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Technical tips – Baseball bat choke
In jiu jitsu class yesterday we drilled this choke with gi but it can also be done without gi. In these technical tips posts I’m not explaining the move, just writing down the little details that I found helpful in getting it. If you don’t know what the choke looks like, check out this video: […]
Technical tips – Single leg takedown
I’ve started writing down the things I learn onto my computer and thought I might as well put them up here, too. Please note that this is coming straight from my trainers, so while I’m still a noob and can’t do most of this stuff very well, this is what the pros have told me. […]
New year’s eve workout
Well yesterday the Lockdown guys got together and did a workout in really shit weather which was fun. The photo was taken after the workout and of course I blinked when it was taken – that’s me on the left – but oh well it’s a cool photo anyway. I found it really hard but […]
The journey of an MMA noob, week four
This week we had BJJ on Monday and Wednesday as always, then we had wrestling on Tuesday and no-gi BJJ on Thursday. Tuesday Wrestling on a Tuesday, brutal! I paired up with a really nice guy called George who has been training for a while, I always like training with the more experienced guys. He’s […]
The journey of an MMA noob, week two
This week was my first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu lesson (in the last 2 years) and my first wrestling lesson, as well as another muay thai (striking) class. Day one aftermath In the previous post I mentioned my finger got kicked, well it swelled up a lot and I could hardly move it. I waited a […]
The journey of an MMA noob, day one
This post is the first in a series I’ll be writing called The Journey of an MMA noob. I thought it could be fun to write about some of the experiences I’ve had while training MMA while these memories are so fresh in my mind. I’m writing this as a stream-of-consciousness; I want the reader […]
