ok here we go...
well as i had posted earlier last week i had been training a new fighter that had come to me for some help for an up comming match. we trained hard for this but we feel short as my boy was stopped on the account of recieving too many standing 8 counts. now if you don't know what a standing 8 count is, it is a safety precaution used in boxing/kickboxing matches when the referee feels that a fighter has absorbed too many blows to the head in succession and deams a mandatory standing count of 8 to let the fighter know that he has recieved too many contacted blows and needs to fix it or have the match possible stopped.
this is what happened to us this weekend. it was his first loss and he was disappointed quite alot. i was too but hey, this is fighting and there is always a winner and a loser. we know what went wrong and we are going to fix it! this kid has an incredible future in this sport and this loss may have been the fire of motivation he will need to take it to the next level.
fighters are born in the fire of battle and reborn after a loss, lets see where this fighter goes once the ashes have cooled off!
until next time.....
hands up, chin down and keep on fighting!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
long weekend, great weekend!
and away we go....
another fitness week has flown by and a new one right around the corner. i was checking my weeks workload from home this evening (thanks shapenet!) and noticed that i was quite busy so i thought i'd write a blog tonight in case i get side tracked, which happens alot these days!
i spent all weekend and the thursday and friday nights as well at the david braley centre which is located in mcmaster university's massive fitness complex. i got to tell you if you've not been to this place it is off the hook amazing!!! this building has every possible thing jammed into it. everything from a university sized gymnazim and athletics centre write down to physo and athletic preformance departments which spend most of their time researching on the latest fitness ideas. but enough about this beauty i was here for a diffrent reason, to re-certify my self as one of your favorite rep counters!
this weekend offered me the chance to get my can-fit pro pts certification renewed and updated with new ideas. it had been almost 7 years since i first entered into the business of personal training and i needed to refresh my self as i had heard that the coarse had changed abite since the last time i'd taken it. i could have just re-written the exam and preformed a pratical examination to re-cert myself but i thought i would take the entire class again and see what i could learn and relearn. this was a great experience for me as the group i had this time was so much better than the last one. everyone helped each other like a real team and there was no ego's. everyone was there to learn, there was also afew cuties in the class aswell which helped make the boaring parts go by alittle faster!!! my instructor was young, energetic and full of knowledge, always willing to answer questions no matter how simple they were.
i found myself during this whole experience going wow! i really did find the right company to invest my self with as i have learned so much from my boss in the time i've been with him. i was being asked question throughout this course from my peers all weekend long and i even stayed later after the sunday session had ended helping some of my class mates understand how to properly put togeather fitness programs. this was a humbling experience for me as i never thought i would be smart enough to help others with what i myself had struggled with during my first go round.
the true measure of an educator is being able to teach what was taught to you and make people understand it. i was honored to be part of this group this weekend and i would love to thank my teacher miss alana harris and my class for this amazing time. every day i feel like i get closer and closer to the truest meaning of being a martial artist!
until next time.....
hands up, chin down, and keep on fighting!
another fitness week has flown by and a new one right around the corner. i was checking my weeks workload from home this evening (thanks shapenet!) and noticed that i was quite busy so i thought i'd write a blog tonight in case i get side tracked, which happens alot these days!
i spent all weekend and the thursday and friday nights as well at the david braley centre which is located in mcmaster university's massive fitness complex. i got to tell you if you've not been to this place it is off the hook amazing!!! this building has every possible thing jammed into it. everything from a university sized gymnazim and athletics centre write down to physo and athletic preformance departments which spend most of their time researching on the latest fitness ideas. but enough about this beauty i was here for a diffrent reason, to re-certify my self as one of your favorite rep counters!
this weekend offered me the chance to get my can-fit pro pts certification renewed and updated with new ideas. it had been almost 7 years since i first entered into the business of personal training and i needed to refresh my self as i had heard that the coarse had changed abite since the last time i'd taken it. i could have just re-written the exam and preformed a pratical examination to re-cert myself but i thought i would take the entire class again and see what i could learn and relearn. this was a great experience for me as the group i had this time was so much better than the last one. everyone helped each other like a real team and there was no ego's. everyone was there to learn, there was also afew cuties in the class aswell which helped make the boaring parts go by alittle faster!!! my instructor was young, energetic and full of knowledge, always willing to answer questions no matter how simple they were.
i found myself during this whole experience going wow! i really did find the right company to invest my self with as i have learned so much from my boss in the time i've been with him. i was being asked question throughout this course from my peers all weekend long and i even stayed later after the sunday session had ended helping some of my class mates understand how to properly put togeather fitness programs. this was a humbling experience for me as i never thought i would be smart enough to help others with what i myself had struggled with during my first go round.
the true measure of an educator is being able to teach what was taught to you and make people understand it. i was honored to be part of this group this weekend and i would love to thank my teacher miss alana harris and my class for this amazing time. every day i feel like i get closer and closer to the truest meaning of being a martial artist!
until next time.....
hands up, chin down, and keep on fighting!
