I teach the MMA intro class in our gym and experienced something a litte amazing in a class before the vacation. One of the technics I showed was the triangle and out of 38 students, of which 6 was there for the first time, ALL of them made a triangle in their first attempt. I've been teaching triangles for some time and now I'm aware of a lot of details, which I earlier just did with out thinking of it, but are very important when people are taught triangles. I therefore made a little video with it.
onsdag den 21. juli 2010
Triangle
Jeg underviser klubbens intro hold i MMA og oplevede noget lidt vildt til en af mine undervisninger inden ferien. En af de teknikker jeg viste var en triangle og ud af 38 elever, hvor af 6 stykker var der for første gang, lavede ALLE en rigtig triangle i første forsøg. Nu har jeg jo undervist triangles i noget tid og er blevet opmærksom på en del detaljer, som jeg tidligere gjorde unden at tænke over det, men som er meget vigtige at vide når man skal lære at lave dem, så derfor lavede jeg lidt video på det.
I teach the MMA intro class in our gym and experienced something a litte amazing in a class before the vacation. One of the technics I showed was the triangle and out of 38 students, of which 6 was there for the first time, ALL of them made a triangle in their first attempt. I've been teaching triangles for some time and now I'm aware of a lot of details, which I earlier just did with out thinking of it, but are very important when people are taught triangles. I therefore made a little video with it.
I teach the MMA intro class in our gym and experienced something a litte amazing in a class before the vacation. One of the technics I showed was the triangle and out of 38 students, of which 6 was there for the first time, ALL of them made a triangle in their first attempt. I've been teaching triangles for some time and now I'm aware of a lot of details, which I earlier just did with out thinking of it, but are very important when people are taught triangles. I therefore made a little video with it.
tirsdag den 13. juli 2010
Ferie / Vacation
Så er 2 ugers ferie i syd Spanien næsten slut og så er det tilbage til hård træning igen.
Jeg har dog ikke ligget stille selvom det har været ferie. Om formiddagen er temperaturen stadig under 30 °C og der er det blevet til et par løbeture med indlagte intervalsprinter. I poolen har jeg fået svømmet en del (hvilket har været godt for min skulder der føles tæt på 100% nu), plus at jeg har fået vedligeholdt koordinationstræningen ved at at lave en masse spring med saltomortaler o.lig.
Skyggeboksning er noget som heller ikke kræver plads og redskaber, så selvfølgelig har jeg også fået kørt nogle runder af det :-) ... har fundet ud af jeg skal hjem og arbejde på mit kryds.
Jeg vil nyde de sidste 2 dages ferie og ønske god ferie til alle jer andre.
2 weeks of vacation in southern Spain is almost at the end and it's back to hard training.
Even though is's been vacation I haven't been lazy. In the morning the temperature is still below 85 °F and I've been out running a couple of times with interverval sprints included. I've been swimming in the pool (which have done well for my shoulder and it now feels close to 100%). I've also maintained coordination training by making lots and lots of different jumps with flips etc.
Another thing that doesn't require space and equipment is shadow boxing, so of course I've been doing some rounds :-) ... Also found out that I need to work on my cross when I get home.
I'll enjoy the last 2 days of vacation and wish you all a good vacation.
Poolen / The pool
Bade i vandfald / swimming in water falls
Skyggebokse i 38 °C / Shadow boxing in 100 °F
Jeg har dog ikke ligget stille selvom det har været ferie. Om formiddagen er temperaturen stadig under 30 °C og der er det blevet til et par løbeture med indlagte intervalsprinter. I poolen har jeg fået svømmet en del (hvilket har været godt for min skulder der føles tæt på 100% nu), plus at jeg har fået vedligeholdt koordinationstræningen ved at at lave en masse spring med saltomortaler o.lig.
Skyggeboksning er noget som heller ikke kræver plads og redskaber, så selvfølgelig har jeg også fået kørt nogle runder af det :-) ... har fundet ud af jeg skal hjem og arbejde på mit kryds.
Jeg vil nyde de sidste 2 dages ferie og ønske god ferie til alle jer andre.
