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  • A Bloke’s Guide to Wedding Budgeting

    Don’t get married  

  • UFC 205 -Alvarez vs. McGregor – Keys to Victory

    Interesting match up, both guys are the same height – 5ft 9, but Alvarez is much larger – similar frame but almost bodybuilder-esk. Strategies I think Alvarez will try and smother McGregor, like he did in his (dodgy) victory over Pettis. I’ve seen Eddie fight against Cowboy Cerone and Pettis. Cerone made him look like a one…

  • The Chimp Paradox – Stone of Life

    Not really MMA related, but I’ve been meaning to do this for ages In the book the Chimp Paradox – the author suggests creating your own ‘stone of life’ which are basically 3 or 4 principles or rules to accept and live your life by. My Stone of Life example There will always be uncertainty…

  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Book Summary

      Bloke from Hawaii (Robert Kiyosaki)has 2 dads – 1 Biological dad who is a Doctor (and relatively poor) and a step dad who has little education, but become rich. Assets – Anything that puts money in your pocket – stocks, bonds, real estate Liabilities – Anything that takes money from your pocket.  E.g. cars,…

  • Office Yoga *infographic*

    Sick infographic about office yoga. Excel at office stretching whilst crunching data in your spreadsheets…     http://www.jfk-binding.co.uk/blog/office-yoga-infographic/

  • Does MMA actually “Dissolve the ego”

    No, not really, well yes sometimes…   No, MMA Doesn’t Dissolve the ego because… You never really see a humble jits guy, sharing a meme or video about how great wrestling or striking is, do you? Jiu Jitsu is part of their identity, and therefore their ego. If it were true, wouldn’t Wanderlai Silva be…

  • Training Goals

    Training Goals for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I’m hoping this will make me more structured and motivated with my training. I’m not too fussed about winning a medal, but it will be good to compete to pressure-test myself and all the Sports Psychology I’ve been reading about over the last 12 months.   Jiu Jitsu Outcome Goals…

  • UFC 200 – Technical Review

        I only saw the Mark Hunt V Brock Lesnar fight, and the main event – Meisha Tate V Amanda Nunes   Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt  From a technical perspective, it was an interesting, striker V wrestler match up. 2 takedowns basically won Brock the fight. Some things that Hunt could possibly do…

  • Home Workouts with the Kids

    Disclaimer – Exercise at your own risk If you love and pretty much live for fitness, Jiu Jitsu and/or MMA, then having kids is often a bit of a bottleneck in your training. Your priorities should change, so that after you have carried out all of your fatherly, and husbandly duties – which nowadays includes,…

  • Turning a Love for Good Food into a Business

    If you love training, then there’s a good chance that you have an interest in nutrition, good food and cooking.  You should have anyway! Don’t be one of those idiots who spends £100 a month on Mega Mass 2000 and eats processed rubbish all of the time. Good businesses start with a great idea, but…