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MasterKiller
06-12-2009, 11:57 PM
My student won the 125-lb Extreme Fight League belt in Tulsa tonight. He fought five brutal five-minute rounds and came out with the hard-earned decision.

I have a couple of other coaches that help me run my club and fill the gaps in my knowledge base. We are nowhere near the level of the bigger schools in this state (I don't even have my own building), and the XFL is a relatively small production, but this is a big victory for us and a win for Chinese martial arts in general.

I don't teach forms. I don't teach weapons. But the San Da format we use to train stand-up incorporates a lot of CMA strikes, takedowns, and throws.

I'd also like to thank LKFMDC and his crew, especially Tim O'Conner's conditioning instruction, for showing me how to properly train and helping me put together a functional program. Their knowledge and continuing support has really been very helpful and most appreciated.

Now, I'm going to go get drunk and touch my wife in naughty places.:p
uki
06-13-2009, 02:10 AM
so ummm... does he win a trophy? :p
Mr Punch
06-13-2009, 02:33 AM
My student won the 125-lb Extreme Fight League belt in Tulsa tonight.125 lbs? I didn't know people came in that size. Congrats though, I've heard midget wrestling can be tough.


Now, I'm going to go get drunk and touch my wife in naughty places.:p
Not gonna grope her in the phone box again are you?! :eek:
MasterKiller
06-13-2009, 05:26 AM
125 lbs? I didn't know people came in that size. Congrats though, I've heard midget wrestling can be tough. : He cut from 142 to make this weight.:rolleyes:
MasterKiller
06-13-2009, 05:40 AM
A belt, my brother! A shiny new belt!
David Jamieson
06-13-2009, 06:52 AM
hey congrats man. and congrats to the fighter.
Mas Judt
06-13-2009, 07:00 AM
Good job.

Now get back to work.
SIFU RON
06-13-2009, 06:34 PM
congratulations , my best to U :)
MightyB
06-13-2009, 06:50 PM
now take some time off and play some bball ;)
yu shan
06-13-2009, 07:10 PM
Props to you MK and your student. Pretty good cut from 142 to 125, I know this pain though went thru it when I wrestled. Now on to the fun stuff eh! ;)
Pork Chop
06-13-2009, 08:08 PM
congrats man! that's awesome! :)
WinterPalm
06-13-2009, 08:35 PM
Right on! That's awesome.
LKFMDC's San Da material is excellent stuff indeed.
Baqualin
06-13-2009, 10:32 PM
Awesome...congrats....tip another one on me!!!!
BQ
Lucas
06-15-2009, 10:34 AM
grats to you and your fighter.

any vid?
brothernumber9
06-15-2009, 10:39 AM
what was his weight at fight time?
MasterKiller
06-15-2009, 10:41 AM
what was his weight at fight time?

Weighed in at 125 the night before. Fought around 132 or 133.
sanjuro_ronin
06-15-2009, 11:12 AM
He cut from 142 to make this weight.:rolleyes:

While I have never been a fan or advocate of that, congrats dude.
Lucas
06-15-2009, 03:35 PM
grats to you and your fighter.

any vid?

im guessing no?
TenTigers
06-15-2009, 03:54 PM
Great Job!
So what changes have you made in your training methods since training with Tim O'Connor? What did you do before, and what are you doing now?
MasterKiller
06-16-2009, 06:13 AM
Great Job!
So what changes have you made in your training methods since training with Tim O'Connor? What did you do before, and what are you doing now?

Tim is LKFMDC's conditioning coach. I use his warm-ups and conditioning drills in class. Nothing earth shattering or new, but he showed us how to incoporate the conditioning drills into a combat-sport environment, utilizing equipment like kettlebells and sand bags.

Of course, someone here is going to say "I've been doing that in my kung fu class for 27 years." So, before you type it, my reply is "So the f@ck what."
lkfmdc
06-16-2009, 07:32 AM
Tim is LKFMDC's conditioning coach. I use his warm-ups and conditioning drills in class. Nothing earth shattering or new, but he showed us how to incoporate the conditioning drills into a combat-sport environment, utilizing equipment like kettlebells and sand bags.

Of course, someone here is going to say "I've been doing that in my kung fu class for 27 years." So, before you type it, my reply is "So the f@ck what."

I personally think Tim's brilliance is in two areas

1) finding existing exercises in things like yoga, etc and arranging them into sport specific routines relevant to what we do (ie fight)

and

2) taking existing protocals (like Tabata) and breating sport specific routines

Tim has been really busy with real life lately, but his stuff lives on everyday in the classes