Deadly seminar this morning from Japanese MMA legend Abe Ani (head coach at Tokyo’s AACC), teaching us catch wrestling techniques and leglock attacks/escapes down. Some really unorthodox and counterintuitive moves, looking forward to applying them ..read more

muaythaiobsession: Always Antifascist. Good time for a reblog ..read more

FEELS GOOD MAN ..read more

First ever boxing match this morning - it was fun. It was an in-house tournament, more or less an interclub, and I agreed to it a month ago right before a great work contract came up, meaning I literally did ONE training/sparring in the past month. My fitness is okay because I’m cycling 1.5-2 hours a day but it was weird to take a bout and not really train for it. I didn’t know my opponent at all, never seen him before, but although he was a pure boxer I had a lot more fight experience than him and control of distance, footwork, confidence was the difference. The fun of it for me was just to ..read more

““A lot of jiu-jitsu is based around the idea of not hurting people. Jiu-jitsu gives people an option to tap or submit. The intention is not to hurt or punish the opponent. They are given a choice to stop that. That’s what I try and do in my fights. I try and represent jiu-jitsu to the best of my ability and to show the philosophy of the art. I don’t like to hurt people.“” - Demian Maia ..read more

My boi Andy (top middle in the photo above) has his first ever title shot on Friday for the IKBF Victoria strap. It’s a rematch against a lad who he beat before in a very tough fight, a lad who’s since gotten his hands on the belt. Myself and Andy have put in hundreds of gym hours alongside one another, sparring across thousands of rounds and fighting on a bunch of the same shows. We even fought each in the final of a tournament at amateur level; I forfeited to him in recognition of his senpai status since it looked like he was going to retire back then, meaning he became Australian champio ..read more

Been refocusing my discipline in training as my personal life continues to fall apart in a spiral of unending shit. It definitely helps but it’s harder than ever to drag myself out of my own rotten mind. Back to minimum three sessions a week each of Muay Thai and BJJ. Enjoying facing a couple of higher level chaps in stand-up sparring the past week and doing a lot of work on more advanced guard manouvres in BJJ - spider guard, butterfly guard, X guard. Satisfying, adding more weapons to my ground game ..read more

Just spent a delightful evening clinching and trading kicks, elbows, knees and fists with my boy Adam in preparation for his title fight on Saturday. Been training with this lad since my second fight - can’t wait to see him get the gold ..read more

1. Injuries2. Cutting weight3 ..read more

Got offered an MMA fight two weeks from now. My fitness & conditioning are dogshit and my flow is weak from the lack of recent sparring. I’d love to do it but I don’t think it’s time… …yet ..read more