Blog – Civilized Savage

September 24, 2022

What Is Jeet Kun Do?

Jeet Kune Do or ‘the Way of The Intercepting Fist’ is the brainchild of legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, it is a precursor to modern mixed martial arts, much like Pankration from Ancient Greece. However Jeet Kune Do is not a hodgepodge mix of martial arts, it has become split in recent years, with some insisting that it is a...

Martial arts

August 26, 2022

3 Cardio Building Skipping Workouts

Skipping is a key exercise for building cardiovascular strength in martial arts, Boxers use it, Grapplers use it, fighters of all kinds, shapes and sizes use skipping. But skipping isn’t just limited to fighters and martial artists, anyone can skip and they should!! Skipping is a phenomenal plyometric workout, it builds the ability to generate force throughout your body, especially...

Fitness/Strength and Conditioning

August 22, 2022

What is Judo?

Judo is a grappling based combat sport originating from Japan. Its main objectives are to gain control over your opponent by throwing them, pinning them or submitting them with a joint lock or choke, throws are the most common however and when combined with the ‘maximum efficiency, minimum effort’ principle of Judo, they become truly devastating. Origins of Judo Judo...

Martial arts

July 26, 2022

When should I start sparring?

Sparring and when to start sparring is a contentious issue, with each coach and trainer having a different view on when to start and if you should spar at all. The combat sport or martial art you practise will normally dictate the timescale for which you will start sparring. but first, you should ask yourself the question, do I need...

Boxing/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Mixed Martial Arts

July 4, 2022

What is the Difference Between Kick-Boxing and Muay Thai?

At first glance Muay-Thai and Kick-boxing look the same, people punch each other and they kick each other, same thing right? NOPE. while there are many similarities between the two styles that can allow you to transition into either one with relative ease, there are still some key differences between both styles, first off lets start of with the origins...

Martial arts/Mixed Martial Arts/Muay Thai

February 21, 2022

What is Sparring?

Sparring, known by many different names for many different martial arts, randori for Judo, Kumite for karate and rolling for BJJ, sparring is the act of simulated fighting, you’re fighting, but not for realsies, at least not if you’re hard sparring. There are many different types of sparring however, so sometimes during class you may hear a term that you...

Boxing/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Martial arts/Mixed Martial Arts/Muay Thai

February 6, 2022

What Equipment do you need for Muay Thai?

Muay Thai is a phenomenal combat sport, it would be the martial art that I would consider my main discipline of study. A sport that is so simple to learn and so infinitely complex to master, if you’re new and just starting your Muay Thai journey, than this list of equipment will help guide you towards what you need. Boxing...

Equipment and Gear/Muay Thai/Training equipment

January 30, 2022

Building A Home Training Space

Sometimes, its hard to make it to the gym, sometimes, we CANT go to the gym, like with the last Covid 19 lockdown. My own home personal gym was my saviour during lockdown, allowing me to continue training relatively uninterrupted and now lockdowns over, if i dont make it to the gym for whatever reason, my home training space gives...

Equipment and Gear/Home Gym/Training equipment

January 13, 2022

3 Quick 10 minute workouts

Working out doesn’t have to take 2 hours at a time, sometimes maybe you have limited time, or maybe you’re new to working out and need some easing in or maybe, you need a quick finisher to add on to your existing workout, regardless of the circumstances, ive got you covered. Workout 1: Full Body Met-Con Met-Con stands for metabolic...

Drills/Fitness/Strength and Conditioning

January 7, 2022

Simple Strength Training for Martial arts

There comes a time in every martial artist/combat sports practitioners life when they receive a call from the gods of strength, it may be from a sparring session where they’ve sparred someone who was worse than them at the sport but their sheer strength made up for their lack of knowledge and they proceeded to get ragdolled like the child...

Fitness/Martial arts/Strength and Conditioning