Hey everybody

    Randy Couture is an exception to the rule, a unique individual. I used the word age but meant something that comes with age, losing the desire to dominate, to the point where it's hard to justify to oneself maintaining the training regime and lifestyle necessary to be able to compete at the top levels. If someone is so talented that they can do well without it then they are truly well protected from absorbing excessive physical punishment, and endowed with way above average tools, doesn't happen often.


    On another note how do you find spearfishing and MMA go together? Diving relaxes me so much I've lost the urge to win a long time ago. When I go train it's because I tell myself it's necessary, I want to know that I'm well protected.

    that in an interesting notion Dan...the relaxation FDSF requires has taken a lot of my rage away..less angry on the road, less annoyed at dealing with asshats in my day to day....anyone else feel the same.



    I also get irritable when i haven't been able to dive, but I think that is something else :)

    i like to spear fish

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    On another note how do you find spearfishing and MMA go together? Diving relaxes me so much I've lost the urge to win a long time ago. When I go train it's because I tell myself it's necessary, I want to know that I'm well protected.



    That's actually a good question and something I have never really though about until now. I think its pretty simple though. I started wrestling at the age of 4, and was told at a young age that I can be great at one sport or decent at a lot of them, and either way was ok. I picked to be great at wrestling and do the best that I could. I did take it quite far and is pretty much the only reason why I am able to fight for a paycheck.. That's luck though, I was born with some pretty amazing parents and a father that was able to face me in the right direction that allowed me to take it as far as I wanted to. That being said, I fight because I know that one day there is a possiblity that I can be the best 185'er in the world. With a lot of hard work, and a lot of dedication. I get to work out with the king of that weight already now and its inspiring. So my competetive drive is to try to be the best in the world at it, which is a very high goal. The training that goes with it is plain miserable a lot of the time, but its what it takes I am learning. The other thing about fighting is fight day is one of the most rewarding feelings in the world. When you win your on top of the world, when you loose, its one of the worst feelings you could imagine but you know it just means you need to work harder.


    Diving however is totally different. I have been spearfishing now for about 5 years, and I'll admit that I still suck. I'll never be even close to the best freediver or spearo in the world, and I am ok with that. I do this sport because I get to see a world I was naive enough to not even realize it existed 6 years ago. A world that many people will never witness in their lifetime. When I am in the water, I don't think about the day by day stress, getting married in a few months, my upcoming fight. I just enjoy the opportunity to be there, forget about all my troubles, and enjoy the company of good people and mentors while I am out there. Its a different kind of stress reduction then hitting a bag, and it might even alleviate a different kind of stress. But when I am on the water, I forget about everything else and just enjoy everything that's around me.


    Sorry for the crappy grammar, long day of packing for my move on Sunday.

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