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Post by samscott on Oct 3, 2009 6:09:02 GMT -5
I figured, let's say your next opponent was Devon Larratt, wouldn't it seem possible to note which lifts he struggles in the gym with and attack those areas on the table? For instance, say if Devon's Rolling Thunder lift wasn't that crash hot, would striking his fingers with hard backpress open him up?
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Post by Jeramie Towle on Oct 3, 2009 6:18:45 GMT -5
Who would give you that kind of info? I wouldnt think he his training partners would be handing out weakness of any teammates not just Devon.
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Post by Guy Lasorsa on Oct 3, 2009 6:19:43 GMT -5
So we should ask all the top arm wrestlers what lifts they dont do well in??  I thought I heard them all before until this. What do we do hire a spy to watch them workout...Payoff a training partner or expect someone to come on here like Devon and say my curl isnt up to par maybe you should hook me. I think in reality arm TV can give you as many clues as you need If there are any to be had. But Most unbeatables dont have a real weakness Its just that another great is better in the style matchup perhaps Well John Brzenk never use to lift weights, Just arm wrestled . What do you do for that? |
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Post by Sarah Backman on Oct 3, 2009 6:20:14 GMT -5
How heavy you can lift in the gym has nothing to do with armwrestling..... is my opinion and from excperience   |
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Post by John Milne on Oct 3, 2009 7:26:10 GMT -5
just my opinion
Research the matches that your opponent has lost in. Find out how they lost. Build up your strength and technique in that area. Attack your opponent in the same way.
Sometimes armwrestling comes down to brute strength. Sometimes it comes down to smarts, technique and exploitation.of weaknesses.
Remember this. Every move has a counter. Find the best counter to your opponent and work on that.
btw... Devon is pretty weak in the hook. I'd try to attack him there ;D
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Post by Josh 'Butcher' Bratton on Oct 3, 2009 7:31:54 GMT -5
just my opinion Research the matches that your opponent has lost in. Find out how they lost. Build up your strength and technique in that area. Attack your opponent in the same way. Sometimes armwrestling comes down to brute strength. Sometimes it comes down to smarts, technique and exploitation.of weaknesses. Remember this. Every move has a counter. Find the best counter to your opponent and work on that. btw... Devon is pretty weak in the hook. I'd try to attack him there ;D Human chess... |
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Post by John Milne on Oct 3, 2009 8:03:54 GMT -5
yes Mr. Butcher, at times I really think it is
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Post by Will Sarty on Oct 3, 2009 8:18:59 GMT -5
just my opinion Research the matches that your opponent has lost in. Find out how they lost. Build up your strength and technique in that area. Attack your opponent in the same way. Sometimes armwrestling comes down to brute strength. Sometimes it comes down to smarts, technique and exploitation.of weaknesses. Remember this. Every move has a counter. Find the best counter to your opponent and work on that. btw... Devon is pretty weak in the hook. I'd try to attack him there ;D 100% agree....except the part about Devon's hook/...lol.. |
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Post by Alper Cosar on Oct 3, 2009 10:27:18 GMT -5
How heavy you can lift in the gym has nothing to do with armwrestling..... is my opinion and from excperience Agreed 100%...... I have lifted huge amounts of weights in past 10 years but did see little or no difference on table....... |
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Post by Coley Jones on Oct 3, 2009 10:58:15 GMT -5
Tendons, baby!
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Post by "VENGEANCE" -David Rivera- on Oct 3, 2009 13:07:01 GMT -5
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Post by John Wilson on Oct 3, 2009 13:37:57 GMT -5
Very good advice so far but let's look at it the other way, too.
You can't train for everyone else's weaknesses. Now, if you have one person who you are chasing and you are willing to lose to anybody but that person - then yes you can train for that one person's weakness.
In my opinion you will get much farther much faster by developing a bulletproof style of your own. After all, what happens if you train for six months for a specific counter you tend to employ and then your opponent doesn't use the move you expected him to? What then?
If you are planning to react to a move, then you have wasted your only opportunity off the go to execute your own move first before he does. You have lost the element of surprise.
Armwrestling tactics are no different from actual warfare. You take the fight to the enemy. You make him react to you. He has to be ready everywhere for everything and you only have to think of your own single attack.
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Post by John Wilson on Oct 3, 2009 13:41:21 GMT -5
Having said that, you do have to recognize your opponent's weak spot. But that shouldn't change your style in most cases unless you have a "B" move that is also a lethal weapon. More likely it will just slightly change how you grip or in which direction you begin your own move so you can attack that weakness more effectively.
But there is no time in this sport to ever entertain the idea, "If he does THIS then I'll do THAT." You just made him the leader and you the follower. Now we're back to who is taking the fight to whom.
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Post by Ron Schilling on Oct 3, 2009 14:30:19 GMT -5
very well put John
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Post by Hungry Hippo on Oct 3, 2009 16:05:43 GMT -5
Strategic words Mr. Wilson.
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I thought I heard them all before until this. What do we do hire a spy to watch them workout...Payoff a training partner or expect someone to come on here like Devon and say my curl isnt up to par maybe you should hook me.
