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For those who know me here, you know i always enjoy breaking down fights and fighters and none has been more fascinating and enjoyable then Khabib, Such a puzzle.
For those reading my thread for the first time , this one will be alittle different less of technical breakdown and more of metaphoric and symbolic breakdown of what i feel Khabib really represented.The way you should look at the following thread is how the ancient martial art experts looked at Martial Arts and its ties to Nature and its forces.
An Example of this i will display now
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Anderson Silva and the Natural element water. Anderson Silva and his style of martial arts and career is so very closely tied to that of nature of water to me.
The fluidity in which he possessed , in his attacking techniques the movement to maneuver around and object or strike and ability to almost absorb impacts and remain whole.The ability to change seamless into that of muay thai fighter and bjj specialist with ever so much as wasting effort like water does being poured from a cup to a bowl...even in his temperament we seen him stern like solid ice against chael sonnen in the second fight no games,no show very cold..weve seen him at his most fluid and transformative like against forrest griffin in a water like state flowing freely and we seen him at his lightest, comical best showing for the crowd in Gas like state performing dances, feints , making faces all while remaining fundamental the same
WATER
It is in this way with Khabib retiring i wish to approach breaking down Khabib, like great warriors and martial philosophers from the past they believed a warrior or martial artist are linked and even bonded to elemental natural truth..a force that is seen in there style,approach and moves.
In mentioning Anderson , I wish to set the table for what i believe khabib is , ....He Is a wave...
Khabib is a wave, his elemental and natural roots and symbolic character is that of a wave, something that is governed by fluidity of water but also force of repetition...think of a wave a surfer rides..
This represents Khabib presences and pressure, his tenacity , surfers look out at waves and are in awe at its power its presence..its mystic Khabib too had this aura and much like these waves it/he holds great power .
Think of the repetitive crashing of a wave, and stone/boulder/even a building put infront of it...this is Khabib and his opponents think of small stone ( a fighter weak in spirit or in one area) on a shoreline before the wave comes the stone is there waiting for the impact fearful of its force and for this he swept away with ease and drowned in the deeper waters. Now think of grand boulder at the shore line bolstered with bravado ( a fighter with charisma and arrogance) the boulder looks out at the wave and says " ha im too big, too strong to be carried away i will surely beat the wave".. But the wave is unfazed why? For its in its nature to push through and kept coming again and again , and as we know given enough time a wave will break apart or erode a boulder enough through repetitive pressure into nothing more then a stone and it too is swept away and drowned in the deep.
So how does one beat the wave? ..surely its unbeatable such a formidable never dieing force of nature. Right?
Well you would be wrong, to beat a wave you can not try and out run it, (movement) you cant be fearful of it ( being a stone) and you can not meet it head on (.boulder) .. You instead have to control it like a dam/hydro building does, you must make the wave work for you , you must accept the wave for what is it and make use of it for your gain.Khabib thrives and lives and dies on his ability to control his opponents much like a wave controls a shoreline no matter what natural element is placed on a shoreline even metal eventually the wave will claim it for the sea.
Stretch out the wave as we weve seen in the pictures of surfers the deep and in its approach the wave is strongest but by the time it has come ashore the wave will eventually be nothing more then flowing water at its very tip, and to like a surfer you can ride the wave by accepting it for what it is
To beat khabib you need to be willing to ride the wave, you need to be willing to grapple with him on every exchange the way a surfer gets up and rides the same wave till he learns where the middle ground is and isnt in danger anymore or till the tides turn and the wave is tired and has become nothing more then flowing water over a beach and the battle is over..
This not to say this would be easy, as any surfer will tell you its down right deadly to try and do it with some waves depending how they show up as they are ever changing but always just a wave ( khabib vs Al compared to Khabib vs Gaithje)
I hope you've enjoyed reading this and let me know if i should do more of these...i found it fun lol
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For those reading my thread for the first time , this one will be alittle different less of technical breakdown and more of metaphoric and symbolic breakdown of what i feel Khabib really represented.The way you should look at the following thread is how the ancient martial art experts looked at Martial Arts and its ties to Nature and its forces.
An Example of this i will display now
&
Anderson Silva and the Natural element water. Anderson Silva and his style of martial arts and career is so very closely tied to that of nature of water to me.
The fluidity in which he possessed , in his attacking techniques the movement to maneuver around and object or strike and ability to almost absorb impacts and remain whole.The ability to change seamless into that of muay thai fighter and bjj specialist with ever so much as wasting effort like water does being poured from a cup to a bowl...even in his temperament we seen him stern like solid ice against chael sonnen in the second fight no games,no show very cold..weve seen him at his most fluid and transformative like against forrest griffin in a water like state flowing freely and we seen him at his lightest, comical best showing for the crowd in Gas like state performing dances, feints , making faces all while remaining fundamental the same
WATER
It is in this way with Khabib retiring i wish to approach breaking down Khabib, like great warriors and martial philosophers from the past they believed a warrior or martial artist are linked and even bonded to elemental natural truth..a force that is seen in there style,approach and moves.
In mentioning Anderson , I wish to set the table for what i believe khabib is , ....He Is a wave...
Khabib is a wave, his elemental and natural roots and symbolic character is that of a wave, something that is governed by fluidity of water but also force of repetition...think of a wave a surfer rides..
This represents Khabib presences and pressure, his tenacity , surfers look out at waves and are in awe at its power its presence..its mystic Khabib too had this aura and much like these waves it/he holds great power .
Think of the repetitive crashing of a wave, and stone/boulder/even a building put infront of it...this is Khabib and his opponents think of small stone ( a fighter weak in spirit or in one area) on a shoreline before the wave comes the stone is there waiting for the impact fearful of its force and for this he swept away with ease and drowned in the deeper waters. Now think of grand boulder at the shore line bolstered with bravado ( a fighter with charisma and arrogance) the boulder looks out at the wave and says " ha im too big, too strong to be carried away i will surely beat the wave".. But the wave is unfazed why? For its in its nature to push through and kept coming again and again , and as we know given enough time a wave will break apart or erode a boulder enough through repetitive pressure into nothing more then a stone and it too is swept away and drowned in the deep.
So how does one beat the wave? ..surely its unbeatable such a formidable never dieing force of nature. Right?
Well you would be wrong, to beat a wave you can not try and out run it, (movement) you cant be fearful of it ( being a stone) and you can not meet it head on (.boulder) .. You instead have to control it like a dam/hydro building does, you must make the wave work for you , you must accept the wave for what is it and make use of it for your gain.Khabib thrives and lives and dies on his ability to control his opponents much like a wave controls a shoreline no matter what natural element is placed on a shoreline even metal eventually the wave will claim it for the sea.
Stretch out the wave as we weve seen in the pictures of surfers the deep and in its approach the wave is strongest but by the time it has come ashore the wave will eventually be nothing more then flowing water at its very tip, and to like a surfer you can ride the wave by accepting it for what it is
To beat khabib you need to be willing to ride the wave, you need to be willing to grapple with him on every exchange the way a surfer gets up and rides the same wave till he learns where the middle ground is and isnt in danger anymore or till the tides turn and the wave is tired and has become nothing more then flowing water over a beach and the battle is over..
This not to say this would be easy, as any surfer will tell you its down right deadly to try and do it with some waves depending how they show up as they are ever changing but always just a wave ( khabib vs Al compared to Khabib vs Gaithje)
I hope you've enjoyed reading this and let me know if i should do more of these...i found it fun lol
THE
