Richard J. Hobin Jr.'s Blog – February 2009 Archive (3)

In Chinese Martial Arts and philosophy the dragon can symbolize many things. It can mean that a dragon is a real creature that once lived or it can mean a creature from another dimension that sometimes touches into our own. The meaning I like the best is that it means the highest point in spirituality at its most creative. The dragon can symbolize creative and spiritual energy as one. When someone learns all the stroke it takes to learn an art, be it… Continue

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I want to preface all of this praise I'm about to heap on George St-Pierre or GSP (as we in the MMA know like to denote him), that I am a huge BJ Penn fan. If you know nothing about BJ Penn head to YOUTUBE and have at it. You will not be disappointed in my opinion with the highlights you will encounter. However, I am not a fan of trash talking and BJ did a lot of that on the hype show that the SPIKE network showed weeks before the UFC 94… Continue

At first it was tough guy contest viewed by men who could easily watch porn movies with no shame and probably few moral issues about shooting deer out of season. The first UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) held in America was in 1993. A 176lbs skinny Brazilian came in with GI (Japanese word for Martial Arts uniform usually white) and proceeded to joint lock and choke his way to the victory over lesser skilled appointments. Everyone in the Octagon… Continue