Welcome Ko! I remember you from T-mag about three years ago. It's good to see you here.
When you have a minute I'd love to hear more about what training at Team Quest is comprised of?
How has your experience in striking styles served you in your present school?
And finally, has anyone ever taken down Dan Henderson in training?
Team Quest had three basic classes, kickboxing, submission wrestling, and crosstraining. The first is self explanatory. the second was where you learned the ground game. Cross training was for learning the transition from standup to ground. They would cycle through basic techniques and finish every class with freestyle sparring/rolling. Once you learned the basics, you could start going to the more advanced classes. If you were good enough, you could start training with the big boys.
Most of my prior striking stuff needed some serious re-tooling. The threat of being taken down totally changes the ranges that you work in as well as how some punches/kicks are thrown.
As for Dan Henderson, I never saw him. I did get to roll with Randy a few times though. Great guy.
Sounds like fun Ko. Certainly should be a fantastic training environment!
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Most of my prior striking stuff needed some serious re-tooling. The threat of being taken down totally changes the ranges that you work in as well as how some punches/kicks are thrown.
Great point Ko. I had the same experience. Once back in Japan my karate teacher wanted us to get some cross-training in & so invited the neighboring Judo club to come spar. Pretty much everyone got taken down real quick without even landing a single good strike. The lesson was learned and we began implementing more takedown defense and related strategies into training.
Conversly a few years later it took some time for some guys in my Judo club to adjust to strikes coming at them.
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You have to get your asses out to my new gym. I'm gonna have kickboxing and MMA classes in there. Yay!
Grrrr...if you have boxing, then "maybe". Hehe :p That's my "stand up" fighting in me speaking up - still dig K-1 and boxing. Sigh.
But we are in the middle of talking about where to spend our next vacation. It was either Japan (again) or Venice, Italy. Now that you've brought this up, Massachusetts does seem so much more....exotic than those other places. Oh, I keed.
BTW, who's going to be coaching the kickboxing classes? Now, this is full-on contact kickboxing? Not that wimpy cardio kickboxing, eh?
Grrrr...if you have boxing, then "maybe". Hehe :p That's my "stand up" fighting in me speaking up - still dig K-1 and boxing. Sigh.
But we are in the middle of talking about where to spend our next vacation. It was either Japan (again) or Venice, Italy. Now that you've brought this up, Massachusetts does seem so much more....exotic than those other places. Oh, I keed.
BTW, who's going to be coaching the kickboxing classes? Now, this is full-on contact kickboxing? Not that wimpy cardio kickboxing, eh?
There will be now fake, hippie kickboxing. My old boss will be teaching it. He's boxed as well. We're also looking to get some of the local BJJ guys to get in there. We'll see.
I've been to Venice. It's a damn swamp. Boston on the other hand.
There will be now fake, hippie kickboxing. My old boss will be teaching it. He's boxed as well. We're also looking to get some of the local BJJ guys to get in there. We'll see.
I've been to Venice. It's a damn swamp. Boston on the other hand.
Ah, "fake, hippie kickboxing", complete with hemp-based accessories like, gloves and sweatbands? And women not shaving their legs? Cool. I'm so there.
Currently I am studying Wado Ryu Karate under Sensei Alex Wraith, who is under the direction of Masafumi Shiomitsu Sensei, currently teaching in England.
Yup...trained under Oliver Brunton originally, then Paul Whinnery and Danny Corr. Very bunkai orientated.
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Good stuff Gillian, interesting combination. Been bitten by the MMA bug? What brought you to JP's? Where you based?
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Oops, replied in a newer thread. 1st Dan Karate, 20 years ago, kickboxing / Mugendo in the meantime, just about to go to US so will give MMA a go, my ground game is severly lacking.
1980 to 1989: Wrestling- Western Boxing- Shaolin Kung Fu (Bruce Lockard) 1986 Silver Glove Champ 98lbs 1987 Silver Glove Champ 105lbs
89-92: Western Boxing- Attached to a Marine Corp Unit (Navy Corpsman, GO Devil Fish!)
92-95: Muy-Thai Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Carlson Gracie) 4-1 Record in MMA (underground events this was all pre weight division fights all tournament style ladder events)
1996:Rehabilitation Training (I broke my back and lost alot of motor functioning in my legs taking me out of the game for a while.)
1999 2003: Muy Thai KickBoxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (Flavio and Sylvio Behring) (I began training to fight again in some IFC events (International Fighting Council)
Late 2003: Fully Torn Right Groin Muscle (looked like I had a giant ball) 8 months of rehab.
Late 2004: Re-tore Right Groin Muscle (another 8 months of therapy here I come)
2004 to Present: Weight lifting (I retired from training I miss it fiercly but after talking to my wife I thought hanging up the gloves would be much better on my body.) I still hit the heavy bag but thats about it.
