Trying to Fly

This is the second time I’ve knowingly left my body since starting this blog. This time it happened during a lucid dream, I would estimate the time to be 4am 3/27/08.

While in the dream I saw my hand and for some reason realized I was dreaming. There are techniques for gaining lucidity in a dream but I did not use any, so this was a pleasant surprise.

Anyway, I had told myself that I would try to fly the next time I projected, so that was what I was about to do.

I found myself in a sort of room with a lot of glass on the walls and ceiling, with sunlight shining from above. Where there was no glass, the walls (and floor) were painted white or light blue. I tried to jump so as to fly, and ended up jumping high enough to reachthe ceiling, but then ended up back on the ground.

I reasoned that perhaps the ceiling was inhibiting my thoughts to fly, so I thought I should go outdoors. I t would be the perfect time to try walking through walls. I went for the nearest blue colored wall and nonchalantly walked to it. Unfortunately I collided and could not pass through. So I decided to just find a door.

There was one and I exited out, looked up at trees overhead with rays of light shining through the branches. I jumped up again and cleared the trees, going over the tree tops but once again I failed to take flight.

I tried to fly around more but met with no success. After a while I started to get “tired.” It was strange but all of a sudden I found myself in my room at home, and I was starting to feel my physical body when I flexed my limbs. I thought of relaxing for a bit, but I knew the projection was about to end. I moved around and found myself in my body, and I moved around to look at my keyboard which had an LED clock. It was 5:30am.

Ah well, off to work.

Stereograms and Seeing Auras

The picture below is an exercise used by the people at the Thiaoouba Prophecy website to learn how to see auras.

The point is to cross your vision to make the circles converge and see a white cross. This is the complete exercise:
http://thiaoouba.com/aura_eye_exercise.htm

Now I have noticed that the technique needed to converge the circles is the same one used to see the images embedded in stereograms. For those who missed the craze in the 90’s, a stereogram is an abstract computer-generated image that is made from a basic source picture. The resultant abstract image looks like gibberish but the actual source photo can be seen using the technique mentioned above. Here is a sample Stereogram:

Now the tech used to see a stereogram’s image is the same as the one needed to converge the circles, but the ability to see the white cross may or may not be different, I can’t personally confirm if it is the same skill needed to focus on the stereogram.

But does anyone think that stereogram use has merit for this kind of training?

The application of such could be that, when training people to learn this, stereograms are more engaging and interesting and would hold people’s attention better than plain circles. It could help increase the chance of success by holding trainee’s interest better.

What do you think?

On Reiki

People these days are so empowered by the internet, they can learn all sorts of things from the internet. I came across a site called Xehupatl.com which is run by a very nice man, Stefan Kammerhofer. Mr. Kammerhofer offers free training for Reiki, a healing system which uses energy from a spiritual source to heal people. The concept is similar to that of things like Tai Chi or Qi Gong, which people are probably more familiar with.

I asked Mr. Kammerhofer for some Reiki Attunements a couple of months ago, and just received my eight attunment yesterday. I am not exactly a prolific healer at this point in time, but I have done some healing already since then, and have gotten results. People who are interested in this skill should visit the site mentioned, Mr. Kammerhofer welcomes people and likes to speak with and empower as many people as he possibly can. So don’t be shy.

But if you are a little too shy about it, or simply need to know more before talking to a master, you can try reading this pdf file which can help you learn the art, if you are so inclined. Take note, this is a serious calling and not something to be taken lightly. If you find that you are dubious about what you are reading, it probably means that you are not quite ready for it.

I am not worried though, as the world works on inevitability, anyone who is here on my blog reading this is no doubt looking for something, and as inevitability works, you came here perhaps to see this pdf that I will be hosting here. So if you are such a seeker, then click away, this may be what you are looking for:

Reiki Attunement Manual

Thank goodness for the internet, empowering people everyday! Enjoy.

PS — I will also upload the course notes for Xehupatl’s Kundalini Reiki course here. The material here is basically teh same thing used by Dr. Wakefield in the pdf I uploaded above.

Xehupatl Kundalini Course Notes

Leaving the Body

In Ophiel’s book “The Art and Practice of Astral Projection” he included a training system and a method for leaving your body which he called “The Little System.” The idea was to create a route in your house and memorize it over six months, using sight, sound, smell and touch to remember points along the route and use those memories as means to pull your awareness out of your body. He called it the “little” system because he felt it was an introductory method that beginners could use to induce an OBE, and would build beginner’s confidence in trying more complex and advanced methods of induction.

