Larry doesn’t have the experience of his competitors, but Larry is a super freak athlete. He was amazing in powerlifting, good at strongman, decent in bodybuilding, and he definitely has room to grow in arm wrestling still. Larry will put in the work, and get better.
100% spot on. This isn't a friendly match. This was a tournament for a prize. Take everything you can get. Learning how bad his setup is, was exactly why Larry needed this tournament, and more like it. Different people, different opinions, more time on the table and experience.
People don't understand how hard armwrestling is to adjust to. I'm about 8 months into armwresling and I still get flashed at certain angles. I still get owned in the set ups by more experienced pullers. It's just the way it is. You get flashed enough times and you learn lol
Ryan you don't need to feel the need to acknowledge and respond to the trolls and the morons. At the end of the day you are accomplished in a sport and have a high level of knowledge in a sport that 99.9% of the people commenting do not. Any time you gain any sort of clout or respect or status, there will always be haters. I know "calling them out" feels really good temporarily but ultimately you are going to fuel the behavior more if you're known as someone who responds to all the criticism. The trolls will try to get you more and more upset the more they see you're responding. Just live and let live and keep growing your channel bro, you're one of the best armwrestlers in Australia and nobody can take that away from you no matter how much they bitch online.
Agreed. When I first entered the online PED world, I responded to every criticism. I felt the need to defend myself. As a result, it just fueled further trolling. Then, after a couple years, it reached a point where I stopped responding (for the most part). A few more years after that and the criticism stopped. Ryan, your cred is now significant enough that you can completely stop responding to criticism and it won't have any effect on public perception. Once you strat believing that and respond in kind (no response unless absolutely necessary), your public perception will only improve further.
How he is acomplished in this sport? There are a dozen of people who can say about themselves that are acomplished in this sport. Bowen acomplished nothing in any sport. And armwreslting is barely a sport.
@@ryanbluebowen as a novice fan to the sport I actually appreciate the review of your opinion, but there may be a way to make it look less like it’s all about the haters and more like your normal insightful commentary. Keep up the good work.
I completely agree with you Ryan, you were in the rules and you conquered a monster of a man!! I hope this happens with Devon and Levan!! Great job, Ryan.
I think it was a perfect experience for Larry, the setup is part of the match, and so it helps give Larry that experience for setting up, plus Larry is not complaining
Fair points. You failed to mention the referee was just meat in the room. No point him being there. Larry needs to recognise he can’t rely on decent refs ensuring a fair set up.
It's not that I want to see you lose, I just want to see Larry win so bad haha. But yes I'm glad that happened to Larry because he need to learn how to set up and stop being a human strap. Exactly what he needs.
That is the problem. People are not rational and are emotional.. they want the people they follow larry or devon to win... And all the rest does not matter 😂
Damn you’re the guy who beat Larry!!! I’m really glad I watched some earlier videos of yours because I got to see how you’re an awesome bloke. Don’t worry about Larry’s fans, I think they’re more upset he lost rather than “you didn’t lose” if that makes sense. To some of them it’s like they saw their big brother lose. But they don’t know you and they don’t know Larry so don’t look into it so much mate. Keep doing a great job, I love the good vibes and looking forward to seeing more! Fellow kiwi living in Australia! 👍🏼
Is Larry a physically stronger person than Ryan? Yes obviously. But pure brute strength doesnt equal the better armwrewstler. Larry is extremely new and inexperienced in Arm wrestling at a high level.
Ryan, Larry still needs more table time to get that coordination/armwrestling on the table. Ryan, you guys look like you all were having a great time arm wrestling. You did great Ryan!
The video from the other side which seems to have been taken down shows your arm bent at about 120 degrees at the wrist.. If true and not a camera angle issue, I'll blame the ref and then larry
Ryan, did you see this edit of the John Brzenk match? This sets the standard for filming arm wrestling in my opinion. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WdrbR0Kb4EE.html
You’re absolutely right. You did what any competitor should do: do all you can to win within the rules. It’s on Larry to gain table IQ and the refs to be better at catching hugely unfair starts.
Don't let this get to you man, so much haters but what really happened is good for Larry and you made that learning moment for him. Maybe the two of you will have a hype supermatch next year because of this. Keep up the quality content btw.
You used your superior experience and table craft to gain advantage in the set up. Last time I checked that WAS okay! Arm Wrestling has never been about "that stronger guy should have won..." You played a superior game plan against Larry and smashed him! Well done brother. Also - equally worthy of note is how easily you dusted off the Milkman! Impressive. Cheers. AJ.
Spot on Ryan. 💪 We all know how strong Larry is. But you are right, it comes down to table experience and technique in a tournament. We all love Larry and what he's doing for the sport. Larry will only get better. The three P's... practice, persistence and patience. 👍💪
It’s- The World’s Fastest Sport - Everything matters, Take what you can,give nothing back. Larry is a beast, Ryan “Blue” Bowen, I say you made your bones at this open event as well.
