Here’s some excerpts from last night’s beginner’s MMA class. Here we’re focusing on: Striking while holding top position My shiny head Here’s the whole sequence, followed at the end by the drill that ties it all together. Enjoy! Every Tuesday at Informed Performance has beginner’s MMA at 7pm and sparring for those with experience at … Continue reading
I have lots of plans, and not all of them are evil. One of them is to get a photo of everyone… EVERYONE… in each of the classes and all together. This is going to sound uber ghey but I think it’d be nice to frame the inception of Informed Performance MMA. We’ve got a … Continue reading
And worse yet, it’s going to continue to hurt for days. No, I’m not talking about my latest social encounter, I’m talking about my first 5 rounds of Muay Thai in 3 months. Naturally, since there’s something wrong with me, I did them all with The Paddy. It’s strange coming back after so long. A … Continue reading
Wow, the run up to Christmas is going to be amazing. Will I get a chance to scratch myself I wonder? Here’s how it breaks down so far. October 4th- Dublin BJJ Open. Get signed up asap- Tom is sorting out the entries in the gym October 10th- IPTUF! Fights, Beers and BBQ to celebrate … Continue reading
I don’t have anything to say this evening. I just had to share this And also the single funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. This came home with my son from school yesterday. Now obviously the condition itself is terrible but you have to love the irony.
I literally have loads of ideas for stuff to do for the blog, but I’m stuck for time a lot and I don’t always remember to bring the camera. So I was thinking that the best bet might be for someone to request something and then I’d do the video or slideshow as a task. … Continue reading
Like it says. Well done to The Paddy.
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
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
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