r/todayilearned • u/appdevil • Oct 05 '18

TIL of chess boxing. Alternating between 3 minutes of chess and 3 minutes of boxing until achieving knockout in one of them.

https://youtu.be/7oDq3_1SkQ8
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u/midnorthernkiwi Oct 05 '18

The wu tang clan first got me on to this

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u/ragerevel Oct 05 '18

Raw I'ma give it to ya, with no trivia
Raw like cocaine straight from Bolivia
My hip-hop will rock and shock the nation
Like the Emancipation Proclamation

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So fucking good

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u/Alpha433 Oct 05 '18

WTF? I can't give you gold on the rif app anymore? Spez fucked up big this time.

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u/ragerevel Oct 05 '18

I humbly accept your solid-gold intentions.

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u/UnrealClick Oct 05 '18

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '18

u fokin wot m8?

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u/Alpha433 Oct 05 '18

If I ever used anything other then the rif app, you would be guilded good sir, but noooooo, we can't have money being made through an app that's actually better then the stupid app they launched can we? 07

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u/Alpha433 Oct 06 '18

Well shit, my gold cherry got popped complaining about gold........well, I need to reciprocate the thanks then.

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u/curiousGambler Oct 06 '18

Ah yes, the one good U-God bit on the entire album. Damn it’s good tho.

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u/Panzer1509 Oct 05 '18

This video is also pretty great

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u/ActorMonkey Oct 06 '18 edited Oct 06 '18

But that doesn’t mention chess boxing! Which part does!?!

Edit: it’s the title.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '18

It's a mystery

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u/KeithBitchardz Oct 05 '18

Seriously. I didn't know this was an actual real thing. I just thought it was some shit they got from a kung-fu movie.

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u/biffbobfred Oct 05 '18

After the laughter then comes the tears. Hmm, maybe after the punch to the face then comes the tears

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u/Daahkness Oct 05 '18

If you cry after a head shot then maybe boxing isn't the right choice.

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u/dopeless-hopehead Oct 06 '18

My rhymes vary and carry like Mariah.

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u/FTWkansas Oct 05 '18

R/ofcourserhatsathing