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Hello, This event has come to a close. Here are the results of the matches: Forrest Griffin def. Tito Ortiz Josh Koscheck def. Anthony Johnson Paulo Thiago def. Jacob Volkmann Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Luiz Cane Amir Sadollah def. Phil Baroni Ben Saunders def. Marcus Davis Kendall Grove def. Jake Rosholt Brian Foster def. Brock Larson Caol Uno vs. Fabricio Camoes (Match declared a Draw) George Sotiropoulos def. Jason Dent With these results in mind, here are the final standings: 1. tallgeese – 8-1-1 2. Ace2021 – 7-2-1 3. pittbullJudoka – 6-3-1 4. bushido_man96 - 5-4-1 Congratulations to tallgeese! Full standings: KF MMA Picks 2009 Second Half

Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin..... Griffen Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson..... Johnson Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Luis Arthur Cane..... Nogueira Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan... Cancelled Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni.... Sadollah Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders.... Davis Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann.... Thiago Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt.... Grove Brock Larson vs. Brian Foster.... Larson Caol Uno vs. Fabricio Camoes.... Uno George Sotiropoulos vs. Jason Dent.... Sotiropoulos

One day a week since July is really paying off.

I was just pondering what I've done in the last year in my martial arts career. I just thought this would be a great topic here at Karateforums. My improvements have been my teaching abilities have come along decently, of course my grappling with the bjj training, and the one best one is a combined effort of myself and many others in building our kids class from one student of around 8 to 10 additional kids. Enough about my year let's hear the other stories of success.

Well I went to the gym for my weekly dose of BJJ this morning. On my drive there I just wasn't feeling it today. But I had decided to make the best of it since I only get to do this once a week. The technique portion of class was great. Learning some new angles on old moves and new combonations. Got very minor corrections made on the new moves I'd learned and som complements from my instructor. As we started to roll I still wasn't feeling in the zone. I decided to try things I had learned in the past but not applied during sparring. I rolled myself right into a couple submissions. After rolling with the five others in attendance I rolled with my instructor this was the round I felt went really well. Not that I can do anything with him I just reconized when I was about to screw up and made the proper adjustments. As we lined up to end class the instructor grabbed his tape to stripe someone. I looked up the line and figured it was either the guy that has three stripes or the guys who had two already. My name was called. What? Me? I totally surprised by this since I had promoted just a few weeks prior. To say the least I did not expect this especially since I didn't think I had done that well with the others with exception of the instructor. I may have had a mental block on the other guys since I just wasn't feeling it. But I know no matter how bad you feel or how bad you've done when you roll with the instructor you have to turn your game up a notch. I'm proving to myself that a dream is coming true little by little. I've been wanting to train in a grappling style under a good instructor since I started back in the martial arts. It has taken my five years to be able to do this and I now loving every minute of it. Guys and gals even if you can only train one time a week for a couple hours that one day it helps. I have always studied grappling and submissions mostly from text and videos trying to make up for not having the chance to have actual instruction.I have always thought I picked grappling techniques up fairly quick and been pretty good for having no formal training.But I can say since starting in July I can tell a dramatic improvement in my ground game. Thanks to my instructors for the great amount of knowledge they have passed to me. For without their knowledge I would not have my knowledge. Train smart, Train Hard, be true to yourself and others and your dreams will come true.

Hello, Please post your picks for the winners of this event, as part of KarateForums.com MMA Picks, as a reply to this thread. The fight card is below. If you are unsure of who to pick, you can check out the MMAWeekly rankings for some guidance. For full guidelines, please review the KarateForums.com MMA Picks User Guidelines. Picks for this event are due by 10:00 AM ET on November 21, 2009. Here are the fights that you may pick: Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Luis Arthur Cane Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt Brock Larson vs. Brian Foster Caol Uno vs. Fabricio Camoes George Sotiropoulos vs. Jason Dent Full standings: KF MMA Standings 2009 Second Half Please post only picks for this event in this thread - discussion should take place in the proper forum. For discussion of MMA matches, please use Martial Arts Entertainment. Thank you for participating and good luck.

