Mixed Martial Arts & Submission Wrestling in South Dublin
>The X-Guard is a variation on the butterfly guard, where you cross your ankles across your opponent’s knees (to create the ‘X’) and shit to the side as much as possible. This isn’t stressed enough in the following pictures and videos. (And yes, they are rubber duckies on my socks)
Like all sweeps, this one relies [...]
In addition to the boxing videos posted two week’s ago, here’s the Agoge in full blown MMA mode.
Killa Kirsty & Ciara
Big Congratulations to Andy and Graeme for getting their new belts last Wednesday.
Sorry to everyone! This was meant to come out on Monday, but didn’t for some reason. Enjoy!
Back in the days of yore, when I was a humble coach out in UCD (Okay, I was never humble but a coach out in UCD nonetheless) I used to start the year with this technique. I like it, [...]
Training will be on this weekend with Saturday as normal and Monday as follows
18:00-19:00 - Agoge/Clever Little Monkeys
19:00-20:00 - Spartan MMA
20:00-21:00 - CrossFit
Matt’s taking on Shane Bane for his second cage match on November 22nd in Cage of Truth. Shane fought Patrick Holohan in the last Cage of Truth - match up here:
So, for anyone who read and watched yesterday’s video and thought “Hmmm, sure you’ll get the guy down, but what if the headlock is still on?” Well that’s where the Bonesaw comes in to play. Here’s a video of how to properly put on use the bonesaw.
Enjoy!
Some Sparring vids from last night. I’ve found that uploading to Vimeo is faster, and gives us better quality.
Mick Vs John
Spartan MMA - Mick & John Sparring 30/09/2008 from Colm O'Reilly on Vimeo.
Following on from our single unerhook post, here’s some reliable takedowns from the single underhook/wrist control.
1. The Knee Tap
Here I have an underhook with my right arm on Rob, and am controlling his left wrist:
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