MMA
New year’s eve workout
Well yesterday the Lockdown guys got together and did a workout in really shit weather which was fun. The photo was taken after the workout and of course I blinked when it was taken – that’s me on the left – but oh well it’s a cool photo anyway. I found it really hard but […]
The journey of an MMA noob, week four
This week we had BJJ on Monday and Wednesday as always, then we had wrestling on Tuesday and no-gi BJJ on Thursday. Tuesday Wrestling on a Tuesday, brutal! I paired up with a really nice guy called George who has been training for a while, I always like training with the more experienced guys. He’s […]
The journey of an MMA noob, week two
This week was my first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu lesson (in the last 2 years) and my first wrestling lesson, as well as another muay thai (striking) class. Day one aftermath In the previous post I mentioned my finger got kicked, well it swelled up a lot and I could hardly move it. I waited a […]
The journey of an MMA noob, day one
This post is the first in a series I’ll be writing called The Journey of an MMA noob. I thought it could be fun to write about some of the experiences I’ve had while training MMA while these memories are so fresh in my mind. I’m writing this as a stream-of-consciousness; I want the reader […]