In my post "Thoughts on Coaching Tools: Shadow Sparring", I mentioned my growing enthusiasm when it comes to shadow sparring.Over the last couple of months, I've really come to love this simple yet immensely effective form of training. Not only has shadow sparring become a staple exercise in my own training (I'm currently preparing for … Thoughts on Coaching Tools: Shadow Sparring, #2 weiterlesen
Thoughts on Attitude: the biggest secret of success
What's the biggest single factor when it comes to becoming a great athlete - or martial artist, for that matter? Is there a secret ingredient in the mix of all the that factors that contribute to your success that is really making the difference? What aspect of training has the biggest influence on your results … Thoughts on Attitude: the biggest secret of success weiterlesen
Thoughts on Philosophy: A Ronny Kokert Podcast
On September 29th 2011, Ronny Kokert gave a speech where he explained the theory behind Shinergy. Not much to say here - just listen and enjoy!
Thoughts on Attitude: Perfection
Although it's been a while since my holidays in Poland and there's been much other stuff going on lately, I'll go back to something I experienced during those holidays that really inspired me. You see, on our visit to Poznan, me and my girl were looking for a place to have breakfast.Under normal circumstances I … Thoughts on Attitude: Perfection weiterlesen
Fight For Fun #4
Today was the last day of the fight-fun-fun camp - at least for Elias and me. The only thing scheduled for tomorrow are a sparring session, which most likely no one will attend and some rafting. Now obviously the rafting is meant as some kind of social event, an opportunity to come together and get … Fight For Fun #4 weiterlesen
Fight for Fun, day #3
The third day of the fight-for-fun camp has just ended. Today, I took a kickboxing class with Mr. Zaar and two MMA classes with Andre Reinders . Just like yesterday, the total training time today was 6 hours. My plan was to take Mr. Mack's class for the morning session, but I ended up on … Fight for Fun, day #3 weiterlesen
Fight for Fun, day #2
It's my second day at the fight-for-fun camp in Ötztal, Tyrol. Yesterday, everything was too stressy to post, so I'll quickly wrap up yesterday's events before going into detail about today. First off, what is the fight-for-fun camp? Well, basically it's a training camp sponsored by Budoland GmbH, a martial arts supplier. Now while most … Fight for Fun, day #2 weiterlesen
Thoughts on exercise: The olympic clean
Again, this post is going to be a rather short one. As I'm currently spending quite some time on perfecting my technique on the olympic lifts, I'll try and share some ideas and insights. First off, who should do the olympic clean? Well, probably you should. I'm going to take a wild guess and assume … Thoughts on exercise: The olympic clean weiterlesen
Thoughts on warmup: A new core complex
In Vienna, while doing our 5x5 program, Chris and I usually incorporate the exercises Chad Waterbury presented in his article HERE.We usually start our sessions with an hour of padwork and/or sparring. Therefore, we're not doing the core exercises in a circle before the workout, as Chad suggests - that would prolong the whole thing … Thoughts on warmup: A new core complex weiterlesen
Poland, July 2011: Impressions
I just returned from a two-week trip to Poland with my girl. It was awesome. Our trip took us from Vienna to Warsaw, then way up north to Dabki, which is a surfer's paradise at the baltic sea. After spending a week there, we went to Poznan for another two days. From Poznan it was … Poland, July 2011: Impressions weiterlesen
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