I tried this system around 10 years ago without much success, it might have to do with my sporadic attempts and pathetic lack of dedication, but it seems today 10 years later I finally got a way to make it work, almost by accident actually. It wasn’t a direct following of the steps he used, but it seemed to be an application of the same principles.

Here’s what I did:

* After waking up in the morning, ate my breakfast (some wheat bread and Nutella-like choco-hazelnet spread) then went back to bed to lounge around.

* I used my iPod to play an i-Doser track “Astral Projection.” This track is a long 30 minute track that starts with a high frequency binaural beat (probably around 20 or so, Beta level) and after like 12 minutes or so gently takes it down to a really low frequency. At this point my body usually starts feeling really relaxed. It’s the track that works the best for me.

* I closed my eyes, then lay face down on the bed. I don’t usually relax in this manner but this time I did. There is a reason for this, which I will explain later.

* With my eyes closed and just having undergone the binaural beat relaxation method, I was in a very drowsy state but my mind was quite clear and not particularly sleepy.

* About eight years ago, I accidentally left my body and did a spontaneous OBE when I was in a similarly relaxed position on my bed. I was on my side, and I tried to turn around — my physical body — but to my surprise I “turned around” instead and somehow my etheric or astral body or otherwise my consciousness fell out of my body as it rolled and my physical body did not. I don’t know why it happened but it did. I was astrally blind and could not see a thing but I was moving about for sure in that room. I then realized I was out of my body, and suddenly my awareness snapped back into my body before I could do anything.

* Thus, I lay on my face trying to replicate the procedure, but no go. I tried to “think” myself into tossing around on bed, but unfortunately my physical body was tossing with my thoughts rather than just leaving it behind.

* With a sudden flash of inspiration which I don’t know how I got, I suddenly was able to picture the image of my classroom when I was in grade school. I felt like I was looking down from my desk, at the floor, and I could see the details of the floor very vividly. Then all of a sudden when I tried to move my head up to “look at the blackboard” of the classroom in front of me, I felt my “head” “lift” out of my head and I realized I was onto something here! Was the key to doing it holding a clear vivid image of something before you try to seperate?

* I saw this as my chance, and tried to “see” behind my eyelids my bedroom around me. When I suddenly “felt” the vivid iamge of my room, I tried to turn around. Sure enough, I felt my awareness moving away and leaving my physical body behind. I put my feet on the floor, stood up, and lo and behold I was out of my body.

* At this point I started feeling “tingles” all around my body — which was sort of new: people said you should relax then feel the tingles, then when you feel them this is your chance to leave your body. In my case, I left my body first, very uneventfully, and once out that’s when I felt the tingles.

* I walked around my room. I could not see my body, but I could see around the room. The room did not look like my usual room. You know how when you have a lucid, vivid dream of a place you know, but it isn’t exactly the same and not a 1:1 replication? That’s what it felt like. I could see my room, but it wasn’t my room. Small details were incorrect, like the table I was using wasn’t the same — instead of wooden it was a glass table with metal legs — things like that. And again I could not see my physical body anywhere.

* I walked around the house based on “images” which came into my mind from memory. It worked pretty well except I couldn’t see anyone in the house, it was just me and the furniture (which was different but similar). I tried to enter my mother’s room where my niece was sleeping, but somehow it didn’t quite work out. I thought I “felt” I saw my niece but I can’t recall. My vision at this point was faltering a bit — as if I had been astrally struck blind.

* It is important to note this: while walking around like this, when my vision started “fading” a bit I felt like I was going to return to my body. Then I focus and concentrate, and my vision gets better again and the room around me becomes more vivid again, and I feel like I don’t need to return to my body again.

* However when I tried to look at my niece (or where I thought she should be) my vision sort of went blank and I felt like returning to my body. In fact, the “tingles” got really strong, as if I were numb all over. I had the impression that I was nearing my “time limit” and that I had to return to my body soon.

* I backed off from the room and focused a bit, and I could see the rest of the house again. But the tingles were very strong and I felt the need to return even more. Before I did, I got a pen and paper, and wrote some notes on the paper. I wrote, “I will win the lottery.” And I could read it very clearly.