2 weeks of vacation in southern Spain is almost at the end and it's back to hard training.
Even though is's been vacation I haven't been lazy. In the morning the temperature is still below 85 °F and I've been out running a couple of times with interverval sprints included. I've been swimming in the pool (which have done well for my shoulder and it now feels close to 100%). I've also maintained coordination training by making lots and lots of different jumps with flips etc.
Another thing that doesn't require space and equipment is shadow boxing, so of course I've been doing some rounds :-) ... Also found out that I need to work on my cross when I get home.
I'll enjoy the last 2 days of vacation and wish you all a good vacation.
Poolen / The pool
Bade i vandfald / swimming in water falls
Skyggebokse i 38 °C / Shadow boxing in 100 °Ffredag den 18. juni 2010
Hunting for leg locks
Yes! Min skulder er god nok til at træne igen :-)Jeg har gået og tænkt en masse mens jeg var skadet over hvad jeg skulle fokusere på når jeg kom i gang igen. Tidligere har jeg kørt submission temaer hvor jeg har gået efter specifikke teknikker som jeg har været dårlig til, for at få dem op på mit A-game niveau og dermed få et bredere game. Og det tager tid at få teknikker op på A-game niveau (læs evt. mit indlæg om nøgleteknikker), så jeg har afsat de næste 3 måneders grapplingtræning til KUN at gå efter benlåse (dog ikke lige ankellåse da de er for "retarderede"). De eneste undtagelser er mod dem der er betydeligt bedre end mig, hvor jeg vil gribe en hver chance få en submission sejr, da det alligevel sker så sjældent at al rul med dem er 100% A-game træning.
Skal nok poste mine erfaringer med benlåsene.
Yes! My shoulder is good enough to train again :-)
While I've been injured I've spend some time thinking of what to focus on when I got back in training again. I've earlier had submission themes, going for specific techniques that I've not been too good at, to bring them up to my A-game level and there by getting a more variated A-game. It takes time to get techniques up to A-game level (read my post on key techniques), so for the next 3 month of grappling training I'll ONLY do leg locks (except straight ancle lock because it's too "retarded"). The only exception is against those who are way better than me, where I'll grab every opportunity to get a submission win - it happens so rarely that all rolling I do with them is A-game training anyway.
I'll post my experiences with the leg locks.
tirsdag den 8. juni 2010
European Muay Thai Championship 2010
Min gode ven og træningsmakker Christian Colombo var til EM i Muay Thai fra den 25-30 maj i Velletri 35 km udenfor Rom. I løbet af ugen fik jeg opdateringer via SMS og lørdag eftermiddag 15:50 fik jeg en SMS om at han havde vundet sin semifinale og skulle kæmpe filane om søndagen. Jeg vidste at det sidste fly til Rom gik fra København 17:30, så jeg sprang direkte i en taxa mod lufthavnen, købte flybillet online via min telefon i taxaen og 4 timer efter jeg havde fået SMS'en stod jeg i Rom :-)
My good friend and sparringpartner Christian Colombo was fighting at the European Muay Thai championship 25th-30th of may in Velletri, 35 km outside Rome (Itally). Thure out the week I was updated by textmessages and saturday afternoon 15:50 I received themessage that he had won his semi final and was fighting the final sunday. I knew the last flight for Rome out of Copenhagen was at 17:30, so i jumped into a taxi towards the airport, bought a planeticket online with my phone and 4 hours after I had received the message I was standing in Rome :-)
Tidligt på finaledagen fik jeg set et par kampe / Got to watch some fights early on the day of the finales
Søndagen var finaledag og jeg fik set nogle finaler i de lavere vægtklasser og fik set nogle cool ting som jeg skal til at eksperimentere med. Ellers sad jeg i omklædningen og snakkede med Colombo, der havde den sidste finalekamp og bare hjalp ham med at slappe af og holde styr på nerverne op til kampen.