Monday, June 8, 2009
fight science takes shape!
a new week and that means a new blog entry.
okay, here we go.....
this weekend i got to teach my very first "fight science" seminar on thai boxing fundamentals at my good friend matt perrin's Family Martial Arts centre. this was a great opportunity for me to reach out to the other end of the martial arts community and demonstrate my approach to teaching and coaching.
my friend matt perrins has owned and opperated a karate school for many years and has been a regular on the canadian national semi, point and karate teams. this has taken him all over the world to compete. matt was also an accomplished boxer, so to say the expectations i put on myself to make this a great seminar where "everests" to say the least!
matt had contacted me awhile ago to come down and teach a seminar at his school. so after a few meetings and talks we decided on a 2 hour seminar to just scratch the surface of what i teach and how i apply it in a competition setting.
i had been toying with this seminar idea for a while and thought since my fight carrier was winding down and my coaching duties had been picking up, i wanted to reach out to the masses. i wanted to teach people all aspects of the fight game. all the way from the beginings of how to block a punch and set up counters to fight management, sponsorship attaining, how to properly match your fighters fairly. there where and are so many avenues i want to take this concept!
with matt's group we started with a light 5 min warm up and then i had them shadow box for a few rounds so i could get a feel for the diffrent levels that were attending. after that i had all participants partner up and we begain working the basics of punch evasion and countering. after an hour of building on the fundementals we moved into alittle what the dutch call "catch and return drills" this is where we start with a set combo that a partner executes on another and then that partner returns the same combo. this helps to judge distance, timing, flow and accuracy.
what i was most impressed with was the level of matt's students cardio conditioning. they raerly took a break and were eager to just keep going. at the end we shared in some of my experiences in the ring and joined a few of them for some wings and beer at the gym's local pub when all was said and done.
this was the first and hopefully a great start to my next step in my coaching evolution!
untill next time...
hands up, chin down, and keep on fighting!
okay, here we go.....
this weekend i got to teach my very first "fight science" seminar on thai boxing fundamentals at my good friend matt perrin's Family Martial Arts centre. this was a great opportunity for me to reach out to the other end of the martial arts community and demonstrate my approach to teaching and coaching.
my friend matt perrins has owned and opperated a karate school for many years and has been a regular on the canadian national semi, point and karate teams. this has taken him all over the world to compete. matt was also an accomplished boxer, so to say the expectations i put on myself to make this a great seminar where "everests" to say the least!
matt had contacted me awhile ago to come down and teach a seminar at his school. so after a few meetings and talks we decided on a 2 hour seminar to just scratch the surface of what i teach and how i apply it in a competition setting.
i had been toying with this seminar idea for a while and thought since my fight carrier was winding down and my coaching duties had been picking up, i wanted to reach out to the masses. i wanted to teach people all aspects of the fight game. all the way from the beginings of how to block a punch and set up counters to fight management, sponsorship attaining, how to properly match your fighters fairly. there where and are so many avenues i want to take this concept!
with matt's group we started with a light 5 min warm up and then i had them shadow box for a few rounds so i could get a feel for the diffrent levels that were attending. after that i had all participants partner up and we begain working the basics of punch evasion and countering. after an hour of building on the fundementals we moved into alittle what the dutch call "catch and return drills" this is where we start with a set combo that a partner executes on another and then that partner returns the same combo. this helps to judge distance, timing, flow and accuracy.
what i was most impressed with was the level of matt's students cardio conditioning. they raerly took a break and were eager to just keep going. at the end we shared in some of my experiences in the ring and joined a few of them for some wings and beer at the gym's local pub when all was said and done.
this was the first and hopefully a great start to my next step in my coaching evolution!
untill next time...
hands up, chin down, and keep on fighting!
Monday, June 1, 2009
all right, a new week and that means a new blog post!
so i was supposed to start up a monthly boxing and pad demo at the bay front park this weekend as part of a monthly out reach program with my good buddy rich menna but my partner in crime just had a new baby and the baby ain't taken care of her herself so...next week. we got to be early cause like my dad always says, "you can't expect to soar with the eagles in the mornin if your flirtin with the chickies at night"
this was not to say that the weekend wasn't busy, i attended my first team Canada training camp with my fighter adam hensen. this was all part of a weekend seminar called raising the bar 2. this was a cask offered coarse that focuses on team building, coaching lectures, strength conditioning for your athletes and motivational lectures. i didn't attend the seminars as i had prior commitments in simcoe teaching.
on Sunday adam hensen and my self attended the seminars lunch-in and annual awards banquet. this was especially great as my fighter won the award for "thai boxer of the year" this is an increadible accomplishment as he has only been fighting for 1.5 years and already he went the entire year undefeated and captured both the Ontario and national titles on his first attempts.
the best thing about teaching people about fitness and well being is seeing how much they improve in everything. the simplest thing for you or me is a mountain of accomplishment for them. for me the ultimate as a trainer is being able to transfer my knowledge as a championship fighter into a young fighter that takes it all the way to a championship! like they say a great athlete doesn't always make a great coach, I'm glad I'm not in that group!
until next time
hands up, shut up and fight.
so i was supposed to start up a monthly boxing and pad demo at the bay front park this weekend as part of a monthly out reach program with my good buddy rich menna but my partner in crime just had a new baby and the baby ain't taken care of her herself so...next week. we got to be early cause like my dad always says, "you can't expect to soar with the eagles in the mornin if your flirtin with the chickies at night"
this was not to say that the weekend wasn't busy, i attended my first team Canada training camp with my fighter adam hensen. this was all part of a weekend seminar called raising the bar 2. this was a cask offered coarse that focuses on team building, coaching lectures, strength conditioning for your athletes and motivational lectures. i didn't attend the seminars as i had prior commitments in simcoe teaching.
on Sunday adam hensen and my self attended the seminars lunch-in and annual awards banquet. this was especially great as my fighter won the award for "thai boxer of the year" this is an increadible accomplishment as he has only been fighting for 1.5 years and already he went the entire year undefeated and captured both the Ontario and national titles on his first attempts.
the best thing about teaching people about fitness and well being is seeing how much they improve in everything. the simplest thing for you or me is a mountain of accomplishment for them. for me the ultimate as a trainer is being able to transfer my knowledge as a championship fighter into a young fighter that takes it all the way to a championship! like they say a great athlete doesn't always make a great coach, I'm glad I'm not in that group!
until next time
hands up, shut up and fight.
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