I had the chance to watch and armwrestle the one who taught Janis Amolins armwrestling yesterday in a tournament. I learned alot from him and you can both feel and see the experience he has. I completely fucking lost to him, but it was a great experience. That said i am also new to armwrestling and find it really hard to react to the start and flashpin people, but it will come with time and experience
Fans will be fans, just like in any other sport, just part of it and I'm sure if we all were on the same page wouldn't be as exciting, great take from you as always, best of luck Ryan
Welcome to the world of Devon, internet arm wrestlers that have never actually pulled would rather delegitimize your win than congratulate you. Congratulations on your performance in the tourney.
Thats what I learned during my very first tournament. I was stronger but I got smashed instantly because my setup was weak and my hit was slow. I was so used to practice pulling I didn't know how to load up. So I changed that
This is such a good respond Bowen! At first i'm abit more on the hater side now after seing from the professional Armwrestler perspective, i could see it how it would even further growth Larry as an Armwrestler! Congrats on your placing 😁
Great video man... I fit the bill for what you believe is your average audience. Love arm wrestling but have never actually done it on a table. I wish they would have them at your average gym. So yeah, no actual arm wrestling experience which means I'm also weak. I like to think I'm reasonably strong though. Also a big Larry fan and I wanted to see him beat you lol... He needed a win and all. Anyway, I took away from this the same thing as you. That you hope Larry learned somethings from the tournament.
I’m not even in the sport, and probably a terrible arm wrestler, but I’ve done a lot of recreational arm wresting and been following the sport for another a year, and it’s obvious that it’s all the intricacies that win or lose. Larry “practices” with all the great arm wrestlers, and then pulls in “super matches” he needs to pull a lot of arm wrestlers in actual matches just like this. Learn from it and grow. It’s the only chance he has at becoming great in the sport. While it’s easy to argue bag everyone should get the “perfect start” it’s also obvious that it’s nearly impossible for that to happen.
I don't like wearing big boy pants. Seriously though mate, how good was that event! Great to have Larry here, great to see him getting more experience. Well done to all involved 👍
Great video with honest and constructive advice for Larry. As you said yourself he has huge potential in the sport however you have to develop all areas within the sport when you take the step up in level as experienced pullers will exploit those areas if you don't and at the end of the day this was competition not after pulling.
Ryan, you went there to beat him, and you did. It was awesome. Who on earth goes to a tournament to let their opponent win? Larry is a gentleman and would have taken the loss with grace. Your explanation of how you won is also very instructive. Keep up the excellent work, and ignore the haters.
Stuff the crybabies. It's good that you didn't go easy on anyone, let alone Larry and it's good that you speak your mind. You aren't Ghandi. You gained a subscriber from me yesterday. Keep winning mate
You knew you pushed the limits of the rules, that’s why you deleted the first video which blatantly showed how much you cupped before the go. Once you saw everyone realize and turned against you , you deleted the first video and re uploaded the second angle. Bravo mate
Exactly. What else does everyone think that the big names argue so much in the set up making it take so long to get the match started. FOR THIS REASON.
I think when most start arm wrestling they are learning with other novices and work out with the fundamentals together. When a novice trains with an elite, the elite guy may gloss over those fundamentals because it is very rudimentary to them. They want to teach more advance stuff and overload the mind of a novice. So Larry training with so many top guys may be a blessing and a curse. He’s trying to run before he can walk.
Great stuff Ryan..some awesome wins..would have liked to see best of 3 with the fella from Kazakhstan ..he was brilliant..2x WAF 90kg champ. I think I heard..
Dude ... I wouldn't even have acknowledged Dumbass Trolls or pure Haters. They aren't the real fans of Arm Wrestling rather a bunch of kids following one or two guys and throwing tantrums whenever they lose. Any REAL fan knows that the "Losses" these athletes endure... is what makes them better. Every single Arm Wrestler in the History of the sport has endured multiple losses. Even the GOAT himself John Brzenk will tell you that losing is more important than winning, especially when you're new to the sport and building the foundation. Thanks for keeping it real Ryan, Cheers
It takes a few years of consistent watching RU-vid to understand arm wrestling. Don’t let those comments make you sour. Some of these people are gonna be some of your greatest fans, and they all watch, comment and boost your account. Give them some slack. That being said guys think of it like this : Ryan pinned Larry very fast so he wouldn’t lose. In a way that shows his respect by using his aces and not taking any chances
I sound like a broken recording or transcriber in every comment section with this, but AW is a combat sport before a pure strength sport. Always. Larry is always going to be more "overall strong" in absolute strength than 90% of whomever he stands across the table from. But until he grows tremendously in Table IQ (that includes setup, devious hand fighting and position to "cheat" as legally as possible), getting meaner with more killer instinct and fast on the hit, endurance and stamina, mental/psychological strength to control nerves so he doesn't adrenaline dump when the pressure is high, stronger pronation, he won't be competing at his fullest potential. I make the combat sport comparison because in fighting you need to aspire to be a total package. You can be a specialist in one area (hooking, top roll, kingsmove, triceps press, etc) but you at least need to be skillful overall in defending other techniques and setting up for your strength. In MMA fighting, you can't just be able to hit hard or wrestle great. You need to he able to slip punches, defend submissions, escape, kick, knee. Right now, Larry is like that guy in the MMA gym who can knock anyone out with a big swing but in real fights where the stakes are high, he gasses out and has trouble defending submissions and takedowns. Once he can string it altogether and force opponents into his strengths he'll be super dangerous.
