anyway, if you'd like a weirdly prescient book about the aesthetic and political effects upon the entire world from the monpolistic control of IP by movie studios, lmao, pre-order The Extended Universe!
Sharing a gym with a gaggle of 19 year olds who spend every waking hour on the mats is going to be the end of me. First they tap me out seven times in four minutes, then they're in the locker room talking about "if you shoot a gorilla in the head it will keep fighting you for ten seconds"
remember to leave bullet casings out for ashli babbitt tonight ❤️❤️✝️
Point taken, but I don't think "everyone" is a gold medalist at black belt
A sequence of three illustrations showing a transition from open guard to x-guard
A takedown from x-guard, followed by an ankle lock
Other people have pointed this out, but it rules how BJJ is a sport where you can show up on a regular Tuesday and train with some of the best in the game. Our main instructor just won gold at IBJJF no gi worlds. Same dude who has to deal with the feeble guard passing attempts of yours truly
We don't need to cede fitness and martial arts to the far-right. We can create our own training programs and learn how to fight for a better world.
*leg Americana, of course
Ooh, that's a fun one. Felt like a ninja when we drilled that, but I haven't been able to land one either 🥲
Cropped image from my BJJ notebook. A sequence of two drawings. From a scarf hold/kesa gatame, scissor your bottom leg under your opponent's arm, then throw it over that same arm. Finally, raise your hips from the mat to rotate their shoulder.
Today I finally hit one of the very first submissions I learned, three years ago. A sort of arm Americana (?) from the scarf hold. Although it's not in the drawing, I think you're supposed to lock your feet together at the end there, to keep the arm from wriggling out.
I'm so tired of reading about how much the tesla stock is falling or how public opinion is turning against musk or whatever. It's not enough! I don't know what that means! I want to see that man in a barrel and suspenders. I want to see him Qaddafi'd
This was for my birthday. Nice, round number, so they couldn't say no.
Two dudes grappling, a group of people are watching from the edge of the mats.
My friend in the process of passing my guard.
Me hitting a triangle choke on an old friend.
Two exhausted bros, seconds after my glorious victory.
I've had mixed results from trying to bring my friends to BJJ class, so I changed tactics: I booked a room at a local community center and invited a whole bunch of people to come try to kick my ass
A sequence of six images: Side control w/ crossface -> trap far arm -> mount -> replace crossface arm -> gift wrap -> lever up opponent's head
Next four steps: S-mount -> forearm over opponent's head -> bring back leg across opponent's head -> lean back for armbar
I really like this armbar entry
LMAO JACOBIN RAN WITH THE CHARLIE KIRK'S DEATH IS A TRAGEDY FOLKS FOLKS
when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe
My girlfriend doesn't care about bjj and generally won't let me show her any techniques, but she makes up for it in other ways. For example, she headbutted some asshole who tried to grope her at a bar yesterday
That's exactly what it feels like, every time 😅
Anyway, death to the IDF
As prophesied, got two triangles in one roll yesterday (can't even take credit for either one, the other guy practically threw himself into them)
they tried to bring a therapy dog into my room when i was recovering from surgery but i was high as balls and thought the nurse was asking if she could just stash a random dog in my room like maybe a dog she'd found outside? i yelled THIS IS NOT A ZOO at her
This is wonderful stuff! ❤️🖤
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Crude drawing of a person (it's me!) reading a wikipedia footnote, the person focuses on the phrase "as a whole"
The same person giggling, a thought bubble shows them thinking about Super Mario saying "ass-a-whole!"
Sometimes I feel like
I have a sophisticated sense of humor, but then again sometimes* this happens
*every fuckening time
Overt Nazism in BJJ is a bad thing, IMO. www.bjjee.com/articles/jiu...
Added a bar to this long dormant project
#NotBJJ
Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
Thank you, will do 🫡
