Showing posts with label martial arts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label martial arts. Show all posts
Royce Gracie Quotes
Open Guard / Closed Guard in Brazilian Jiujitsu
Over the past couple of weeks I feel like my guard game has noticeably progressed. I'm starting to catch more sweeps and submissions fro...
Good Conditioning To Get Prepared For Training Again
It's always on my head. I was thinking, when you get back from long sick or injured (i.e. 2 months), what are the good conditioning to g...
Bad technique or just weak?
What are the general problems that people face getting out of the mount position? Just like any position, you have to consider skill as well...
Pressure Points and Lethal Techniques in MMA?
Trust me, pressure points is the last thing you'll be thinking about in a MMA match ! You need to be focused on the strategy that was co...
MMA News: Someone Sat On Kimbo Slice's Head
Message on Training Ethics & Safety
In the Bali seminar in August, the great Royler Gracie demonstrated a "miracle" escape from the triangle choke. He tapped. The me...
How To Combine Mixed Martial Arts And Bodybuilding
How To Combine Mixed Martial Arts And Bodybuilding Mixed martial arts (MMA) is very popular these days among men trying to get in shape whil...
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Bandung - POWER LIFTING
Powerlifting 1: Bench Press Because I was already warmed up from the sprinting, I did only one light set, doing 12 repetitions with a 135 lb...
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Bandung - Cardio: Tabata Sprints (fast and shallow)
Cardio: Tabata Sprints (fast and shallow) I started with a gentle jog for 3 or 4 minutes. Then, with the treadmill set at 1.5%, I did 12 sp...
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Bandung - SPRINTS AND POWER
Hi Again It's day three of of my four day fitness blitz. I'm hitting the conditioning hard this week because I want to be ready to ...
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CIRCUIT
This being my second day without grappling I was determined to go hard today. Since yesterday's workout focused on the upper body, I st...
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Bandung : A Fighter's Workout Routine
A GLIMPSE OF A FIGHTER'S WORKOUT ROUTINE Most of my text message communications to my friends are pretty short and mundane. Recently, h...
How to Win A BJJ Tournament
KEEP YOUR COACH CLOSE (BUT YOUR OPPONENT'S COACH CLOSER) I don't remember too much from my first BJJ tournament other than that the ...
Drill Techniques When You Have Injuries (ankle)
A recent ankle injury has caused me to change the focus of my game. Below are the drills Ive been doing to train these skills. Do you feel ...
Caging the Hips
If knowledge is dominance, then after you have completed this part, you will be feel like Mighty Man when this subject is brought up in casu...
Java Submission Championship 2008 Results
News from Jogja... Here's the result of Java Submission Championship 2008 It was a great weekend though :-) Under 65KG 1 – Hardian Krist...
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Bandung : grapple or not - Dilemma - One
Back in the late 80's, I accompanied Rigan Machado from LA down to Rio in Brazil for a months training 'on the mat'; after which...
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Bandung : "How to build effective combinations"
"Combinations" - a word bandied around like so many others in our vocabulary everyday, but certainly worthy of a deeper considerat...
