Cool, calm and destructive, Fedor Emelianenko is considered by most to be the greatest fighter in MMA. I love how the calm approach explodes into destructive violence as he mashes opponent after opponent. Dana White (UFC boss) offered Fedor an…
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More than just Martial Arts Training
by JonLaw • • 5 Comments
In the short film about the Astoria Boxing Club there was mention of the positive impact boxing can have on people. This is not new, boxing has saved many famous fighters across the years. Champions such as Ali and Tyson…
UFC 141 Jon Fitch Suffers One Punch Knockout
by JonLaw • • 1 Comment
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…
Submissions
by Jon Law • • 2 Comments
Steve Morris will talk about watching the fight, in fact he calls the fight his teacher. At Primal we are encouraged to ‘watch the fight’ and so to learn from the fight. The idea is not to merely observe but…
BAMMA 3 – MMA show at the NEC
by Jon Law • • 1 Comment
Last weekend I attended BAMMA 3 at the NEC with some friends. I’ve only been to a few MMA live events and have generally enjoyed them and this was no exception. At BAMMA 3 though there was a certain amount…
Baddest man on the planet
by Jon Law • • 3 Comments
Both Tyson and Fedor have been dubbed ‘baddest man on the planet’ but while both were or are top of their respective games they are very different men. Last night I watched documentaries on each of the ‘Worlds baddest’ and…
WEC 53, Pettis vs Henderson – Ninja Kick!
by JonLaw • • 5 Comments
It’s a funny old world we live in. I recieved the video below today and it raised an eyebrow, I’ve not seen anything quite like it. Anthony Pettis pulls of what is being described as a Matrix or ninja kick…
Combatives in an MMA Setting
by JonLaw • • 6 Comments
I saw this clip posted on Facebook (thanks Steve) and was intrigued because here’s the Army using cage fighting as a model to test the Combatives ability of their soldiers, both males and females. It’s interesting because there are many…
Self defence moves – successfully fighting multiple attackers
by JonLaw • • 0 Comments
Successfully Fighting Multiple Opponents On Facebook, (again!) this great example of one man overcoming several in a real life incident was found (thanks Steve). Although the actual incident seems to be a little dodgy, the bloke attacked may very well…
Sweet Science – lessons from boxing defense for all martial arts
by JonLaw • • 9 Comments
We’ve been working on distance and timing recently and this post will attempt to define and illustrate some of that work with video of exceptional boxing defense. I learnt very little about this subject before training at Primal where it…