can land that shit lol good luck aiming
>>72102>>72096>>72063I get it. I never learnt any techniques, but through trials of fire I had to learn to get people off me when they jumped me, grappled or, or came at me in groups.I rarely lost the fights and people stopped bothering me because I was a monster. Sometimes I miss the thrill of the fight.
the jannie here is retarded none of these posts deserved to be deleted kys
>>74176It was birthed through necessity, not selling snake oil. Of course with a history like that it's effective and covert. It hides the fact it's even a strike.
BJJ Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu GeneralSmoothcomphttps://smoothcomp.comBeltCheckerhttps://www.beltchecker.comSo what have you learned this week?
Bros I'm a blue belt and I've been training for about 3 years now. I've been reading about how your game only truly starts developing once you hit purple. At this point in my journey I am beggining to understand positions and situations more I think. What would some higher belts recommend for me to start getting into? I'm 178cm tall and I have 63 kilos. I've beeing doing half guard a lot for the last few months but honestly I suck at it as I don't sweep anyone from there and I can only finish from there, usually baiting a loop choke. I like De La Riva but I can only do 1 sweep consistently from it. What are some good guard for smaller guys? Also I fucked my lower back up by getting stack passed, how do I recover it because it is really stiff and not flexible as it was before the injury (I would say it is 35% flexible compared to how it was). Should I go for a massage with shock therapy or is that just a meme?
>>76426Try meditation. Maybe that'll help your back.
>>71235Don’t get a boner
Hey texas
>>75439woman>>75629lol no. got that for absolute. girl i beat, and took down, was a judo brown belt so they upgraded it>>75891cool! what school are you at? or do you mean at the tournament?
So how effective are palm strikes?
>>63543I was that retard, ever since posting it I started palm striking on the heavy bag. I fucked up my triquetrum/head on ulna the second time I went full retard on it. Wasn't able to move my hand without pain for 3-4 days, afterwards it healed. Focused more on technique, fucked it up again for a day because got cocky. Now I can go swinging with all my might and there is little to none pain on my palms because I learned how to strike with my radius. Still want to condition my knuckles but boy they hurt a lot more than when I palm strike.>tl;dr don't be afraid to hit with full power but be sure you use your radius>Bas was right
>>57186so if you have broken one of your fingers and someone attacks you do you just drop your pants and bend over?
>>57257Mind you, in spite of Shamrock's theatrics, he's gritting his teeth and protecting his head with all he's got against Rutten's blows.
>>65267Your qigong is striking hard things with an open palm softly at first. Then as the months pass and your hands get harder, you start hitting harder. And you keep doing this every day for a long time until your hands become a flail.
>>58889Exactly
Theory 1:>Fighting is unpredictable, violent and fast. Become as strong, fast and aggressive as possible, techniques won't save you.>Examples: Ancient Greeks, medieval knights, WW1 German storm troopers>Theory 2: Fighting frequently happens when you're injured, starving, tired or otherwise weakened, so you won't be able to fight with your optimal physique, while your enemy might be bigger and stronger than you. Therefore, train killing techniques to exploit weaknesses in the body's structure and counter physical superiority.>Examples: WW2 allied commandos (eg. Fairbairn system), Baroque martial arts, most Asian martial arts>Theory 3: You need effective techniques AND the most power and speed you can get to reach the highest level possible for you. >Examples: Modern combat athletes, modern military combativesWhich one got it right?
>>76877Yeah, you're coping fr fr. Everyoyne has admitted it by now, early UFCs were obviously fixed.>90% of street fights go to the ground>Seasoned street fighters have no clue about groundfightingPeople back then really believed that lmao.
>>76911>everyone is saying it's rigged bro it's trueRetard.
>>76912>Everyone involved admits it was rigged>NO NOT!lmao BJJ buyer's remose.
>>76914>they totally admitted it brooo do your research!!Retard.
