2012 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[Luke]

what kind of system?

[SPX]

Systema. . .

[Svino]

Anyone know anything about Systema?

Russian army combatives. I hear they teach a lot of dismembering, things of that nature.

[SPX]

BOL

[Vandelay]

Well, Lorenzo is much smarter than Dana.

[SPX]

I'm really curious to see this "Between the Lines" thing or whatever it's called.

[SPX]

COSTA MESA — It's pretty impressive whenever a student of the Gracie Barra school of Brazilian jiu-jitsu gets a black belt.
Even more impressive is when one of those students is 78.

Gene Pace was awarded his black belt Thursday night during a ceremony after his regular twice-weekly class and sparring session at the Costa Mesa studio.

More than 100 of Pace's friends and supporters showed up to see his milestone.

"It was overwhelming. And last night..." Pace started with a pause, then laughed. "Well, it was a little emotional."

The Whittier resident has been training under the Costa Mesa school's founder and instructor, Mike Buckels, for more than 15 years.

"He's Mr. Consistency. He never misses a class, not ever," said Buckels, who holds a black belt in jiu-jitsu, as well as kru in Muay Thai kickboxing.
In those 15 years, before Pace, Buckels had only awarded one other jiu-jitsu black belt, and it was to another instructor.

"The best way to describe Gene is that he just executes what you teach him to do," Buckels said. "If you show him a move, he will go after that move."

Although Buckels admits that he is careful whom he pairs with Pace, as an older student Pace is not one to underestimate.

"Gene can still pick me up — and I'm a 180-pound man — and toss me to the ground," Buckels said. "He practices with people as much as 55 years younger than him."

Pace fell into the Brazilian practice after signing up for a martial arts course for fitness — and to humor his grandchildren.

"I thought to myself, 'Well, OK, they can't kill me, and besides, maybe I'll learn something,'" Pace said, laughing.

"Once I got started, I had to think, 'Do you just walk away [and] embarrass your grandkids?'" Pace continued. "Nah, you can't be disrespectful like that. And everyone just stuck with it."

Pace's interest in martial arts transferred to jiu-jitsu after meeting Buckles and liking his style of teaching.
A lot of that style resonated with Pace's finish-what-you-start attitude.

"The things learn you here are discipline and techniques, which you apply to situations, but you never walk around like a peacock," Pace said. "But, as Mike says, if someone won't back down, you finish it."

http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-0114-blackbelt-20120113,0,1768188.story

[Mr. IWS]

[SPX]

That's hilarious. Japs are weird.

[Ludo]

I was waiting for Tracy Morgan to pop out and be like "your on scare tactics!"

[SPX]

Movies watched recently:

1. Contraband - Good, capable crime thriller. Coherent plot. Kept me on the edge of my seat most of the way through.

2. Contagion - Awesome movie. Much better than I expected.

3. Green Lantern - Sucks.

4. Scorpion King 3 - Better than the last one and actually not a terrible choice if you're in the mood for some light-hearted direct-to-video adventure fare.

[Luke]

Thought Contagion was just okay

[SPX]

I waited a while to watch it because I figured that's what I would think, too. But I actually thought it was really interesting and it held my attention the whole way through.

[MMA_scientist]

^^ SPX's taste in movies is among the worst I have ever encountered. Maybe the worst.

I don't think he has ever said a movie was bad. Tell me a movie you really hated X...

[SPX]

BOL.

I guess you missed this part:

3. Green Lantern - Sucks.

It's actually somewhat rare that I actually HATE a movie. More often I will just think it's mediocre and forgettable.

But here are some movies that are on my shit list:

2012
The English Patient
The Warrior's Way
War of the Worlds
The Good Shepherd