* Feeling that it was time to return, I willed myself back to my physical body, and there I was in my room all of a sudden, over my bed. I willed myself to “sit back into my body” and as I did I felt quite pleasant, like dipping myself into nice warm water.

* As I went back to my body, my alarm clock suddenly went off. Was this a coincidence? I don’t know. Maybe my higher consciousness knew my physical body was about to wake up, so it called me back to my body. I opened my eyes and I was back in the physical world.

* After getting up, instead of feeling tired I felt really relaxed and refreshed. My entire body was tingling (similar sensation to the “tingles” but not quite the same), as if blood had rushed all over my body, my head felt very light and refreshed as if a gallon of blood had rushed all around it to provide my brain with rich oxygen. I felt great.

And that was the end of the experience.

This was a very interesting experience. It was my first willfully induced OBE. I’d done the same before but accidentally. This time I did easily, using principles similar to Ophiel’s Little System.

It is important to note that you need to be able to visualize relatively well to use this system. From my experience, it seems visualization of a place was key before I could leave my body (as I indicated above). I am very bad at visualization, but somehow I was able to do it today. I think my last 10 years of on-and-off training somehow paid off. This is sort of important; Ophiel stressed that in the each plane above, if you will something into existence, then the means for its creation appears. It is inverse in the physical plane, the means for creation must be done first, then the object comes into existence.

In other words, practice and work, before getting results. (in upper planes each plane becomes opposite — thus in the Etheric/Astral you get a result first, then the means for its creation appears — this btw is supposed to be the secret to Creative Visualization but I’ll tackle that subject some other time). Ophiel suggested memorizing the route in your house for six months before trying to leave your body. I was never able to do this quite right, so I failed when I tried it 10 years ago. But in those 10 years I did things like various visualization techniques, relaxation methods, etc. It could all have been the “means” needed to create the result which was my OBE today.

So your mileage may vary; you may need to have “paid your dues” before this method works for you; i.e. — you will need to have attained the skills of relaxation and visualization before this method will work for you. If you have done The Work to get these skills, then this method might work for you easily. If not, you may have to “pay your dues” first and do The Work before it works for you.

Relaxation was also important, before trying it I believe you have to be reasonably relaxed. You don’t need to be in a deep trance but your body should be reasonably relaxed, in Jose Silva speak you should be “at your center” or in the Alpha state of mind, even a light one. There are lots of ways to get to this state. If you already have a way of relaxing, it should work great. I did a lot of training to be able to achieve this kind of state, I can use a Zen Buddhist method of relaxation that is great and easy to use. Other people might want to use the Silva Method (the three finger method, you guys know what I am talking about) or you could do what I did in this exampe — use a binaural beat audio clip. You could also use a guided meditation audio clip (like the one offered by the Monroe Institue; someone made a thread about them and a place to get them on this board). Whatever works best for you, use it.

Another thing to note: I wasn’t able to see my physical body when I left. In fact, I seemed to be in a “dream world.” I had had lucid, vivid dreams before and they felt a lot like what I just experienced. When you leave your body but still see the “normal world” around you, they say you are in your Etheric Body and are flying around in the Etheric Plane, closely entwinted to the physical and thus able to see the physical world as it is. But when you do not see the actual physical world and see places that “appear” like it but are not, then you are in the Astral world seeing astral terrain and equivalents of the physical world.

So in essence the method I used did not put me in the Etheric Plane, but apparently straight into the Astral. I do not know very much about this yet so I cannot say for sure, but this is my current understanding of my experience.

So anyone who wants to try this method, go ahead and please post your results and your experiences here. I am interested to learn more about this. I will also do further experimentation with this method I have just stumbled on.

Dream Is Here, for the sake of Pride

The first thing I notice as I watch the event is growing sense that this is it. That “missing feeling” that I did not get from watching UFCs for an entire year. “This” was what I fell in love with as a Mixed Martial Arts fan. The UFC was always a great org but it didn’t have the kind of air and atmosphere that Pride shows always had. Dream has it. Like Yarrenoka before it, Dream had the air of an epic martial arts tournament that was missing from the boxing-like production values of the UFC. And so here we see the spectacle of Dream.

 Now that is how to make a promo poster!

