Terminator Bear will Haunt Your Souls and Eat Your Babies!

Here it is....

And you thought all Terminator references were not going to make it back in here, didn't you?

The Last Emperor stands and bangs in the Chi-tonw!

As part of our MMA judging training, Both Sanchez and myself are able to attend the Strikeforce event tomorrow night in the Chi-tonw. Very exciting, as we get to see Fedor, the current and possibly all-time, greatest heavyweight MMA fighter in the world. This card is pretty stacked, and we are looking at seeing such names as "Mayhem" Miller, Gergard Mousasi, as well as a packed house of celebrities in the MMA world, such as Shinya Aoki, the Human Hello Kitty Backpack, who is joining Strikeforce, as well as everyone's favourite "Crush", Gina Carano.
Should be a good card, and we should get to go over some of the fights at the remainder of the training on Sunday. Assuming some of them go to a decision of course.....

MMA world, your salvation is soon at hand!

Well, the Glorious Sweater of Absolute Victory isn't why the MMA world will soon have its salvation; more to the point Sanchez and myself are looking to get certified in Illinois as MMA judges. Where does it say only Cecil Peoples can have all the fun?!

Soon we will be judging leg kicks, armbars, heel-hooks, and superman punches! Awesomeness will ensue as we hand down judgment upon those whose matches end in decision, as the heavens open and holy light streams down upon the upturned faces of combatants in the ring, tears streaming copiously in both joy and shame as we announce our 30-27 victory, by decision to the fighter who landed more damaging blows, controlled the ground game the best, and displayed octagon control.

Buxom ring girls will throw handfuls of daisy petals into the air and we will be lifted in palanquins, high above the crowd, the roar of the masses building to an oceanic crescendo, as the faultless, nay, infallible scoring reaffirms the justice of our decision in the hearts and minds of all who bore witness to the gospel of 10-9, 10-9, 10-9, in a three round technical slugfest. The only downside being fighters wishing to drag fights out for all three rounds, five in the case of championship matches for the belt, in order to have our glorious judgment passed upon them, Sanchez's Cerberus to my Anubis, our judgment leading into the light, or the darkness of the warriors post-fight afterlife, party at the Crowbar, admission limited to the first fifty, with prepaid ticket. There are no drink specials in the next world my friend.

All will culminate in an apocalyptic judging decision, in which Sanchez and myself, through our divinely inspired scoring, finally overcome the appalling judging of Cecil Peoples and, via split decision, award the victory to the rightful winner in a technical decision fight in the UFC's first Open Weight Grand Prix.

Consider yourself warned.

Saying(s) of the Day!

Had a short, but productive (as always) seminar last Wednesday night with Ren Kuroda sensei, the International Director for Meishi-ha mugairyu. Being a Yank originally, now based in Tokyo, he sometimes makes his way to the Chi-tonw for business, and when he can, is nice enough to take time better spent eating and sleeping to give us some tuition in mugairyu. As usual, Ren can break stuff down into easier to understand movements and concepts, so even if we are just talking basic body movements, it is always constructive. Here are some of my favourite quotables from the evening.....

"Slow is smooth and smooth is fast."

"Face the direction you're cutting and cut in the direction you're facing."

similarly,

"Draw in the direction you're cutting."

"If you don't want to get hit by the sword on it's way down, then get the hell out of the way first."

and my favourite Bruce Lee moment;

"Don't float like a door, flick quick like a switch!"

Props too, to the grandmaster soke of Shintu Hatsu Knutsu and crew for making the long drive down from the frozen north for the evening. Great to see you guys as always!

Tsuki of the Month!

It's that time of the month again; here we have badass Henry Smalls, who, despite no legs and getting tsukied is still launching off a katate men strike. Bad. Ass. Indeed.
A little motivation for when you're feeling down on yourself.

Drunk Ewoks....what could possibly go wrong with that?

Saw this this morning on Inquistr.



"You're not allowed vodka!"
The moonwalk/humping was my favourite part.

Happy Halloween!

Prophecy Fail.

Yeah, we've got ninjas too.

Well, after all that samurai/katana tomfoolery, I had to bring back up an old favourite, featuring my own honbu dojo. Never realised it was a "non-descript dojo in one of Tokyo's back-alleys", and that Hasimoto sensei was a ninjitsu master, but then again, I'm pretty sure he didn't either.




You can find parts 1-2, and 4-5 on the interwebs as well.
Man, I love ninjas. Even when we're getting punked by them.

EDIT: As an addendum, if you do some searching on the internets, you'll find that "enyo" (a kata in mugairyu) is listed as a deadly technique of the ninja in some corners. Thanks Human Weapon. ROFL.