Last One Standing????

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We have the thread about the new show Human Weapon but is anyone watching the Last One Standing on the Discovery Channel?
I've seen quite a bit about it being advertised and finally watched an episode when I was in the hospital and now I wish I had been watching it all along.:( :o
And I'll try not to miss anymore episodes.:thumbup: :D
This fellow, Brad Johnson is from here in Tulsa and in one of the blurbs he says, "I thought I was tough and strong but when I got in the ring I was pinned in nothing flat." paraphrased badly of course.;) :o
From what I understand they travel to all parts of the world where they are pitted against the native tribesmen and they have all learned a new definition of strong and tough and endurance.;) :D
 
I believe only one episode ha aired so far, but it is very interesting. Especially since there is a felow rider (racer, but still a bmx-er)
 
I saw the wrestling episode....and have missed the stick fighting so far.

I loved the part when they were introduced to the tribesmen. The tribesmen walked up and shook hands and grabbed their arms. The new competitors thought it was just a simple greeting till they figured out they were being sized up. LOL
The tribesmens whole focus was as a warrior.
 
shappa said:
I saw the wrestling episode....and have missed the stick fighting so far.

I loved the part when they were introduced to the tribesmen. The tribesmen walked up and shook hands and grabbed their arms. The new competitors thought it was just a simple greeting till they figured out they were being sized up. LOL
The tribesmens whole focus was as a warrior.
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Yeah, I laughed about the way they were greeted myself.:D What really struck me as funny was that even the smaller tribesmen weren't impressed by the big muscles like Brad Johnson has, or at least didn't show it.
It's sometimes funny the way strength is or appears to be judged with usually a slightly built skinny fellow being heavily discounted or totally dismissed as not being a contender and then everyone being highly surprised when he shows strength and ability way beyond what was expected.:cool:

I don't know how many episodes have been aired and surely there will be repeats sooner or later. I know there are several I would like to see because of the teasers that have been shown. One in particular is the one about the stick fighting where each contestant has a fairly long slender stick and a very, very, small hand shield.
What the teaser shows is absolutely brutal and very fast! :eek: I know for damned sure there has absolutely Never been a time in my life that I would have ever wanted to be involved in such an altercation!!!!:thumbdn: :eek:
 
How's that for a test of manhood? Scrape up the arms and legs and then rub into the wounds the very last thing you want rubbed in the wounds. And you can't cry out, you wimp. :eek:

Very cool show. I've only seen the wrestling epsiode. I thought the Zulu stick fighting was going to air tonight.:confused:

Frank
 
Many years ago I was at the Scottish Highland Games, which includes many tests of strength, from turning the Caber ( a large long poll), the hammer throw, the stone throw and the sheaf toss. The men in the contest were very big men, I'd say 250 pounds and up. This one guy showed up that couldn't have been more than 175 pounds but he had incredible strength and beat everyone there. I've never forgotten that and it reminds of the saying "its not the size of the man, its the size of the fight within the man".
 
I saw the zulu stick fighting last night. The guy that won was terrified of getting hurt the entire show and was going to back out just before the final fights started. He ended up fighting so well the other guys never even hit him. He had to fight twice also, because they couldn't decide which of the final two were the best. He was easily the best fighter there. I wonder if his fear of getting hit improved his defense to the point that not even one of the top native fighters could touch him in two separate bouts.
 
The Zulu stick fighting was a great program and really brutal! :eek: I expect all of the programs of all the different places will be though because the native fighters aren't putting on a show or playing around.:cool: :D
I'd sure like to own a spear like the winner was given last night, or whatever it was. Whatever it was it had a long sharp pointy blade on it!:thumbup:
I'm wondering if it wasn't a *Real* Zulu spear, weren't they on the short side and made more for stabbing than throwing?
Unlike the Maasai spears I have never seen a Zulu spear up close and personal.
Three of our daughters that went to Africa a few years back brought me a *Real* Maasai spear back.:thumbup: :cool: :D It is indeed a formidable weapon but not made for throwing at all.
Methinks the Maasai use a lighter more slender shorter bladed spear for throwing???? :confused:
 
I'm really enjoying the show. BTW - it's a renamed version of the Last Man Standing from the BBC. It aired on the BBC in June of this year I believe. Once again we get a show that has already aired presented as new material. The other one I know of off the top of my head was Hunting Chris Ryan. Both good shows, but kinda misleading in the promotions.
 
I like this show a lot. The wrestling one was better in some areas, such as the traditional stuff. I didn't like the rules though. What's with "grabbing" a leg. Also, they said that it was a draw when the fighters broke apart, but this happened a bunch and wasn't called. Maybe only a draw when one fighter "escapes" rather than them just breaking apart to regroup.

The stick fighting was brutal. But I don't see how 4 out of 6 with one week of training were able to win their matches. The Zulus seemed to quit pretty easily if they got frustrated.
 
Shann said:
The stick fighting was brutal. But I don't see how 4 out of 6 with one week of training were able to win their matches. The Zulus seemed to quit pretty easily if they got frustrated.
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Yeah, there was a time...
The Zulu were once considered some of the fiercest warriors that ever lived. Whether it's true or not I don't know but I've read that the elite of the elite trained with natural thorn encrusted branches spread all over the floor of their training kraal or whatever it was once called to toughen their feet.

From Wikipedia... "
Greater mobility via sandal-less feet, constant drill and forced marches

The story that sandals were discarded to toughen the feet of his men may or may not be accurate but the bare feet of many Zulu warriors has been noted in various military accounts. (See Donald Morris "The Washing of the Spears" or Edgerton's "They Fought Like Lions" or Ian Knight's "Anatomy of the Zulu Army"). Implementation was typically blunt. Those who objected to going without sandals were simply killed, a practice that quickly concentrated the minds of available personnel. Shaka drilled his troops frequently, implementing forced marches covering more than fifty miles a day in a fast trot over hot, rocky terrain. He also drilled the troops to carry out encirclement tactics."

The Zulu are another tribe of people I would like to know more about but just haven't taken the time.
I only read a small part of the book Shaka Zulu before I had to give it up. It may have been my age at the time or something else but I just couldn't get into it then.:o

Wikipedia has a neat write up on Shaka Zulu with a lot of info...

IINM the Zulu Stick Fighting is airing or has already aired again tonight.
 
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