Reading comprehension

My new pet peeve is the apparent inability of people to simply comprehend what they read. It seems to be rampant on the internet.

I just had an interaction with a semi-well known Martial Artist who, regardless of his education, cannot understand the written word. It left me feeling icky. The fact that there are some people out there who think this guy has a clue about combat boggles my mind. It is especially bad when he posts video or DVDs of himself trying to perform something. He sucks, hands down. But I have to keep my mouth shut because of good friends of mine who like him (not because they think he has anything worthwhile about fighting, but as a person). Too bad, because I would like to expose some things about him he would prefer stay quiet.

Being polite sucks sometimes.

Dredging up the past

Here is something for anyone who read MMA/grappling-centric magazines and internet discussion boards in the late 90's.

Those of you who did might recall there was a debate between BJJ people and Catchwrestling people (most notably Matt Furey and Karl Gotch) about whether submission holds could actually break bones. The catch guys spoke long and loud on how it was impossible. The BJJ people brought up a lot of actual facts that never seemed to penetrate the Catch guys brains. Ithink the debate has long been won, but this past New Year's Eve in Japan serves as a reminder. On a big televised MMA event, Shinya Aoki broke the humerous of Mizuto Hirota with a kimura. If he wasn't so irrelevant to real combat today, it might have been interesting to hear Matt Furey try to justify that one.

I know this is kind of immature to bring up the past like this, but sometimes I can't help it. Plus, I don't want someone stumbling on that drivel and EVER trying to pull the wool over people again.