Dark Energy

As fellow is turned he is on his two hands face down for a moment, as he begins to rotate he swings his upper body quickly to do a toe touch stretch, still resisting the turn. So that by the time his upper body has a chance to expose his upper body is leaning forward over his own knees. Back is at 125 degrees from the floor. As continues to rotate, left arm braces out to left and then he lifts upper body from stretch and catches himself with second hand as rotation continues. Not exposing his back. I believe I have seen it.

I expect this is a fruitless exercise …. But the request to ‘show me’ is fair. I am not going to spend more time looking for an example … and this one is not perfect. But check out about 1min 40s into this video. Fellow is getting turned. Watch the last turn or two. This guy does expose a bit. But he wasn’t leaning as far forward as I have seen. Meaning I have seen others, to me, not expose their back during the turns. Yes, I’m asking for you to use your imagination. But this video shows how it could be done.

‘Exposure’ means something. I’ve seen laces that don’t seem to have any exposure.

I am incredibly happy for Spencer Lee. Congratulations to him and all close to him. What an amazing accomplishment to add to an already amazing stack of accomplishments. Wish I could shake his hand and say so.

I get the dislike of how a leg lace can rack up so many points. I also get the argument that it is a move, like a pinning combo, that has the ability to end a match. It shows dominance over the other person. What I have a hard time with, is that the points are supposedly exposure points. So often, there is little to no exposure. I’ve seen guys sitting upright when the turn occurs. Back is no where near the mat. This differs from gut wrenches. I can see using judgement on how close the person’s back is to a mat can be an issue. Still, not a fan of seeing someone’s shoulders so far away from the mat and still being called for exposure.

RBY clutch with TD in last 10 seconds. Great scramble. Wins!!

Lee with Tech!!! Whipped RUS over and got two laces!!!

Spencer up 5-0 vs RUS. Step out. TD and a gut. Love it.

AZE shutting down Hidlay’s underhook. 0-1 AZE at break. Got a step out. Hidlay with step out after getting to AZE legs. 1-1 flurry of shot / counter shots and another step out for Hidlay. 2-1 Aze to leg. Kickout - spins as aze lunges. Hidlay gets behind as OOB. Gives Hidlay 2. 4-1 point for Hidlay as he is caught head under and AzE mistakenly? Steps out. 5-1. Hidlay wins!!

What Levi just did to break the Russians grip was outstanding. So incredibly clever. Guys. Watch it. About 1 or 2 min left in match. Never have seen that. Have you? Used his foot … was wondering what he was doing. So damn effective. Beats Russia. Great win.

Snyder!!!!!! Amazing performance.

Huh? Why can’t you watch it? Some stutters but it came through. Also, read Gimp’s post above. Rage much? Sound like a petulant child.

Dake wins with a flurry TD at end! 6-3!! Wow. To finals at 86kg. This is nuts.

Dake saying Kadiev is biting him. Ref says too bad.

Dake counters a TD attempt. Maybe energy is fading on Kadiev. 4-2 Dake. bit of a blood gives Kadiev a rest