The Complete Science
14Sep/100

6 degrees of trickeration

Posted by Barry Laminack

So, I was trolling around Facebook and saw that Arron Barringer posted a video and called a dude out for being a fraud.  After watching it, I've got to say that the whole thing looks staged, especially the knife "attack" at 0:06. The "attacker" swings the knife from about 2 feet away.

None the less, I'll let you decide:

I think he wants to be like this guy:

But reminds me more of this guy:

who reminds me of this guy:

But hey, at least he was smart enough not to actually fight like this guy:

and none of them could ever f*ck with this guy:

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5Sep/102

Muay Thai vs Karate – Who has the better kick

Posted by Barry Laminack

Back in May, before the Machida/Shogun rematch, ESPN's Sports Science brought in Brandon Vera to do a comparison between the Muay Thai kick and the Karate kick.  What they found was that the Muay Thai kick generated more force but the Karate kick was faster. They compared it to the difference between a jab and a straight.