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I've watched a Thai kickboxing match in Bangkok, and what amazed me, and I didn't expect is that the first few minutes are like dancing, no touching, then it sl

I've watched a Thai kickboxing match in Bangkok, and what amazed me, and I didn't expect is that the first few minutes are like dancing, no touching, then it slowly accelerates over say 30 minutes or something to a full out thing. If you can bend the rules in those first 5 minutes, even a sedate developer might stand a chance!

aspenmayer 6y ago
A dance is a pretty good metaphor for full contact sparring with a ref. Any other kind of fight, just don’t. Just get out of there. It’s not worth fighting over for long, if ever. The most OP fighting move is refusing to fight, opting not to strategically, and only fighting when absolutely necessary, like legally or morally necessary. Be like water. Support life and only crash when it’s time to rock and roll.
- quickthrower2 6y ago
  Yep definitely don’t fight if you can avoid it. This is why I am very forgiving when driving. Keep a distance from idiots, drive as safe as possible, don’t honk people etc. This way the fight is avoided. Not about being a wimp, but most fights aren’t worth it. And there are other ways to fight than literally. I have not been in a proper fight. Closest thing was at high school but nothing much happened. Other than that I’ve been coaxed into fighting in drunken places maybe 3 times but didn’t take the bait. It’s unlucky if you are in a situation where you are forced to fight. All of these times walking away is an option.
buran77 6y ago
That's like saying that after you start an engine it's idling for a while and consuming very little, if you could just get you your destination while it's still idling you could save so much fuel. You opponent will not wait for you to bend the rules a few times before they react unless the first bend knocks them out. Pushing people off the fighting surface might work once, maybe twice. If that's the only weapon in a fighter's arsenal I see a fractured skull in their immediate future. :)
- quickthrower2 6y ago
  Caveat is I’m talking about the Tim Ferris claim! Yes it’s definitely a once only trick.
  - buran77 6y ago
    I understand but what I meant by "once" was "exactly once", meaning the first round of the first fight in the championship. It's easy to spot a one trick pony because that's all they try. The second time the opponent would just overwhelm him with superior technique and physical force, we're talking about a national championship, there's no shortage of those. There's only so much pushing you can do when you're met with a kick to the head. And the weight advantage is meaningless once you realize weigh-in tricks have been used since forever, he'd just meet another guy who did the same. No, the more I look at this the more I realize the story of the regular guy exploiting loopholes to win a championship is a good "how the little guy won" story but also a complete fabrication. It's only good for the circle-jerk media, he gets to sell himself as special, they get to fill their pages with something. All of his claims in general seem to always reference some "evidence" that's never available in any form. A con-man using his cons to sell his cons. His old [1] and new [1] bios are pretty telling, his achievements tend to come and go. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20070308133948/http://fourhourworkweek.com/ferriss-bio5.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070308133948/http://fourhourwo... [1] https://tim.blog/about/ https://tim.blog/about/
    - quickthrower2 6y ago
      Absolutely agree. That's why I said "claim". Pretty unbelievable, and not really applicable to real life. I guess his point is "think out side the box".
    - gowld 6y ago
      He copied his martial arts "technique" from the climax of the Karate Kid movie (crane kick trick)? > Wired Magazine’s “Greatest Self-Promoter of 2008” Certainly
      - 6y ago

aspenmayer 6y ago

A dance is a pretty good metaphor for full contact sparring with a ref. Any other kind of fight, just don’t. Just get out of there. It’s not worth fighting over for long, if ever. The most OP fighting move is refusing to fight, opting not to strategically, and only fighting when absolutely necessary, like legally or morally necessary. Be like water. Support life and only crash when it’s time to rock and roll.

quickthrower2 6y ago
Yep definitely don’t fight if you can avoid it. This is why I am very forgiving when driving. Keep a distance from idiots, drive as safe as possible, don’t honk people etc. This way the fight is avoided. Not about being a wimp, but most fights aren’t worth it. And there are other ways to fight than literally. I have not been in a proper fight. Closest thing was at high school but nothing much happened. Other than that I’ve been coaxed into fighting in drunken places maybe 3 times but didn’t take the bait. It’s unlucky if you are in a situation where you are forced to fight. All of these times walking away is an option.

buran77 6y ago

That's like saying that after you start an engine it's idling for a while and consuming very little, if you could just get you your destination while it's still idling you could save so much fuel. You opponent will not wait for you to bend the rules a few times before they react unless the first bend knocks them out. Pushing people off the fighting surface might work once, maybe twice. If that's the only weapon in a fighter's arsenal I see a fractured skull in their immediate future. :)

quickthrower2 6y ago
Caveat is I’m talking about the Tim Ferris claim! Yes it’s definitely a once only trick.
- buran77 6y ago
  I understand but what I meant by "once" was "exactly once", meaning the first round of the first fight in the championship. It's easy to spot a one trick pony because that's all they try. The second time the opponent would just overwhelm him with superior technique and physical force, we're talking about a national championship, there's no shortage of those. There's only so much pushing you can do when you're met with a kick to the head. And the weight advantage is meaningless once you realize weigh-in tricks have been used since forever, he'd just meet another guy who did the same. No, the more I look at this the more I realize the story of the regular guy exploiting loopholes to win a championship is a good "how the little guy won" story but also a complete fabrication. It's only good for the circle-jerk media, he gets to sell himself as special, they get to fill their pages with something. All of his claims in general seem to always reference some "evidence" that's never available in any form. A con-man using his cons to sell his cons. His old [1] and new [1] bios are pretty telling, his achievements tend to come and go. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20070308133948/http://fourhourworkweek.com/ferriss-bio5.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070308133948/http://fourhourwo... [1] https://tim.blog/about/ https://tim.blog/about/
  - quickthrower2 6y ago
    Absolutely agree. That's why I said "claim". Pretty unbelievable, and not really applicable to real life. I guess his point is "think out side the box".
  - gowld 6y ago
    He copied his martial arts "technique" from the climax of the Karate Kid movie (crane kick trick)? > Wired Magazine’s “Greatest Self-Promoter of 2008” Certainly
    - 6y ago