MMA Brutality

I will tell you one thing about this fight, Cheick Kongo  sucks at grappling. Yes he can strike but his grappling is so bad it is not even funny. About 6 months ago Kongo made a visit to Vancouver Canada and he stopped and rolled with some of my teammates at Dynamic MMA and some Marcus Soares BJJ fighters. Adam Ryan runs Dynamic MMA and he was putting on a show on Kongo. Yes Ryan has MMA experience and is a black belt in jujitsu under 7th degree BJJ black belt Marcus Soares but he was playing with Kongo on the ground and many guys ranging from blues, purple, brown belts in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu were also dominating Kongo on the ground. Cheick Kongo was basically being pimped on the ground. Kongo was only able to survive just on the fact that he was bigger and had freak strength.

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If Kongo was getting dominated by some guys that don’t ever fight no gi, than what chance does he have with Frank Mir? Frank Mir is a legitimate black belt that will come into this fight heavier at 245 pounds than Kongo (230) and one inch shorter. There is no way that Kongo will be able to keep this fight standing and no way will he be able to defend Mir’s submission attempts.

Mir received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu after only 5 years of training from Ricardo Pires who is a forth degree black belt under Professor Marcus Soares, from Carlson Gracie. Mir is a legitimate black belt with real skills while Kongo is barely a blue belt at best. Mir has the size and power to attack and submit Kongo in this fight.

It is not a matter if but when this fight hits the ground in this heavyweight fight. Just look at Kongo’s last MMA fight. He fought Cain Velasquez and in all 15 minutes of that fight he was on the ground for 12 of them. Velasquez was able to take him to the ground and basically control him and beat him down for 12 minutes. I would have personally scored each of those round 10 to 8 in favor of Velasquez. It was embarrassing how apparent his lack of skills were on the ground.

Now detractors of this article will say that Velasquez was a NCAA division 1 fighter and that it was his wrestling skills that were able to hold him down on the ground. Well first Mir has considerable wrestling skills where he went to Bonanza High School in Las Vegas where he had a record of 44–1. He started wrestling during his junior year and lost his first nine matches but won the state championship as a senior in 1998.

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Yes Kongo has the advantage in the striking department but Mir has enough skills to bide his time before he will be able to take him down. Yes Kongo was the former Muay Thai World champion and can knock out Mir but Mir has fought top level strikers in the past. Mir fought Antoni Hardonk (who has a similar fighting style to Kongo) at UFC 74 and won via kimura in 1:17 of the first round. I predict a similar fate in the fight. Mir will take Kongo down and either attack the legs or the win this fight by kimura.

Bottom Line: If you think Kongo will win this fight you really don’t know mixed martial arts. The sports book odds makers opened the UFC betting lines with Mir as a -185 betting favorite. I would have opened up at -250 so this UFC sports bet is a steal on the money line. I would lay a lot of money on Mir to submit Kongo.

Kongo is no where near a top level fighter. He is the best example of a one dimensional fighter. He has great striking but no grappling whatsoever. He has used his size and strength in the past but Mir is a bigger fighter and will impose his skill on an unskilled fighter. This is the best UFC bet of the night. I would lay a huge amount of money on the money line and if there is a UFC prop bet I would bet on a submission victory in this fight.

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Whose the King?

Can a man beat a woman at Martial Arts? This is a question people have so here is a take on it. Bobby Riggs (1970’s) tennis star boasted he could beat anybody at the game. History tells us Billy Jean King beat him– several times. The press had a field day and women the world over felt good. Lucky for mixed martial arts- mixed does not mean mixed sexes. Jodi Short lost her front teeth during amateur sparring bout in Missouri. Bernice Downs of Illinois would compete as hard with the guys as with women. Malia Dacascos could out kick anyone.

How the Karate Kids see it… We see boys cheer their favorite in a girl -verse- girl match. The same boys are disappointed when a girl beats a boy sparring. Boys forget and we should remind them, it s usually the moms that gets the them to class ( enter Soccer Moms)So sexism starts at a early age, we need to watch for it . Full Contact-

One lady locally signed up for a Mixed Martial Art tournament and died from head wounds.So the money she was to earn for her fee was not worth it to the family. Life is short as it is. Head gear should be required for all contact sports. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has it’s Divas. Strong,sexy, staged showmanship. At least there they get paid for their bruises. . We hope we don’t see any Mixed-Martial Arts Promotions( Man vs Women) soon. Let women preserve their bodies .Entering and leaving motherhood is enough. Even smashed on beer no one wants to see their wives, daughters and mothers pummeled. Women boxers work as hard as anybody. They are just amusement to the Main Event ( the big boys).

Shown above is Schimabuku’s Isshinryu emblem . We’ve never seen a female displayed more prominent on a uniform. A warrior not concubine . The idea is under the right circumstances, as to protect her offspring the female is most formidable. Theres your answer. Now how can women protect themselves wearing stilleto shoes?! Well, more at pro-amkarateunion.com

Hanshi D. Hedrick
http://www.articlesbase.com/martial-arts-articles/whose-the-king-683105.html

You may improve your health and have a physically fit body by getting into boxing training fitness programs. This is the best way for you to have a stronger body and gain confidence. Boxing workouts can help you to be at your best fighting form as well.

