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!