Google Hangout – Krystin vs. Alicia
At the last Google Hangout we had back on the 11th, while answering your questions and chatting with y’all, I was drawing this image of Krystin against Patreon James’s OC Alicia.
Well, I finished it, colors and all. For those that don’t know, this is a Triangle Choke and basically Alicia’s own shoulder and arm are working against her, pressing on her neck and along with Krystin’s legs, is under tremendous pressure.
James went the extra mile and created a wonderful little summary for this image. You can catch James on DeviantArt HERE.
“Welcome back to Monday Night Meltdown! If you’re just tuning in, we’re midway through the match between the Definition of Technician Krystin Moline and the Scissor Queen Alicia Wells.”
“It looks more like the end to me, Dawn.”
“Krystin’s certainly showing her technical skills here, looking for the Gogoplata.
Of course, Alicia’s no novice at MMA from what I hear either so she countered…”
“Only for Krystin to counter her counter. Just. As. Planned.”
“Well, I’m not counting either of these competitors out until the final bell.”
Back in the ring, things had indeed been seesawing from one fighter’s advantage to the other at the drop of a hat. First Alicia had seemed to have the upper hand, then Krystin, then back to the newcomer and then back to the Rival Angels regular. Both had racked up some near falls, which seemed to have driven them both to greater efforts, but each time one had seemed to be building serious momentum her opponent had managed to derail things.
For the moment at least Krystin was firmly in the driving seat, her legs laced around the Scissor Queen’s shoulder and neck in a perfectly executed triangle choke. Intent on beating the other woman with her own specialty, an irony DefTech could definitely savour, the brunette bore down on the hold. She might not have the leg
strength to match the redhead’s, a fact to which her aching ribs could attest. But her thighs were more than impressive in their own right and her triangle rapidly had Alicia’s vision blurring as it bit into her carotids like a blunt blade.
Despite the wheeze of her breathing hissing through her teeth, the British woman’s lips were still curled in the smirk she’d been sporting all night. She’d been grinning whether she’d been dishing out the hurt or on the receiving end and, frankly, it was a little creepy. Nor was she about to just give up – she hadn’t had this much fun for weeks.
With a sudden burst of energy, she-
So what do you think? Does Alicia escape or does she tap out?
I wonder, does she know the same escape I do? Alicia could pop out of there like a cork…
I expect she doesn’t, though. It’s not a terribly common escape, and the ones that are widely used, Ms Wells isn’t in a great position for. Krystin’s probably got this won.
Laffs. Enlighten us Mr Wizard 😉
Triangles are dead easy to escape. Like, I can teach a novice how to escape it with a single sentence. Have done, even. They’ve fallen completely out of use in my circles, because everybody knows how to make them ineffective with a simple little shift that can’t be stopped. I don’t know how many times I’ve demonstrated this escape by letting a training partner lock in the submission without resisting, asking if they were sure I was caught, and then popping right out.
Not going to tell YOU, though, because I dislike your attitude. There’s more to the martial arts than any one person can learn in a lifetime. I happened to learn some Chinese stuff from a tradition that historically delighted in frustrating the Japanese and Thai. The fact that it’s not well known internationally does not mean it doesn’t exist. I can do things that you’ve never even contemplated with simple stance shifts. But no, you’re the expert, right?
If you want to conclude that I’m lying about having any technique I care to mention, that’s fine. You were going to do that anyway. I’d rather you think I was lying than improve your game. Next time you get caught in a triangle, though, I want you to imagine me, laughing at you.
Unless you want to apologize for the attitude and ask politely, of course. I like sharing.
I had no idea it was possible to be an MMA hipster. That’s enough enlightenment for one day.
The master knows that learning is never finished. The fool believes that there is nothing new to learn.
When someone mentions that they know a technique I’ve never heard of, I ask for details so I can evaluate it on its own merits. I don’t mock them for suggesting that there’s a technique I’ve never heard of. That you go the other route says a lot about who you are as a practitioner and as a person.
The point being that it’s about you. Glad you missed that point so eloquently to make mine. Thank you.
What’s about me? I’m talking about the triangle choke. I happen to know a good escape. It just so happens to not be common in the US. This doesn’t make me special – there are parts of the world where this technique is commonplace. I’ve learned a few things you haven’t. You’ve possibly learned a few things I haven’t – though with that attitude, maybe not.
I’d have shared it with you, because that’s what real martial artists do. But you don’t even want to entertain the notion that there’s something you don’t know, so forget it.
Dude. Blitz. She was joking at fist. Mr.Wizard was an 80’s tv show here in america, although i’ll not fault you for knowing that. The point being, you took her comment the wrong way,launched into a rant/tirade about how you know stuff people dont, AND decided not to tell her how to escape the triangle choke because “i dislike your attitude” where she didn’t even have one in the first place.
But, im not surprised to be honest coming from someone who has pouty dave strider as an avatar. Suits you perfectly.
Do you seriously believe that “Laffs. Enlighten us Mr Wizard ;)” is meant in anything other than a mocking way, you white knighting Tumblrina? No, you don’t. For all of Brenda’s flaws, the ability to effectively communicate isn’t among them. You’re pretending Brenda didn’t start shit in order to paint her as the victim.
Instead of being intrigued at the potential that there’s a technique she doesn’t know, and responding with a serious query, like anyone with a halfway decent education in traditional martial arts would, she responded with ridicule. And that’s fine. It doesn’t even bother me. If she doesn’t want to offer even token respect, I don’t want to offer her what I know. She can think I’m a bullshido artist, and it doesn’t trouble me one bit, because on a fundamental level, she doesn’t understand what the martial arts are, and she is beneath my contempt.
I don’t know what I find more endearing about you, Blitz, the omnipresent disrespect with which you treat anyone who dares to have an thought you don’t approve of, or the aggressively infantile tantrums you throw when you feel your expert opinion (and all your opinions are expert) is not given sufficient weight.
It’s a close one, it is.
bruh. blitz. okay perhaps you know brenda IRL and so can say something about her “flaws”. Maybe your right. I dont honestly know myself. All i know is that, generally speaking on the internet? A winky face is a universal sign that someone is joking around.
Fair point though on the whole “white knight” thing. I suppose I am one by inserting myself into this conversation, although I just figured i’d take a shot at getting through to that apparently thick skull of yours. And again. You are totally acting like the guy in your avatar, which you apparently conviently decided to not mention.
Krystin’s upped her game, I see. The fork between the strangle and the arm bar gives Alicia two very bad choices. Very nice, Krystin.
Alicia wins because krystin doesn’t realize her shoulders are down and that one arm being pulled across krystin’s body means Alicia is actually pinning krystin as we speak.
be like that one angle/undertaker match where taker tapped just as angle had his shoulders counted for the three.
So, what’s Krystin doing with her free hand?
Spectacular! I like the point of view for the “camera angle”. Very ring side.
Absolutely brilliant love it. Thumbs up for Krystin!
My advice for Alicia: just tap 🙂