Is yellow shorts like a grading system? What's the next step up from that and what kind of allowances does it give you?

Are you lefthanded? If not, why are you trying out a southie stance, just because of your leg?

You'd better invest in some thai oil for that shin. Massage the heck out of it with the oil and ice it a lot, that should help it heal quicker.

Ooooh, thanks for the tip. I'll have to pick some up.

Grading system yup. Yellow shorts is the beginner test, then blue shorts which is the advanced I guess.

I'm right handed, but I've been hearing conflicting advice from multiple trainers.

BUT, the most experienced of them, and 1 world class fighter I was lucky to have met through my friend Joyce, Maximillion Chen, told me to try out south paw, whichever feels more comfortable.

1 senior trainer Oliver told me that my strong arm should be forward, and to give it a try since I feel somewhat more comfortable kicking with my left leg, more flexible.

But as I'm training and getting more limber and stronger, my right kick is much stronger at the moment.

We'll see what happens another month from now. I'm kinda just switching it up at the moment.

Best thing about all this wicked training is I'm having fun and my belly is shrinking fast!

Hey guys,

Does anyone know of a good trainer/school that teaches Krav Maga in peel area?

Also, Anyone have any experience with KajuKenbo?

After over 11yrs of Martial Arts(judo, karate, and bjj), the only styles I would do are Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and/or Muay Thai. Due to the way we train in BJJ(we practice techniques against 100% resistance while rolling) a blue is pretty much the equivalent to a black belt in another art. Just yesterday I was making a 300lbs bouncer feel like he was a helpless little child.

But of course thats just my opinion based on my experiences

Yes! Hope you gave him a taste of feeling like a helpless little child. Muah ha ha. I believe a lot of bouncers need some humbling ass whooping occasionally to bring them down to earth.

Joe, I believe there's one near Yonge/Hwy7 that opened up with some kind of special, possibly a groupon, I can't recall exactly, but I can find out if that's somewhat close to you.

I think a couple of my friends took up the offer.

The place doubles as a fitness centre.

Thanks for the personal input. But im curious, looking at Krav Maga videos - it seems like most of their fundamentals are also based in BJJ/Judo. Lots of grappling, taking down opponent/attacker and use their weight, vulnerable points to subdue/stop the attack.

I might be wrong, but this is how i see it from a person that has little knowledge of the sport.

Michael,

Could you find that out for me? Since im off for the summer, i need something else to do (or i might go back to dragonboating again - who knows).

Hey Kevin, You know any good places down west? I’m seriously looking to get into this.

Michael, the place you pointed out is a bit far from Brampton.


Edit: This is the place I found in Brampton http://www.doggpoundmma.com/Home.aspx

Anyone have any experience with them ?

Deep, this place is just down the street from me, I will find out if they do a free class and report back if you like.

Theres a guy in pet who apparently runs ninjitsu classes. Although im skeptical it would be nice to be able to throw down like batman

One of the girls i used to hang out with, her husband trains (not sure if he still do) with these guys:

http://www.pound4poundmma.ca/

But its too far of a drive for me.

Bryan,

See if you could find out from these guys. I didnt see any info about intro classes on their website. Thanks!

K will do, I will let you know what I find and what the experience is like.

Sweet. They have a list of their classes up on the website. I'm looking to start somewere in about 3 weeks. Let us know Bryan. There are a couple of places in the northern side of Mississauga which aren't to far from us either.

Talk to them, guy says come on in and try it. I am going to go to monday class at 7 because I have done kickboxing but not muay thai and I figure all gyms are different, I will let you know how it goes on monday!

Here's the link to the place my friend mentioned.

http://www.revmma.com/

Add another person to the work out group.

I'm working away from home and all I've got are resistance bands but they are pretty good I must admit. My Quads, hamstrings and core are killing me but it feels soooooooooooo good.

Yes! Good sh!t man.

Resistance bands are awesome. Just don't hurt yourself.

Thanks Mike!
I should be doing it daily this week, my body has adapted to working out again.

Alright guys I just got back from dogpoundmma, overall I would say it was ok. It started off good with a nice warm up with master mignon who is very helpful, then they decided to split the class. People who had more than three classes stayed and people with less went with theo, this is where it gets boring. I have done kickboxing before and everything is pretty close, they just change the names. Theo is not a very good teacher, he doesn't understand that there are three different learning types and just using audio which is not helpful for me as I am a kinesthetic learner (doer) overall it was pretty boring, I had a good sweat during the warm up but I cooled down during the Theo stuff. If I went back I would not join Theo because I don't enjoy reviewing newb stuff over and over again. If you are new to kickboxing I would say it was great. I did get a chance to watch master mignon's teaching and it looks pretty good, I would like to give it a go and see what it was like but from my experience it was just ok. As for location, it is in an old car shop that has been redone for his purposes, it is at the back of the strip so you can't see it from the front. Any questions ask away and I will try to answer.

