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A mural depicting ancient Egyptian grappling techniques, found in the tomb of Baquet III, an Egyptian high official who lived around 2000 BC and must have really liked wrastlin'
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theblindninja · 3 months
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Jiang Yuhuan 😍
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gnarlymarbles · 7 months
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Modern AU Gaang Martial Arts Headcanons :) 🥋
Zuko:
He and Azula were forced into both Judo and Karate from a young age. Zuko constantly got frustrated with his katas and that his technique wasn’t perfect, while Azula was always angry that people didn’t want to spar with her because she was so aggressive. Despite their challenges (which included both of them breaking people’s bones by accidents), they both reached first-degree black belt. Zuko stopped attending when he moved in with Iroh, but Azula is a third-degree black belt. 
Toph:
She likes more physical arts, especially boxing and wrestling. She dabbled in taekwondo but the speed wasn’t her forte so she decided to go into boxing instead, and from there, she joined the school’s wrestling team and does BJJ on her own time. She’s gotten in trouble many, many times because she doesn’t care much for rules, and has a clean WR rate of 84-3. Like Azula, most people are too scared to spar her, but she isn’t as frustrated about it.
Sokka:
His first experience in martial arts was from a crappy mall studio where he went because his parents wanted him to learn self-defence. He was a big Karate Kid watcher when he was young, and tried lots of martial arts, though was the best at taekwondo. As he got older, he didn’t have much interest in it, and just had his dad teach him techniques at home rather than attend a school. Toph always insists on sparring him, and he agreed once, but it left him bruised for weeks, so he doesn’t dabble in it much.
Katara:
While originally not much of a fan, she was raised the same as Sokka: take martial arts to learn how to defend yourself. While he liked the fighting, she was more of a fan of the technique, like her mother was. When her mom passed, it only magnified the choice, and she kept at Karate for a few years while Sokka only dabbled. She got to brown belt before her dojo was shut down and, combined with the other stresses of life, she took a break. She still loves martial arts, though, and watches lots of videos about them. 
Aang:
He took a lot of Tibetan White Crane and tried a few other Chinese martial arts. He is skilled with the bo staff, too, and once he and Zuko became friends, they practised a lot of weapon sparring together. Aang’s marital arts practice involved a lot of conditioning, so he can do an impressively high amount of knuckle push-ups. He was taught mainly defence, which especially part of the reason he rarely won fights against Zuko, because he was often too afraid to attack, though that’s more of him being a pacifist than his martial art background. 
Suki:
While she mainly performed Aikido and Kendo, Tessenjutsu had always been her favourite. She has extremely fast reflexes from so much practice. Additionally, she started a martial arts club in her school and met Sokka through there. She was like a mix of Katara and Sokka, enjoying the fighting and cultural aspects equally. When she went to college, it was harder to find a place to train especially with such a packed schedule, but she makes time for it.
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the-ghost-bird · 8 months
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You know what I think is interesting? As a decently buff woman, the attitude of men towards me in a gym vs in a martial arts academy is VERY different.
Usually men in a gym will look at me That Way™ when I walk into the weight section and do 2 hours of upper body weight training. A lot are judgemental af, trying to dissect my form even tho I've gone through several personal trainers and my form is usually better than theirs. Just overall bad energy.
The men in my martial arts academy?
Something else entirely.
The guys from muay thai and bjj, especially the ones from wrestling, are always hyping me up and encouraging me. Of course there's some exceptions, but most of these dudes have already been humbled by enough women that they're eons less judgemental.
They respect me enough to not go easy on me but they don't try to genuinely injure me (bad sportsmanship no matter the gender). If something about my form in a technique is off, they will give me constructive criticism instead of being demeaning or just staying silent about it to try to guarantee a win.
A guy last week was like "you really be brawling, you picked me up and rolled my on the ground like an alligator", and another dude today was like "you're getting so strong so fast it's ridiculous." AND I'M LIKE THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD ENERGY, WORKING OUT IS 80% OF MY PERSONALITY SO IM HOPING TO BE GOOD IN AT LEAST THAT😭😭😭💕💕
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theronindiaries · 10 months
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zoddamnlt · 8 months
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Throwback to the OKC open finals match a few years back.
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graciehunter24 · 4 months
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Bjj in mma
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jeetkuneflow · 2 months
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Years ago, I wrote that MMA is traditional martial arts distilled for a specific purpose. I still believe it to be true — and today I came across a mind-blowing example of why that is.
The first picture is an engraving in the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia. Over 1,000-years-old, it depicts a rear naked choke and body triangle.
Even the defense in the engraving is in line with contemporary wisdom: The man defending the choke is pulling down in the crosswise arm, and pushing up on the arm behind his head.
It’s another reminder that the evolution of martial arts is a process of rediscovery. As long as we have two arms and two legs, there are only so many ways we can move.
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kellymagovern · 1 year
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Buggy choke [x]
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gunsnrosesrocknroll · 10 months
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when I see someone in a movie or something doing a martial art move I know I absolutely lose my shit
like YES THAT ONE
I KNOW THAT ONE I CAN DO THAT ONE
then I rewatch it at least three times as my heart literally fucking bursts with fulfilment
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simpleman193 · 2 months
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Some very wise words..
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the-ghost-bird · 6 months
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My toxic trait is that when I'm sparring someone in my jiu-jitsu class, if I'm very close to forcing a submission out of them but they're struggling and resisting a lot, I'll shush them and whisper "Come on. Shh shh shh, come on." like an absolute demon coaxing them to give in.
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