Crane-Kicking This Week in the Face

When I hear Crane Kick, I think of two things. This:

Go Ralph, Go!

and This:

Speaking of Karate Kid references, my teammates and I decided that Jake Shields looks like one of the guys that would be hanging out in the back of Cobra Kai, looking to beat the shit out of Ralph Macchio.

I’m also wondering if GSP later, after he found out that his eye will be fine (which he announced on ‘The Twitter’) looked himself in the mirror and said, “I am not impressed by your performance.”

There were some crazy moments in UFC 129: spinning back fists, crane kicks….I’m sure karate masters are dancing in glee at the idea of their gyms chock full of students coming in, wishing to learn a front snap kick and crane kicks (is there a difference? I don’t really know: I only took about 2 karate classes when I was a kid). I don’t know how long it’s going to last, and hey, there’s a good chance that karate will stay: but the trend will move on and someone will use a technique from another fighting art that will be unexpected and people will train like crazy to block that as well. The fun thing about MMA is that it is an ever-evolving sport, a lot like jiu jitsu, because someone will come up with new problems that the same old answers won’t satisfy. It’ll be interesting to see how fighters respond to this new problem. Who knows? Maybe even savate will have its day….Oh wait, it did in the first UFC.

So, I have decided to go and crane kick this week in the face, so to speak, take life by the short and curlies and do something….significant.

I think.

I’ll let you know how that goes.

*Hi-Yah!*