Post by powerof0ne on Jan 22, 2012 22:31:32 GMT -5
Since this is kickboxing, not Muay Thai, no hiza geri I have been having Israel work a lot on his boxing.
After the fight, I will go in more detail but I'm very confident that this fight will turn out well .
Had Israel do 12 rounds at 3 minutes each of sparring after I did 5 rounds of combination specific pad work with him.
Since Israel is Mexican, and the two boxers I have helping out are Mexican I thought it would be rather funny to call the "secret" combinations we'll be using for his fight in Spanish . They all got a big kick out of it and at times I feel like I'm training a Mexican boxer with all the Spanish being spoken during these training sessions!
I'm doing this so we don't say what the majority of the kickboxing schools say here in WA state for certain combinations (1, 10* 1, 2 switch 10* High 10! Low 10! etc.) That way the opponent's corner is thrown off a bit when I yell out "Chorizo," "Lengua!," and so forth . Yes, I'll be saying the foods I have forbid Israel from eating for the past month for this fight as a reminder after the fight he can chow down on a lengua burrito LOL! (one of my favs too!)
Israel's opponent is a southpaw and I'm a natural southpaw which has came in handy preparing Israel for this because I know about all the tricks there are for a southpaw and have been getting Israel used to it. I won't say which specific counters and combinations I'm working on at the small threat that the opponent's camp somehow comes on this forum but like I said before, after the fight I'll go more in detail what combinations and training I'm having Israel do.
None of you that have been involved with kickboxing/MT/boxing/MMA training of fighters or being a fighter yourself might not be aware but it's a bit like playing chess in some ways. You hopefully have seen some fights of the opponent, study them, find what the weaknesses are and focus on certain techniques, counters, combinations to take advantage of this. You also must do a bunch of "road work" (running, springs, running stairs/hills, etc.) and work the cardio, pad work, rounds of sparring, etc.
The other piece of news I'd like to say is since Israel has only fought amateur I'll also have him fight "ring style" at the IKO-Matushima tournament in April and we're talking about partnering up to open up a commercial dojo in the Auburn/Federal way area. I would still have the PLU dojo but run that as more of a "sister" dojo and only teach there 1-2 times a week, myself and have my senior students do all the other teaching. Of course I'd run all the gradings and give them a lesson plan what I want them to be teaching. We're looking at also partnering up with a BJJ black belt that we've both been friends with for 10-12 years, and have trained with. This way I can have a dojo with kids Kyokushin/kickboxing/mma/BJJ and adults kyokushin/muay thai/mma/BJJ so everyone has a choice of what to do. There are many MMA schools now that cater to kids, but hardly any of them also have a more "traditional" martial art, too where I think we'll have an advantage.
Osu!
After the fight, I will go in more detail but I'm very confident that this fight will turn out well .
Had Israel do 12 rounds at 3 minutes each of sparring after I did 5 rounds of combination specific pad work with him.
Since Israel is Mexican, and the two boxers I have helping out are Mexican I thought it would be rather funny to call the "secret" combinations we'll be using for his fight in Spanish . They all got a big kick out of it and at times I feel like I'm training a Mexican boxer with all the Spanish being spoken during these training sessions!
I'm doing this so we don't say what the majority of the kickboxing schools say here in WA state for certain combinations (1, 10* 1, 2 switch 10* High 10! Low 10! etc.) That way the opponent's corner is thrown off a bit when I yell out "Chorizo," "Lengua!," and so forth . Yes, I'll be saying the foods I have forbid Israel from eating for the past month for this fight as a reminder after the fight he can chow down on a lengua burrito LOL! (one of my favs too!)
Israel's opponent is a southpaw and I'm a natural southpaw which has came in handy preparing Israel for this because I know about all the tricks there are for a southpaw and have been getting Israel used to it. I won't say which specific counters and combinations I'm working on at the small threat that the opponent's camp somehow comes on this forum but like I said before, after the fight I'll go more in detail what combinations and training I'm having Israel do.
None of you that have been involved with kickboxing/MT/boxing/MMA training of fighters or being a fighter yourself might not be aware but it's a bit like playing chess in some ways. You hopefully have seen some fights of the opponent, study them, find what the weaknesses are and focus on certain techniques, counters, combinations to take advantage of this. You also must do a bunch of "road work" (running, springs, running stairs/hills, etc.) and work the cardio, pad work, rounds of sparring, etc.
The other piece of news I'd like to say is since Israel has only fought amateur I'll also have him fight "ring style" at the IKO-Matushima tournament in April and we're talking about partnering up to open up a commercial dojo in the Auburn/Federal way area. I would still have the PLU dojo but run that as more of a "sister" dojo and only teach there 1-2 times a week, myself and have my senior students do all the other teaching. Of course I'd run all the gradings and give them a lesson plan what I want them to be teaching. We're looking at also partnering up with a BJJ black belt that we've both been friends with for 10-12 years, and have trained with. This way I can have a dojo with kids Kyokushin/kickboxing/mma/BJJ and adults kyokushin/muay thai/mma/BJJ so everyone has a choice of what to do. There are many MMA schools now that cater to kids, but hardly any of them also have a more "traditional" martial art, too where I think we'll have an advantage.
Osu!