Easy... I have enjoyed following your account, so far. But Connie and I are IRL friends. I'll fight you. ;-)

"That guy up there is vaping, singing, and fondling his date, I better go do something" John Wilkes Booth probably

"sending hugs to your mom & grandma for the work they've done"

dying... hahahaha

Yeah, that was fun.

Seems like a pretty harmless strategy to enable/gain a few extra centrist-ish GOP votes in his district.

*Does not preclude him from also being a clown.

oh, wow.

But outside of sex workers, I've got to believe that grapplers had the highest personal contact risk in that time period (not highest exposure - that was medical staff, for sure). It was brutal for the various clubs.

Yeah... I put mats in our basement during covid, hung a heavy bag, and padded the walls. I ended up training in a cohort group with two other guys whose families were being really safe about stuff - all of us protecting someone with heightened health risks. It worked well for us.

I love it. It's a super-physical chess match. And when I fight, it requires so much focus, it ends up being the most peaceful time of day for me, if that makes any sense.

Zuck has been competing in Jiu Jitsu and training Jiu Jitsu and Judo with Dave Camarillo at Guerilla Jiu Jitsu, if I've been following right. https://www.guerrillajiujitsu.com/

The best MMA fighters combine one or more grappling disciplines with a striking discipline. Typically jiu jitsu, wrestling, and muay thai.

Yeah. Overall, martial arts is an effing mess of a bunch of ineffective, poorly taught, cult-like, strip-mall bullshit. But you can kind of break it down into three categories: grappling, striking, weapons. Some martial arts try to address all of those. Some specialize. But that's the framework.

I guess that's just two. Nevermind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvoF78j6COo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5_cSNmhRFs