Sunday was the final's day and I got to see some of the lower weight classes and saw some really cool technichques that I'm going to experiment with. I spent the rest of the time i the lockerroom and talked with Colombo, who was fighting the last final of the turnament and helped him relax and calm before the fight.
Colombo slapper af inden kampen / Colombo relaxing before his fight
Selve kampen gik ikke så godt. Nerverne spillede ham et pus mod en meget hårdtslående og rutineret (+100 kampe) hviderusser. Havde han været lidt højere ville han være en kopi af Dolph Lundgren i Rocky IV. I 1. omgang blev Colombo ramt et par gange og hang pointmæssigt bagefter i både 1. og anden omgang. I 3. og 4. omgang fik han styr på nerverne og hang med hviderusseren, som han ramte mere og mere som hviderusseren blev mere og mere træt. Det var dog ikke nok til at vinde, men jeg er sgu stolt at at have en træningsmakker som er sølvvinder til EM i Muay Thai i heavy weight (+91 kg) - det er pludselig ikke så mærkeligt at det er et helvede at sparre med ham :-)
His fight however didn't go that well. His nerves jinksed him a litte. His opponemt from Belarus was hard hitting and experienced (+100 fights) and if he'd been just a little taller he'd be an exact copy of Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV. In the 1st. round Colombo got tagged good a couple of times and was behind on the judges scoring card. In the 3rd. and 4th. round he regained control of his nerves and got back in the fight. The longer into the fight he got the more tired the Belarussian became and the the more Colombo was scoring. Sadly it wasn't enough to win the fight, but I'm so proud to have a friend and sparring partner who's a heavy weight (+ 205 pounds) silvermedalist at the European Muay Thai Championship - suddently it explaines why sparring with him is such a bitch :-)
Dolph Lundgren i Rocky IV / Dolph Lundgreen in Rocky IV
My good friend and sparringpartner Christian Colombo was fighting at the European Muay Thai championship 25th-30th of may in Velletri, 35 km outside Rome (Itally). Thure out the week I was updated by textmessages and saturday afternoon 15:50 I received themessage that he had won his semi final and was fighting the final sunday. I knew the last flight for Rome out of Copenhagen was at 17:30, so i jumped into a taxi towards the airport, bought a planeticket online with my phone and 4 hours after I had received the message I was standing in Rome :-)
Tidligt på finaledagen fik jeg set et par kampe / Got to watch some fights early on the day of the finales Søndagen var finaledag og jeg fik set nogle finaler i de lavere vægtklasser og fik set nogle cool ting som jeg skal til at eksperimentere med. Ellers sad jeg i omklædningen og snakkede med Colombo, der havde den sidste finalekamp og bare hjalp ham med at slappe af og holde styr på nerverne op til kampen.
Sunday was the final's day and I got to see some of the lower weight classes and saw some really cool technichques that I'm going to experiment with. I spent the rest of the time i the lockerroom and talked with Colombo, who was fighting the last final of the turnament and helped him relax and calm before the fight.
Colombo slapper af inden kampen / Colombo relaxing before his fightSelve kampen gik ikke så godt. Nerverne spillede ham et pus mod en meget hårdtslående og rutineret (+100 kampe) hviderusser. Havde han været lidt højere ville han være en kopi af Dolph Lundgren i Rocky IV. I 1. omgang blev Colombo ramt et par gange og hang pointmæssigt bagefter i både 1. og anden omgang. I 3. og 4. omgang fik han styr på nerverne og hang med hviderusseren, som han ramte mere og mere som hviderusseren blev mere og mere træt. Det var dog ikke nok til at vinde, men jeg er sgu stolt at at have en træningsmakker som er sølvvinder til EM i Muay Thai i heavy weight (+91 kg) - det er pludselig ikke så mærkeligt at det er et helvede at sparre med ham :-)
His fight however didn't go that well. His nerves jinksed him a litte. His opponemt from Belarus was hard hitting and experienced (+100 fights) and if he'd been just a little taller he'd be an exact copy of Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV. In the 1st. round Colombo got tagged good a couple of times and was behind on the judges scoring card. In the 3rd. and 4th. round he regained control of his nerves and got back in the fight. The longer into the fight he got the more tired the Belarussian became and the the more Colombo was scoring. Sadly it wasn't enough to win the fight, but I'm so proud to have a friend and sparring partner who's a heavy weight (+ 205 pounds) silvermedalist at the European Muay Thai Championship - suddently it explaines why sparring with him is such a bitch :-)
Dolph Lundgren i Rocky IV / Dolph Lundgreen in Rocky IVonsdag den 12. maj 2010
I gang - men stille og roligt / Back again - but easy
I sidste uge begyndte jeg at træne rigtigt igen. Rigtigt vil dog sige at jeg træner med de andre men med en lav intensitet. Der er dog alligevel øvelser jeg må stoppe med halvvejs fordi skulderen gør for ondt.
