The New Colours - (left to right) Ryan, Dana, Dallas, Me, Andrew, Kirk & Mike
Recently I awarded several students from my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team with their next belts in the ground fighting martial art. These guys looked great on the mats leading up to grading day and on the day of their testing as well. We really put them to the test and they all did awesome!
With a blue belt –the first belt after white– sometimes taking close to 2 years to earn, many people first find themselves setting a goal to one day earn their purple belt (1/2 way to black belt). I’m proud to say that in addition to the four blue belts that I awarded that day, two of my students received their purple belts on the grading day as well which is a huge achievement.
Congrats to the newest blue belts — Mike H. Dana D., Kirk S, Ryan H. — and to Dallas O. and Andrew B. on receiving their purples. Back to the mats to train hard for the next ones!
If you train at Joslin’s MMA and would like to confirm your spot, send me an email through the contact form or sign up at the gym.
We’ll be video taping the action so bring your “A” game guys.
Also I want to issue a quick warning that my son will be playing with us. I can’t seem to get him off “Call of Duty” and last time we played paintball he kicked my #*$!.
Today is the 10th wedding anniversary for my wife and I. Not an easy thing to be married to a fighter I’m guessing as I would often be training two or three times per day, six days a week in order to be ready for my pro fights.
So I wanted to thank her for being patient and helping me chase and accomplish my dream of fighting in the UFC. I could never had done it without her.
In celebration of our anniversary, I’m offering one of my video workshops, “The Body Shot” for 50% off for the next 48 hours only.
Here it is with a quick description…
The body shot is definitely my favourite punch to land in a fight. There’s no better feeling that scoring a fast, crisp punch to the body and seeing your opponent crumble to the ground a second later. Anyone who has boxed with skilled strikers before knows that punches hitting the body hurt more than the ones that smack against the head.
Many fighters shy away from working the body because they often get hit hard while trying to do so. They simple give up because they can’t seem to pull it off. This is often because they are not setting things up properly or sometimes because they are leaving their head on the line of fire while they are punching the body which is extremely dangerous. There is a ton of skill involved when throwing an effective punch to the midsection of your opponent. Mess up the mechanics of the attack and you end up wasting a great opportunity to really punish your opponent.
Recently, I shared many important details and techniques to a large group of students that came out to my “Body Shot” workshop.
I had them first learn the proper body and arm positioning necessary when throwing a body punch so that their hits would cause maximum damage and yet require very little effort to execute.
We then followed up with a few ways to disguise their entry into body punching position along with very important details on how to keep their face safe from harm on the way in.
Lastly, I taught the students several punches to follow up with after their body shot. It’s these second and third punches that will increase their chances of scoring a knockout in competition.
Here’s a vid from it…
To purchase this workshop at 1/2 price, only $14.95, and start dropping people with your body shots click on the button below.
I recently started a new album on facebook where people could share pictures of themselves wearing their Joslin T-shirts at various locations. In a short amount of time the response has been great there’s been some awesome photos posted.
Here’s a few of ‘em
Scarborough Beach in Perth, Western Australia.
Fenway Park, Boston
At Darien Lake
On the River!
Underwater in Barbados
at Niagara Falls
If you got a pic, just tag me in it on facebook and I’ll post it up!
To visit the actual facebook album page CLICK HERE
It doesn’t matter how old it is; in fact the older it is the cooler it is. Someone recently came into Joslin’s with a shirt from the 70’s that had my dad’s picture on the front throwing a kick. It was skin tight and so old school!
If you do have one, send me a pic with you wearing it and I’ll throw it up in our new facebook photo album called “The Joslin T-shirt – Sightings Around the World!”. Also, be sure to include a short description of where the pic was taken.
Will the upcoming EA Sports MMA video game be better than the UFC’s Undisputed 2010?
Obviously we’ll have to wait and see but I admit that I already like the fact that you don’t have to go nuts on the controller to escape and apply submissions. EA is saying it’s more of a timing thing which could end up being a pretty cool feature.
Watch the video below for some more info on the next mixed martial arts video game to hit the market.
Yesterday I traveled from Hamilton to Mississauga to spend the day at the first Xtreme Couture BJJ event.
The tournament ran very smoothly and I got the chance to referee some great battles on the mats. There’s a ton of strong competitors emerging from within the white and blue belt ranks which is great to see. It took me a match or two to get the mind warmed up to the task of reffing as it’s been probably 2 months since the last tourney but after that it was all good.
We had a crew of competitors at the event and two of our team members traveled to Barrie to compete in an competition that was being run on the same day. After all the action was done, we ended up taking home 3 golds and 3 Bronze medals. It’s great to see the guys rewarded for the hard work they put into their training to prepare for it all.
Many great tournaments coming up in the second half of 2010 including our annual event, the Joslin’s Canadian Open, which is being held on November 14th.
Just wanted to wish my fellow Canadians Happy Canada Day!
Have a great weekend and enjoy the day off today!
Canada Day Sale!
For today only I’m offering the “Sneaky attacks (No-Gi) Workshop” at 50% off it’s regular price
Only $14.95
Your going to absolutely love this video workshop!
In this 16 video NO-GI training series you’ll learn my most sneaky submissions and techniques including 3 ways to tap your opponent out in less than 3 seconds!
You also learn:
A slick way to escape the armlock
3 Single leg defensse that end with you getting a submission
The School Yard Bully choke
2 Sneaky wristlocks that are tough to defend!
A hold down that will make them tap out!
Surprise your opponent with attacks these sneaky attacks that they’ve never seen before…
Click the button below to purchase the video workshop at the special “Canada Day” price.
==> Canada Dale Sale is Over
Here’s a video from the workshop showing a jump triangle attack:
Fabricio Werdum beats Fedor at Strikeforce and shocks the world…
To me it looked like Fedor believed that he could never be caught in Werdum’s triangle or that he could easily escape it if he had to. He just kept punching and punching himself in and out of that dangerous position.
Werdum’s legs are so long that the triangle choke is the last place you want to fall into when fighting him. When I saw Werdum fully lock the choke I wasn’t surprised to see that Fedor was unable to escape. Fabricio’s a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt champ and a strong guy! I’m sure that for him triangle choking people is as natural as Fedor’s ability to punch people in the face.
Congrats to Werdum for pulling of a great submission! I look forward to watching the rematch.
Since starting my blog nearly 2 years ago I’ve had a ton on fun writing nearly 300 different posts; Instructional articles; posts discussing MMA events and news; video links; plus any other type of blog post I could think of.
Thanks everyone for visiting and motivating me to keep the content going.
I’ve put together a list of 10 of the most popular posts…
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