http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVxrrUpptOY
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Eddie, I remember you once telling me that Jason has sick posture in guard. Any idea when this video was taken?
This is Ooold footage. Not sure what year it was though.
Props to Rener for winning the match. But I'm really not a fan of using the gi to wrap around your opponent. Just seems overboard.
Really Louis? I am surprised you say that. Since one guy was nogi and the other gi, I guess they had to play to their advantages. IF you and I were rolling and you caught me in spider web and I had my arms together and you douche bagged or RLS me, is that over board?
Curious as I don't typically hear 10th Planet guys say things are over board because many people in the gi world have 'out lawed' 10th planet moves in competition for being the same.
I don't see anything wrong with Rener using the gi. it was advantages for both of them. Mayhem could have done the same thing to Rener using his own gi. Awesome match though.
It's a fair move, 100% no question about that. No complaints from me. An instructor can teach his students to choke someone with their belt, socks, or whatever. That to me is overboard. Not something I am interested in learning. Just a personal opinion. But if I rolled with someone wearing a gi and he used his gi to choke me, I wouldn't complain. Didn't mean to offend with the word "overboard".
I'm no fan of gi chokes either but they are legit.
Overboard might not be the right word but I agree. It's like rolling with a rope in your hand or something. Defintely part of their game but when I roll in the gi I don't try stuff like that because it feels like cheating.
I would have been more impressed if Rener won by armbar or something. Surely he has the technique to do moves that don't involve the Gi. Cool choke though. It looked like Mayhem had plenty of opportunities to not allow that set up. Maybe he didn't know what Rener was doing.