Fitness fallacy

As the fitness industry grows high, ther are its lows. I get a pain in my neck, everytime I read of an MMA training program from “fitness gurus” who have never competed in anything resembeling MMA. These experts even offer MMA conditioning instructor certifications to their followers. Their MMA background considers of some early years […]

Certification Circus

It seems everywhere I look in the fitness and martial art industry; everyone seems to have certifications from A to Z. If there’s something new and fashionable in the industry, people are running out to get certified in it. I’m not knocking down certificates, I do think they are useful, but I feel some people […]

Training in Japan 2012

I had a great opportunity to be able to train with the pro-fighters of the Pancrase affiliated fighters. These fighters are under the group the name Pancrasism. Their training started at 12 noon. It started off with light warm up, the 2-3 rounds 3 min shadow boxing. From there, we did takedown entries, back and […]

Supplement schlock

“Do you recommend any supplements Coach to help me in my training?” I get this question from my Combat Sambo/MMA students and fitness clients several times a year. I think its time to express my opinion on them. Supplements, like religion, is a very personal thing. We all have different views and beliefs  . Some […]

Kettelbell Plus Workout

Here is one workout that I use for myself and coach others to do. It is a workout that uses kettlebells and bodyweight exercises. It can be done 2-3 x week or as I do, once a week , while doing different workouts the rest of the week. I am using heavier KBs for lower […]

Reality fighting vs. sport fighting

Having students joining us from other gyms, many have commented that although there training at these others schools was good, they where missing an important part.Reality fighting for street self defense. The vast majority of MMA gyms train specifically for sport fighting. Sport fighting in my view, actually  is one of the best ways to […]

Training in Japan summer ’10 pt.2

Having lived and trained in Japan for 5-6 yrs many years ago, and still coming back here to train, I still see the diffence between the training methods of here and North America. Many of the gyms here are small, due to the high cost of rent and lack of space. While the size of […]

Old Promo Video

This video is about 10 yrs old. We made it quickly, on VHS, for a local business show.  I stored it away forgetting about it. Cleaning up recently I found it in a weird location. It was still in good shape so I got it put onto DVD. Then I had to change the format […]

Ring announcement (in Japanese)

Coach doing ring announcement in Japanese for TKO 25, Hioki vs. Hominick