Sparring har jeg ikke lavet særlig meget af da jeg ikke kan slå med højre hånden uden at holde igen hvilket gør mig åben og langsom. Heller ikke grappling sparre jeg noget særligt da jeg kun kan ligge på ryggen og venstre side, hvilket gør mig immobil når jeg skal escape.
Selv om det er frustrerende ikke at kunne sparre er det dog fremgang og jeg vil hele tiden teste hvor langt jeg kan gå før skulderen siger fra for at undgå at det bliver en psykologisk barriere og det er hovedet der siger fra i stedet for skulderen. Der har jo været øvelser, som armbøjninger, hvor jeg først har sagt nej, men så alligevel prøvet for at konstatere at jeg godt kunne - dog med 80 % af vægten på den gode skulder.
Hvornår jeg er 100% aner jeg ikke og har droppet at sætte en dato på. Jeg havde først et mål om 2 uger og da det ikke skete så 1 måned, men begge gange har det bare gjort mig deprimeret at jeg ikke var klar på den tid jeg havde håbet, så nu bliver det bare den dag det bliver. Forhåbentlig bliver det mindre stressende for mit humør at tage den tilgang til det.
Og jeg kan virkelig mærke på mit humør at jeg ikke har trænet. Jeg er sulten efter at sparre og misundelsen over at mine holdkammerater kan sparre går mig på. Når jeg står og ser dem sparre har jeg lyst til at slå dem ud. Det sidder dybt i mig. Når vi sparre normalt går vi til den, men det her er 2 måneders indelukket sult efter at sparre som jeg tumler med og selv om det er mine gode venner og holdkammerater har jeg virkelig lyst til at slå dem synder og sammen når jeg ser dem sparre.
Jeg håber jeg snart kan komme i gang igen for jeg rykker tættere på at blive sindssyg for hver dag der går uden at kunne træne 100%
I started training for real last week. For real meaning training with my team mates, but low intensity. However there are still drills I have to quit half way because the shoulder hurts.
I havn't been sparring much because I can't hit with my rigth hand with out holding back which makes me slow and open for counters. Grappling wise I havn't been sparring that much either because I only can lay on my back and left side which makes me immobile when I need to escape.
Even though it's frustrating not to spar it's still progress and I want to continuesly test how much I can push my self before it hurts too much. This is to avoid the psycological effect when the brain say stop instead of the shoulder. There have been drills, like pushups, where I stood over at first, but then gave it a try and then concluded that I could do it without too much pain - though I had to put 80% of the weight on the good shoulder.
I have no idea of when I'll be 100% and I have dropped try to put a date on it. I had a goal on being back within 2 weeks and when that didn't happen, 4 weeks. But both times it didn't happen I got really depressed so now I'm just taking it one day at the time and get ready the day I do. Hopefully it will be less stressing for me mentally.
And I can really feel on my mood that I haven't been training. I'm hungry for sparring and the envy on my team mates sparring is getting to me. When I'm watching them spar I want to knock them out. When we spar in the gym we usually go pretty good at it, but this is 2 months of concentrated hunger for sparring and even though they are my friends and team mates I really want to beat them up and knock them out when I see them spar.
I hope I'll soon be back at full speed because each day I'm not is moving me closer to insanity.
