http://spartanmma.com Mixed Martial Arts & Submission Wrestling in South Dublin Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:00:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Introduction to simple guard attacks and how to string together threats. http://spartanmma.com/2008/11/15/basic-guard-attacks/ So, we had Stokes up to training on Tuesday night, and... Don't worry, Mick trained for the rest of the class after this little scare! http://spartanmma.com/2008/11/13/comedy-stokes-tries-to-end-micks-career/ 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 ... http://spartanmma.com/2008/11/01/simple-x-guard-sweeps/ In addition to the boxing videos posted two week's ago, here's the Agoge in full blown MMA mode. Killa Kirsty & Ciara Aaron & The Pitbull The Wizard vs The Rottweiler Cracka & Aaron Conor "Yellar" & Stephen Cracka & Killa Kirsty http://spartanmma.com/2008/10/29/agoge-mma-training/ Big Congratulations to Andy and Graeme for getting their new belts last Wednesday. Graeme tested for his Purple belt. Graeme's shown great skill and proficiency with the stand up since we've started doing more of it, and despite being a powerhouse of the club (Bill calls him a young Josh Barnett), ... http://spartanmma.com/2008/10/27/the-wizard-and-cracka-get-their-grades/ 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 ... http://spartanmma.com/2008/10/25/defence-against-the-tallaght-headlock/ Some rolling videos from during the week... Matt & Kev Bobby & Kev Bobby & Matt Matt & Mark Tommy & Mark Kev & Mark Adam & John Adam vs Lee http://spartanmma.com/2008/10/24/just-some-rolling/ 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 http://spartanmma.com/2008/10/24/october-bank-holiday-training/ 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: A few observations: He's very aggressive coming forward, though not that technical. He's really throwing shots to phase his opponent. Staying ... http://spartanmma.com/2008/10/22/matts-opponent-for-cage-of-truth-4/ 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! http://spartanmma.com/2008/10/21/bonus-technique-the-bonesaw/