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Post by Rob Vigeant Jr. on Apr 11, 2007 8:26:12 GMT -5
I would like to mention that the Big Arm Classic II was by far the smoothest tournament I have been to.
The rules took some adjusting to,but once I got used to it ,it was straight out and fair armwrestling.
I love the ref grip from the start,no jockeying for grips,no games,just flatten out your fingers and go. It is really nice that you get to flatten your own fingers and not a ref having control of how your hand feels.
The "GO" instead or the "ready GO" is superior in my opinion also.
The tournament was fast paced and much more viewer friendly.
Endurance is a big factor where the matches move so quickly,but so what,it is well worth the trade off
All in all I had a great time and feel that the NAL will be the future of AW and I will continue to follow their tournaments.
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Post by guy on Apr 11, 2007 8:34:29 GMT -5
Well said Rob !!
Check your PM..
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Post by Alex Josowitz on Apr 11, 2007 10:35:03 GMT -5
I too feel that this is the future of our sport and is a giant step to becoming on the level of such organizations as the the NHL OR NBA.
To me it looks like Travis knows what he is doing all in all and I trust his decisions on what is good for the sport and what should be done away with... I like the 3 ref set up, the fair grip setup, and the fast pace.
THIS WILL BRING PRO ARMWRESTLING TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
WELL DONE TRAVIS!
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Post by Brandon Dye on Apr 11, 2007 11:00:20 GMT -5
i agree alex, i think this huge for the sport, travis is doing something totally different, that i think will advance this sport...
sam with gary and ROTN these are huge steps, and i have seen this sport advance in leaps and bounds over the last 4 years!!! keep it up guys
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Post by Dustin Morgan on Apr 11, 2007 13:58:27 GMT -5
I would like to mention that the Big Arm Classic II was by far the smoothest tournament I have been to. The rules took some adjusting to,but once I got used to it ,it was straight out and fair armwrestling. I love the ref grip from the start,no jockeying for grips,no games,just flatten out your fingers and go. It is really nice that you get to flatten your own fingers and not a ref having control of how your hand feels. The "GO" instead or the "ready GO" is superior in my opinion also. The tournament was fast paced and much more viewer friendly. Endurance is a big factor where the matches move so quickly,but so what,it is well worth the trade off All in all I had a great time and feel that the NAL will be the future of AW and I will continue to follow their tournaments. Agreed 100% |
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Post by Brent Norris on Apr 11, 2007 17:31:03 GMT -5
I appreciate Travis's enthusiasim for seeing the sport rise to high levels. I may have to get used to the "go" without "ready" but... or butt...
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Post by Alex Josowitz on Apr 11, 2007 17:54:21 GMT -5
i dont think people actually appreciat the "go" instead of "ready, go"
it eliminates 90% of the false start calls!
it is a flawless system or the closest to ever being flawless...the system works!
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Post by Josh Shotgun Stark on Apr 11, 2007 18:49:26 GMT -5
So now the question is do we incorporate it into other organizations or keep the ready go as a standard?
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Post by Frank "The PREZ" Hirst on Apr 11, 2007 19:52:01 GMT -5
The "go" threw my hit off at WV. For me it will take some getting used to.
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Post by Alex Josowitz on Apr 11, 2007 21:07:45 GMT -5
incorperate it ASAP! this is jmo. but it realy makes the tournament run by quicker, smoother, and more effecient. YOU CAN VIRTUALLY GET RID OF THE FALSE START RULE! thats how effective it is.
all false starts were called as fouls for moving in ref grips. there were no questions about was it a false start or not....does any1 remember at this tourney if there was any false starts called??? BECAUSE I DONT! and i LOVE IT!
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Post by Dimitry Sklyarov on Apr 11, 2007 21:14:28 GMT -5
lol, u bastard!, there were, they just weren't called!
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Post by Alex Josowitz on Apr 11, 2007 21:16:33 GMT -5
oh yeah...sorry there was only one match that i remember that there was movement that wasnt called....sorry yoda
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Post by Dimitry Sklyarov on Apr 11, 2007 21:20:02 GMT -5
kiss my jolly green butte  skyfarter  |
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Post by John Parton on Apr 12, 2007 1:22:05 GMT -5
This is something that should have been done a long time ago! Way back when the ready was a question not a statement after which you could still back out without a false start. Ready was just a shortened "are you ready". I liked the ready then pause "go". but without the pause it is worthless. Travis's ref grip system makes it doubly useless and while I don't care for the refs grip, I think his particular method could definitely be the way of the future  |
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Post by Brent Norris on Apr 12, 2007 3:01:44 GMT -5
I agree that without the pause, it's useless. The problem with the "go" only is you can't tell when the ref is about to say go but, if it's always in the refs grip, that helps. At international tournaments when some refs may have accents we deffinately need either the 'ready' or all the matches to be in refs grip before the go. From what I'm hearing, the way Travis is doing the refs grip, we get to close our own fingers. If I understood correctly, that sounds much better than regular refs grip.
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