Sparring har jeg ikke lavet særlig meget af da jeg ikke kan slå med højre hånden uden at holde igen hvilket gør mig åben og langsom. Heller ikke grappling sparre jeg noget særligt da jeg kun kan ligge på ryggen og venstre side, hvilket gør mig immobil når jeg skal escape.
Selv om det er frustrerende ikke at kunne sparre er det dog fremgang og jeg vil hele tiden teste hvor langt jeg kan gå før skulderen siger fra for at undgå at det bliver en psykologisk barriere og det er hovedet der siger fra i stedet for skulderen. Der har jo været øvelser, som armbøjninger, hvor jeg først har sagt nej, men så alligevel prøvet for at konstatere at jeg godt kunne - dog med 80 % af vægten på den gode skulder.
Hvornår jeg er 100% aner jeg ikke og har droppet at sætte en dato på. Jeg havde først et mål om 2 uger og da det ikke skete så 1 måned, men begge gange har det bare gjort mig deprimeret at jeg ikke var klar på den tid jeg havde håbet, så nu bliver det bare den dag det bliver. Forhåbentlig bliver det mindre stressende for mit humør at tage den tilgang til det.
Og jeg kan virkelig mærke på mit humør at jeg ikke har trænet. Jeg er sulten efter at sparre og misundelsen over at mine holdkammerater kan sparre går mig på. Når jeg står og ser dem sparre har jeg lyst til at slå dem ud. Det sidder dybt i mig. Når vi sparre normalt går vi til den, men det her er 2 måneders indelukket sult efter at sparre som jeg tumler med og selv om det er mine gode venner og holdkammerater har jeg virkelig lyst til at slå dem synder og sammen når jeg ser dem sparre.
Jeg håber jeg snart kan komme i gang igen for jeg rykker tættere på at blive sindssyg for hver dag der går uden at kunne træne 100%
I started training for real last week. For real meaning training with my team mates, but low intensity. However there are still drills I have to quit half way because the shoulder hurts.
I havn't been sparring much because I can't hit with my rigth hand with out holding back which makes me slow and open for counters. Grappling wise I havn't been sparring that much either because I only can lay on my back and left side which makes me immobile when I need to escape.
Even though it's frustrating not to spar it's still progress and I want to continuesly test how much I can push my self before it hurts too much. This is to avoid the psycological effect when the brain say stop instead of the shoulder. There have been drills, like pushups, where I stood over at first, but then gave it a try and then concluded that I could do it without too much pain - though I had to put 80% of the weight on the good shoulder.
I have no idea of when I'll be 100% and I have dropped try to put a date on it. I had a goal on being back within 2 weeks and when that didn't happen, 4 weeks. But both times it didn't happen I got really depressed so now I'm just taking it one day at the time and get ready the day I do. Hopefully it will be less stressing for me mentally.
And I can really feel on my mood that I haven't been training. I'm hungry for sparring and the envy on my team mates sparring is getting to me. When I'm watching them spar I want to knock them out. When we spar in the gym we usually go pretty good at it, but this is 2 months of concentrated hunger for sparring and even though they are my friends and team mates I really want to beat them up and knock them out when I see them spar.
I hope I'll soon be back at full speed because each day I'm not is moving me closer to insanity.
mandag den 26. april 2010
Benarbejde / Footwork
Så fik jeg lavet lidt video på noget af det benarbejde jeg har arbejdet med under skadesperioden.
Now I got some video of some of the footwork I've been working on during the injury.
1. Normal boksestilling / Normal boxing stands
2. Tager et skridt frem når jeg jabber / Taking a step when I jab
3. Får man ikke det foreste ben med tilbage bliver det svært at bevæge sig cirkulært / Leaving the lead leg out is making it hard to move circular
4. Få benet med tilbage / Getting the lead leg back
5. Tilbage i normal stand er det let at bevæge sig cirkulært / Back in normal boxing stands it's easy to move circular
Now I got some video of some of the footwork I've been working on during the injury.
