Recent Posts Tagged With 'mma'

• Fighting Fit – Cardio & Conditioning

  Posted on Thursday March 26th, 2009 at 07:01 in mma, articles, karate, boxing, stand-up, brazilian jiu jitsu, ground game

  One of the earliest posts I wrote on this blog was The Triangle Hypothesis, which talked about three facets key to improving as a martial artist or fighter. For those of you who've read it, you may remember that I chose to add 'C' to the 'triangle' t...

• Hello Japan!

  Posted on Thursday March 12th, 2009 at 06:19 in mma, brazilian jiu jitsu, ground game, cranks and chokes

  I’ve had a pretty lame week. Not only have I been unwell, unable to train, and stuck in the office for 16 hour shifts (no kidding!)…I’ve also been craving a particular type of cupcake, which I just can’t seem to find! However, this made it al...

• Top 5 Martial Arts Documentary Series

  Posted on Thursday March 5th, 2009 at 06:25 in reviews, mma, articles, stand-up, ground game

  There are a myriad of martial arts documentary shows available to watch on television – some of them are great references for information, others less so (but still massively entertaining). References from these shows are thrown around the dojo q...

• The Achilles Ankle Lock & The Knee Bar

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 12:23 in mma, brazilian jiu jitsu, leglocks, ground game

  I had initially planned to write a post regarding both the 'Achilles Ankle Lock' and the 'Knee Bar' but then I remembered Stephen Kesting's GrappleArts website already has a fantastic article dedicated to each of these techniques. I'd be depriving y...

• Toe Hold Ankle Lock

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 03:12 in mma, brazilian jiu jitsu, leglocks, ground game

  Sometimes referred to simply as a ‘Foot Lock’, the Toe Hold Ankle Lock is a submission that is applied via the twisting and applying torque around one’s instep and the axis that runs along the centre of the foot. It is easy to apply and world...

• My Nemesis: The Neck Crank

  Posted on Thursday January 8th, 2009 at 06:00 in mma, brazilian jiu jitsu, ground game, cranks and chokes

  A neck crank (or a ‘cervical lock’ for the pedantic amongst you) is a spinal lock applied to the cervical spine (your neck) by pushing, pulling or twisting it in a direction it doesn’t want to go. ‘Clickity clack’ is usually a sound associa...

• MMA's Contribution to Martial Arts

  Posted on Thursday January 1st, 2009 at 07:06 in mma, articles, karate, brazilian jiu jitsu

  Following the rise of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), many Traditional Martial Arts fell under heavy scrutiny for their relative inability to prove their effectiveness in what is possibly the closest mainstream simulation to no-holds-barred street fighting...