From "The Adventures of The Fly" #11, part of the Archie Superhero Series. Great comics. I learned my first jiu-jitsu moves from this comic book page. In 1961 I would have been 8 years old. A group of us were walking home from school one day and Peder Leth started clowning around slapping me in the face. I applied the arm bar on him as shown in the top panel. It actually worked just the way it's drawn! A co-worker once said to me, "Do you realize that everything you are you owe to comic books?" Well, maybe not everything.
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I used to love The Fly. I guess it was all based on the character design. Snowblind slit eye gear and the teensy wings. And being pistol oriented. I looked it up. It was called The Buzz Gun. Just the age where whatever was presented to your imagination was gobbled up and enshrined.
That's good jiujitsu it looks like to me. Probably more an aikido move on the arm twist. From the headlock position I'd probably keep it uncomplicated and grab the guys waist and roll backwards with him. And then let him figure out how he was going to keep that headlock on me.
I've been taking lessons from Fabio Santos the last couple of months. I looked this move up because he happened to teach it in class to everyone, that exact move! Thought that was funny. I may have to print it out and show him.
I looked him up. Studied with Rickson. Great lineage. You should have that on your bucket list Tom. Roll with Rcikson.
Not just studied with Rickson, Probably got his black belt from Rickson
Another reason to thank Jack Kirby.
Yes Ben. I didn't associate it with Kirby but sure enough. It's a Kirby.
The old aikido drill work in me causes me to see a flaw. The hands switch from the second to the third illo. The hands in the third drawing are doing what they should be doing. Right hand gripping and twisting the hand so the palm goes up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QwNKF3iE8k
Aikido was fun. Looking this up made me nostalgic.
I tried to find it earlier. There was a Japanese , Pride, MMA fight where the fighter did the old Sakuraba techinique of hanging onto an arm with a kimura type config. But then he turns real quick like he would use it as a throw. But it was just so quick the opponent didn't get thrown, he just had his arm broke. It was backwards to the usual way you'd throw someone with a kimura. Instead of drawing the person across your back down to the ground. This guy had the lock on and rotated around to his opponents back. Like he was trying to launch him for a faceplant while he continued on in back of him still standing. I give up. Bad description. I'll find it some day.
Ha! Love the story, Tom--and the punch-line/moral at the end!
Sorry I've been so absent--I'll get back to it here. Glad to see things are still pumping.
Ellis, what's this about personal problems?? You are supposed to be living the good life, brother!
You're right about those hands being inconsistent from the second to the third drawing Ellis. Never noticed that in all these years. Guess that Kirby fellow, whoever he is, was a hack who didn't bother using reference.
But according to what Fabio taught and how I did it to Peder long ago, it's the second drawing that's accurate and the third where the hand is inaccurately drawn above the left on the wrist.
Personal problems? None mentioned on this thread. Now I have to back track and see what you're referring to.
Here's the move I was talking about Tom. Not really a kimura.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5vTigEoBnk
I see. My New Year post. But I say PAST personal problems for the year. One of them was being an Avis employee. That's over and it makes me happy every time I think of it.
The other main one is my Mom and Russell. They are both so challenging to live with. Like they were trying there damnedest to be retarded sloths. It's OK for Mom but Russ is all about being Drunk. He fell down like a ton of bricks last night. Past falls have nearly cost him an eye. It angers me. He has to want to change. And Mom is 100 percent on Russell's side with a sickening amount of pity and excuses for his sloppy life. That's my personal problem. Russell's problems.
No, won't be at Comic Fest this year. Catching up on being debt free. Which probably will happen this year. Being debt. Comic Fest - Maybe next year.
Dude--sorry to hear about the family woes. Living in that environment sounds unimaginably taxing. And sadly, I know exactly what you're talking about with the whole family members who make excuses for the family drunk--it's a damn toxic situation. Glad you're extracting yrself from it bit by bit....
And when I deal with rental car employees, I always think of you and yr behind the scenes tales...makes me try to slip 'em a tip whenever possible!
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