Jingus Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Quit being bitchy. Bumping techniques are originally based on legitimate breakfalls, and being trained in that stuff can (and HAS, in my case) help protect your body in real life if you ever have an accidental fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJH Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 The amount of folks I know who've broken a wrist by instinctively putting their hands out when they fall... I agree with Jingus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Also backing Jingus here. The way of teaching how to bump to new guys breaking into the business used to be under the guise of protecting yourself during a fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Laz Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Similarly to geography or language, I learned about a ton of bands I still listen to via wrestling. Raven, especially, can be blamed, because I initially thought the Nevermore shirt he wore was his but then discovered it was a band, which led me down the path of "underground" metal (quoted due to them being virtually mainstream). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ready_Willing_Gable Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 I haven't had wrestling training ever, but I've dabbled at Judo and the entry-level kind of stuff is basically learning how to take a bump aka fall. Definitely has helped me at times, everybody should learn it really, it's that basic and helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 My in-ring training was pretty rudimentary, but simply being trained to bump and protect myself has saved me on a couple of slippery occasions. When you randomly trip and fall and you've got like half a second before you hit the ground, having Bumping 101 permanently programmed into your muscle memory can save you from cracking your skull open with the simplest of instincts like "tuck your chin" and "put your arms Here". Â Any competent grappling or MMA dojo will teach you the same thing, I'd recommend that everyone get some instruction on how to do breakfalls, you never know when it might come in really handy. Â I just thought about this post: a friend who is a wrestler in Mexico was in a motorcycle accident this morning (a truck rammed him and the impact sent him flying) and rolling lucha bumps 101 muscle memory has saved him from going head or face first on the pavement. His bike has been totalled - he's fine and will only be out for a few days with a sore knee and a bruised leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Yeah, exactly. Similarly, there've been a couple of times when I've slipped on ice and fallen right onto frozen concrete, and might've easily broken various parts of me if I hadn't had the implanted conditioning about "when you're falling, do THIS in order to land safely". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Â My in-ring training was pretty rudimentary, but simply being trained to bump and protect myself has saved me on a couple of slippery occasions. When you randomly trip and fall and you've got like half a second before you hit the ground, having Bumping 101 permanently programmed into your muscle memory can save you from cracking your skull open with the simplest of instincts like "tuck your chin" and "put your arms Here". Â Any competent grappling or MMA dojo will teach you the same thing, I'd recommend that everyone get some instruction on how to do breakfalls, you never know when it might come in really handy. Â I just thought about this post: a friend who is a wrestler in Mexico was in a motorcycle accident this morning (a truck rammed him and the impact sent him flying) and rolling lucha bumps 101 muscle memory has saved him from going head or face first on the pavement. His bike has been totalled - he's fine and will only be out for a few days with a sore knee and a bruised leg. Â Â Glad your friend's ok. Eddie Guerrero has told a very similar story about his 1999 car accident. When he was ejected from the car he stated a lifetime of knowing how to fall at the drop of a dime is probably the only thing that kept him from getting paralyzed or worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Wasn't Guerrero's accident the result of him falling asleep at the wheel? I thought that was when he had his problem with pills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Yeah, I dont know if he was sleeping but he was impaired. Eddie claimed that when he flew out of the car, years of protecting his falls made him instinctively tuck and roll. If he didn't then there's a good chance he could have smacked the pavement head first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Figuring out body parts like the carotid artery and the ACL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Figuring out body parts like the carotid artery and the ACL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmistguy90 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Use woo woo woo a lot when I'm happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeplastictrees Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Â All those years of listening to Gorilla, Jesse, Mean Gene, and Lord Alfred did wonders for my vocabulary as a child. I used to routinely use words I'd heard them say, in the correct context, and impress my teachers. Â I did the same thing as a child after reading Peanuts/Charlie Brown paperbacks. Â Â Glad I wasn't the only one. Vince Mcmahon also helped me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 A pro-wrestling match has a complexion. And it always, ALWAYS, changes, either totally or dramatically. I challenge anyone to find a pro-wrestling match that had a complexion which didn't change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachchaos Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 A pro-wrestling match has a complexion. And it always, ALWAYS, changes, either totally or dramatically. I challenge anyone to find a pro-wrestling match that had a complexion which didn't change. Â Do you mean like a complete narrative shift? What exactly do you mean by "complexion" here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 If you're talking attitude or character of a match, jobber squashes are fairly uniform. If you mean historical revisionism and how crowds at the moment view a match versus nerds like us watching after the fact? Eh, kinda, but the complexion would then be found in the core story or theme. Â Either that or I'm not inebriated enough to discuss this. Yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Holy shit, you people…  I can't believe I have to explain that one… You've never noticed announcers saying "The complexion of the match has totally/dramatically changed" ? And you never hear about complexion of the match otherwise. It's only mentionned once : when it totally/dramatically changes ! Because it does. Every time. I'm not too sure of the exact nature of it, but it does change, totally, dramatically ! The announcer say so ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 ...GAHHHHHHHH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 I learned what kind of glove a coalminer wears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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