Sport

GOLDEN ERA GREATS: DIESELNOI CHOR THANASUKARN

October 1, 2018

Tom Billinge

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Muay Thai - Kickboxing

Dieselnoi: Sky Piercing Knee Talk to anyone remotely interested in Muay Thai about the Golden Era, and the name Dieselnoi is guaranteed to come up. The Undefeated Lumpinee Stadium Lightweight Champion at 135 lbs from 1981–85 remains a legendary figure of the greatest era of Thai boxing. Charin Sorndee was born in Nakhon Luang in […]

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FIGHT STORIES: THE STUDENT

WHY THE MUAY THAI LIBRARY

September 24, 2018

Sylvie von Duuglas-ittu

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Muay Thai - Kickboxing

Sylvie Von Duuglas-ittu’s Muay Thai Library A beautiful thing about the fighting arts is that the pedagogy and transmission of skills has always been an important part of their efficacy. Every martial arts movie has a training sequence; every story has the primacy of one’s teacher at the focus. A teacher with no students means […]

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HOW TO WRAP HANDS WITH ANDY THRASHER

THE ANCIENT ART OF KUN KHMER

September 20, 2018

Jonas Menken

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Muay Thai - Kickboxing

What is Kun Khmer? I am a Kun Khmer fighter and I have been training in the art for nearly 20 years. My first exposure to Kun Khmer was through Kru Oumry Ban at Long Beach Khmer Kickboxing. Kru Oumry was a champion back in his home country of Cambodia. Once he came to the […]

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REVGEAR RETURN TO THAILAND FOR KEY LINES

THE VERTICAL STRAIGHT PUNCH

September 10, 2018

Dan Kanagie

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Boxing

Forgotten Fight Science: The Vertical Straight Punch One of my favorite things as a hoplologist is looking at martial arts from different regions and eras, stripping them down to their basics, the comparing what techniques remain: the techniques that transcend time and location. The vertical straight punch falls in this category. First let’s dispel the […]

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ROOTS OF MMA: BOXING

GOLDEN ERA GREATS: KAENSAK SOR PLOENJIT

September 5, 2018

Tom Billinge

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Muay Thai - Kickboxing

Kaensak: Intelligent Boxing In the first instalment of Golden Era Greats, we will be looking at the legendary Kaensak Sor Ploenjit, Lumpini and Rajadamnern Stadium Champion and two-time Fighter of the Year. During the greatest time for Muay Thai in the late 80s and early 90s, a few incredible fighters rose to the top, defeating […]

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FIGHT STORIES: THE STUDENT

THE REBIRTH OF CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN

August 31, 2018

Jake Shannon

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Wrestling

Combat Sport’s Secret Weapon… Catch-As-Catch-Can I’ve been pushing a boulder up a hill for what seems like an eternity. Every time I get closer to reaching the top, it rolls downhill again. It is worth all of the effort. The boulder is catch-as-catch-can wrestling and, in my opinion, it is the greatest martial sport in […]

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EUCLYDES HATEM: FATHER OF BRAZILIAN LUTA LIVRE

BRUCE LEE’S MMA LEGACY: BE WATER

August 28, 2018

Tom Billinge

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Featured

Bruce Lee is the Father of MMA If you don’t own a copy of Tao of Jeet Kune Do, you aren’t serious about mixed martial arts. A bold statement, but absolutely true. Bruce Lee’s masterpiece essentially laid out the framework of taking the best elements of the most effective martial systems and melding them together […]

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MMA GLOVES – WHATS BEST FOR MMA TRAINING?

ARNOLD ALLEN SOUTHPAW JAB COUNTER

August 28, 2018

Tom Billinge

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Athletes

Arnold Allen Southpaw Jab Counter UFC featherweight Arnold Allen demonstrates his natural southpaw jab counter that allows a left-handed fighter to aggressively strike their opponent, getting into the pocket quickly and causing the maximum damage in the shortest time. Arnold comes from a striking background, but is comfortable grappling as, his previous tutorial shows. The […]

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JAB TO THE BODY WITH MATT SAYLES

COLIN BYRNE JAB COUNTER TAKEDOWN

August 25, 2018

Tom Billinge

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Coaching Zone

Colin Byrne Jab Counter Takedown Colin Byrne of Shinobi MMA shares a simple, yet effective jab counter takedown. For those in the know, Colin ‘Serpico Ninja’ Byrne requires no introduction. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Colin is the head coach at Shinobi MMA Academy in Lagos, Portugal. Colin works with the highest level of competitors and […]

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HOW I BEAT MR FINLAND: ARNOLD ALLEN MMA TUTORIAL PT1

WRESTLER’S BRIDGE FOR COMBAT SPORTS

August 23, 2018

Jan Markus Adams

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BJJ

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 […]

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COLIN BYRNE JAB COUNTER TAKEDOWN