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Last night actually wasn’t less than what I expected, it was more. That title is just a witty line. The BJJ session last night was actually excellent, a real 5 star session. All in all we did 9×5 minute rounds with 1 minute rest in between and a small technique break in the middle. My … Continue reading
I just can’t wait to roll tonight. There were 21 folks at BJJ on Monday and if only 50% of those turn up for tonight’s class then there will be 10.5 people to roll with, which is more than enough for me. I’ll probably warm up by rolling with the half person and then move … Continue reading
Just cooking a nice supper and I have about 5 minutes while the oven is heatng, so I thought I’d update on my training this morning. I didn’t do much. Session 2A IP Warm Up Single Arm Kettlebell/Dumbell Press (2×12 16kg kbell, 2×12 20kg dbell, 1×12 17.5kg dbell) supersetted with Dumbell Row (1×8 22.5kg, 4×8 … Continue reading
BJJ is just the best sport in the world, and here’s why. Number 1. You get to stay indoors. This is good in Ireland as let’s face it, the climate is miserable. Number 2, you get to wrestle people. This is also good. Number 3, your training partners love it for the same reasons you … Continue reading
But it’s not work if you enjoy it. Yesterday was Saturday, and the best way of describing Saturday morning workouts would be intense. Amanda came in at 10am, she’s training for a fight on Cage Contender and yesterday was a sparring/heavy conditioning day for her. I took her through some padwork followed by 3 rounds of technical MMA working on tactics. There’s … Continue reading
Quiet day yesterday. Did some coaching work with a school in the morning and I’m not ashamed to say that my ass was dragging once the caffeine wore off which was luckily after I’d finished coaching. Coaching kids is great fun. Sure you get the odd moany teen with no interest in what you’re doing, but … Continue reading
This was the day that was today, and it was pretty much the way everyday has been for the last 3 weeks or so. Just change the names of the exercises and switch some of the sessions around. Session 1: Muay Thai pads with The Paddy 1rd boxing, 1 rd kicking, 3 more rounds of … Continue reading
It’s January and I’m busy. I’m busy training, working and training, in that order. I’m also busy at home looking after my son Smiley who hasn’t been well for the last few weeks. So I’m afraid the blog has been one of the items to suffer from neglect. Here’s a substantive post to make up … Continue reading
1. The many BJJ tournaments- starting on January 10th and going right through until May there will be at least one tournament per month. We’ve never had it so good. 2. Rafael Mendes and Guilherme Mendes giving two seminars on Feb 3rd and 4th- The world’s most exciting grappler right now and his fellow black belt brother … Continue reading
It seems that this is the time of year for reviews, retrospectives and the like, and this blog is no different. So ladies and gents, kind readers of the blog, I give you retrospecticus- the IPMMA review of the year. Now if I were to go into every tournament, event, fight and training session, this blog … Continue reading
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