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I am going to be sore tomorrow

Well, that’s the first BJJ session post-injury in the bag and behind me. I can happily say that it won’t get any worse than it did tonight. A hot night under the low roof of the grappling area, in the Gi, and seven minute rounds with pretty much everyone who has been training hard over … Continue reading

Everyone wants to do MMA, but nobody wants to spar

We had a sparring “class” last night with me, Robbie and Shayn. I used quotes around the word class because is 3 people really a class? The MMA sparring class on Tuesdays at 8 has been poorly attended for a couple of months now, in fact it’s the least attended of all the classes we … Continue reading

Paddy having fun

As we know by now, Paddy is preparing for his MMA match with me at the TUF challenge. In the meantime though he has the small matter of a fight in London this coming Sunday, and he did his final conditioning session today. So here’s what you have to do if you want to fight- … Continue reading

It's ON!

I think this could well be the best idea I’ve EVER had. Presenting the Informed Performance Annual TUF Challenge on Saturday October 10th. So it basicaly works out like this. We form two teams from inside the gym, and those two teams fight off for the cup which I will get made for the occassion. … Continue reading

Weakness Test

I am sore pretty much all over this morning and it even sort of hurts to type but I’ll soldier on. Firstly, I should address some of the accusations of moaning. It’s true, I complain and moan a lot on the blog but I do get irritated by quite a lot of things. So I’ll … Continue reading

Ninja Training

Owwwww. I have been out of commission for 7 weeks now, and yesterday I started my journey back to full training. I threw myself at it pretty hard. Yesterday I did C2 Mobility & Stability Leg Swings Scap Push Ups Overs & Unders YTW’s Hurdle Steps Inverted Shrugs Fire Hydrants Prowler Push – 10 mins … Continue reading

On Goals, Targets and Competition

If you were asked today what you goal was in fitness, fighting or whatever, what would you say? I’ve heard various different answers from various people but only a few people really knew. I’ve heard some like “to get in good shape” or “to fight” or “to be the best I can be”. The next … Continue reading

Ode to a Prowler

I ran an MMA conditioning class yesterday. Ordinarily I start with a vague concept if what I want from the session, and then wait until everyone shows up before writing up the session proper since I may have 5 or 15 depending on how much people have consumed or slept the night before. Yesterday I … Continue reading

I've a lot to complain about today

So once again I find myself back at one of my favourite activities, griping. Today I’ve got a few ants in my pants so I’ll list them and then attack them in order. 1) My hand 2) The weather 3) People who think they deserve to jump the queue So that already sounds like the … Continue reading

Informed Performance Submission Tournament- Results

Please use the comments link for any errors or ommissions. Before any result I’d like to thank everyone for showing up to Ireland’s largest ever submission wrestling tournament. I hope you all enjoyed the day and hope to see you soon at the next one later this year. As people may have noticed, we have … Continue reading