Big congratz to the guys who picked up their new belts this week. Colm went for his yellow, The Pitbull his purple and Big Sean & Joey got their blues.
Colm, Big Sean, The Pitbull & Joey get their belts
Published in May 25th, 2008
Posted by Colm in The Agoge - Young Spartans
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Super Fun Team Tournie
Published in May 23rd, 2008
Posted by Colm in Spartan MMA - Training Talk
Best of luck to all the lads competing in Dave Jones‘ Super Fun Team Tournament tomorrow in Loughlinstown Leisure Centre.
The thread, including rules and directions, is here.
No Adult class tomorrow. Children’s class on at the normal time of 11am.
Scissors Sweep
Published in May 15th, 2008
Posted by Colm in Techniques
The scissors sweep is a pretty easy and simple sweep to learn and execute.
Like nearly all sweeps, they require forward motion by your partner. In this case, Dan is pushing towards the left of the photo.
In the “basic” version, I place my right hand on Dan’s head and pull him down. An underhook can [...]
The Batman
Published in May 15th, 2008
Posted by Colm in Spartan MMA - Training Talk
Tonight (Thursday, May 15th) and Saturday’s (May 17th) class will be taken by Ciaran “The Batman” Maher.
Please note that there will by no Agoge training on Saturday.
Minute Left Matches
Published in May 12th, 2008
Posted by Colm in Spartan MMA - Training Talk
A few days ago we did “Minute Left Matches”, with one partner starting in side control with only 60 seconds on the clock. We figured this was a good way to prepare for the urgency of competition matches.
Crazy Stee!
Here’s some of the matches. They’re in wmv format, and last about 1 minute. For best viewing, [...]
Ciara & Gav – Blue Belts!
Published in May 11th, 2008
Posted by Colm in The Agoge - Young Spartans
On Wednesday, Ciara & Gav stepped up to test for their blue belts.
Gav likes to be the entertainer in class, but that’s not to say he doesn’t step up to the mark and work hard, all he needs is a little push! He improved over the course of his matches, dug deep and pulled out [...]
New Belts this week
Published in May 5th, 2008
Posted by Colm in The Agoge - Young Spartans
Congratulations to all the Agoge who got their new belts this week
Andy – Purple Belt
Photos from the Cinema Trip
Published in May 3rd, 2008
Hope everybody had a great time at Ironman last night. It was nice to see you all there enjoying yourselves, and special kudos to Kirsty and Danny for rocking up the loudest Xtreme High-Five in the cinema!
Click each photo to enlarge
IRONMAN!
Published in May 2nd, 2008
Posted by Colm in The Agoge - Young Spartans
Reminder to everyone, Ironman tonight in UCI, Tallaght at 6pm.
Please be there for 5.30 in your Spartan MMA T-Shirt, there’ll be serious wedgies for those not wearing one
Ironman Trailer on Youtube
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