Lately there has been a war of words between Oscar De la Hoya and Dana White. These two promoters have big personalities and consequently may not appreciate it if the other comments on the way they do things and recently, the fight between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz kicked off an ill feeling.
Read MoreWhat determines a good day or a bad day at training? Is it caused by your day at work? An argument with your partner or how you slept? What you ate, or didn’t eat? What is the cause of a good or bad session? Since MMA comprises largely of three different disciplines, all of which can be practiced individually, it is easy to have a good or bad session within these disciplines which make up MMA.
Read MoreAt Lockdown, I always recommend that people train at other clubs and get perspectives from other trainers (in addition to Lockdown) as I believe it can only help them improve. If you train only with one coach, you tend to only get one perspective and no matter how good they are, it is still just one point of view. Training with others gives you another set of eyes, often a fresh set of eyes, different perspectives, opinions and approaches.
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