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3/31 Shoulders, abs, stick and knife sparring against multiple attackers.

3/27 Grappling, focused mainly on mobility and mount and side control escapes. 45min freeroll

3/24 Jump rope, intense clinch fighting for 30 minutes, abs for cooldown.

That is fine if they simply weren't interested in Muay Thai, the problem i have is that if you aren't interested in it, let me know. Don't let me come all the way to the gym to find that nobody has showed up, and that two students are downstairs lifting weights instead. Show some respect and tell me that you only want to do grappling and thats what we will do.

The past few months a personal trainer started working out at our gym. He has some past boxing experience and has expressed that he would like some of his clients to participate in our mma/grappling classes. These clients of his are largely males aged 18-27. Due to the fact that our gym has about four people that regularly attend classes, we jumped at that chance to get some new blood into the mix. I was excited about the new students enthusiasm as well, everytime they would see me at the gym or at school(im a teacher) they would express their eagerness to train with us. Classes began approximately three weeks ago, things started out fine, we basically worked on mobility drills and defense. After a few weeks of giving them more and more grappling tools, i brought up the idea of working Muay Thai next week. Keep in mind that i made sure to explain to them that there would be no contact, just working on stance, hand position things of that nature. Everyone seemed to be up for it. When the next week rolled around everyone had an excuse why they could not attend class. Thats fine, but two of the students stayed a lifted weights at the time that class would have been happening. We later heard from their trainer that they were not interested in striking, thats fine, i told them we would be back to grappling this week. So this week rolls around one student was not there, two others were but said that they would rather lift weights than attend class. This brings me to my question. I am wondering whether or not it is my teaching methods, during class enthusiasm always seemed very high. Or is it simply that once they saw what martial arts at our gym is about they decided it was not for them. I am just having a hard time understanding how a group of young men that are good athletes who expressed a interest in the subject could become so fickle so quickly. Sorry for the long post, just venting some frustration.

3/23 Lack of training partners so i worked heavy bag, shoulders and abs. Got a decent sweat going at least.

Hopefully by the end of this we will be good a sleep deprived, so sparring and grappling in that state should be fairly interesting.

3/22 BJJ, focused mainly on guard passes Sorry about not making it up tonight MP, was dog tired and my body was not cooperating, was in desperate need of rest. Will be up tomorrow.

3/19 Boxing with new guys at our mma gym, had to constantly explain that we are training and are not trying to kill each other. 30 min freeroll focused on controlling lower extremities. 3/20 Boxing followed by grappling-worked escapes from side control.

If its a true "fight to the death situation" i agree with masterpain, defang the snake then move In for the kill. However when dealing with weapons, escape and evasion should always be the first option.

I know its not true "boxing" but a fight to watch that exemplifies this is Chris Leben Vs. Alessio Sakara.

Says the guy who's spider guard makes me want to start drinking.

3/15 Stand up and grappling with many assorted training partners(grossly different body types, one guy is 6'7 155) Grappled local "pro"(everyone of our guys tapped him) 3/16 Light rounds of muay thai, worked on getting proper stance and hand position. 3/17 Hill run, 12, 2min round of strait boxing with Sensei(clubbered each other for the duration).

GET IN SHAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3/13 Grappling-focused mainly on passing the guard and defensive postures.

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I figured that this would be the thread to announce, in case you haven't heard, that today Zuffa purchased Strikeforce.

3/10 Performed the above circuit with less than stellar enthusiasm. Luckily i perked up a little during sparring.

3/8 Sparring for and hour and a half roughly. My liver hates me. 3/9 Taught beginners grappling class Leg warmup rolls animal drills defensive postures introduced gi concepts Proved to a high schooler that a 2 day grappling seminar in the military does not make you Marcelo Garcia. Tallgeese, i don't know if i could swing the NAGA trip. I burned up every brownie point i had with the lady friend on going to Houston with some college buddies a few weeks back.

3/6 Worked Omoplata/leglock counter 30 min hard freeroll 3/7 1.5 mile run Shoulders abs jump rope

I would not say i am afraid of my sensei. its getting to the point when we spar that i can atleast get some shots in. What i do have is an extreme cautios respect for my sensei, he has helped me out a ton in life and i don't want to give the impression that i am unappreciative.(My sensei is also my landlord). My sensei's instructor however, i am very much afraid of. He is a Vietnam vet who has seen a lot of crazy stuff. I have never met him personally, but just from the stories i have heard he may be one of the most intimidating people on the planet.

3/3 Clinch striking, Knife and Club disarms.(My jaw and nose hurt)

3/1 1.5 mile run, stair runs at local hs football field. Abs, shoulder, neck. 3/2 Muay Thai class, worked checks and head movement and other assorted defense. 45 minutes freesparring. Made one of our guys puke.

way to go tallgeese 2/27 worked passing spider guard and omoplata. 20min freeroll

2/26 90 minutes of live grappling. Focused on passing butterfly guard and omoplata. Great to get back on the mat, pretty rusty after an injury.