Their class hours are LATE!
It would be nice to check out another gym just to see what their training is like compared to mine.

Yeah well they have early stuff at like ten and then this class was 7-8

So what is everyones goals for the next while!? I don't care if it is weight loss or bigger lifts, share it!! They say when it is public knowledge you are more likely to push and succeed!

My goal is to stay lean and to get my bench to 255, front squat to 185, deadlift 355. I am hoping to have this by end of September.

Whats your bench at right now ?

235 I really struggle with strengthening my bench. Two years ago, before I came home, I was sitting around 225 for about a year. The most frustrating thing was that I would do it and then a few weeks later I couldn't do it. Now I am more consistent.

I was looking at this program called blast your bench, all you do for two weeks is bench press every day, not sure I want to disregard the rest of my muscles for that long. The thing is guys are talking about 30-50 lbs gains in their bench, which would be wonderful!

By next year, I'd like to be able to do this -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgFkvQm_IR0

Very cool! I have been working on that balance thing he was doing where he goes up to a hand stand. Balance and flexibility are two things I could definitely use some work on!

That's why I wonder why more fighters don't train as a gymnast, for strength/conditioning?

You guys have surely seen the Olympics on TV or gymnastics, they're so strong! Plus the balance would be a killer combo.

Think about a gymnast that knows how to punch and kick. DEADLY

Sounds stupid I know.

Haha, they are called Capoeira fighters

... BJ Penn? Probably has the best balance in the UFC. I wonder what he does differently.

Nah, gymnasts would rock Capoeira fighters.



He's naturally flexible.

THAT WORK OUT VID IS SICK! I cant believe the balance and stregth that guy has. Though not sure if its just choppy video or if its edited some

Does it count if my goals are being able to run enough to catch the ice-cream truck?

So Bryan you go back to DoggPound yet ? Anyone know a place with a weight lifting gym and training facility together?

No, probably won't. Although I don't mind MMA I much prefer to go through forms in Kung Fu. Plus like I said I don't want to go through another newb class and I think they would force me to for another few times.

How is everyone's goals coming along!?

Also curious if anyone would be interested in buying protein from me. It would save us both on shipping and the only thing I would ask is that you round your total up to the closest five so I don't have to deal with change. Also if it is a product I already order or something I would use then no deposit is required.

I'm actually doing great! Not doing exercise per say, but I'm now doing rebar construction...so it's immensly taxing on EVERY part of the body. So my work out is now my work I can eat anything and everything and still loose weight...and parts from my body lol

LOL That's good! Having a job that is physical is always nice. There are days I miss flooring, then quickly remember how much my back would hurt, but I still jump on the opportunity to do it.

Eventhough it's painful, I do like it better than a desk job so definitely see your attraction to it. I absolutely despise all the politics and bureaucratie involved in a desk job with people at positions they don't deserve, main reason to take a break from it. Can't fake-out on physical work, its either you do it, or you don't. Plus it's casual Friday everyday! Oh and my back does hurt at the moment oddly enough

There is a great sense of accomplishment when finishing a labour intensive task.

The results are tangible.

I miss working security, and have had thoughts about being a cop, but then I'd need a side job during the whole process, because I can't live off nothing.

Just passing thoughts.

Currently on a clean Bulk. Going to stay on the Calorie surplus for 3-5 months. well see how it goes. Thinking of joining MMA when Im in a cutting phase but still may do it now.

What’s your guys personal experience with cretin? I’ve tried it two times but screwed up the cycle both times, same thing with some of my friends. But has anyone done a legit cycle and noticed a good gains ?

I used to take mono and cycle it. I found it worked well, some people retain water.

You should probably look into kre-alkylin it doesn't need to be loaded.

As for mono I never really tested the difference it made, but with the kre-alkylin (Purple K) I am taking now I stopped for a few days and noticed a difference in my lifts.

How much of a surplus are you on? Good call on clean bulk. I am bulking now too and going the clean route as well. Not counting calories, just opening up my eating window (I was intermittent fasting during my cut)