training Stories - Bloody Elbow
My Muay Thai Training Diary: The Push Kick
Welcome back to my online diary documenting my very amateur experience training in Muay Thai. If you missed the previous entries on Bloody Elbow, read them here. My ongoing battle with kicks continued this week, though with positive results. Our main focus was leg kicks, which is something I have...
My Muay Thai Training Diary: Sparring
Welcome back to my online diary documenting my very amateur experience training in Muay Thai. If you missed the previous entries on Bloody Elbow, read them here. This week, I am proud to say I reached a new milestone in my training. For the first time, I sparred in an actual ring. The ring is a new...
My Muay Thai Training Diary: Year One
Welcome back to my online diary documenting my very amateur experience training in Muay Thai. If you missed the first entry on Bloody Elbow, read it here. One year ago, I started down an exciting path of personal growth - I began training in Muay Thai. Now, with year one down, I thought it was a...
Exclusive Photo Gallery: Shinya Aoki Trains In Singapore for DREAM.17
DREAM lightweight champion, Shinya Aoki is currently preparing to face former WEC lightweight champ, 'Razor' Rob McCullough on September 24. One of the biggest changes Aoki made recently, was deciding to move all of his training camps outside Japan, and into Singapore. He joined Evolve MMA where...
UFC 127 Video Blog: Michael Bisping Trains for Jorge Rivera - Episode 2
Here is Michael Bisping's video blog where he gives an inside look on his second week of camp as he prepares for his bout against Jorge Rivera. You can view his first UFC 127 video blog here.
UFC 124: Georges St. Pierre - "I Don't Believe in Strength and Conditioning... I Lift Weights for Looks"
Mixed Martial Arts is a sport that is probably more famous because of its unconventional and effective strength and conditioning programs. MMA is something that top athletes from other sports take up, mostly to experience the top notch circuit training routines which are filled with ropes, ladders,...
UFC 109 Preview: Mike Swick
"This is going to be my first fight against somebody that's a legitimate black belt champion on the ground; the good news is that I get to showcase a lot of my ground skills I think. My wrestling and a lot of the jiu-jitsu I've been working on, I'm excited about." ... "I truly believe I'm a...
From A Fighter's Perspective: Gi vs. No Gi
Below is a piece written by local professional fighter Jake Whitfield: One debate that will never end within the jiu-jitsu and MMA communities is the debate over which is superior: training with the gi or training without the gi. Each side is able to state many examples in their favor but the...
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