I’m always surprised at the naming convention of this drill. Really it’s nothing to do with the striking, who is doing the sprawling and brawling. This drill is all about the grappler, who’s blocking and shooting. I guess “Not the Face!” isn’t as popular a name.
If I haven’t posted it before, I’ll say it here. [...]

Young Guns

Published in October 8th, 2008

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John vs Rich, both 17 and showing a lot of promise

Sprawl N Brawl Lite

Published in October 6th, 2008

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Sprawl N Brawl Lite is a new concept I’m working on.
The original concept of SNB is to get you mentally ready for fighting in a show. With Sprawl N Brawl, you have to keep fighting for the win, despite the fact that the odds are heavily, heavily stacked against you, and you’re getting a fresh [...]

Kevin Vs Daniel

Published in October 3rd, 2008

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Some old school training footage of Kevin Croke and Dan Ianelli during traing, with nice guard passing and recovery here
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Tribal Warfare - Rob

Published in September 24th, 2008

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Round One

Round Two

Tribal Warfare - Matthew

Published in September 22nd, 2008

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Matthew’s Fight from Tribal Warfare at the weekend.
Round One

Round Two

Best of Luck to Matt & Rob Tonight

Published in September 20th, 2008

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Matt & Rob “Kittensoft” take to Galway tonight to take part in Tribal Warfare 3.
Matthew:

James Heelan is the latest to emerge from Ger Healy’s school for Ninja’s: Ger has a habit of training fighters in secret, allowing promoters to make matches with these folk nobody has heard of, then they unleash their potential on the [...]