MOTHERFUCKING LMAO …
hindu squat is the ‘proper’ term but i just say thai squat cause its the same way you have to squat to take a shit in a thai toliet
as your GIS showed you
… are you left handed? follow the jab with a left sounds like you’re throwing a right jab.
well whatever visualization is same either way.
I’d have to see how you stand to ‘correct’ it and give you a reason why.
but imo the reason why its hard to follow for you is that you’re turned too much.
traditional boxing stance you’ll have the body almost turned completely to the side.
Muay Thai stance is similer to boxing stance but the differences are:
- more square stance. Face your opponent so you can defend the kicks.
- Belly in. Head turtled between the shoulders to protect it.
- Elbows are IN. Not out. Having your elbows out exposes you rib cage to kicks.
- Chin is down shoulders shrugged up.
- stand tall on your toes.
if you’re turned to the side in a more boxing pose then its easier to keep the hand lower because you’re in less danger.
Unless you’re a complete loser not much is going to hit you from your strong side it takes waaaaay too much time to get there, so keeping it on your chin is ok.
In muay thai that shit won’t work. and you will get head kicked. or someone will kick high, get you to move your hand up to protect your head then double that up and kill your ribs…then after you have your hand lower to protect your ribs WHAP up high…headkick and you go night night.
fuck it. if you keep your arms low i’ll just start banging on your arms with kicks till they fatigue and you’re tired of gettin kicked in the forearms.
muay thai we have the elbows pinched to the side and the hands up body rolled in as much as possible so you can protect as much as possible w/o having to move as much.
huge economy of motion.
i dont have to move my hand up to protect my temple or move it down to protect my ribs… when im in stance i’m relatively safe.
straight punches can be blocked just staying in stance and pivoting my body 3-4inches, or parrying, (or footwork but im trying to relate it to stance) and hooks are all but going to bounce off my forearms though they can be parried or evaded as well safely from stance
again too much bobbing weaving isn’t good unless you like getting knee’d, elbow’d or ending up very quickly in a MT clinch.
(don’t get me wrong those are all techniques that can be used but they have to be adjusted slightly for MT also, used sparingly. Its like anything else if you’re a one trick pony then you’re easy to predict.)
anyway back to your point, i dont see how it makes it hard to follow with your rear hand other than that you’re turned sideways. Imo you probably dont get as much time to generate force as you would with a boxing rear hand but it may be faster.
though i’ve honestly never had any difficulty throwing from either region, just one makes more sense to me as far as defense
training tonight: did a lot of ‘dirty boxing’ and working out from that range to right cross range to kicking range. distance and timing. the keys to success.
Strength workout today. Did a more-inclusive warm-up and I have to say, I noticed a positive difference. I thought I’d be fatigued by the time I actually got to my exercises, but it had no affect on my strength levels.
Also did a lot of stretching afterwards. Rooney’s book may be simplistic in some ways, but I really like his take on stretching and the way it’s set up helps you focus on your breathing, which is important in grappling/fighting/sparring, etc.
- Squat, 3x5
- SLDL, 3x5
- Seated Calf Raises, 3x15
4A. Plank, 3x20 sec.
4B. Side Plank, 3x20 sec.
4C. MB Figure-8’s, 3x8
if u like the breathing stretches shit you’d like pavel t’s book on stretching too
Tuesday training.
Private class with three other guys.
One, my fave partner, Mark, who just got his blue belt, finally, on Friday night
Other guy, Ron, also a blue belt, but not as skilled as Mark. I hadn’t seen him in many weeks. He’s a bit bigger than Mark but a very gentle soul, lacking in aggression and he gets really beat up at Ralph Gracie’s school the rest of the week. This class is his respite, where he learns techniques to help him out over there where the rough boys rule.
Other, other guy, Matt. White belt. Only a few months of BJJ but shows a lot of potential. Too big for me to play with!
What did we learn? Escapes!
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a bump & elbow escape from the cross-side
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Running Man escape
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a leg thread escape where you flip over into a turtle then to face him and finish with grabbing his pants just below the knees and sweeping
The guys practicing with me weren’t allowed to use their hands when they were on top, except a little bit for position.
This is a great time for me, I’m at the point in the learning curve where each class gets more and more fun. I used to sort of dread sparring time, now I’m just as rabid as the others.
It’s funny, I got this funtastical opportunity to take the CNT training with Jon Hinds, founder of the Monkey Bar Gym, in San Diego this weekend.
So there’s that, but all I can think of is being so very near to Saulo Ribeiro’s academy yet not being able to do BJJ for three days…
Luxury problem?
Bonus: I’m picking up a set of 16 kg hollow/lead shot-fillable/adjustable weight, regulation-size kettlebells down there which are sure to be the awesome.
With the beautiful weather outside (although with everything blooming my sinuses weren’t too happy) I hit the roads for a brisk 3-mile run. I made an effort to keep up a steady pace the entire run and did that for pretty much the entire clip, only slowing a bit when I hit some inclines.
Did anyone happen to see the current Muscle & Fitness? I was flipping through it today while waiting in the pharmacy and came across an interesting article on Crossfit. Didn’t have time to finish it but if I find it online, I’ll throw a link up.