I once again realized just how quiet the Japanese crowd was, and yet also appreciative. The crowd was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, yet would burst in a appreciative applause anytime a fighter would go into a good flurry, a ground pass/technique or a good escape. It wasn’t just for the hometown favorites though; in fact the applause for the entrance of Joachim Hansen was a lot louder than the applause for the home grown fighter, Koutetsu Boku. Yet the crowd showered both equally well with applause when Hansen took him down and performed a series of submission attempts, and also applauded Boku when he did his escapes and got the fight back to the feet.

This was all great, I loved it, I let it sink in, then I went to the meat of the fights. I will relive this later on once I get my hands on a more complete version of Dream’s inaugural event, as I had just watched the Japanese free-to-air version that edited out most of the fighter entrances and indeed many of the fights themselves. But I will tackle that in a later entry, for now let us look at the fights.

Hansen vs. Boku - it was quite clear form the onset that Joachim Hansen had this fight in the bag. His technique, power and skill was clearly above Boku’s by a few levels, and he dominated the entire fight form start to finish. Boku did get in a few punches but Hellboy just shrugged them all off and even taunted Boku many times to hit him harder, not even bothering to raise his gloves to defend in some cases. Other than those punches, Hansen took Koutetsu down, transitioned from a smooth series of sub attempts from RNC to armbar (from rear body triangle!) to traingle choke, Boku defended masterfully and the fight seemed to take a strange turn after that point — this being where Hansen stands up, seemignly a bit groggy and tired from his sub attempts, and Boku jabs Hansen in the face several times. Hansen shrugs them all off, taunts Boku a bit, then proceeds to counter punch him strongly.

It is unclear to me whether Hansen really was gassed after those sub attmepts, or whether he was just doing some kind of macho man display. His movements certainly seemed different afterwards, and though he recovers some snap and still manages to land many punches that flor Boku, he was moving more awkwardly than he was prior to the sub attempts. Regardless, it was still clear domination for him and no surprise that the fight went his way to a unanimous decision.

Minowa vs. Lee – it seems Dream had to get a really late, last second fight for Minowa. As usual, Minowa gets into another David vs. Goliath freakshow match, but unlike Zulu, Lee looks like he really has no business being in the ring. Minowa tries his rolling knee takedown twice, the same move he used against Giant Silva, but it seems Lee is too smart to fall for that. Lee tries a punch and Minowa scoops down for a shoot, taking Lee down into halfguard. While Lee defends MInowa’s punches, Minowa shifts his stance and ends up in a perfect position to do a kneebar, similar to the technique Ken Shamrock used on Bas Ruten back in Pancrase. Lee taps out after a few seconds of his knee being hyper-extended.

Maha Sakurai vs. Monma – pretty impressive match, Monma has some real skills however Sakurai’s low kicks are back with a vengeance and he lands many solid ones on Monma’s lead left leg. Sakurai gets a plum on Monma and knees him a few times (blocked by an arm), after which Sakurai elects to trip from the plum and alnd on top. Sakurai stays here only briefly, after seeing Monma’s tight guard Macha probably realizes he isn’t going to get anywhere with this approach, and stands back up. He lands a good punch that drops Monma, but he motions for him to come back up; he wants no part of the ground and why not, he is doing so well in the standup, and that has always been his strength. A few more exchanges later Monma moves in for a punch combo but Sakurai catches him with a powerful left hook counter connecting to the back of his ear, putting him down. He pounces on him instantly and rains in punishing straights from the guard, ending in a delayed referee stoppage. Ouch.

Black Mamba vs. Kawajiri – this was a big surprise. Many people held Kawajiri to be one of the favorites in the tournament, a powerful wrestler who used his skills to inflict brutal ground and pound on his opponents. Mamba on the other hand is well-known for a great standup but a weak ground game. In this fight however, Gil truly brought the fight to Kawajiri. In a performance similar to the one Maurice Smith gave against Mark Coleman that earned him the unanimous decision and the UFC HW Belt, the Mamba upped his game with an impressive sprawl and an even more impressive, tight and deadly guard. For whilst Kawajiri did manage to nullify the Mamba’s standup for most of the fight and take the Canadian Indian fighter down multiple times, Kawajiri never managed to take advantage of his top position, whether in the guard or the multiple times that he passed to side mount and north south, and to back mount. Instead of going for ground and pound, he had to settle for sporadic submission attempts like a side choke and rear naked choke. All of which the Mamba deftly evaded.

