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The beginnings of a weekly tradition

I’m going to start putting up some Monday music to start the week off. I get lots of enquiries as to what songs I’m playing in the gym on my ipod (mostly in the form of groans) so I thought I’d share with the world.Blackalicious- Chemical Calasthenics I was going to post up that Mos … Continue reading →

The Present and the Future

Was asked a question at training today about what I reckon the future of MMA was. Would people no longer be “specialists”, preferring instead to be just good enough at everything to win fights? The short answer is no. I don’t think so. What I think is hard to put in one post but I’ll … Continue reading →

So you may have noticed…

… that I’ve started to tag my posts. Yup, I know, it smacks of organisation and order. Not something you’d normally associate with me but I was reading about Will’s efforts to organise his blog and it suddenly occurred to me that the 1,000 people (yup I know, but I think 900 of them are … Continue reading →

At Last – Some Video

Had my first training session on the brand new matted area this morning with Paddy and I have to say they are beautiful. I can’t wait to grapple on them this evening. I am literally going to allow people to pass my guard just to shrimp out. Prepare for gward spinning invertedness, you have been … Continue reading →

MMA and Conditioning

So some updates on my own training, which in spite of the lack of updates in this blog has been ongoing. Basically I’ve delegated the task of making sure I get enough hours in to Will. So not only does he now look after my strength and conditioning, but he’s also going to check my … Continue reading →

Unstable Surfaces, Bosu, Swiss and a load of balls

Fielded a few questions and got into a few arguments on my opinions* on unstable surface stuff on Saturday, and then later with beers on board before and after the UFC. Most of the questions were comical enough without the ensuing arguments. Usually you get two types of opinion on Swiss Balls:Bloke 1- “I think … Continue reading →

I haven’t been as diligent with my updates of late, apologies for that. This month, as you can imagine, is the busiest month of the year for me. Lots of calls to field from people looking to train, lots of emails to answer from just about everyone, and lots of people looking to literally change … Continue reading →

My gym is in someone else's hands tonight

What will I do? I reckon at about 8pm tonight I’ll want to ring and see if everything is okay. Did Paddy get in the door alright? Is everyone taking their shoes off on the mats? Will someone get injurred? Will he know to turn off the lights? The gym is my baby and tonight, … Continue reading →

Ways to annoy me:

Spot the Idiocy A) Don’t indicate on a roundabout.2) Indicate right when you’re going straight on a roundaboutC) Litter5) Don’t show for your strength test Also that Heineken Cup ad that’s on lately with the old man talking about the “sense of things” he gets from the ould stadium is pretty headwrecking. But strength testing … Continue reading →

Jolly Good

I see people followed my advice and started following my blog. Good show, good chaps, what ho and all that. Now stop following my blog and find something decent to do with your lives. Last night was MMA 101 followed by an MMA sparring class. In the 101 we did clinch surfing, a good drill … Continue reading →