>>73713>Theory 1:>>Fighting is unpredictable, violent and fast. Become as strong, fast and aggressive as possible, techniques won't save you.>>Examples: Ancient Greeks, medieval knights, WW1 German storm troopersThis is true>be me>playing pavlov vr>losing in search>tell everyone im done with strategy im just gonna run in and headshot them all before they kill me>do exactly this>no strategy involved>run to the next enemy>repeatit's true, raw strength beats skill
ITT: Describe a martial art technique. If it already exists in a well-known style, it is disqualified. Others judge if the technique would or wouldn't work. If it works, it gets added to the official /xs/ martial art.
>>75963Scroll of the Verdigris Amphibian
Sorry for taking so long.Started compiling what we have (ignoring things that reference other styles), into what I thought was something fairly ordered and useful for teaching. Thing is, I don't actually know much about formal ways to structure martial arts. I just use it to hit people.Wasn't sure how to handle the weapons section, and didn't want to fuck around with figuring it out.Anyway, knock yourselves out.https://ghostbin.com/ip4l4
>>76873based now we just need someone to draw all the moves or to grab them off the interneet
>>56873shotput someone but use your fist instead of a ball and its a punch
>>59904lol, what about a bullet before you place it?
Singlesticks on the high seas edition.>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.
I bought a second hand AllStar.de neck protector for cheap. The problem is, it stinks real bad. Like, asthma attack bad.The inner plate (I don't know it's material) can't be removed, so how should I wash it? Would a certain machine wash work or is it hand wash or bust?
>wiktenauer doesn't have resources on smallswordPhilistines
>>76981Wiktenauer is pretty shit for anything past early 17th century really.Then again, that's still a pretty hefty load of sources and you can find them elsewhere, considering many groups that do smallsword specialize in it.
>>76986Yeah, I was just complaining about their lack of civility and general decorum.This one is great: https://smallswordproject.com/
>>76989>Autres temps, autres mœursEarlier periods weren't lacking civility or decorum, it just wasn't the same sort of them.And sophisticated people were also ruthless killers back then.
Comp is acrobatics edition>Should I start climbing?Yes. Get a friend, find your closest gym, go there and rent some shoes. Start with bouldering, usually two tape marks set the start of the route and the color of the tape is difficulty (look for the color-difficulty chart on some wall somewhere). Route is the same-colored grips up until the topmost grip (not edge of wall). Two hands on the last grip = you've sent it, congratulations.>How do I start toproping?You have to learn how to belay. That same gym you just went to probably has reoccurring toprope courses which teach you how, it's not very difficult. Same grip-color system as with the bouldering, but here it's more common with each route having a specific grade instead of being within a range of grades. The grading system differs internationally, ask that guy at the gym who climbs without a shirt and moans obnoxiously loud for more info. >I just bought a BeastMaker 2000™, will I finally git gud?No. You'll just fuck up your ligaments. Google "Eva Lopez fingerboard".(Formerly known as /scg/, also formerly known as /bog/)Previous thread: >>56909
>>77035indoor grades vary like crazy between gyms. like up to 3 grades of difference. go climb outdoors to really get a baseline.
>>76973Damn, I wish you a speedy recovery manIt gets a bit frustrating since I was slowly turning it into a steady habit, hopefully both of us can go climb again soon
>>77035>climbing...in nycWhy don't you do some bouldering in Central Park?
>>77047Thanks
>>77048there's climbing gyms all over the city at this point
>28Am I too old to skateboard?
If you are a beginner skater and over the age of 18 you are either:A. a complete fucking loserB. the parent of a young child who wants to learn to skateC. both of the above
Guarantee that OP is 25 or under and said 28 to be extra sure that he isn't too old.
>>77008God damn dude. Can a guy not fuck around with wheels and pavement?
Skate, and you will regret it; don’t skate, you will also regret it; skate or don’t skate, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both.
>>77053maybe a little too high brow for /xs/
