Bullshido Endorses: Fight Like a Physicist

[ChenPengFi]

So back to the book, please tell me he plagiarized my BS posts in there.

[BKR]

Now that the thread has already blown up, I'll voice my original opinion about this endorsement.

Who is this guy? What is his relationship to the site, and to Phrost or the admins? What *are* his credentials? Is his physics PhD related to biomechanics or is he a nuclear physicist who does Wing Chun?

I don't like that Bullshido is telling me to buy this book basically "because Bullshido said so". That is literally antithetical to the mission.

You can look around on his blog/website. I found out he claimed to have done Judo with the UT (University of Texas) Judo team, I'm assuming while he was in school there. He's pretty active guy online. Has a tatt of the 1st 51 digits of pie on his leg and the periodic on his back. Hard Core !

[Guird]

You haven't read the book so you're misinterpreting that chapter. It's not about "chi".

Assume the only difference between the fighters is mass, both they can apply the same force with their muscles and do so over the same distance.
They will generate exactly the same kinetic energy. Work = Force X Distance . Consider that a heavier fighter can generate more force, and a taller one does so over a larger distance and you see how by the metric of kinetic energy, there is no advantage to being smaller.

The physics in the sample you provided is absolutely not undergrad level.

[W. Rabbit]

Please stop speaking for "bullshido's membership". Really, you are not the protector of bullshido.net.

You really came to bat for Jason and Martina, for some reason. Other than responding to Peng's needling of you...

Precisely because, in fact.

Damn, forgot about this thread. Good omen! I'll bet most of you never bought and read his book, but I did.

I bought and read both their books. That was the reason, obviously.

[BKR]

Precisely because, in fact.

Damn, forgot about this thread. Good omen! I'll bet most of you never bought and read his book, but I did.

I bought and read both their books. That was the reason, obviously.

You are correct, I did not buy and read their books. I looked at reviews and it was "meh".

I've posted links to biomechanical explanation/description/classification of "Judo throws" more than once here. My reading in those areas is sufficient.

That plus physics classes in college.

[W. Rabbit]

You are correct, I did not buy and read their books. I looked at reviews and it was "meh".

I've posted links to biomechanical explanation/description/classification of "Judo throws" more than once here. My reading in those areas is sufficient.

That plus physics classes in college.

Both their books are pretty good, Jason's is fantastic, probably one of the best works I've read on the crossover between MMA and physics, and written in a clear and concise way.

Her book covers the same stuff, but doesn't have as nice a cover or graphical art. It looks like an academic journal.

For Judo math, I usually recommend the classic, "Secrets of Judo". There are some amazing illustrations in this book...picked up a vintage copy (1960 Tokyo print) in a kung fu store, of all places.

https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Judo-.../dp/080481631X

[BKR]

Both their books are pretty good, Jason's is fantastic, probably one of the best works I've read on the crossover between MMA and physics, and written in a clear and concise way.

Her book covers the same stuff, but doesn't have as nice a cover or graphical art. It looks like an academic journal.

For Judo math, I usually recommend the classic, "Secrets of Judo". There are some amazing illustrations in this book...picked up a vintage copy (1960 Tokyo print) in a kung fu store, of all places.

https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Judo-.../dp/080481631X

Got it years ago.

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