My MMA Pad Work
 

What a difference six months can make. This was me, last December, showing horrible form, speed, and power on the pads. Last week's workout made me dig up some of these old videos. I'll be video taping newer workouts shortly, and would love to share those, as well as see other people's pad work. If you've got vids of yourself doing pads, post 'em up!

Nice mitt work, see u in the cage.

Haha, thanks. Wait until you see the improvement in the NEW vids I'll do soon. I have to teach class tonight, so I can't vid, but next Monday is striking, so maybe then.

Pretty good for starting out. I'm sure your footwork and head movements got better as well.

Dramatically. I thought martial arts were the be-all and end-all to MMA when I first got started years ago. Nine fights and much pain later, I finally wised up.

Not bad; but check out my normal work out :




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Two new blog posts today, also, for folks who read that sort of thing.

Optimal Urine Color & Diet, Nutrition, and Fads

out by the jungle gym. 3:30 Bring your pads, sissy!

Let's do it. :thumbsup

Gym idiots thread, also? Some fucktard sauntered into class today with a certificate (sigh, the Internet) saying he was a 5th Dan in some bullshido art. He proceeded to tell me a jab-cross combo I was demonstrating was a "jab-jab" combo and that a cross was thrown like a hook.

When we grappled, he was submitted by everyone, including the guy who has been with us for 4 classes. In sparring, he got his ass handed to him, and asked to stop due to "injury" .. sigh.

The capper? He claimed he had to register his hands federally as deadly weapons .. that's always the give away.

Do you do strictly no-gi grappling or do you also where a gi?

I have been rolling gi and no-gi for the last nine years about four times a week.

I also do some Greco and Judo on the side to enhance my game.

We should roll :)

Anybody else grapple or do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?

Sounds like somebody is off their meds again.

You're a big guy I want to see your kicks :winkwink:

Come to Radio City Music Hall at Christmas; I perform with the Rockettes. But seriously, to see my terrible kicks (and why I try not to throw them as sloppily anymore), see my last fight video (there's a thread somewhere).


This will NEVER get old, LOL! Is that guy still in the industry, or did he finally admit that he's broke and go do something else?


Strictly no-gi these days. My grappling is weak, but one of the guys in class is 270 lbs, so that helps me not "cheat" through strength, etc. I'd love to roll -- just look me up if you're ever near Tampa. Do you compete in NAGA? Maybe I'll see ya there one of these days.

Your trainer is shit on the pads.

You may have missed where this is an old video, where I was rehabbing an injury and he was making sure I could still punch. :) This isn't anything like our normal workout, LOL.

hello edgeprod
Good to hear other persones practice kick sports, about one year ago i have opened a thread here https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1036999 where i`ve mentioned i have started the kickboxing training.
Recently (4 months ago) i decide myself to skip muay thai i totaly dislike this shit and i`m focus only for kickboxing. Im not a big fan of MMA and brazilian jiu jitsu but i do respect the players i know it is not easy to train regulary.
Yesterday i got a sparring session where i`ve been simple devasted. 5 days i will be off :D

I get my butt kicked regularly by the Muai Thai guys, but every time I spar them, I learn a ton. I settled on MMA from contact karate (sigh) years and years ago, and haven't looked back.

where is that video of you looking out of shape and getting your ass destroyed in the cage? That was pure comedy.

I wrestled in high school, not much of a fighter though (get concussions too easy). Always preferred running to all else. Never quite broke 2 minutes in the 800 though. :disgust

everytime I watch a MMA fight in TV, it looks like a GAY PORN BOUND GODS movie from Kinky Dollars.

MMA is GAY FETISH PORNO.

PIRIOD.

Yeah, we play it when people come over, it's awesome. :thumbsup

How can you like Kickboxing over Muay Thai...

landing a good knee or elbow is so satisfying or is it the clinches you dislike?

Isn't it, though? I got hit with a heck of one in class the other night. Still difficult to close my jaw correctly, haha.

Very good, but pads don't hit back...
j/k grats on your training, looking good (your form that is...)

That's what sparring partners and fights are for! :thumbsup

pimp good job man!

Thanks man. Workout was brutal last night ... getting ready for a fight, so training has stepped up.

nice, yeah man, I was doing muay thai for about a year & half...best workout ever!
looking to get back into it..well once we get more traffic & sales hehe
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Awesome. Where are you located?

getting ready for a fight, will it be on some ufc live in tv? :) and what is your mma score? :) have luck and power man! :thumbsup

los angeles, calif man...you? FL?

Ha! No, I don't fight anywhere even close to the UFC. My fights are usually only on TV locally, if at all. Most of them do come out on DVD, though.

I'm 5-4 currently, because I had a win taken away from me in recent times. I was 6-2, lost a heavyweight championship fight (becoming 6-3), then had a win taken away for illegal strikes to the back of the head (after 2 years, sigh), so now I'm 5-4. I'm paranoid that my next fight will make me even at .500 -- that's a scary thought. That's why I'm training my balls off, though. Once I finish coding, it's all MMA until sleep.


Florida, yup, just north of Tampa. Lots of talent in this area, and I'm lucky enough to be with an amazing training who suits my style.

Ive been striking for a while but I started Jiu Jitsu w/ Gi not long ago. My knees got shredded w/ mat burn the first few times w/ no gi. It's killer workout & I'm hooked now.

Where do you train?I'm at Elite MMA

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