Category: Random

Male Bonding and Mixed Martial Arts: The URCC University Challenge

I invited Joel and Erwin (ministry teammates) to join me for the latest Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) show. This event was their annual University Challenge–fighters representing rival colleges. Here are a few pictures:

Evangelism Research–sponsored by Colt 45 (Joel, me, Erwin).
Pre-fight Fun: the object was to hit a tennis ball into buckets on the floor with a ridiculously huge tennis racket.
 
 The pre-fight show was a bizarre rap routine.
 
First Match (which ended in a tap-out due to a rear naked choke).

I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from this event.   I was afraid “university challenge” might mean a glorified frat war.  I was pleasantly surprised: there were 13, 2-round matches, and almost all of them were worth watching.  The fighters were not professional caliber, but most of them looked like they’d put some time into training.
 

The low point was an “exhibition match” in which one of the fighters was a random guy in blue jeans.  The match was apparently a result of a spontaneous challenge between a couple of guys in the audience.  This was clearly a mismatch–the guy in blue jeans lost the match and a front tooth (he proudly smiled to show off his war wound).

I’ll try to catch their next event.

TriAxion: Dodge Ball, Lazer Tag and Wall Climbing

A couple of weeks ago I got a text from JaeDee of the Edge Christian Radio:

JaeDee:  Kevin, do you do wall climbing?
Kuya Kevin:  In case of fire and large dogs, yes.

She invited me to be a member of the Edge’s team for TriAxion event.  We competed with other teams in dodge ball, lazer tag and wall climbing.  We had a great time!  The Edge won second place in wall climbing and tied for third overall.  Here are a few pictures:

 I haven’t played dodge ball since junior high.  My strategy was the same one I use for bowling–just throw it as hard as I can. 

 Lazer Tag was incredibly fun.  I love this picture–you’d never know I was about to get slaughtered by a bunch of 14-year-olds.  I scored dead last my first game (#12 out of 12 players).  I did better in round two (#6 out of 12).

DJ Owie’s four year old son was with us.  I think we influenced him–Kristo had a full head of hair a few minutes before we took this picture.  He asked his mom to take him to the barber shop for the kalbo (bald) look.

This was my first time ever to do wall climbing, but I made it up in a respectable amount of time.

I think I kind of have a knack for climbing walls–maybe I can be Gagamboy’s arch-enemy if ever there’s a sequel. 

Check out the The Edge Christian Radio’s website soon for more pictures of the event.  You can also check out the Edge Multiply Website (pictures are already posted there).