Supporting Member jitschix recently added this review of Larry Sanders Black Belt Academy in Austin, Texas. Here's a snippet:

How many people get to study under someone with FIFTY THREE BLACK BELTS in FIFTY THREE DIFFERENT MARTIAL ARTS?!

For my first visit, just to watch, I went to the school at about 6:45PM. The class was to begin at 7:30 and lasts until 9pm. Most students either train MW or T Th. There were two or three students already present, wearing light cotton karategi and street shoes (sneakers), desultorily stretching in an unsystematic manner. I entered the building and took a seat. I was greeted by a rotund, balding man wearing what appeared to be a smoking jacket or bathrobe in black, with white diamond stitching... this was the...

For the masochistic martial arts fan:
Watch the Aikido shenanigans with the rest of the (link goes to discussion thread).

Coach Josh from the Gladiator's Academy, Lafayette Louisiana demonstrates the following takedown at a recent Austin Throwdown:


Snarky commentary provided by random Bullies.

After decades¹ of intense and dangerous undercover work² our very own Tom Kagan smuggled this secret footage out of the inner sanctum of a little known Kung Fu sect³.

To see this footage, click the largeish picture above.




1. A few minutes.
2. Random browsing.
3. This is actually true.

"Body, Body, Head" belts out the pudgy guy in the t-shirt by an obscure, awkwardly-named brand of "MMA Gear" (read: company that puts a logo on a cheap t-shirt). This would be great advice if it weren't for the fact that his fighter was under the other guy's mount.

For anyone who's attended a live MMA event and managed to get a seat at or near the cage, listening to the fighters' respective corners can, at times, be more entertaining than Goldberg and Rogan, Mauro and Bas, or even Tom and Jerry.

I've heard some simply mind-numbing things yelled out by fans at live shows; from things that were illegal, to criminally illegal, to outright physically impossible. The producers of The Ultimate Fighter probably never realized the potential fallout caused by their decisions to not shell out the extra bucks for professional commentary during the fights. Because apparently, all of five...

His mono probably weakened his immune system to the point where pretty much anything would flatten him. What's the general time limit before they go back to having an interim title?

Also, the Velasquez/Nog fight at UFC 108 is officially scratched. Nog has staph again.

So between Carwin's surgery, Lesnar's mystery illness, and Nog's staph, is there any reason to give even half a damn about the HW division?

Source: ESPN