Retard Control

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I've got some people that really balk at the term retard control, myself included. This isn't a big PC crusade or anything, I don't care what anyone else calls it, but the fact is it bothers some people. In my daily life I work as a pediatric therapist and so obviously I have a little sore spot about the term, and some of the guys in my gym have relatives/family members/friends with a disability, so it's just not something I'm really able to use.
My question is, I've seen others refer to "special ed control", "animal control", etc. Are these separate positions, or are they alternate names for the same position? We've been calling it Animal Control where I train. Do other folks have similar issues with this?
Granted, there aren't a lot of names that would NEED to be changed in the 10P system, but if we call it something different just within our own gym, how big a deal is that?

A name is a name. Some people will be purists and not want you to call it something different but the only thing that matters is that if you yell out a technique name then your team mates know what youre talking about. Call it what you want imo.

Yeah, it's just a name. Personally I have no issue with it, neither does anyone at 10P Glasgow but as long as you are using it correctly, who cares what you call it really

Retard control is the most defensible of the "offensive" 10th planet moves. To retard, means to slow down. That's exactly what you're doing in that position. I'm raising my kids to be band dorks, so I showed them how the term was used in music as well. On the same note(pun intended), I don't have a problem saying crackhead control to them either. I just tell them that if you squeeze hard enough you should crack their skull. I haven't quite come to terms with the douche-bag yet.

Lol, darkside, the only thing I can think now is to band-geek you back and say in music it's "ritard". :)
And like I said, I'm not trying to police the world and make everybody be PC, just choosing for myself. I just wanted to make sure that saying "animal control" wasn't going to confuse myself or my teammates down the road when another technique by that name comes up. That would suck.

Thanks guys.

Huh, I remember ritardando but I always saw the short as retard and never ritard. It's been a while, so it may be muttled in my mind.

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Originally Posted by Brian "Darkside" Gomez

Huh, I remember ritardando but I always saw the short as retard and never ritard. It's been a while, so it may be muttled in my mind.

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As a musician, I can guarantee that the short version is ritard.

I usually just feign confusion about why the word retard would ever be used regarding a person who was mentally differently abled and then pronounce in somber tones that I would never call such a person a retard because that was mean. You have to kind of give them a look that says "This is all your fault."

...people don't really LIKE me though so...

;)

I always thought is was named that as its designed to control stronger dudes from posturing (ie retard strength) - but to quote comedian Stephen Hughes 'be offended if it offends you, no one dies just because you're offended' :)

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Dude.... NEVER go full retard!

It's just so much easier to say than "Develop Mentally Disabled Control".

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Originally Posted by Mike Bushby

I tried to use the search function first but didn't see anything about this so here goes...
I've got some people that really balk at the term retard control, myself included. This isn't a big PC crusade or anything, I don't care what anyone else calls it, but the fact is it bothers some people. In my daily life I work as a pediatric therapist and so obviously I have a little sore spot about the term, and some of the guys in my gym have relatives/family members/friends with a disability, so it's just not something I'm really able to use.
My question is, I've seen others refer to "special ed control", "animal control", etc. Are these separate positions, or are they alternate names for the same position? We've been calling it Animal Control where I train. Do other folks have similar issues with this?
Granted, there aren't a lot of names that would NEED to be changed in the 10P system, but if we call it something different just within our own gym, how big a deal is that?

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It's a fair question. In this world people are getting more and more PC. One example is you can't call anything gay without there being a crusade. It doesn't have to be directed at gay people or have anything to do with them, but there will generally be a reaction, particularly in a professional setting. Your daily life is different than your jiu jitsu life. "The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club." When I started jiu jitsu, I was that guy that wore jiu jitsu shirts, talked about jiu jitsu, and carried the flag proudly wherever I went. Women don't like it, peers at work or school think it's weird and/or arrogant, family members even get annoyed by it. It's been much more satisfying carrying this as sort of an alter ego. In the GYM, retard is merely the name of a position. It's right next door to crackhead control, which the argument could be made is just as non-PC. I don't normally use the word in any other context though, ESPECIALLy outside the dojo.

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Originally Posted by Arman Fathi

In the GYM, it's merely the name of a position. I don't normally use the word in any other context, ESPECIALLy outside the dojo.

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I follow this same logic.

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Originally Posted by Brent Smith

the only thing that matters is that if you yell out a technique name then your team mates know what youre talking about

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Seems legit. +1