The benefits of the wrestler’s bridge for combat sports athletes are extraordinary Read on to discover why you should add the wrestler’s bridge to your training regimen. “He just weightlifter. […] All wrestlers beat weightlifters. Barbellers have veak necks. Atol, you beat Samson, strongest man in vorld, mit neck lock I think. You know what […]
Forgotten Fight Science: MMA Can Learn From the Past Everything old is new again. I’m a firm believer in this idiom, especially when talking about combat sports. It’s all been done before. MMA can learn from the past. The Beni Hasan tomb in Egypt has thousands of depictions of wrestling techniques, including almost every submission […]
THE COACH – EDDIE CHA Eddie Cha is one of many top flight MMA coaches whose influence is felt far beyond the walls of the gym. At the famous MMA LAB, in Glendale, Arizona, Eddie Cha coaches some of the best mixed martial arts talent in the world. Training toward the next fight, he lives […]
Power Punching: Boxing for MMA In the early 19th century, the world’s first star sports writer, Pierce Egan, called boxing “the sweet science of bruising”. It was a century-old sport that was a major, if illicit, part of English sporting life along with horse racing, cockfighting and cricket. The English prize ring was the crucible […]
Arnold Allen MMA Tutorial pt2 In this second Arnold Allen MMA Tutorial, the UFC featherweight shows us a great counter to the single leg takedown and follows on from part 1. The 24 year old British fighter, hailing from Felixstowe in Suffolk, formerly of BKK Fighters in Colchester now trains at the world-renowned Tristar Gym […]
The Roots of MMA On November 12th 1993, in Denver, Colorado, the world of Martial Arts was changed forever by a unique event, one which is now synonymous with a sport, that in many respects was built on the foundation it laid. The very first Ultimate Fighting Championship, now better known by its shortened initials […]
Floor Bags: Training Solo in Grappling Sports Striking based sports such as Boxing or Muay Thai, have obvious ways of training solo. Shadow boxing, Kata in Karate, and of course, simply striking a range of heavy bags, are just a few examples of the way a stand up fighter can train alone. However, in Grappling […]
Grappling Dummies Compared Introducing decorated MMA fighter & BJJ Black belt Pete Irving and two of his close friends: The Motion Master and the Freestyle Throwing Dummy from Revgear. If you train Jiu Jitsu or Mixed Martial Arts, you will know the amount of time spent being the dummy for positional drilling can be both […]
Vinc Pichel UFC comeback KO To kick off our look back over the Revgear highlights of 2017 we thought we’d start with one of our favourite Revgear athletes Vinc “From Hell” Pichel. Always a good guy to have around, Vinc has been part of Team Revgear for quite some time. He took time out to […]
A New Year With: Andre Fili Fighter Profile For the first of our #TeamRevgear2018 previews we go to Sacramento, CA, where our guy Andre “Touchy” Fili is currently training for a UFC featherweight match against the highly rated Dennis Bermudez. A win against Bermudez, who also sits just outside the top ten, will see Andre […]