In fact, Kultar totally nullified any offense Kawajiri had, and was even doing more damage from the bottom position with numerous small punches and even a well-timed knee to Kawajiri’s head while he was in sidemount. By the end of the fight Kultar Gill looked as fresh as when he started, whereas Kawajiri was noticeably tired, bloodied up and otherwise exhausted. So it came to me as a huge surprise when Dream’s judges gave the unanimous decision to Kawajiri. Judging from the look on his face, The Crusher knew that he didn’t won that fight, and even bowed deeply to his opponent and gave an apologetic consolation to the opposing corner. Whilst it was true that Kawajiri did manage to control the entire fight, Gill did more damage and nullfied every offensive move Kawajiri had to offer. In a way, he controlled the fight as well, except from the bottom position.

Kawajiri winces in pain from a knee strike from the bottom delivered by the Mamba

I can’t agree with the judge scoring, however the rules criteria do have aggression and ring control as primary criteria, so you could judge the fight in that manner. However, the rules also give weight to damage and Gill had the nod there. But in retrospect the judges would have given that to Kawajiri, as they have done in the past in the Melendez vs. Ishida fight under Yarrenoka (similar to this one, although Ishida too less damage than Kawajiri and was not as exhausted) or the Minowa Baroni fight (pretty similar to this one).

All in all we can say that the LW division needs to watch out, the Black Mamba is now a legitimate top contender and will terrorize this division from now onwards.

Alvarez vs. Dida – I have to give it to Alvarez, he really brought it that night! This was thought by many to be the hardest fight to call that night, as it was questionable how the two would match up to each other. Yet as it would turn out, Alvarez gave us an incredibly dominating peformance, starting with an early punch that may have ruined Andre’s rhythm the entire fight, and afterwards showing some extremely good boxing as opposed to the powerful wide swinging (unfortunately extremely telegraphed) from Dida. This allowed him to drop Dida, and once he was on top he deftly passed guard, put in some very brutal punches on the ground, and proceeded to get to mount to sidemount and back almost at will. Referee stopped it a little too late after Dida was blooded to a pulp.

Alaverez then puts a cherry on top of his performance by performing a massive back flip from the top ring post, much to the delight of fans everywhere. People, a new LW star is born in Japan.

Jung vs. Ishida – it is a shame that this was only a highlight, for this was one of my most anticipated matches of the night. I can’t tell much from the highlight but it seems the fight went the typical Ishida route — with Ishida getting top control and Jung throwing numerous armbar attempts. It is sad that Jung was not able to get his “Jungbar” as the fight went to the judges for a unanimous decision for Ishida.

I have not seen the entire fight but I would wager that it went similarly to the Gil Kawajiri fight, with Ishida getting top control for the most part, and Jung offering some good offense from the bottom (sub wise, not really damage wise), and some flurries where Jung got the better standing up. I can’t say for sure who I’d give the fight to, not having seen it, but it looked a lot closer than the Kawajiri vs. Mamba fight judging from how the fighters looked at the end.

Miyata vs. Buscape – again another highlight; Buscape was the favored fighter here and he came off with a nice RNC near 8 minutes into the first round. Miyata looked like he put up a good fight but unfortunately we did not get to see the entire fight.

Nagata vs. Oumakhanov – We saw some impressive weaving from the bottom on Oumakhanov’s part but we don’t really know what happened. Oumanakhov seems to have lost by decision, again to the Japanese fighter.

I can’t seem to condone this coming trend of favoritism by the judges to the hometown fighters but without having seen the actual fights I can’t tell who won. With Mamba and Kawajiri I will agree the judging was consistent with how it was in Pride and Yarrenoka, so I can understand giving the nod to Kawajiri but the other two fights I can only hope they rendered the right decision.

Aoki vs. JZ – the mian event of the show was unfortunately a huge disappointment as it ends with a no-contest after an illegal blow from JZ using an elbow to the back of Aoki’s neck and head. It started off tentatively with Aoki carefully staying out of JZ’s reach as JZ tries to tee off. Aoki actually got in a good mid kick each time JZ tried to come in, though his kick didn’t have much damage and JZ barely flinched each time. AOki tries several flying guard attempts but falls to his back each time, with JZ tentatively trying to kick but not willing to commit to go tot he ground. The referee breaks and restarts them standing each time, until JZ tries for a huge high kick which Aoki evades. After JZ lands his feet back down, Aoki realizes his window of opportunity and shoots in for a fast single on JZ’s leg. This backs JZ into the corner, and as Aoki tries to get hte single, JZ defends with 4 elbow strikes to Aoki’s back, the last two of which hits the back of Aoki’s neck and head — a clear foul under Dream rules.

