from ESPN.com
"The majority owners of Ultimate Fighting Championship have agreed to buy their biggest mixed martial arts rival, Pride Fighting Championships, in a deal that will establish megafights among the outfits' titleholders and possibly attract huge pay-per-view audiences."
"This is really going to change the face of MMA," Lorenzo Fertitta said. "Literally creating a sport that could be as big around the world as soccer. I liken it somewhat to when the NFC and AFC came together to create the NFL."
You only need to look at the huge size and success of WWE professional wrestling to see that this will eventually be mass market and big - and this is real :)
Showing posts with label MMA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MMA. Show all posts
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Monday, 19 March 2007
Vitale Wins
"Falaniko Vitale defeated Mavrick "Soul Collector" Harvey with a controversial first-round TKO and Wesley "Cabbage" Correira lost a grinding match to Texas fighter Chris "Monster" Marez last night at X-1 World Events' Xtreme Fighter 2 at Blaisdell Arena.
A crowd of more than 3,000 watched as Vitale shrugged off a vicious kick to the head and wrestled Harvey to the canvas. Vitale then maneuvered onto Harvey's back, where he delivered nearly a dozen blows before the match was called."
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A crowd of more than 3,000 watched as Vitale shrugged off a vicious kick to the head and wrestled Harvey to the canvas. Vitale then maneuvered onto Harvey's back, where he delivered nearly a dozen blows before the match was called."
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Friday, 16 March 2007
All Martial Arts are Mixed
Traditional, Freestyle, Classical, Mixed - what does it all mean?
The Martial Arts are fundamentally about shaping the individual to fulfil their potential physically and mentally. So why would you keep doing the same thing over and over again if you had new information or techniques that you make you better.
I postulate that all Martial Arts are fundamentally mixed - they draw inspiration and innovation from each other and observation. All they styles I have looked at build upon others and have junctions in their history where they adopted new things or changed what they did based upon other styles or individuals (or animals for that matter).
Now before I hear the arguments their in nothing wrong with branding a style, codifying and standarising a curriculum or mandating that students follow this. This is a critical part of the instructional process and is every instructors/sifu/masters right.
But we could all benefit from an open mind regarding each others brands/terms/logos and consider them for what they are. Every individual has the responsibility to do their best and find out what is best for them. Obviously if they go to an instructor for instruction they should accept instruction within the boundaries set for them.
Where a lot of Arts vary is the style of the instructional process. Many stick to a standarised curriculum until you attain a certain rank then you are encouraged to express you individuality. This is to give you repeatable fundamentals as a strong basis. Other arts encourage experimentation and flexibility from day one, but even these have the instructors fundamentals to draw upon.
Every man and his dog quotes Bruce Lee, and I can't resist - his philosophy is profound and intelligent but you need do dig beneath the one line quotes to get the real sense.
"Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it."
"Accept what is useful, reject what is not."
"Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey the principle without being bound by it. LEARN, MASTER AND ACHIEVE!!!"
All Arts have and encourage these basic characteristics, often in different ways. We just need to investigate and inform ourselves before we judge.
The Martial Arts are fundamentally about shaping the individual to fulfil their potential physically and mentally. So why would you keep doing the same thing over and over again if you had new information or techniques that you make you better.
I postulate that all Martial Arts are fundamentally mixed - they draw inspiration and innovation from each other and observation. All they styles I have looked at build upon others and have junctions in their history where they adopted new things or changed what they did based upon other styles or individuals (or animals for that matter).
Now before I hear the arguments their in nothing wrong with branding a style, codifying and standarising a curriculum or mandating that students follow this. This is a critical part of the instructional process and is every instructors/sifu/masters right.
But we could all benefit from an open mind regarding each others brands/terms/logos and consider them for what they are. Every individual has the responsibility to do their best and find out what is best for them. Obviously if they go to an instructor for instruction they should accept instruction within the boundaries set for them.
Where a lot of Arts vary is the style of the instructional process. Many stick to a standarised curriculum until you attain a certain rank then you are encouraged to express you individuality. This is to give you repeatable fundamentals as a strong basis. Other arts encourage experimentation and flexibility from day one, but even these have the instructors fundamentals to draw upon.
Every man and his dog quotes Bruce Lee, and I can't resist - his philosophy is profound and intelligent but you need do dig beneath the one line quotes to get the real sense.
"Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it."
"Accept what is useful, reject what is not."
"Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey the principle without being bound by it. LEARN, MASTER AND ACHIEVE!!!"
All Arts have and encourage these basic characteristics, often in different ways. We just need to investigate and inform ourselves before we judge.
Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Plyometric Training for Speed and Power
One of the keys to MMA success is conditioning - technique will only get you so far. But conditioning is much more than just pushups and crunches - the way you do them is just as important and subtle changes can make all the difference to what you can do with your body. Are your pushups building strength, endurance or power.
excerpt below from an article on bodybuilding.com - it discusses plyometrics - modern science to get fast twitch muscle fibres strong so you can punch and kick FAST and HARD - worth a read
"It hardly takes much convincing to conclude that having blinding speed of punches or bone-cracking power in kicks are the most desirable assets for Martial Artists to possess.
Remember Miyamoto Musashi stated in his famous text "A Book of Five Rings" that one ultimate goal of the warrior is to learn to end the fight with a single blow! That's exactly where speed and power come in!"
In striking competitions it is often just one blow that turns the tide or wins the fight.
excerpt below from an article on bodybuilding.com - it discusses plyometrics - modern science to get fast twitch muscle fibres strong so you can punch and kick FAST and HARD - worth a read
"It hardly takes much convincing to conclude that having blinding speed of punches or bone-cracking power in kicks are the most desirable assets for Martial Artists to possess.
Remember Miyamoto Musashi stated in his famous text "A Book of Five Rings" that one ultimate goal of the warrior is to learn to end the fight with a single blow! That's exactly where speed and power come in!"
In striking competitions it is often just one blow that turns the tide or wins the fight.
Tuesday, 13 March 2007
MMA week
This weeks theme will focus on Mixed Martial Arts, linking to a few cool clips and some info.
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