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Week 13: Upping The Weights
Well it has been 13 weeks since I started all this and I am happy to say the results are getting better. If you are going to do something like this being consistent is the key. This has happened with core work outs, DDP Yoga, strength and conditioning with kettle bells, and monitoring my calorie…
Week 11: The Story Continues!
Apologies for the lack of updates but the real world is slowly creeping back in! I have been managing to maintain what I have been doing previously although on occasions I have switched out a DDP Yoga for a second core session as I felt at the time that it would push me more. Excess…
Week 9: More Weight / More Reps!
As Week 9 roles in I feel it is time to move up the weights a bit and add on the reps for those weights. I have come to that conclusion based on the fact that some of the lifts have become a lot easier and the struggles they once were are not in the…
Week 8 Update: Normality is starting to seep in!
With normality starting to return albeit in small ways the time I have had to dedicate to my work out plan is starting to decrease. As Week 8 began I have been working on the following: Results have been positive so far although I am still longing to see how this all will help on…
Hall of Fame: Kyra Gracie
Kyra Gracie is a jiu-jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Junior and the first female member of the famous Gracie family to achieve worldwide notoriety as an accomplished grappler. She was born on the 29th of May, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro– Brazil and is the granddaughter of Robson Gracie, who is the second son of BJJ founder Carlos Gracie (senior).…
Classic Match: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie (2000)
The mixed martial arts fight between Kazushi Sakuraba and Royce Gracie was held in 2000 at PRIDE Fighting Championships. Due to its special rules, it lasted 90 minutes before ending with the victory of Sakuraba by TKO. It has been widely considered one of the greatest and most influential MMA fights of all time, as well as a vital part of the…
Techniques: BJJ No Gi Side Control to Triangle and Arm Bar Submission
BJJ No Gi Side Control to Triangle and Arm Bar Submission Chain with Stuart Cooper who is is one of the most well known BJJ film makers in the world today. The BJJ black belt under Lucio Sergio Dos Santos however is not just exceptional behind the camera, he is also a globally renowned Jiu…
Hall of Fame: The Great Gama
Born on 22nd May 1878, Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt grew up to become a wrestling legend known by the ring name The Great Gama – the Rustam-e-Hind (Hindi-Urdu for Champion of India). Undefeated in a career spanning more than 52 years, he is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. During the partition of India, the Great Gama…
Classic Match: Amauri Bitteti vs Fabio Gurgel (Mundial Final Open Weight Division 1997)
Watch this classic match where Amauri Bitteti (the Absolute Division World Jiu-Jitsu Champion 1996 and 1997) battles IBJJF Hall of Famer Fabio Gurgel in the 1997 Mundial Open Weight Division Final…
Techniques: Armbar From Rubber Guard
10th Planet main man Eddie Bravo talks you through an Armbar From Rubber Guard…
Hall of Fame: Bianca Andrade Barreto
Bianca Andrade Barreto is a former professional athlete in Body Boarding who converted into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, having become one of the best female competitors of all time with numerous important titles such as Brazilian National Champion and World Champion on multiple occasions. In total: IBJJF World Champion (2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2005)IBJJF World No-Gi Champion…
Classic Match: Forrest Griffin Vs. Stephan Bonnar (2006)
On Saturday 26th August 2006 Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar met in the middleweight finale of the debut season of The Ultimate Fighter in one of the most consequential fights in UFC history…
Techniques: BJJ Sidemount Attacks
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt Raphael Chaves explains BJJ Sidemount Attacks (with the assistance of Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida).
Hall of Fame: Royce Gracie
Friday 12th November 1993 changed Martial Arts forever. The Ultimate Fighting Championship was born and leading the revolution was a man named Royce Gracie. He introduced what became known as Gracie Jiu-Jitsu to the world and between 1993 and 1994 was the tournament winner of UFC 1, UFC 2, UFC 4, and fought to a draw with Ken Shamrock in the championship…
Classic Match: Earl Caddock vs Joe Stecher (1920)
Newsreel footage from the second Earl Caddock-Joe Stecher match for the professional wrestling world title, January 30th 1920. The match took place at the second Madison Square Garden in New York City. Stecher pinned Caddock in 2:05:00 using a wristlock and his finishing hold, the body scissors. This is perhaps the earliest professional wrestling match…
Classic Match: Gustav Fristensky vs. Josef Smejkal (1913)
Gustav Frištenský (May 7th 1879 – April 5th 1957) was a Czech wrestler and European champion of amateurs and professional wrestlers. Frištenský was one of seven children of a Bohemian smallholder in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He grew up in his place of birth and had to work hard as a child on his parents’ farm.…
Hall of Fame: Martin “Farmer” Burns
When it comes to developing catch wrestling in North America all trails lead back to one man – Martin “Farmer” Burns – one of the most notable professional wrestling stars at the turn of the 20th century who is remembered as one of the toughest catch-as-catch-can wrestlers of his day. The Iowa native claimed to…
Hall of Fame: Ezio Gamba
Four-time Olympian Ezio Gamba was one of the world’s leading judoka in the 1980’s as he translated continental honours into world and Olympic medals. The Brescia native won gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games and took silver four years later in Los Angeles. The -71kg star won senior European medals including gold in 1982…
Hall of Fame: Neil Adams
Neil Adams, who was the first British male to win a world title, is the most decorated and celebrated British judoka of all time. Adams won back-to-back Olympic silver medals at the 1980 and 1984 Games in Moscow and Los Angeles respectively. In 1981 he became the first Briton to simultaneously hold a European and…
Hall of Fame: Jigoro Kano
Judo founder Jigoro Kano was an educator and a visionary who started jiu-jitsu to develop his strength. The 5ft 2in and 41kg Kano added his own ideas to his jiu-jitsu experience to develop a complete fighting system which personified “Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Effort”. Kano founded The Kodokan in 1882 and became the first Asian…
Hall of Fame: Billy Robinson
Born on September 18th 1938 in Manchester, England, William Alfred Robinson would embark in an amateur wrestling career that would see him become British National Wrestling Champion in 1957. He followed this up the following year winning the European Open Wrestling Championship in the light heavyweight class, beating an Olympic bronze medal winner in the…
Hall of Fame: Billy Riley
Billy Riley was an English practitioner and teacher of catch wrestling. As a trainer in the sport, Riley taught some of the leading post-World War II figures in catch wrestling at his training school known globally as “The Snake Pit” in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Riley was born on 22nd June 1896 in Wigan, England where he grew up to…
Hall of Fame: Mitsuyo Maeda
Mitsuyo Maeda was perhaps the world’s first modern age mixed martial artist. Known for travelling the world and challenging combat practitioners of all styles. Maeda (along with Soshihiro “Antônio” Satake) brought attention to Judo all across Europe and Brazil.
A Catcher in the Tri (angle) 