Wow...

[ironphoenix]

Ganked from theweaselking:


How the heck does one even begin to learn this kind of thing? It's not like "half-right" is an option...

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[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

On the first two bits, fair enough. Still a lot of people watch Nascar to see the crashes; the safety stuff makes it "okay", much as the penalties make it "okay" for a lot of (in many cases the same) people to enjoy watching the fights in hockey.

On the last... I'll buy that like any athletes, they condition their bodies; what makes you single out MMA folks? I would expect gymnasts, skaters (i.e. figure skaters), and dancers to be better comparisons.

[notsoholygrail.livejournal.com]

because of the way they train, their bones become stronger as well due to constant impact. just landing a bike repeatedly will build up bone mass. I wish I could find that discovery show about how MMA fighters train so their bodies can take breaking many blocks of ice or concrete. they even measured the forces that were involved, and equated them to car accidents.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

This makes some sense, yes. Skaters and gymnasts also take a fair bit of impact, especially in practice.

[notsoholygrail.livejournal.com]

skaters are fucking crazy



he got up and walked away from that.

[notsoholygrail.livejournal.com]

also, those are his shoes coming off

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

Glad he made it... there must have been quite an "oh, crap" moment in there.