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  • The Amazing Parallels between Religion & Martial Arts

    The Amazing Parallels between Religion & Martial Arts

    You can’t tell, but I started martial arts training, on a regular basis at least when I was 16. I started on Monday nights training a bit of JKD; or Jeet Kune Do to give it its full title. As this was my first martial art, I had little to compare it to. But still in…

  • MMA Upper body Takedowns

    The only takedowns, I ever do are shooting for a single: Run the pipe…into a double leg…into a high crotch. Looking to expand on this a bit, since I can never shoot fast enough to pull these off in wrestling.  Sometimes I can, if I can use punches to set up the takedown. Here are…

  • Potential Use of Herbs in Sports Nutrition

    Interestingly, there appears to be lots of evidence regarding different herbs, and their ability to enhance physical performance. I’m surprised nobody has mustered up an organic recovery formula, or pre-workout that’s actually quite ‘good’ for you. And marketed as such.  With lots of beefcakes on the packaging. Ginkgo Biloba Rhodiola combined with Ginkgo, reduced physical markers of overtraining significantly…

  • Too much Weights, Not Enough Speed Work

    Some issues I’ve had from doing weights, and then attempting to move onto martial arts. This is a criticism of myself, and nobody else. 1. Tight Muscles I don’t know the exact science around this, but I’m guessing, the bigger your muscles are, the less room they have to move around the muscle sheath and…

  • CrossFit Vs Bodybuilding

    Just a quick run down / brain dump of my thoughts on the two and their pros and cons Disclaimer – This is all written tongue in cheek, please don’t take offence. Crossfit Pros 1. Olympic Lifts make you a beast. I’ve never known someone who does Olympic Lifting (a foundation of Crossfit) seriously, who…

  • Video – Countdown to UFC 188 – Cain Velasquez vs. Fabricio Werdum

    Difficult one to call, the wrestler V the BJJ king, who stopped Fedor’s unbeaten run with a triangle. Like his team mate DC; Cain looks to ‘run the pipe’ with a single leg takdown, and turn it into a double leg.  Although to be fair, he has a very wide array of takedowns, and he doesn’t…

  • UFC 187 Predictions

    Daniel Cormier V Rumble Johnson DC likes to drop his level and go for a single leg takedown. When he secures a hold on the leg, he turns it into a “run the pipe” takedown attempt (circle away from opponent’s body, holding his leg, then bow down); he then often finishes the “run the pipe” with…

  • Treating a Stiff Back and Neck

    Speak to your Doctor or Physio about treating your back pain. If you have problems with your spinal discs, like a bulging or prolapsed disc you can do more damage than good with ‘self-help’ If you are anything like me, from years of wrestling and grappling and lifting weights with poor technique and no stretching…

  • Fight Nerves / Fight Psychology

    Adrenaline Rush & the Adrenaline Dump If you’ve been unfortunate enough to watch any of my fights, you’ll probably notice how I tend to go absolutely mental for a few minutes, and then start blowing out of my proverbial back-side.  This is a consequence of the ‘fight or flight’ reflex which kicks-in whenever a person…

  • Eccentric Strength Training – Studies [2023]

    Eccentric part of a lift, is the downward, or lowering phase of a lift. For example, with a bench press lift, the eccentric phase is the phase when you lower the bar back to your chest. Pushing the bar up, off your chest, is known as the concentric lift or phase. You can train “eccentricly”…