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Submission Grappling

Okay, I just wanted to get back to this. Even though I am back on the CLF wagon it won’t diminish my interest in other arts. Submission grappling isn’t a specific term for an art, its more encompassing moves and styles. Submissions can range from grabbing a limb, pulling it or the joint the way [...]

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Buk Sing Choy Lay Fut

Choy Lay Fut is the kung fu style I have trained in since around 2003. When I started I weighed in at a monstrous 110kgs. Within the first year I hit 97. I missed a full year of training from tearing my shoulder apart(literally) via a spinning backfist in the end of 2006. I have [...]

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Capoeira - The Deceptive Art of Dance-Fighting

This isn’t really an art I would consider doing on its own, but ever since I saw Blanka in Street Fighter 2, I’ve always looked at the players as kind of amazing. Capoeria isn’t looked on as a practical fighting style but, this was not always the way. The players still train relentlessly to develop [...]

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Martial Arts Rant - Kickboxing Styles

Okay, the proverbial first stop on my train of thought is kickboxing. I only know of a few types, but there is most likely a hell of a lot of them. I will briefly talk about:

Kickboxing
Muay Thai
Bando(leithwe)

I have trained briefly in generic kickboxing, but have made about a years worth of impact on the bags [...]

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Ice to see you..

As most of you know, I have some kind of shoulder problem. I started seeing a physio November last year about it and have been having treatment since. A few weeks ago I hurt it at Kung Fu, and have been going easy since. Little did I know I had re-wrecked it. Its again out [...]

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FIGHT

So, Saturday night i’ll be going to a fight night so watch a couple guys from kung fu and 1 bando guy engage in fisticuffs with Muay Thai boxers. Im somewhat excited, and im not known to get excited about anything…. ever…. Among the people going will be Mr Kroll, a fellow bando guy and [...]