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March 30, 2021

What is a Gi?

So what is a Gi? Many different types of martial arts around the world have traditional clothing, Chinese wushu has those big floaty Mc Hammer trousers, Sumo has its mawashi otherwise known as a big disgusting diaper, wrestling has its singlets and Kendo has its big scary dress that makes you look like no face from Spirited Away. See they’re...

Categories Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Equipment and Gear/Martial arts/Mixed Martial Arts/Training equipment
March 24, 2021

What Is BJJ

Brazilian Jujitsu or BJJ, as it is more colloquially known, is the art of grappling on the ground. I do however prefer the other names for BJJ, such as Involuntary Yoga or the Art of Folding Clothes with Someone Still Inside Them. Brazilian Jujitsu is a truly remarkable martial art, there is no such thing as ‘punchers chance’ in BJJ, if you...

Categories Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Martial arts/Mixed Martial Arts
August 17, 2020

Can you teach yourself martial arts?

The current pandemic has kept us all locked away in our homes, unable to go to the gym, the cinema or even our work places. So it comes as no surprise that no martial arts gyms have been open for months now, some unfortunate places wont open again, with many martial arts gyms having a very narrow turnover just simply...

Categories Home Gym/Martial arts
August 13, 2020

What Martial Art is the most effective?

We’ve all seen the films, Transporter, Ip Man, The Raid, Ong Bak and Rush Hour to just name a few. Where a single martial artist punches and kicks their way through crowds of meaningless goon, beating those goons like they owe them money. All masters of their craft, none of them share the same martial art style and yet they’re...

Categories Martial arts
August 10, 2020

Picking A Martial Art to Learn

How to pick a martial art? Well for starters, what martial art do you have in mind, do you want to learn grappling? Or striking? This is normally the base question you should ask yourself. You should also ask yourself about the practicality of the art, does it work, is it stress tested, will it work under pressure. There are...

Categories Martial arts
August 10, 2020

Conditioning your Shins

Kicks are one of your most valuable tools in Muay Thai, they give you the ability to rain devastating blows on your opponent, BUT, the part of the leg that you use to kick, the shin, is actually quite a sensitive part of your body and can be hurt if not prepared properly. Many times iv’e clashed shins with someone...

Categories Equipment and Gear/Fitness/Home Gym/Mixed Martial Arts/Muay Thai/Strength and Conditioning
July 12, 2020

What Is Boxing?

What is it? Boxing or Western Boxing as it is known to some, is the martial art of only using punches to defeat your opponent. Its a martial art style that has been around for as long as humankind has been around, with a whole swath of different names across the years such as pugilism or prize-fighting, the modern sport...

Categories Boxing/Martial arts/Mixed Martial Arts
July 4, 2020

Fighting Philosophy: Cus D’Amato

Cus D’Amato is a legend among hardcore boxing fans, a true master martial artist, mixed with an intricate knowledge of a fighters psychology, he trained 3 world champions, 2 of which became the worlds youngest heavyweight champions ever and one who became the worlds first latin-american to win the world light heavy weight title. as well as training 3 world...

Categories Boxing/Martial arts/Uncategorized
June 22, 2020

Training while in Lockdown

Training solo can be complex for even the most accomplished martial artist and within the current pandemic our gyms, our dojos and our training spaces have all been closed, quality training has been hard to come by if not impossible. Talking of training solo is also quite taboo within the martial arts community ‘you want to train alone? are you...

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