Hello, This event has come to a close. Here are the results of the matches: Randy Couture def. Brandon Vera Dan Hardy def. Mike Swick Michael Bisping def. Denis Kang Matt Brown def. James Wilks Ross Pearson def. Aaron Riley Stefan Struve def. Chase Gormley John Hathaway def. Paul Taylor Terry Etim def. Shannon Gugerty Nick Osipczak def. Matthew Riddle Dennis Siver def. Paul Kelly Alexander Gustafsson def. Jared Hamman Andre Winner def. Rolando Delgado With these results in mind, here are the final standings: 1. bushido_man96 – 6-3 2. pittbullJudoka – 3-7 3. Ace2021 – 2-7 4. Sensei8 - 2-7 5. ShoriKid - 2-7 Congratulations to bushido_man96! Full standings: KF MMA Picks 2009 Second Half Thank you to everyone who participated. For the next event, please stay tuned to the KarateForums.com MMA Picks forum.

Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera......... Couture Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang........ Kang Mike Swick vs. Dan Hardy.......... Hardy Aaron Riley vs. Ross Pearson........... Riley Paul Taylor vs. John Hathaway.......... Taylor Matt Riddle vs. Nick Osipczak......... Riddle Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman.... Hamman Paul Kelly vs. Dennis Siver.... Kelly Terry Etim vs. Shannon Gugerty..... Etim James Wilks vs. Matt Brown.......... Brown Andre Winner vs. Roli Delgado......Delgado

First off when you don't finish your opponent and let the judges decide anything can happen. I've not seen the fight but from evrything I read on it Machida landed more power shots. When you are the challenger to a title your job is to knockout, submit, or decisively beat the champion. If you think this fight was a fix look deep into the early days of mma. Most of the early tournament style UFC brackets were rigged so Royce would face certain fighters also some fighter were even diallowed for fear they would handely beat Royce. Just some food for thought.

I get a naga list every few months. The next one I get I'll bring to class.

Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua... Machida Ben Rothwell vs. Cain Velasquez... Velasquez Josh Neer vs. Gleison Tibau... Tibau Spencer Fisher vs. Joe Stevenson... Fisher Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida.... Johnson Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen... Okami Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer... Schafer Chase Gormley vs. Stefan Struve... Struve Patrick Barry vs. Antoni Hardonk... Hardonk Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons... Rivera Kyle Kingsbury vs. Razak Al-Hassan... Al-Hassan

I too am an addict of facebook.

Hey guys I was wondering about the type of hobbies the members on here have. This of course is ooutside of the Martial Arts. Sorry if this has been posted before. Also hobbies you want to try. But I'll start it off. Hobbies other than Kempo and BJJ: Video Games I'm on ps3(COD 4 for now pm me would like to set a private game sometime) Building models (muscle cars mostly) Hunting Target Shooting As for what I'd like to try Indian Bead work, Hide taining, knife making. So let's here it. I know we are doing other things of interest.

Glad to see you're in the martial arts. Usally if an instructor sees you're serious about training and you explain you financial situation they will work with you. For instant I can't afford the normal monthly fees at the place I train my bjj but due to my work scheule I can only make one class a week they cut me a hughe discount. And at the dojo I teach out of we will work with those who are or want to train that have a money situation. We may work a deal out that that person clean gear for dues. We just want people to have the chance to learn as we did.

Sounds like you preformed well and kknow what needs work and that's what competitions are for getting it on with someone outside the guys at your gym.

Welcome to the world of martial arts. That's great you are already setting goals for yourself. Keep it up!

Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira... Couture Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva... Jardine Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt... Leben Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia... Maia Brandon Vera vs. Krzysztof Soszynski... Soszynski Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer... Gonzaga Ed Herman vs. Aaron Simpson... Herman Michael Russow vs. Justin McCully... McCully Todd Duffee vs. Tim Hague.... Hague Mark Munoz vs. Nick Catone.... Munoz Marcus Aurelio vs. Evan Dunham... Dunham