The doctor stops the bout as Aoki is unable to continue, but at the very least Dream rules it a NC instead of a DQ for JZ, for which I am grateful… hey give the Brazilians a break too! Hoepfully we get to see the rematch at Dream 2, in time for the LW GP to continue. I was also surprised at how docile Aoki was from the stoppage, normally Aoki can act like a real asshole. JZ as usual was all class and even apologizes to the audience and bows down before Aoki for forgiveness. All in all, a disappointment but at least we will surely see a rematch.

Mirko vs. Tatsuya - now we head to the “real” main event, which was really not even a question. In an extremely dominating performance against an obviously outmatched opponent, Mirko delivers some punishing low kicks and a vicious knee from the thai clinch that destroys every ounce of fight left in his opponent. Mirko then proceeds to systematically corner and demolish him with some spot-on punches to drop him and deliver a couple of devestating straights to a turled up Mizuno. The ref stops it before any more serious damage is done.

Devastating knee delivered by Mirko. Even with the hand guarding it still has an impact

Well I have to say it Mirko, why the hell weren’t you fighting like this against Kongo and Gonzaga! If you had at least *tried* against them you wouldn’t have had a legion of UFC fans calling you a coward and a loser. It’s good to see the old Mirko back, it seems Mirko himself didn’t know until after the fight, he was crying from the emotion of the moment, whether due to being able to validate to himself that he was a fighter, or whether the nostalgia of the crowd from Japan, his true home as a fighter, simply overwhelmed him.

It’s good to see you back Mirko, but now you have to prove yourself against stiffer competition to show that you really are #1.

All in all it was a great event. Dream still needs to put on a beefier heavyweight and light heavyweight division, but it surely has the lower weights covered very nicely. I cannot wait for Dream 2, and as we go along I can only hope that fears that Dream will succumb to the same yakuza threat as Pride did are unsubstantiated. May Dream have a long prosperous run as the next Pride.

Pride is Dead, but the Dream Lives on

As of this writing, the inaugural event of Dream, the new MMA organization from Japan, should have already finished. Last year saw the fall of what many people outside of North America (and even in North America!) consider the best MMA organization of them all: Pride Fighting Championships.  Due to a yakuza scandal that cost Pride its TV deal with Fuji TV, the organization continued to lose money until its owner, the oft maligned Nobuyuki Sakakibara, sold Pride to its main competitor the UFC under Zuffa and Dana White. Zuffa then dismantled Pride and in its rift was a void in Japanese MMA that would not be filled until last NYE when Yarrenoka was held in the Saitama super arena as a one-time event by former Pride staffers.

However, as a one-time event, Yarrenoka was not destined for longevity. It is then that we hearken to the words spoken by FEG head Sadaharu Tanikawa last October 5, when he said that, “To protect the Japanese Kakutougi world, all fighters must unite!” and today was the realization of that ideal.  FEG, the parent company behind the vastly popular K1 kickboxing organization, had started an MMA branch of K1 under the monniker K1 Heroes. It was Tanikawa’s attempt to create a Pride-like organization to rival the original PrideFC. It was not as well-received as Pride, but did fairly well in its own right especially in the lower weight classes.

As MMA fans mostly directed their attention to NA after the fall of Pride, Tanikawa worked behind the scenes and, the result was Dream, with its first event, Heiwa Dream, held today 3/15/08 3:00pm Japanese time. K1 Heroes had a strong stable of lightweight fighters, so it made sense that Dream would start off its operations with a Lightweight Grand Prix to determine the strongest LW in Japan, and possibly the world if MMA rankings are to be believed — the UFC, notorious for neglecting its LW division, can arguably be said to not have the same caliber of athletes in general as the Japanese orgs.

The event should be over by now but I will have to wait until I can get a hold of the fights from the internet somehow. The event was only broadcast on TBS (a Japanese channel) and XTM (a Korean channel). I do not have either on cable so I will be relying on the internet for a source to these fights, I should be able to watch them sometime tomorrow.

At that time, I will write another entry with my thoughts on the event.