The stress of being blocked, unblocked, blocked again, and unblocked again has been too much for this blog. Its javascript is not working anymore, which means the "read more" link doesn't work.
You can still access the full content of each post by clicking on its title, though.
The news comes a little late, as there are only 5 registrations left open, but Judo 10th dan Ichiro Abe will be holding a seminar in Beijing next month.
Here is the program:1- The base of Judo
a. Ukemi, clarification of the importance of Ukemi and improvement of Ukemi, Mae, Yoko, and Zempokaiten with obstacles.
b. Studying the techniques: Tsukuri and Kake
c. Training method of techniques
i. Tandoku-Renshyu with and without moving
ii. Two forms of Uchikomi, with and without moving
iii. Nagekomi ( throw) with movement
iv. Yakusoku-Geiko ( prearranged practice)
v. Kakari-Geiko ( one side attack)
vi. Randori – three ways to practice
1. With lower level
2. With same level
3. With higher level
2- Explanation of the techniques
a. Deashi-Harai
b. Osoto-Gari
c. O-Uchigari
d. Seoi-Nage
e. Harai-Goshi
3- Katame Waza ( techniques of control)
a. bases of Katame Waza
i. Shisei and how to move
ii. Tandoku-Renshu
iii. how to enter Ne-Waza
iv. how to defend
b. explanation of the techniques of Osae Waza
i. Kesa-Gatame group
ii. Shiho-Gatame group
4- Randori ( how to make Randori: three ways to practice randori)
a. Randori Nage-Waza
b. Randori Ne-Waza
The next Wohsai MMA (chinese link) event is scheduled for May 2nd. You can see pictures from one of their previous events here.
The event will include
Should be pretty cool. If you want to go, drop me an email and maybe we can go together.
I hate you !!! I hate you !! die ! die ! DIE !!!!!
Ok, so now blogger is unblocked again for no apparent purpose other than messing with my mind. As far as I can tell the chinese government hates me and hates MMA.
Why can't Hu Jintao be more like Putin ? Now that's a good example to follow. He might be an authoritarian despotic president that likes throwing people in jail for no good reasons, but he at least enjoys a good fight.
So please Mr Hu, show a little humanity and keep my blog unblocked !
I promise you I won't speak about f*l*n g*ng.
Let me take a minute to introduce my latest project: ShuaiJiao.tv. As the name indicates, it's a blog about shuai jiao (chinese traditional wrestling). Michael (the guy responsible for 90% of the shuai jiao material avaible on the web) is writing it and posting videos, and I'm taking care of the technical part and design.
The blog is still young, so we're open to any comments or ideas to improve it. Take a look and tell us what you think !
Personally I think it's pretty cool to bridge traditional Mongolian wrestling with modern MMA.
I know I haven't updated this blog very faithfully lately, but better late than never right ? Anyway we have a lot of activity here around Art of War, which is getting bigger with every event.
Art of War 5 took place last week. The up and coming fighters of the young Chinese MMA scene (such as Bao Ligao, Ao Hailin, Dai Shuanghai, Zhang Tiequan, and Zhao Zilong) all won their fights pretty easily. You can see videos of the fights on QQ.com, which is the biggest instant messaging software in China, and has a big portal site too (kind of like MSN). Art of War and QQ.com have signed a partnership so that he fights can reach QQ's huge audience:The agreement allows Tencent subsidiary, QQ.com, China's largest instant messenging software with over 570 million registered users, to conduct live broadcasts of Art of War™ events via IPTV
And what's more, the next Art of War event is already announced for May 26, 2007.
In unrelated news, there will also be an amateur MMA event organised by Wohsai in May, in which students from the Black Tiger Academy (my current academy) will be fighting. There will also be Shuai Jiao and Jujitsu demos. More info on that soon.
