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UFC® : Ultimate Fighting Championship®

avnguyen — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:46:40 +0000

Poor Hendo lost both his pride belts and getting beat up… Hope this time he’s on his way on getting them back!

notes from megaton seminar for student of gary’s….

avnguyen — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:54:25 +0000

sorry man, can’t seem to find the notes. i’m sure it’ll show up somewhere. my apologies for not making the end of the promise. i’ll write up of what i remember. its mostly technique and a touch on theory.

Eddie Bravo in Vancouver

avnguyen — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:51:47 +0000

Oh man, this seminar was pretty fuckin’ awesome. I was just about to give up on the rubber guard, right until Eddie came and demonstrated his system of jiu jitsu. Actually learning it from person, rather then a video and book, makes everything much more sense. Then the book can be a source of reference. Holy fuck am i going to practice these new moves i learned. The new move that isn’t included in the book that Eddie showed today is called the “double backer”. This is pretty cool. Its from crackhead control, or “Hastings” control somebody made a joke earlier in the seminar…lol, you do the invisible collar, and from there, you uncross the legs and hold onto the leg thats curling on the back. You then feed the front leg infront of your opponent, and from there you can do this crazy choke. I’m suprised that i havn’t seen or heard of this choke before, as this is my fourth year into studying jiu jitsu. Everything else that eddie showed is also in the book. He showed the spiderweb, touched on the jiu claw, crackhead control, invisible collar, armbar transitions from crackhead and mission pump, spiderweb transition from back and others that I may have not remembered. I’ll give this sytem a new try. Eddie is such a chill guy. Might be the result from all the weed that he smokes…

eddie bravo in vancouver

Eddie Bravo Seminar Tommorow…. Jan 10th

avnguyen — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:14:06 +0000

I am so stoked for this seminar. I missed out on my first oppurtunity to participate in his first seminar here and I almost missed out on this one. I’m looking foward to studying the twister and the rubber guard. I am still wondering to this day how eddie bravo bested royler gracie… doesn’t make any sense.

Friday – Muay Thai – 01.09.09

avnguyen — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:06:27 +0000

Teeps

notes: Keep upper body still to keep the teep subtle and stealthy.

comments: not much today. Training was lighter, same kind of warm ups, but a little easier. Great way to end of the weekday.

I shall no longer do weighted squats. it makes the legs too sore for training afterwards.

My shins are still bruised to the bone. I can feel it losing sensitivity. It stills hurt like a biatch.

Awesome Jiu Jitsu in MMA

avnguyen — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:04:55 +0000

just unbelievable…

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current favourite thai fighter…

avnguyen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:03:17 +0000

YODSANKLAI!

Wednsday – Weight Training – 01.07.09

avnguyen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:46:04 +0000

Exercises:

5 sets of shoulder presses – target 18 reps

4 sets of lateral raises to failure – 15 pounds

3 sets of front raises to failure – 10, 8 pounds

Wednsday – Muay Thai – 01.07.09

avnguyen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:43:13 +0000

Work Out:

3 min skipping
30 seconds sprint skipping
10 sets of long jumps down the mat and lunges back
3 mins skipping
30 second sprints
1 min short sit ups
1 min sit ups, left elbow to right knee etc
60 leg raises
pressure on the forehead
3 min skipping
30 second sprint skipping
2 min skipping
30 second sprint skipping

Lesson:

Leveled elbows

notes: keep fingers pointing out, arm relaxed, so we don’t work against muscle. strike between the area 3 inches above elbow

vertical elbows

notes: if dip 3 inches, only rise back up 3 inches

pull wrist, elbow set up

notes: lightly and quickly with subtlety, pull wrist so partner reacts by putting head forward, then level elbow in one motion.

forearm into chest

notes: quick forearm into chest, like a jab with the forearm

pull hand down, elbow set up same side and across

notes: all one motion, leveled elbow.

heavy bag work out:

10 rounds of 1 minute arms; 10 push ups after each round

10 full burpees; 2 push ups at the bottom and 2 tuck jumps on top

5 minutes shin conditioning

comments: both my shins are bruised to the bone! Today’s class was not too hard. The lesson on elbows were very informative. Good to have these lessons to review the tools of the trade.

Wednsday – BJJ – 01.07.09

avnguyen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:28:06 +0000

Lesson:

Guard pass 1

Steps:

grip high on the pants and/or the bottom lapel of the gi, putting elbow inside the legs
move one knee to the center of the butt and slightly move other knee out for base
arch your back, using the lower part of the back to break the legs
pin one leg down and slide outer leg across it, onto or inside of your hand/arm
The other hand will pry and pull the other leg
while pinning the leg with your instep that was going across, use your other leg to step out for base
replace and reposition your feet into side control

Guard pass 1 – No Gi Variation

Exactly the same except, instead of the grips, we will put the elbows between the legs by our side.