I know people either love or hate them, but some of their ideas can be valuable tools when it comes to endurance/conditioning training for combat sports.
this just in…
10 x 30-second hill sprints…
whatever works for you, everyone’s individual
12 rounds of bagwork
1 conditioning circuit (similar to monday’s)
a lot of sparring
a couple dudes do jiujitsu so we rolled for a while too, developes good endurance for MT clinch imo.
i haven’t rolled in a while definitely miss it (and def. not as sharp as i used to be)
being a blathlete helps though
Strength Workout
- Close-grip bench press, 4x8
- Chin-ups, 4x8
- Neck Flexion, 3x20
- Plate Pinchers, 5x30 sec.
5A. MB Toe-touches, 3x10
5B. MB Triangle crunch, 3x8
5C. MB Explosive sit-up, 3x10
Finished with 10 min. of stretching.
Stopped by the gym last night after work and caught up with a few buddies I usually roll with that I hadn’t seen in a while. One guy that started around the same time as me just earned his blue belt, so that definitely gives me motivation to bust ass over the summer and try and get my own blue.
dude irish thank you those are motivating as fuck, this sounds funny but the more i get into MMA the more i appreciate boxing. When you start to have to breakdown fights you realize imo how hard it is to develop the individual aspects of a fighter.
mma is like having photoshop, but boxing is like using ms paint. If you can create something equally as beautiful in MS paint its that much harder.
The medium of boxing to express the human body is a beautiful thing (same goes for Muay thai, wrestling, etc)
yesterday
a2g back squats + 1 arm snatches 5x5
complex 3x8
- hang snatch, oh squat, oh press, back squat, oh press, bent row, snatch dl
30min run HR above 160, above 7miles per hr
today… something not sure yet. really bad mood so we’ll see.
So there’s a new supplement store in my area and it’s actually pretty cool. They have a good selection, good prices and they sell some good tools for training, such as kettlebells.
My question is, I’ve never used a KB before, so what weight should I start at? I think they had a 35- 25- and 18-pound KB in the store.
[quote]Djwlfpack wrote:
…I’ve never used a KB before, so what weight should I start at? I think they had a 35- 25- and 18-pound KB in the store.[/quote]
What’s your size? offhand I’d say a pair of 35# and a single 53# and a single 70#
No-gi class today. We worked on different pulling guard techniques, for folks like me who suck at takedowns. Then we had 4 6 minute rolls to finish class. I’ve been ending up on my back too much lately, so I tried to push the pace and get back some lost aggression today. I ended up having my best class in a while.
I’m also still getting ready for NAGA on Saturday. I competed at Casca Grossa in March and was 0-3, so I’m looking for much better results this time. I’ll be two weight classes lighter, so that alone should help. I was the lightest fat guy last time, which is no fun. This time I should be one of the larger competitors in my weight class.
I’ll be cutting around 9lbs so today I started my cutting prep. I�??m trying to drink 2 gallons of water each day leading up to cut day and I’m very full of water. It’s not easy.
[quote]downwardog wrote:
Djwlfpack wrote:
…I’ve never used a KB before, so what weight should I start at? I think they had a 35- 25- and 18-pound KB in the store.
What’s your size? offhand I’d say a pair of 35# and a single 53# and a single 70#[/quote]
Around 185.
Strength Workout
Warm-up: 5 min. jump rope
- Squat, 4x5
- Seated Calf Raises, 3x15
3A. DB Bench Press, 4x5
3B. Weighted Chins, 4x5
Flexibility: 15 min. of stretching
This is going to an insane work week for me, but I’m hoping to at least get in a BJJ workout on Thursday.
Thursday I skipped my workout.
Shocking, I know.
Friday spent all day 9-5 pm training with Jon Hinds doing upper body strength movements, push-ups, rows, pull-ups and arm-balancing and hand-walking and rope climbs.
Friday night I took a class with Xande Ribeiro at the University of Jiu-Jitsu!
He had us do some really cool passing drills then sparring and more sparring. I wrestled two delirious rounds with a crazy girl was only like 15 years old. Hey, don’t arrest me, she looked like 24! Turned out she’s the daughter of Megaton Diaz, who’d was visiting from AZ with a bunch of his players. Sheesh.
That’s Xande in the photo.
Saturday was all lower body movements at the seminar I was attending. Squats, pistols, box step-ups, running, sprinting, jump-rope, leg curls…Jon Hinds did BJJ for 11 years. For 3 years his teacher was Rickson Gracie. Jon’s one of the most inspired minds in the business.
depends how strong you are…
35’s are great for conditioning work, doing things like
sprint
kb swings
sprint
burpees
repeat a few times
thats whats good with 35’s.
then depending how strong you are 53 or a 70 for more maximal work. Or just single arm work.
Imo i’d get a pair of 35’s and a pair of 70s
Nice^^
[quote]Xen Nova wrote:
depends how strong you are…
35’s are great for conditioning work, doing things like
sprint
kb swings
sprint
burpees
repeat a few times
thats whats good with 35’s.
then depending how strong you are 53 or a 70 for more maximal work. Or just single arm work.
Imo i’d get a pair of 35’s and a pair of 70s[/quote]
I’ll probably go with 35’s for now, as I’d mostly be using them for conditioning work.