training through video games? Reallly?

[Dogstarman]

This fighter thinks you can train through videos and video games!

Can You Actually Learn to Grapple from Youtube and Video Games? « Grapplearts Blog

[van1ty]

on the one hand, total insanity.

on the other hand, the more idiots that believe this, the better it is for me.

[neomage2021]

Hopefully no one actually believes that!


If he would have talked about how playing video games can increase your hand eye coordination, critical thinking and reaction time and that could possibly indirectly enhance your grappling game I could buy that, but trying to learn how to grapple by playing video games is about as useful as trying to learn how to fly form watching superman movies

[bagelgod]

"Emanuel Augustus stopped Jamie Rangel in the tenth round of a junior
welterweight bout to improve his checkered career record to 32-25-6.
Asked about his awkward style of fighting (although it was toned
down for Rangel), Augustus said he picked up many a move from playing
various versions of Tekken, martial arts video game series. “My
favorite character is Steve Fox,” said Augustus, who added he also
draws a lot of inspiration from the character Eddy Gordo,
a capoeira expert. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that
employs a lot of fancy footwork. Many of Gordo’s moves in the Tekken
game can be mistaken for break dancing. Whatever his source of
inspiration, Augustus has impressed his promoter. He’s the best fighter
with a bad record. That’s why I promote him,” said Lou DiBella
following the bout."


Just sayin.

Also I totally pulled the giant swing from some super old shitty game and giant swing -> heel hook all the time (I was shocked and dismayed to find that Genki Sudo beat me to it).

[yodaman]

BRB, getting my Shoryuken on point.

Or is someone going to throw a crapton of straights while yelling "ORAORAORAORAORA!"

[OMjitsu316]

Hadouken!!

[knees_n_elbows]

it can happen.

After his initial success, Tanner taught himself submission and grappling techniques using instructional videos created by the famous Gracie family. He continued to fight in local shows and tournaments in Texas and Iowa before travelling across the world to Japan to compete in the Pancrase organization. Tanner won five fights overseas and competed in the USWF once more before being asked to join the UFC.

also...

The TIFF Midnight Madness Blog: UFC Champion, Anderson Silva--Inspired by ONG-BAK

Originally Posted by Anderson Silva

Not long before my Cage Rage fight with Tony Frykland, I saw the movie Ong Bak (sic). Tony Jaa, the martial arts hero in the movie is a master at Muay Boran, an art I have always been interested in. There was one move in particular he did that blew me away. Instead of attacking with a side elbow or an over-the-top elbow, both of which are common in Muay Thai, Jaa stepped toward one of the villains and threw a lead reverse back elbow. I was so enamored with the move I went to my trainers and told them that I was going to use the strike in my next fight to knock out my opponent. Immediately they shut the idea down. 'That won’t work,' they said. 'Just forget about that elbow.' I wasn’t convinced but every time I tried to practice the move during training, the could come run over and tell me to focus on techniques that would actually work.

[bjjaz]

It is very, very rare.

[Turismo]

Playing UFC undisputed helped me understand the basic positions and submissions and piece them all together. Obviously the details aren't there but for learning basic positions like guard, half guard, rubber guard, butterfly guard, side control, north south, salaverry etc and getting a rough idea of the positions helped.

Disclaimer:
It helped build an overall idea of the positions. It is no match for actual training though.

[knees_n_elbows]

Originally Posted by bjjaz

It is very, very rare.

ill give you that. evan was something special, and anderson is as well. not to mention both of them had base training from the perspective they were not blank canvass building completely off of multimedia.