Today, Chris and I did our first "Push" session in our reloaded 5x5 program. All those little tweaks probably make the program even more awesome than it was before.As usual, after warming up, we worked the pads for 5 rounds each. Today, we didn't freestyle a lot but rather worked on specific drills, some of … 5×5 Reloaded, Part II weiterlesen
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Shinergy Masterclass with Ronny Kokert, April 30th 2011
Just came home from todays masterclass. It's well past midnight already, so I'll just post a couple of pictures now and follow up with a more detailed post in the next days.There's more pictures on facebook, you can find them on the Shinergy[stadlau] page!By the way, I just got the clips of our last conditioning … Shinergy Masterclass with Ronny Kokert, April 30th 2011 weiterlesen
Kickboxing
It's been a while, but I've been quite busy preparing for my first full-contact bout. Here in Austria, the ISKA was recently replaced by the WKF (http://www.wkfkickboxing-austria.net/wp/). Rules are a bit different than what I was used to, but that doesn't matter as I never competed in full-contact fights before anyways.Since my long-term goals are … Kickboxing weiterlesen
Shinergy[battle 2010]
Yesterday, the Shinergy[battle 2010], took place. The Shinergy[battle] is our version of a championship. It's hard, fast-paced and full of action.As for the rules: The fights are full-contact bouts that are fought in a "best-of-three" manner, i.e., the first fighter to win two rounds wins the fight. We employ what we call an "action/stop" system, … Shinergy[battle 2010] weiterlesen
Sommer’s almost over
Back again.Lots of work at the moment, as I'll re-open my dojo in a couple of days.Last weekend, I did the first part of the IAEKF (international arnis eskrima kali federation) instructor course in Bad Schallerbach, Upper Austria. That was a great experience, I'm definately looking forward to doing the next part. My instructor there, … Sommer’s almost over weiterlesen
Bump
Nothing new here ATM.I've been in Poland for about the last two weeks - for the first time, I spent time there without hitting the gym even once. I didn't attend a single martial arts class. I don't want to go into detail why I didn't train as there was a couple of reasons.Anyways, on … Bump weiterlesen
Training update
Back to business.I'll be taking this semesters last exam at university on Tuesday 6th. After that, I'll get back to work, training-wise.As always, I'll spend some time in Poland in july and august - do some kettlebell work, train some MMA/BJJ/...Now, going abroad doesn't make it easier to follow a strict training program. At least … Training update weiterlesen
Strength training / Further plans
I should have posted the following about a month ago. There's just so much going on atm that blogging just wasn't one of my top priorities.SummaryIn the first days of april, Chris and I finished our 9-week strength program. Well, as a matter of fact we had to quit. First, I went to poland with … Strength training / Further plans weiterlesen
Instructor conference
So today and yesterday the Shinergy[instructor conference] took place.The instructor conference is a freshly established event where Shinergy instructors from all schools get updated on methodology, concepts, breakthroughs in sport science etc. etc. etc.Yesterday, the program was: Shinergy[skills]Here, we discussed some novelties and eliminated discrepancies between theory and practice. The hand position in the on-guard … Instructor conference weiterlesen
Shinergy[master class]
As it gets boring to be writing on matters of strength training (this is a martial arts blog, after all), I'll dedicate this post to a more specific topic: today's Shinergy[master class].You see, I invited Tom Knöbl, Shinergy[master instructor] to my dojo to share his thoughts on fistfighting. I'm using the term "fistfighting" rather than … Shinergy[master class] weiterlesen
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