Problemet / The Problem
1. Normal boksestilling / Normal boxing stands
2. Tager et skridt frem når jeg jabber / Taking a step when I jab
3. Får man ikke det foreste ben med tilbage bliver det svært at bevæge sig cirkulært / Leaving the lead leg out is making it hard to move circular
4. Få benet med tilbage / Getting the lead leg back
5. Tilbage i normal stand er det let at bevæge sig cirkulært / Back in normal boxing stands it's easy to move circularØvelsen jeg har kørt / The drill I've been doing
fredag den 9. april 2010
Lidt fremgang / A little progress
Det har ikke været sjov de sidste par uger. Musklerne i skulderen har gjort ondt bare jeg lavede lidt for store eller pludselige bevægelser, så træning har været på et absolut minimum. Efter 3 besøg hos fysioterapeuten er der dog begyndt at ske noget. Jeg har kunne træne benarbejde indtil nu og i dag kunne jeg også bokse lidt på sandsæk, dog kun med min gode arm (før gjorde det for ondt i skulderen bare at holde igen/holde balancen selvom jeg slog med modsatte arm).
Der er dog stadig langt til at kunne konkurrere, men jeg tager alligevel over til Grappling Liga i morgen og kigger på. Jeg har været lidt depri omkring mine holdkammerater fordi jeg ikke har kunne være med til træning og kæder det sammen med at være i nærheden af dem, så derfor har jeg heller ikke haft særlig meget lyst til at tage med ud til turneringer. Efter "træningen" i dag har jeg fået løftet humøret, så det skal nok blive en god tur i morgen.
Det eneste gode der er sket, er at jeg har fundet nogle småfejl i mit benarbejde og øvelser til at rette dem, så jeg prøvet at se om ikke jeg kan få lavet lidt video i næste uge, så I andre også kan få glæde af det.
The last two weeks hasn't been fun at all. The muscles in the shoulder have been hurting when ever I made a too big or too sudden move, so training have been on an absolute minimum. After 3 visits at the physiotherapist gladly something is happening. Until now I've only been able to do footwork, but today I could box a little on the heavybag with my good arm (before it hurt my shoulder just to keep the balance/composure eventhough I was punching with my good arm).
Competing is still far away, but I'll go to the Grappling Liga tomorrow to watch. I've been a little depressed being around my teammates because I can't train, and associate it with being around them, so I haven't felt like going to turnaments. After todays "training" I'm in a better mood, so i'm hoping it will been a fun trip tomorrow.
The only positive thing is that I've found a couple of small faults in my footwork and some drills to correct them. I'll try to make some video next week so I can share it with you.
Der er dog stadig langt til at kunne konkurrere, men jeg tager alligevel over til Grappling Liga i morgen og kigger på. Jeg har været lidt depri omkring mine holdkammerater fordi jeg ikke har kunne være med til træning og kæder det sammen med at være i nærheden af dem, så derfor har jeg heller ikke haft særlig meget lyst til at tage med ud til turneringer. Efter "træningen" i dag har jeg fået løftet humøret, så det skal nok blive en god tur i morgen.
Det eneste gode der er sket, er at jeg har fundet nogle småfejl i mit benarbejde og øvelser til at rette dem, så jeg prøvet at se om ikke jeg kan få lavet lidt video i næste uge, så I andre også kan få glæde af det.
The last two weeks hasn't been fun at all. The muscles in the shoulder have been hurting when ever I made a too big or too sudden move, so training have been on an absolute minimum. After 3 visits at the physiotherapist gladly something is happening. Until now I've only been able to do footwork, but today I could box a little on the heavybag with my good arm (before it hurt my shoulder just to keep the balance/composure eventhough I was punching with my good arm).
Competing is still far away, but I'll go to the Grappling Liga tomorrow to watch. I've been a little depressed being around my teammates because I can't train, and associate it with being around them, so I haven't felt like going to turnaments. After todays "training" I'm in a better mood, so i'm hoping it will been a fun trip tomorrow.
The only positive thing is that I've found a couple of small faults in my footwork and some drills to correct them. I'll try to make some video next week so I can share it with you.
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