Hello, Please post your picks for the winners of this event, as part of KarateForums.com MMA Picks, as a reply to this thread. The fight card is below. If you are unsure of who to pick, you can check out the MMAWeekly rankings for some guidance. For full guidelines, please review the KarateForums.com MMA Picks User Guidelines. Picks for this event are due by 10:00 AM ET on August 29, 2009. Here are the fights that you may pick: Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia Brandon Vera vs. Krzysztof Soszynski Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer Ed Herman vs. Aaron Simpson Michael Russow vs. Justin McCully Todd Duffee vs. Tim Hague Mark Munoz vs. Nick Catone Marcus Aurelio vs. Evan Dunham Full standings: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-mma-picks-standings-2009-second-half-vt36685.html Please post only picks for this event in this thread - discussion should take place in the proper forum. For discussion of MMA matches, please use Martial Arts Entertainment. Thank you for participating and good luck.

Heavy bag work will alson help toughen the knuckles. But the makiwari work will work the quickest. You will built calicum deposits making the knuckles thicker and naturally tougher. Also working the makiwari will desencitize the them. You'll notice it it working when you are striking harder with lees pain on the striking post. Kinda works the same way when one conditions the shins.

A black belt isn't... A reason to register your hands as deadly weapons at the local pd! (LOL) A bragging right it's an honor. For the average person.

Hello, This event has come to a close. Here are the results of the matches: B.J. Penn defeated Kenny Florian via submission Anderson Silva defeated Forrest Griffin via knockout Aaron Riley defeated Shane Nelson via unanimous decision Johnny Hendricks defeated Amir Sadollah via TKO Ricardo Almeida defeated Kendall Grove via unanimous decision Kurt Pellegrino defeated Josh Neer via unanimous decision John Howard defeated Tamdan McCrory via split decision Alessio Sakara defeated Thales Leites via split decision Matthew Riddle defeated Dan Cramer via unanimous decision George Sotiropoulos defeated George Roop via submission Jesse Lennox defeated Danillo Villefort via TKO With these results in mind, here are the final standings: 1. tallgeese - 8-3 2. Ace2021 - 6-5 4. ShoriKid - 5-6 4. pittbullJudoka - 5-6 Congratulations to tallgeese! Full standings: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-mma-picks-standings-2009-second-half-vt36685.html Thank you to everyone who participated. For the next event, please stay tuned to the Karateforums.com MMA Picks forum.

BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian... Florian Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin... Griffen Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks... Hendricks Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida... Almeida Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino... Neer Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley... Nelson Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard... McCrory Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara... Leites Matthew Riddle vs. Dan Cramer... Riddle George Sotiropoulos vs. George Roop... Sotiropoulos Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort... Lennox

First off good luck on your grading. Personally I got a little nervous. But I felt really good on the morning of me test and very confident in what my instructors had taught me. The real nerves really kicked in while the canadets sat outside the dojo waiting to be called in one by one to get our pass fail results. But after is was over it wasn't as hard of a test as I expected. I thought my test for my brown belt was harder but I felt apart mentally before that one too.

Unless Dana meets some of Fedor's stipulations we'll never see him in the UFC. Fedor likes to be able to compete when he feels like not at the desire of the organization. Fedor still likes to compete in Sanbo matches, and mixed martial arts in Russia. Dana likes to have fighters signed to exclusive contract that the fighters can only compete for the UFC. Dana also thinks that if Fedor is the best he'll be able to bet Lesnar. But let's say they fight and Fedor looses Dana then has the grounds to say he's not a top tier fighter. Fedor vs. Randy is a match that alot of people would like to see.

Hello, Please post your picks for the winners of this event, as part of KarateForums.com MMA Picks, as a reply to this thread. The fight card is below. If you are unsure of who to pick, you can check out the MMAWeekly rankings for some guidance. For full guidelines, please review the KarateForums.com MMA Picks User Guidelines. Picks for this event are due by 10:00 AM ET on August 08, 2009. Here are the fights that you may pick: BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara Matthew Riddle vs. Dan Cramer George Sotiropoulos vs. George Roop Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort Full standings: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-mma-picks-standings-2009-second-half-vt36685.html Please post only picks for this event in this thread - discussion should take place in the proper forum. For discussion of MMA matches, please use Martial Arts Entertainment. Thank you for participating and good luck