Many people see positive results from boxing trainings. You may build stronger and more defined arms and legs. These programs and classes also help you to gain a sense of inner strength and emotional balance.

Boxing training classes got across to the mainstream of physical fitness training a few years back. They have seen the benefits on the cardiovascular and toning of the muscles by these boxing training workouts. Tae bo work out videos also popularized these boxing and kickboxing exercises.

Cardio boxing training classes and the innovative variations of the sparring jabs, power punches, defense, and fitness has all blends of aerobics exercises. You will learn the proper execution of the punch and kick combinations for a more intensive workout that can help you become stronger and more confident.

The combinations you perform on the blocks, jabs, and kicks are executed to an imagined opponent. You may see classes where participants throw punches and kicks on the air. You will also find training camps that have quality equipment such as punching bags and you may also have the option of getting a partner that has padded hands.

You may also enjoy more benefits aside from the physical aspects of boxing trainings. Cardio kick boxing workouts allow you to burn out 350 to 500 calories in just an hour. It also helps maintaining the heart rate at 75 percent to 85 percent regular beat. This has been proven to be good and is the recommended range if you are exercising or into training.

Moreover, these boxing training classes improve your speed, resistance, and strength. Flexibility and the reflexes of the muscles are also enhanced. Repetitive motion on arms by sparring and jogging while you punch helps your arms and legs gain strength and power.

These workouts also enable your joint movements to build very efficient fitness results.
These movements require you to develop balance and coordination that enables your body to be stable and maintain a good form.

These physical benefits you gain from boxing and Kickboxing are just few of the many benefits that they can provide. You will be able to learn more about defense mechanism skills, which you may use in case of unwanted instances. You will also feel the satisfaction when you punch or kick. Relaxation and self-motivation is also developed.

You will feel a sigh of relief and feel that you are released from stressed. It also helps you to get rid of that anger that is inside of you. Once these things are releases, you may feel lightness into your body and peace of mind as well.

Many aerobic and fitness experts recommend boxing training lessons for beginners. It allows you to workout on your desired pace and body condition. Boxing classes let you to push yourself to the limit as long as you are safe and well conditioned.

Positive results await you with boxing training. You will enjoy a physically fit body and will keep you in better shape. You have the option working out and exercising at your preferred level and skill. Enjoy the fun of these boxing training programs.

James Penn
http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/the-benefits-of-boxing-training-for-supreme-fitness-78600.html

Any additional training done for judo ought to be integrated into the judoka’s total training program and indeed his life. More does not always mean better in the context of physical and mental training.

The basis of the training process is stimulus (work done), adaptation (recovery) and improvement, but this is an oversimplification. An important concept anyone involved in sports training ought to understand is that of the General Adaptation Syndrome. This was a term coined by Dr. Hans Selye to describe the theory of biological stress. It offers a useful framework from which most training programs can be designed. Selye proposed a three-stage process which occurs when any living organism is placed in situations that alter its state of homeostasis, its normal physical, mental and emotional state. The stimulus he called a stressor and can take many forms. Any form of physical exertion from a five-mile run to a weight-training session is a stressor. But so too is an influenza bug, a mortgage or a bereavement.

In the case of exercise the stressor should have essentially positive results, the other stressors are more likely to be negative. However, what both stressors have in common is that they initially decrease the body’s capacity to cope with additional stressors. This stage is called the shock or initial alarm stage of GAS. This is followed by counter-shock or the resistance phase of GAS.

When the body has adapted to a given stressor its ability to cope with other stressors is improved too. This is termed cross-resistance and explains why a fit person recovers from an injury or illness quicker than an unfit person. However if multiple stressors, or high intensity stressors beyond the body’s ability to cope with are applied, counter-shock may not occur and deterioration into the third phase of GAS, which is exhaustion, may take place.

This is very easy to understand in terms of simple training overload – train too hard and you become exhausted and you must rest in order to recover. What people often fail to grasp, though is that as well as a specific response to stress, such as a muscle growing bigger and stronger as it adapts to being able to lift a heavier weight, there are non-specific responses to every stressor. Consequently when planning and analyzing training programs and workloads it is prudent to consider other stress factors in the judo player’s life.

Any number of things can adversely affect performance, but if overstress is suspected look for the following tell-tale signs: loss of appetite, weight loss, constant fatigue or ill-health, a succession of minor injuries, sleep disorders or even just a lack of interest in training. The quickest way to cure the problem, if it is a case of the exhaustion phase of adaptation, is to reduce the number of stressors and cut down on the training. In simple terms this can mean reducing the intensity and/or duration of your physical training, cutting back on overtime at work or even taking a holiday vacation.

Troy Macraft
http://www.articlesbase.com/sports-and-fitness-articles/Judo-training-overtraining-and-stress-710920.html

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