{"id":3930,"date":"2016-03-12T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T13:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2016-03-12T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T13:24:23","slug":"mma-the-good-the-bad-and-the-bellends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2016\/03\/12\/mma-the-good-the-bad-and-the-bellends\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA &#8211; The Good, The Bad and The Bellends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Good<\/strong> &#8211; Martial arts for self-improvement.<br \/>\nMartial arts develop confidence, self esteem and a whole host of other goodies.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/prQVI3l1KX4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Good<\/strong> &#8211; Joe Rogan. The Joe Rogan podcast is (indirectly) one of the best things to come out of the UFC. I&#8217;ve literally learnt more about diet and nutrition from 3 or 4 of his shows, than in 4 years in university.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dDJdk0j4xnM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=4232&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good<\/strong> &#8211; All the Gracie philosophies:<br \/>\n&#8220;Learn to fight so you don&#8217;t have to&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Yogi style philosophies of losing the ego, tapping in training etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; The positive role models.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3945\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2016\/03\/12\/mma-the-good-the-bad-and-the-bellends\/conochild\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/conochild.png?fit=690%2C1227&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"690,1227\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"conochild\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/conochild.png?fit=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3945\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/conochild.png?resize=690%2C1227&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"conochild.png\" width=\"690\" height=\"1227\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Conor pretends to be a dick to sell fights. \u00a0Hopefully at least some people can see through that. \u00a0Randy Couture, Frank Mir, Mark Hunt, Crocop, all seem to be great guys.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Jon Jones, as nice as he often comes across, can&#8217;t really claim to be a good role model (not that he may want to)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bad<\/strong> &#8211; All the massive egos that still remain. \u00a0For example, if you boast about tapping someone out in training, you&#8217;re probably a bit of a dick. \u00a0 Big fish in a small pond syndrome can be a factor too. If you&#8217;re not getting tested, beaten, tapped etc. in training, you may need to train somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bad<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Desensitisation to violence. \u00a0You don&#8217;t see the fighter throwing up and the long term damage a concussion often causes after a KO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good<\/strong> &#8211; technical mma<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HALf3esHQJ0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bad<\/strong> &#8211; meathead mma. 2 fat thugs slugging it out at the local sports centre after 3 weeks of training. \u00a0Any video of the fight will normally have an annoying girlfriend screeching the background.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good &#8211; Martial arts for self-improvement. 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