Karpal
4mo ago
For me (and I think I'm not unusual amongst older guys) it has a negative effect on my physical fitness.
It's enough of a pleasure that the risk of injury and the physical wear-and-tear is something I'm happy to mitigate by lifting and calisthenics (which I don't enjoy). The cardio benefits that were amazing when I started have diminished since I got good enough to be lazy and injury adverse enough to avoid going all out.
I love it, it's a mental escape at the end of a day and it's an attractively simple social group, but there are less destructive activities that I might have developed a taste for.
Karpal
4mo ago
BJJ gets tougher as we age. I don't know how old you are, but there will come a time when you shouldn't feel comfortable tying up with someone standing unless you know them well. And for fitness alone I'd recommend almost anything else if you're mid thirties or over.
That's pretty accurate. I thought the culture war angle was about the streaming 'chats'. Raja had already accepted the wrestler's apology for his mistake (he thought raja was part of the show) but may have been goaded into his murderous rage by the people following his stream (he was still streaming/reading 'chats' while the show went on) who had no interest in the wellbeing of anyone involved and just wanted to see drama /get a reaction. I don't think race was a major factor at all.
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