Tweet Some time ago on the now defunct United Goju Forum Steve Rowe wrote that anyone could kick head height as long as the alignment was correct. This was met with some scepticism and derision, one poster wrote that there’d be a line of people from his club wanting assistance. At the time I didn’t quite get it but at Primal last year in one session Steve Morris showed this statement to be true....
Tweet UFC 121: Velasquez Lesnar main event The main event of the evening at UFC 121 was the Velasquez Lesnar fight for the heavyweight Championship. Scheduled for five rounds the fight failed to get through the first. Unsurprisingly, Lesnar came out of the blocks fast and rushed Velasquez going for takedowns which failed or...
Tweet Potentially the greatest, anyway. Yesterday it was announced that the Mayweather vs Pacquiao scheduled for March 13th is off due to a row over the drug testing procedure. It seems that the Mayweather camp has been casting doubts over Pacquiao’s status in regard of performance enhancing drugs, despite there being no evidence at...
Tweet Martial Arts Injuries; damage to knee joint Often martial arts injuries occur at the knee and these frequently occur as a result of training ignoring the structure of the knee. The knee complex prefers to function strictly as a hinge, with flexion and extension being the primary motions, although a lesser amount of...
Tweet Jon Fitch vs Johny Hendricks With the UFC being increasingly strict, getting videos that last of Friday nights UFC 141 show is not straightforawrd, certainly ones you can embed. So I’m almost overjoyed to have this link of Jon Fitch against Johny Hendricks from UFC 141, the last of 2011. With GSP out for...
Tweet Increasing Punching Power by Opening and Closing The waist area is packed with muscle and potentially will add substantially to your power punching. In karate Senseis often tell you to use your hips but they should really be interested in the waist. After all the hip is no more than a joint between...
Tweet NOTICE OF INTENT…. This blog will chart everything that is going on in my martial arts world at Epic Martial Arts Academy in Birmingham, UK. I will cover everything that concerns the club as we progress. A brief, non-exhaustive list follows…. My struggles with absorbing the teachings of Steve Morris and the Morris...
Tweet Speed and quickness are generally important in martial arts in terms of movement and striking; footwork and speed punching/kicking training drills are common place. Attempts to address punching speed at the initiation of a strike are less common. Steve Morris tackles this area in a number of ways, one of which involves reading...
Tweet Someone commenting on my original post concerning the Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan world title fight from way back in 1995 indicated that a new documentary about the fight was going to be screened on ITV in December. I missed the screening on the 5th but have just watched it on ITV player (there...
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