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Should your screen name not be "Lucky"? Feel for you man, but you should still have a huge feeling of accomplishment to comfort you in your retirement! Some good stuff in there.
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Should your screen name not be "Lucky"? Feel for you man, but you should still have a huge feeling of accomplishment to comfort you in your retirement! Some good stuff in there.
I take every day as the best day of my life. I really couldnt have done any of it without my wife supporting me. Lifting is good enough for me now although some friends want me to open up a shop and train fighters in our area.
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Hi guys
2 yrs in Muai Thai under Kru Jak Othman
Knife and blade fighting under the same Master.
Did karate and choi kuan do ( another version of TKD) when i was younger but hardly remember much.
Took a year off but going to start this dec again on Muai Thai and maybe knife fighting. I really want to fight in the ring, but I need more conditioning. If I do fight, ill surely tell everyone in this board!
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2 years Muay Thai
1 year Tae Kwon Do
1 year Wing Chun w/a little Pak Mei and Jeet Kune Do
6 months each Kali, BJJ, medieval swordsmanship
4 months each Judo, Fencing, Kendo
3 months boxing
Have been training since the 90's.
Jeet kune Do
Muay Thai
Shootwrestling
Kali
BJJ
I am a former MMA instr/gym owner
My main instr. is Erik Paulson and have trained with Dan Inosanto, Machado bros., Ken Shamrock
In '99 I started taekwon do, quite because studio closed, picked it up again, quit after 6months because I moved. Finally 2 years ago I picked it up again. I would be testing for a blackbelt now if it wasn't for an injury from sparring that put me on "vacation" for over 3 months and so I'm missing the test and having a hard time returning to the level I was before the injury. On the plus side it made me reevaluate myself and hopefully I can take the blackbelt test in the fall.
Thai Cuc Hiep Vo Mon KungFu
Grade: 1.dan
Club:Lillehammer KungFu Klubb
Started: January 1999
Main instructor: Anders Braaten 3.dan
Others:
Master Kai Øversveen 5.dan
Linda Øversveen 3.dan
Lars Martin Lindrupsen 3.dan
Ivar Øversveen 4.dan
Scandinavian Jeet Kune Do Federation
Grade: Instructor
Club:Molde Kampsport Senter
Started: January 2004
Main instructor: Sifu Leif T. Røbekk - Full instructor
Kali Sikaran
Grade: Phase 2
Club:Gjøvik Kali Sikaran Klubb
Started: August 2004
Main instructor: Madunong Guro Åge Thoen
National Taekwon-Do Norway
Grade: 8.gup
Molde Taekwon-Do Klubb
Started: September 2003
Main instructor: Sabumnim Ole Hosen 3.dan
Others:
Hans Petter Vikhagen 2.dan
Thor Hosen 1.dan
Seminars
17-18/4-04 - Kali Sikaran seminar - Lahong Guro Johan Skålberg
24-25/4-04 - Self defense seminar - Roy Rolstad
30/6-4/7-04 - Budocamp Risør
2-3/10-04 - Kali Sikaran seminar - Punong Guro Jeff Espinus
16-17/10-04 - Kali Sikaran seminar - Punong Guro Johan Skålberg
6-7/11-04 - Kali Illustrisimo seminar - Roy Harris
13-14/11-04 - Jeet Kune Do & Kali Sikaran seminar - Sifu Leif T. Røbekk & Kadua Guro Øystein Ljøsne
26-27/2-05 - Kali Sikaran seminar - Punong Guro Johan Skålberg - Ørsta
20-21/5-06 - Kali Sikaran seminar - Katalungan Guro Claes Johansson
18-24/6-06 - Kali Sikaran Viking Camp Johan Skålberg, Jeff Espinus, Claes Johansson, Hans Johansson, Marina Régner, Sandra Kojic m.fl
11-12/11-06 - Kali Sikaran seminar - Katalungan Guro Claes Johansson, Marina Regnér
8-10/11-06 - Kali Sikaran - Christmas Special
3-4/2-07 - Kali Sikaran seminar - Punong Guro Johan Skålberg
10-11/3-07 - Seminar with Richard Bustillo
Seminars Im going to attend this year
25-27 Mai 07 - Seminar i Tønsberg med Henning Hansen & Jeff Espinus
21-29/7-07 - IKAEF Summercamp
7-9/11-07 - Kali Sikaran - Christmas Special
Very new to the site but wanted to say hello and give my background.
I spent 8 years doing Shotokan with a mix of Aikido *which was an interesting blend for a balanced outlook on the traditional hard and soft*. From there I went to Emperado's method Kajukenbo for 2-3 years and after taking a break for the last year+ am getting off my butt and going back to the Kajukenbo school.
Nice to see a martial arts discussion board on a great fitness site, be well all
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