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The basics win fights
- Thread starter WrapRough
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You're not wrong there. Earlier this year I neglected this for a while. Scales, arpeggios, theory was all that was on the menu for a while. I was not having "fun", although I enjoyed it. I now make sure I end every session with a good few songs to have fun to. Always leaves me putting the bass down smiling
Drummer in one band I was in way back when couldn't come out of a roll on the one if his life depended on it.
You're not wrong there. Earlier this year I neglected this for a while. Scales, arpeggios, theory was all that was on the menu for a while. I was not having "fun", although I enjoyed it. I now make sure I end every session with a good few songs to have fun to. Always leaves me putting the bass down smiling
I've been there - and frankly, I blame Talkbass for it
With the uke, I first and foremost focus on: "Am I enjoying myself?" where the answer simply has to be yes. With bass, I have 20+ years under my belt, and am nowhere where I hoped to be by now. So I keep plodding along - but I do have to remind myself every now and then, to ask myself: "Am I enjoying myself?"
My teacher/musical life mentor back I college always used to advocate for the lifelong practice of making technique practice musical rather than just mechanical. She acknowledged that there may be a basic mechanical stage for new exercises, but that past that the goal should be to make scales, arpeggios, patterns, etc. sound like musical phrases. And when she played them, there was no denying that this was a worthy goal.
I never understood that. It was all about the blues yet when it came down to it he had to go back to his classical training to beat the devil.
I was smart enough not to get into any bar fights, by the time I was old enough to be in a bar, anyway. But I was in a few fights in my younger days, and the element of surprise when you deliver the first punch eliminates anyone moving or controlling distance. It's not a boxing match. No footwork, circling, or other boxing strategy involved. In fact, the only time I got beat was going 3 rounds with gloves against a guy with 4 or 5 inches reach on me, and a couple of years in Golden Gloves. THAT was a boxing match, and I got CLOBBERED!
Avoided bar fights - saw several of those end with knives, and 2 end with gunfire. Best to stay away from those!
I never looked for a fight in my life…ever. I know how, but I hate fighting, it freakin sucks.
But when a drunk douche wanted to go at it, I would just walk away. When they followed et or kept physically getting on me, well I had to defend myself or just run away. I rather be a wuss than having my skull cracked open.
Yes, I agree, nothing is going to protect you from sucker punches and dirty stuff. Worst is many against one, totally disgusting.
One of my best buds got his orbital and cheek bone shattered when a dude hit him from the back.
That time my buddy was the idiot looking for a fight, and he got taken care of pretty quick.
Again, I hate fighting. Love it as a sport though.
Saw one dude get seriously cut with a broken bottle used as a weapon.
Thank Whatever God you believe in we don’t have guns here.
When I did competiton Judo, I got freakin destroyed by the dudes in my weight class on the National Team. The gap is HUGE!!!!! I was getting rag dolled like it was nothing. Very humbling, 10 years of intense training only to get completely dominated like a complete newb.
IMO, most people never get that sinking feeling, but they should. No one is invincible.
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I never looked for a fight in my life…ever. I know how, but I hate fighting, it freakin sucks.
But when a drunk douche wanted to go at it, I would just walk away. When they followed et or kept physically getting on me, well I had to defend myself or just run away. I rather be a wuss than having my skull cracked open.
Yes, I agree, nothing is going to protect you from sucker punches and dirty stuff. Worst is many against one, totally disgusting.
One of my best buds got his orbital and cheek bone shattered when a dude hit him from the back.
That time my buddy was the idiot looking for a fight, and he got taken care of pretty quick.
Again, I hate fighting. Love it as a sport though.
Saw one dude get seriously cut with a broken bottle used as a weapon.
Thank Whatever God you believe in we don’t have guns here.[/QUOTE
this wasn't the best career path...
A good friend of mine was the world champion kick boxer back in the 70's. Yeah, I've seen REALLY tough guys, and I ain't one! "Getting rag dolled" is a good way to put my little 3 rounder with the Golden Gloves guy - I couldn't even hold my gloves in front of my face by the end of that 3rd round. Better to hide behind a big ol' Fender bass...
Same, met many really high level tuff guys, and I definitely ain’t one.
I still remember (or don’t remember) getting choked the &^%$ out for the 1st time in competition.
Everything goes black, then the refs over you checking if your ok.
Last «fight » I got into was at my sons judo gym. I help out as a coach and some douche black belt started to bully me and question if I was « legit » since he never saw me before. He wanted to roll and started hitting me in the ribs. Like real punches, beyond dirty. So I freakin choked him out unconscious.
Suddenly he was cool after that. I wonder why
The head coach at that place is a little tank, he was on the international circuit in the late 80s and early 90s.
5 for 4 inches of pure freakin power. He showed me 1 or 2 of his favorite moves, I went flying like a twig. his grip was something to behold, I bet he could crush rocks with his hands.
I laughed at loud about the guy becoming cool!Same, met many really high level tuff guys, and I definitely ain’t one.
I still remember (or don’t remember) getting choked the &^%$ out for the 1st time in competition.
Everything goes black, then the refs over you checking if your ok.
Last «fight » I got into was at my sons judo gym. I help out as a coach and some douche black belt started to bully me and question if I was « legit » since he never saw me before. He wanted to roll and started hitting me in the ribs. Like real punches, beyond dirty. So I freakin choked him out unconscious.
Suddenly he was cool after that. I wonder why
The head coach at that place is a little tank, he was on the international circuit in the late 80s and early 90s.
5 for 4 inches of pure freakin power. He showed me 1 or 2 of his favorite moves, I went flying like a twig.
Yeah, my pal Ross Scott was the World Champ for a couple of years. He could take a punch like no one I ever saw. 6'3", 240 pounds, incredible athlete. Unfortunately, wasn't always disciplined in his training regimen, and got beat by Oak Tree Edwards on the ABC Wide World of Sports. BTW, he told me about the quick one to the nose.
Ross and Bill Wallace were tech advisors on the Blues Brothers movie. He was poised to become the next Chuck Norris, but that opportunity, um, went away...
A good guy, but the years have been tough on him...
@dan1952
Just YouTube’d some your buddies fights. Watched an entire fight from 1977, he gets dropped, comes back in the 6th and wins with pure will completely gassed out…..thats nuts.
That is one bad dude, how the heck can he take so many hits like nothing.
Hope he doesn’t have any TBI.
True fighters are really a different breed.
Just YouTube’d some your buddies fights. Watched an entire fight from 1977, he gets dropped, comes back in the 6th and wins with pure will completely gassed out…..thats nuts.
That is one bad dude, how the heck can he take so many hits like nothing.
Hope he doesn’t have any TBI.
True fighters are really a different breed.
@dan1952
Just YouTube’d some your buddies fights. Watched an entire fight from 1977, he gets dropped, comes back in the 6th and wins with pure will completely gassed out…..thats nuts.
That is one bad dude, how the heck can he take so many hits like nothing.
Hope he doesn’t have any TBI.
True fighters are really a different breed.
Ross is still mentally sharp. He comes in the shop from time to time, very skinny these days, had cancer surgery a few years ago and never regained his weight. Yeah, he is a true fighter. He was a real street fighter, then was introduced to the philosophical side of things when he started studying martial arts, and took that very seriously.
BTW, Ross is a pretty good blues harmonica player, too!
Mindful violence? We certainly seem to be in the midst of a digression.
