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Putin, Van Damme and Fedor all together
Posted by: | CommentsIf somebody would have told you twenty years ago that a Belgian karateka actor (who shows his nekkid butt in every movie) would meet the former President and current Prime Minister of Russia at a mixed fight tournament, you would have laughed. If they’d then add that one of the top MMA fighters today, Fedor Emelianenko, would be there too, you’d probably have been rolling on the floor in hysterics.
Still, here’s the proof:
Vladimir Putin, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Fedor Emelianenko
It just goes to show how MMA, but also martial arts movies, have slowly become more mainstream throughout the decades. I remember when Bloodsport came out and everybody was in awe about JCVD. Regardless what you think of him now, back then he re-launched the martial arts movie genre, which had become very stale.
As for Fedor, his loss to Werdum might have made his star shine a bit less brightly, but he’s still no slouch either. The fact that he’s recognized by Putin as being important enough to show up for the tournament says a lot about MMA’s evolution. Of course, we all know Putin is a Judo black belt and has an affinity for martial arts but still. It’s not like he doesn’t have anything better to do than go to a tournament like this.
I’m curious to see how the future will turn out but let’s just hope there’ll be a day when MMA and MA in general are just as much accepted throughout the world as they seem to be in Russia.
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Motorcycle purse snatcher, epic fail
Posted by: | CommentsThese purse snatchers on a motorcycle thought they had everything worked out. Well… It kind of didn’t work out all that great. “Epic fail!” is the applicable term, I think. 
If there’s a moral to the story maybe it’s this: if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. In this case, “the time” is some swift street justice from an angry crowd. Can’t say I blame those people, on the contrary…
Angry crowd vs. motorcycle riding purse snatchers. Guess who wins?
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BJ Penn fights Fox News Anchor
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s one you might like:
Fox news anchor Brian Kilmeade interviews BJ Penn and then starts asking real smart questions like “What would you do against a heavier guy like me?” Then he eggs him on to show it… Rocket scientist, yup.
To make things worse, once BJ puts him on the ground, you see the guy actually resisting and trying to fight BJ. Yeah, that’ll work…
BJ was nice enough about it and didn’t hurt the guy but some people should know better than doing dumb things…
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My perfect day
Posted by: | CommentsMy perfect day, I got it last week:
- Get up at 6am, teach tai chi chuan for two hours.
- Have breakfast with friends (pancakes, tropical fruit, toast and coffee that packs a solid punch.)
- Visit one of Bali’s most impressive temples.
- Relax in a hot spring in the middle of the jungle.
- Go up to the mountains for an amazing view and perhaps the best Nasi Goreng ever.
- Back to civilization and teach tai chi chuan and sanshou for two hours.
- On the way back to the villa, taste snake fruit for the first time. Heavenly.
- Dinner with friends and loved ones (Indonesian dishes, cooked by a local who knows what she’s doing.)
- Drink good wine, talk and laugh the night away.
Life is hard and it has a tendency to beat you down. And when you think the worst is over, it sometimes gives you an uppercut in the gut just to prove you wrong. But sometimes, sometimes the magic works and you get days like this. I just wanted to share mine with you.
Entrance to the temple
Relaxing in the hot spring.
Cooling off in the pool afterwards.
Trip to the mountains.
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Cop hits woman.
Posted by: | CommentsI just saw this clip here:
Apparently this happened in Romania and there’s probably more to the story than this. There’s a longer clip circulating but I didn’t find it right away.Nor do I speak Romanian so I can only comment on what this looks like:
I was raised to be respectful to authority figures. If a LEO told you to do something, you listened. You didn’t argue or whine about it, you did as you were told. In all my life, I’ve never run into trouble by following that guideline. As I see it, the woman shouldn’t have slapped the officer, period. Maybe she had good reason (again, need a translation and more information) but it looks like she was mouthing off and then slapped him.
In my book, she deserves what she gets in response. You don’t hit a cop unless you want a beating. Maybe the woman should have followed these guidelines:
UPDATE: Ed sent me a link to a forum where there’s an unofficial translation. This is what it said:
Ok, this is a translation of the first video, which is a news story.
I will use the following abbreviations for people talking:
N -- newscaster
T -- teacher
P -- police officerThe scene opens up, with the teacher’s hand on the cop’s torso.
T: Why do you want to put your hands on me?
P: I don’t want to ma’am. (unsure of this) What have I done to you? [he walks out of the doorway to get some distance, not taking his eyes off her]
T: You put your hands on me a few times
P: Don’t pull me. Be careful… [as they walk out and, I'm assuming she pulls his jacket/arm (view is blocked by his torso). He deflects her arm by grabbing it and pushing it to the left.]
T: [with her now free arm, she backhands the cop and says] Get the hell out of here or I’ll slap the shit out of you! (Note: she doesn’t curse, but that’s about the closest translation I can come up with that conveys in English the true sentiment behind the words. The literal translation is “Go away from here because I will give you such a slap that you will not see yourself.” See, it’s just not the same)
P: Ioooooooi. (A Romanian exclamation that conveys, in this case, “Oh no she didn’t!”) [Cop puts his glasses on. Queue Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who.]
T: Why are you putting your hands on me repeatedly? Why? (Or “a hundred times” to quote her exactly”) [Teacher stands her ground, looking furious and aggrieved.]
P: [slaps the teacher]
T: [gasps! Puts her hand on her face, looking shocked. Starts a fake (at least to me it sounds fake) cry.]
T: [walks away crying, raises her arm slightly]
P: [flinches at the threat of another possible slap. Grabs the teacher's arm.]
T: [wails something intelligibly, possibly about gypsies]
[old batiked woman woman opens door of another classroom and says something about this having to stop]
UPDATE: Here’s another example of when a cop hits a woman.
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