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Blog 3
24 Jan 2010 10:50PM
Its now 10 weeks till Bushido Challenge when i fight. It really cant
come in quick enough. I started fighting/competing as a kid because i
grew up terrified of it. Now i'm comfortable with it, actually i really
enjoy it which is a bit worrying. People who have never been in a cage
or ring will understand that.
Just now i'm holding myself back as i'm dying to start fight training,
our gyms really busy with a bunch of fighters in action in the next few
weeks and i'm super jealous. However if i start now il be wrecked by
the time the fight comes. I've over trained before and it sucks,
performance was shit, i was super flat. Now i've got my routine down so
i peak on the night of the fight.
So just now i'm still working away with my focus on getting stronger
physically and developing my grappling with extra jiu-jitsu and
wrestling sessions. I'm really starting to notice a big difference in
certain positions wrestling which is mainly due to the increases in
strength from the programme i just completed. I'm looking forward to
seeing if it changes anything up when i fight next. Plan is just now
for another 2 weeks of strength training being priority before i start
looking at 2 weeks of general conditioning before i go into my 6 week
fight prep.
I've attended a few seminars with some top fighters/coaches from
individual martial arts and MMA over the years. One of the best coaches
i've had the privilege of picking stuff up from is SBG Ireland's John
Kavanagh. Something JK said during a seminar about 5 years ago has kind
of moulded my outlook to MMA, he said ''you split MMA up into 4 ranges
to train it, stand up, clinch/wrestling, ground and conditioning''. As
a fighter and coach i make sure each area is covered. It makes sense.
Its easy to spot guys who are only good in one area, even two areas,
most of these guys win one fight then lose one fight, who wants that,
its no coincidence that the guys on top of there game in the big show
and even down to just british level are well rounded, well conditioned
athletes. That's what i'm aiming for, for myself and for my fighters.
This week we had two pro mma fighters from Northern Irelands Chum Sut
gym over training with us, Peter Duncan and Ali Mclean, Peter is
fighting on the BAMMA show in a few weeks against Alexandre Izidro.
Peters one of the hardest working fighters in the sport, fit and tough
with a great engine it was cool having him and Ali over. They even
stuck around for team sparring on saturday before a marathon drive and
ferry back to belfast. You definately find some of the coolest people
in MMA.
Off to watch best of ufc 2009.
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