For me, personally, the rear roundhouse kick has always been a rather difficult technique to counter directly. You see, although I’m originally from a TKD background, the idea of kicking below the attacker’s leg has never worked out for me particularly well. On the one hand, I’m shorter than most guys in my weight class, … Thoughts on Combat Sports: Countering the Rear Roundhouse Kick weiterlesen
Fight Prep: Heading for the XX Open International Polish TKD Championships
Next fight’s up: this time, we’ll go to Cestochowa and take part in the [XX Open International Polish TKD Championships]. So far, the team consists of Chris, Frank, Alex and me. Now Frank and Chris are veteran, it’s the same guys I went to the [Open European Champions] with last year. Alex on the other … Fight Prep: Heading for the XX Open International Polish TKD Championships weiterlesen
Thoughts on Combat: The Fighter’s Defense Systems
This winter’s Shinergy[battle] made me think about the role of the individual defensive system we practice in training and how each of them has its place in combat. Although definitions on the subject may (and surely will) vary, a defensive system, for me, is pretty much everything that keeps you from being (severely) hurt/damaged by … Thoughts on Combat: The Fighter’s Defense Systems weiterlesen
Shinergy[battle] Winter 2013, (almost) full event, Camera I/III
No comment on this one. just lean back and enjoy.So long,take care
Event report: Shinergy[battle] Winter 2013
Last Saturday, this year’s first Shinergy[battle] was on. Great fights, great event, Fighters competed in four divisions:Men, full contact sparring, +80kgMen, semi-contact sparring, +185cmCadets, semi-contact sparring, catch weightWomen, semi-contact sparring, catch weightFor a short recap considering the rules, let me summarize the key points:Fights are “best of three”, so it takes two won rounds to … Event report: Shinergy[battle] Winter 2013 weiterlesen
Event report: “Neues von Herz, Diät und Sex”
As mentioned in [this post], I had a chance to attend [Ludwig Bernhard’s] new show “Neues von Herz, Diet und Sex” at the end of the last year. In case you don’t know him, Bernhard, who studied medicine (although never graduated from what I’ve heard – roger that, just checked Wikipedia, he never graduated) considers … Event report: “Neues von Herz, Diät und Sex” weiterlesen
Thoughts on martial movies: The Green Hornet
Just recently I had a chance to watch the movie “The Green Hornet”. How does a movie make it’s way to a martial arts related blog, you ask? Quite simple – as you might (or might not, depending on your age) recall, the original green hornet starred the great Bruce Lee as Kano. in fact, … Thoughts on martial movies: The Green Hornet weiterlesen
Thoughts on strength & conditioning: pushing the volume
Ok, so my next fight is coming up in march at the [open polish championships] in Czestochowa. That gives me roughly three months to prepare. My plan is to finish another three 5/3/1 cycles (without deload weeks), then take a break for regeneration and go to Poland at my strongest. I hit the gym on … Thoughts on strength & conditioning: pushing the volume weiterlesen
2013: a new beginning
Just finished this year’s first 5/3/1 cycle. As usual, we had two weekly S&C sessions. Unlike our previous cycles, we upped the volume a bit. Instead of limiting ourselves to [Wendler’s original 4 exercises], we did the following 6 as “main lifts”:Deadlift Squat (atg) Bench Press Press Bent over barbell rows Pull-UpsSo, following a functional … 2013: a new beginning weiterlesen
Event report: Shinergy[battle] Winter 2012, 2012-12-15
The eventLast saturday (2012-12-15), the Shinergy[battle] winter 2012 was held in Amstetten, Lower Austria. The event was also something of an opening ceremony for [Dietmar's] [new dojo]. First, the children (-10 years) competed in contests that relied on agility, speed and technical skill. Then, the youngsters (+10 years) had some semi-contact sparring.From my school, there … Event report: Shinergy[battle] Winter 2012, 2012-12-15 weiterlesen
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