I’ve titled my blog and monthly column for Fighters Only ‘Notes from Ringside’ for obvious reasons. As you would expect, it’s where I spend quite a bit of time. Read more »
There are a few easy rules worth remembering if you’re going to take photos of fighters. They are as follows: Read more »
Jimmy asked me how I was doing with my photography last night at the Cage Warriors show. It’s something we always do between fights - chat shit and talk camera stuff.
“Getting any good shots mate?”
“Nope,” I said. “Fuck all.”
I wasn’t at the time, although things did get better later. The truth is that I was out of practice, and it took me a while to warm up again. Just like when you’ve had a lengthy period off the mat, it took some time for the cobwebs to disappear and for me to get into the rhythm of the fights. Read more »
Rolling, rolling, rolling
I learned something from one of Ross Enamait’s recent blogs: Don’t assume anything about your readers. If you think they read your blog and as such know everything about you / are part of the training community / know what you’re talking about, then you could be setting yourself up for a fall.
With that thought in mind, it’s probably a good time to set something straight. Read more »
Ed’s role is far greater than that of a simple handler and translator. As he explains in the interview, he is a former nightclub promoter-turned-manager who moved from looking after hip hop artists to fighters. Ed also set up Sinister Clothing, one of my personal favourite MMA brands. Yeah yeah, I’m not supposed to have favourites. Well when it comes to MMA clothing I don’t, because I can’t decide between Triumph United and Sinister. They both rock.
Anyway, Soares is one seriously hard-working individual. He is another of the characters in MMA I keep seeing (and writing about every month in the magazine), the self-created businessman who carved out a spot for himself with nothing more than a love for the sport and a shitload of determination. Kudos to him.
Rosi Sexton - friend, training partner and one of my writers over at Fighters Only magazine - has just started up a brand new blog. Check it out here
Rosi is one of the top 125lb female MMA fighters in the world, and is undefeated at that weight. She is also a student osteopath and qualified sports therapist, which is extremely handy as I haven’t had to pay for any kind of treatment since I’ve known her.
Many of you will know Rosi from the (in)famous leg break video during her fight with Windy Tomimi, however I can attest that Rosi is far better at treating injuries than inflicting them, although her skills in this area should not be discounted and I wouldn’t recommend you challenge her over them. If you disagree, check out her fights with Carina Damm and Dina Van Den Hooven for proof.
The first time I met someone who told me they did the workouts in the magazine, I was genuinely shocked. I don’t know why. I mean, they’re good stuff. The training advice we present is contemporary, functional and most of all, effective.
Still, when they told me they followed the workouts, I couldn’t help mask my surprise. I guess it was more that someone actually read them. It still weirds me out when people tell me about stuff they’ve read in the magazine. I’m like, ‘yeah, I know, I probably wrote it’. Read more »
