My next fight will take place in Villach, on May 19th 2012. This time, it'll be full-contact again. Today, I worked out with Felipe, one of my students. The session was very specific to the reality of a kickboxing bout.What we did was 10 rounds of shadow-sparring, each round being dedicated to some technical or … Fight Prep 2012-05-01 weiterlesen
Fight analysis: WKF austrian Open ’12 Gabriel K., Light Contact
So today's installment is dedicated to Gabriel's light contact fight at the WKF Austrian Open 2012. The out was fought under light contact rules in the -67,5kg youth division. Gabriel fought at a Shinergy[battle] before but in terms of kickboxing, this was his debut fight. Considering this fact and his relatively limited training time - … Fight analysis: WKF austrian Open ’12 Gabriel K., Light Contact weiterlesen
Thoughts on Strength & Conditioning: Iron Core + Kettlebell Complexes
Yesterday, I hit the gym for what I thought was going to be a recuperation session. I had my last fight on april 14th, after which I basically took a week off in terms of training. So, instead of jumping right back into Wendler's 5/3/1 training, I decided to do a "hotel room workout". You … Thoughts on Strength & Conditioning: Iron Core + Kettlebell Complexes weiterlesen
Event Report: WKF Austrian Open 2012
IntroductionSo last saturday me and my team competed at the WKF Austrian Open 2012.Let's start the review with some facts and numbers:General/StartersResult5 starters for the Shinergy[supreme team]4 gold medals4 of which are from my school4 silver medals3 injuries1 bronze medal2 of us got away without a scratchWe all competed in Semi- and Light-contact events.You can … Event Report: WKF Austrian Open 2012 weiterlesen
Fight Prep 2012-04-11
Tomorrow's weigh-in. Still need to lose quite some weight. I never attemted to make that much weight before. If this actually works, it'll definately be something to be kept up for future full-contact bouts.Jesterday's session was short and technique-centered. 5 rounds of shadow-sparring, 5 rounds of padwork, for a total of 10 2-minute rounds. While … Fight Prep 2012-04-11 weiterlesen
Fight Prep: 2012-04-10
Three more days until the WKF Austrian Open in Steinbrunn. I'm fighting a hard battle against my weight - for the first time since 2004, I've decided to fight in the -71kg division. Weigh-In is friday from 4pm to 8pm. I'm drinking quite a lot, more than 7 liters a day. Thursday, I'll cut to … Fight Prep: 2012-04-10 weiterlesen
Fight Prep: April 6th, 2012
Today's sparring session was great, so was yesterday's. You see, to prep for the upcoming Austrian Open (WKF, Steinbrunn, April 14th), we totally commited yesterday's class to kickbox sparring. I'm pretty proud of my guys - not only did they perform good, everything was also very controlled. Having said that, I have to admit there … Fight Prep: April 6th, 2012 weiterlesen
Thoughts on strength and conditioning: Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1
So today Chris and I finished our first 5/3/1 cycle. 5/3/1 is a strength training protocol designed by Jim Wendler. You can find some information on the program [here], a follow-up article to clarify some points is given [here]. Also, you can buy the 5/3/1 ebook [here].After neglecting proper strength training for quite a while … Thoughts on strength and conditioning: Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 weiterlesen
Thoughts on mental attitude: Concentration
The other day I was analysing a [Shinergy bout] that took place at the Shinergy[battle] autumn 2011. In that bout, one of my students got knocked down by a wild, uncontrolled haymaker. Now usually I'd say that kind of strike is absolutely no threat to a fighter. We know how to deal with that. Blocking … Thoughts on mental attitude: Concentration weiterlesen
Fight analysis: Shinergy[battle] autumn ’11, Felipe VS Gerhard
So with this fight, I'll finish analyzing the fights that were fought at the Shinergy[battle] autumn '11. We're looking at the bout between Felpe (Shinergy[stadlau]) and Gerhard (Shinergy[zone vienna]). For both boys this was the second fight on that evening.In Felipe's first fight, the columbian proved he could deal with brawlers quite well. Gerhard, on … Fight analysis: Shinergy[battle] autumn ’11, Felipe VS Gerhard weiterlesen
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