Check out this video of Jake Shields and Ben Askren doing some training for their upcoming fights. They both have grappling styles which call for a lot of scrambling and creativity which made for an entertaining training session. Shields is training for his highly anticipated UFC debut against Martin Kampmann on October 23 at UFC 121 and Askren for his Bellator title bout against Lyman Good on October 21. Lots and lots of really cool counters, setup and just free [...]
It’s pretty amazing that back in 1975 as part of a marketing promotion that someone had the foresight to advocate practicing 3 very diverse disciplines at once. Now granted this is very common with the advent and popularity of Mixed Martial Arts. Imagine if you were a martial artist back in 1975 this would have been taboo. I hope to get my hand on these 3 books and possible posted it here if the copyright has been expired. I love [...]
Check out this great coffee table book ( it is in paperback – so is not a true coffee table book) on combat sports by Philippe Di Folco. More specifically Wrestling and Boxing. You can read the book in its entirety on Google Book. The books id divided into 5 chapters: Part 1: The origins of Combat Part 2: Wrestling – An Open Sports Part 3: From the Streets to the Ring Part 4: The Civillian Arena Part 5: Appendix [...]
Man I love the internet!! I run my own MMA School and teach cardio kick boxing. Some of my female clients bug me about my cauliflower ear. I told them it a badge of honor. Actually the 1st time I heard that was from my Judo Instructor. He is from Iran. He told me that in Iran they really respect guys with cauliflower ear or boxer nose. So you can imagine my surprise when I stumble on to a Facebook [...]
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