Ben Martin

In kickboxing when i went fpr my second (orange) belt i did so will that i skippied it but they didn't give me double promotion they gave me a grade and a half and i was a temp yellow. i was well happy but little did i know that in the next grading i had to work from the yellow and the green syllabous which i passed and now im a temp green.

^ i used to feel the same way about grappling but now i have come to like it and UFC fights that often stay standing up get abit boring as you can elbow in the face when you have your fo's back to the floor. https://www.ufc.tv is the site UFC rules, as approved by the Nevada State Athletic Commission - July 23, 2001 Weight classes: Lightweight - over 145 lbs. to 155 lbs. Welterweight - over 155 lbs. to 170 lbs. Middleweight - over 170 lbs. to 185 lbs. Light Heavyweight - over 185 lbs. to 205 lbs. Heavyweight - over 205 lbs. to 265 lbs. Bout duration: All non-championship bouts shall be three rounds. All championship bouts shall be five rounds. Rounds will be five minutes in duration, with a one minute. A one-minute rest period will occur between each round. Fouls: Butting with the head. Eye gouging of any kind. Biting. Hair pulling. Fish hooking. Groin attacks of any kind. Putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut or laceration on an opponent. Small joint manipulation. Striking to the spine or the back of the head. Striking downward using the point of the elbow. Throat strikes of any kind, including, without limitation, grabbing the trachea. Clawing, pinching or twisting the flesh. Grabbing the clavicle. Kicking the head of a grounded opponent. Kneeing the head of a grounded opponent. Stomping a grounded opponent. Kicking to the kidney with the heel. Spiking an opponent to the canvas on his head or neck. Throwing an opponent out of the ring or fenced area. Holding the shorts or gloves of an opponent. Spitting at an opponent. Engaging in an unsportsmanlike conduct that causes an injury to an opponent. Holding the ropes or the fence. Using abusive language in the ring or fenced area. Attacking an opponent on or during the break. Attacking an opponent who is under the care of the referee. Attacking an opponent after the bell has sounded the end of the period of unarmed combat. Flagrantly disregarding the instructions of the referee. Timidity, including, without limitation, avoiding contact with an opponent, intentionally or consistently dropping the mouthpiece or faking an injury. Interference by the corner. Throwing in the towel during competition. Ways To Win: Submission by: Physical tap out. Verbal tap out. Technical knockout by the referee stopping the contest. Technical knockout by the referee stopping the contest. Decision via the scorecards, including: Unanimous decision. Split decision. Majority decision. Draw, including: Unanimous draw. Majority draw. Split draw. Technical decision. Technical draw. Disqualification. Forfeit. No contest. Referee may Restart the round: If the fighters reach a stalemate and do not work to improve position or finish

yeah the best way to do it is to keep kicking a sand bag or you can do what ive done if you dont have a sand bag and put some sand in a plastic bag and then put that into a sock make sure there is enough sand to fill the foot part of the sock. then you tie the ankle part up and then wrap in in to two more socks and do the same with each one then get one or two more and put the others in but dont tie a not so it should now look like a small sand bag and you can use this for conditioning your shins. in my experience this is better then using bamboo i always come out with loads of bruises after using the bamboo stick.

^^^look at the title of the thread

i can levitate some guy showed me how to do it back in school. they also showed you how to do it on street magic revealed. you have to stand at a certian angle and you have your feet together you lfit your right foor and your left heel and it looks like you are levitating

nice read, thanks

yeah this stuff is crazy ive seen it before in the gym they show it on the extreem sports channel

I used to love street fighter 2 when i was a kid. and i used to have tekken 2 on my playstation i only ever lost that once to my cousin with my whorst fighter and i bet anyone else who ever tried to challange me i think that was prob my fave beat um up

i agree with you but we will see so far its 60/40 to every other day

Looks like you might be suffering from to many head shots

No. the hook and uppercut are present, but are seemingly non-existant. I don't think I've ever seen one use a body hook. That's not to say that they don't, just that I haven't seen it. A knee to the body is more damaging. yeah thats right, punches are low scored in MT so they are mainly used to set up other moves such as a jab reverse leg kick.

thursday night i walk half way and get a train then i catch a bus back all the way home the travel costs me £2.50 and is about 45mins and the lesson is £4. on sunday mornings i have to travel to the other side of london which i usually give my self about 2hrs to get to as the trains take forever to come. the travel costs me about £5 and the lesson is £5 too but i usually do boxing with the boxers for an hour and a half before my class come to the gym and thats £2

i can't remember on what he needs to work on as its been along time since i saw him last fight in the final. what i do remember is thinking that peter could have and should have won but he let him self get outboxed when he shouldn't have and he didn't fight his fight. oh well maybe he'll win this time..... and maybe not.

^yep i know all that and with the stance i much prefer the kickboxing stance to the MT stance, when i shaddow box i vombine the 2 styles

i think you should just dump him and go out with me and give the tickets to me. ha really though i would be over the moon if my lady got me tickets to the rematch i think id have 2 marry her. i loved contender and couldn't wait for it every week i'd even tape it if i was out and watch it the next day. i hope Peter Manfredo wins.

how do you mean? with any striking art it is better to be taller as you have a longer reach. but if you are short or have short arms like i do you will learn fight on the inside and use your power to your advantage like tyson used to. when you do tourneys you will usually fight someone roughly your hight and size unless your really unlucky and they made a mistake like what happened at my last one and i had to fight a guys whos head started where mine stopped ha.

the main difference between kickboxing and muay thai is the face that muay thai only really uses front and round kick. but with kick boxing you learn all the basic kicks and spinning and jumping ones too. also you can knee and elbow in muay thai too. i think you should have a few lessons at both and then decide. personaly im thinking to making muay thai my main MA after doing two years at kickboxing (though i will still do KB) im not really enjoying all these spinning kicks and i like being able to grab hold of people and strike too. but then muay thai has its bad points too like the stance. but the only way you can really decide is by giving them both ago

Upping

seen the first one twice wasn't as good as everyone made it out to be kinda disappointing it was ok.

ahhh thank you i will have to do that.

I mostly read kids books due to my job and there actually so many good ones. But i say my fave book of all time hands down has to be of mice and men.

nice post. thanks

ha we used to have our own one when we were 15-16 it got so dangerous i used to have all the hardcore fights and i used to keep getting busted open so my mum got stressed and made me stop ha my only ever loss was when i lost my title and i was the only wrestler to win both belts. my special was wrapping chicken wife that had been cut like barbed wire around me and jump off a ladder and frog splash my opponent. we also used to do our own ufc but with no stryking to the face because we had bare hands. and we would also do 3 on ones and 6 on ones try to keep the person down for ten seconds doing anything except blows to the face and groine and no minipulation moves. and we got it all on video ahhhh to be 16 again

ive had 2 tourneys in my first one(nov 04) i broke my big toe on my right foot on the joint i think it was from wearing kickboots for the first time then i wore them once in class and i was fine then in my second one i hurt my big toe again real bad but not broken. sometimes it causes me some pain and its alot more stiff. i was watching UFC a few weeks ago and this one fighter had this black thing on his foot it held his big toe and the one next to it together and then went around to the back of thge heel/ankle does anyone know what this is and where i can get one? Thanks

Mine is the knees i love clinching and kneeing and then bring the elbow over the top and i love jumping knees too.