Sambo throws

I like these two sambo throws. They're not too complicated imho. The grip is from a whiizer or overhook on top of the arm which is do-able with gloves on. Plus since it doesn't involve any over the hip movements it will be legal a muay thai match.

Fedor seminar in Korea

Seminar held by Fedor and I think his brother showing Combat Sambo. I found it curious that some of the Judo blackbelts in the video seems unfamiliar with the arm shrug technique Fedor showed against the collar grip. I guess this is not used much in Judo?

Miku Matsumoto VS REINA (Lena) - SHOOT BOXING

Shootboxing match with Reina who just fought in K-1 Korea. So cute. The other girl is pretty cute too. Watch out at 5:52, the coach slaps Reina pretty hard imo. I feel like smacking him if I was her bf!

Su Jeong Lim; Korean Women Bantamweight Champion at Fairtex

Interview of Su Jeong Lim training at Fairtex. Her techniques are quite good! What a hottie.

K-1 MAX Korea: Lim Su Jeong vs Riena

Looks like K-1 is experimenting with women's matches now. While I believe in equal rights for women, I really don't enjoy seeing women beat each other up, especially when they're as cute as these two girls here. Riena is the Japanese fighter one in the shootboxing pants and outfit. The other fighter is Korean and who is originally a Olympian in Taekwondo iirc. She's been training in Sinbi gym in Thailand. I thought that Reina should have won it after three rounds. Oh well, hometown decisions...what can you do.

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Lamsongkram Chuwattana (THA) vs Goto Ryuji (JPN)

This is a match that I think is typical of biased Japanese judging which in honesty tend to occur more in K-1 than any other organisations in Japan. How can Lamsongkram not win? He controlled the match really welll, scoring with front kicks, body kicks and knees. Besides the occasional combos here and there I didn't think Goto really did anything other than keep coming forward to show aggressiveness. I like Goto too, I think he's one of the more colourful characters in Japanese kickboxing but the the judging here was bad.

Petrosyan vs Souwer

I didn't even know this match was going to take place! It's Showtime need to do more marketing. Anyway you guys should all know Souwer. Petrosyan may be an unknown to some of you guys since he's never fought in K-1 Max...yet. He's from Italy and is a fast rising star in the middleweight division. He has fought alot of big names. Two years ago he drew with Buakaw. He has wins over Naruepol, Marco Pique & Warren Stevelmans. I don't want to spoil the fight for you guys but my opinion is it could have gone either way.

Crazy RAMBA vs Yamaguchi Genki

Ramba at his classic Ramba fighting style. Vicious strikes and total offence. The Japanese fighter had no chance at all. I'm not sure why the video has the Japanese fighter is named Pionek in the video. At the end when the name is shown in Kanji, I read it as Yamaguchi Genki. If I'm wrong please correct me, thanks.

Saenchai Sor Khamsing VS Khem Sor Pleonjit

Great fight. I don't know anything about Khem Sor Leonjit but Saenchai is a Muay Thai superstar, known for his crazy technical skills, especially his cartwheel kick. Anyway check out the sweep throw at the end. Awesome...what a master!

Rambaa M-16

Ramba is probably one the most un-Thai Thai fighter you'll ever see in your life. By that I mean the Thais are usually conservative and humble in their emotional displays but Ramba is otally the opposite. He is like an energizer bunny! From his ring entrance, his antics in the ring, his fighting style and even post match displays. I've seen Ramba got KOed before, by another Thai fighter named Rambang iirc. It seems that they really hated each other from the way they fight, could it be because of the similarities in their first names?

Anyway this HL clip shows the Ramba at his crazy best. He has a wild wicked energetic fighting style. Each strike he throws seems ready to knock your head off or smash your legs in. He has the best low left roundhouse kick I've seen of any fighters so far! I've never seen anyone KO someone with leg kicks to the rear leg. Enjoy!

Sambo Biography

Great historical footage of sambo training, matches and matches against Japan. There is even footage of the reknown sambo coach David Rudman! It's all in Russian but worth a watch, especially for you grappling fans.

Sambo: How to Do a Georgia Combo in Sambo Martial Arts

I thought this is a really nice knee to throw combo. This will be useful in sanda. Hip throws are illegal in Muay Thai so its applications there is limited.

THE SMASH by Razor Ruddock

The Smash is the nickname given to a special punch developed by Donovan "Razor" Ruddock, Canadian Heavyweight boxing champion. Ruddock fought Tyson twice. He was controvesially stopped in Round 7 and took a decision lost in the second match. In the first match, the two fighters praised each other after the fight with Tyson saying "He Punches like a fucking kick from a mule", stating it was the hardest he'd ever been hit, something he still says to this day. The second match resulted in Ruddock received a broken jaw midway through the fight and tyson suffered a perforated eardrum. Tyson praised Ruddock as a great heavyweight saying 'Man this guy is tough, he'll be champion of the world one day if he stays dedicated and doesn't slip up'.

The smash is a punch that is a a mixture of both a hook and an uppercut. It starts out low and from the outside and tries to penetrate through and under the guard. The angle and motion must have been really hard for opponents to pick up. The extreme motion and whole body motion made it a devastatingly heavy punch that even Tyson praised.

Training Team Mr. Perfect - Three man drills

My coach calls this three man drills. This is when you're doing padwork with two students at the same time. Useful when you have a limited time and need to give two students some quality time of padwork. Obviously not as good as one on one padwork but it still has its place. I only ever see this in Holland and here in Aus so far with my coach. I never ever see this in Thailand which is not as surprise as they are full time gyms over there having the whole day to train. Unlike here and probably the same as in Holland where classes usually take place in the evening and nights, ie. limited number of coaches and time available. That;s Ernesto Hoost by the way holding the pads. What I wouldn't give to train once there...or anywhere in Holland.

Bad match-up!

My first ever kickboxing match was a total mismatch. I had 1 mma match (which was a total mismatch as well) up against a guy who was a pro shooto fighter who's fought in Japan. This was in shootboxing rules. To top it off I was self trained. When you're young you think you can do anything huh? The reason for this little trip down memory lane was the match below.

The match is from a HK promotion pitting a Ducth fighter against what looks like an established HK fighter. The Ducth fighter commented on the video that he only had 3 matches on his record and his opponent 20 fights already! In addition I don't think his three matches would have been in full muay thai rules. What a crazy match-up! I respect his guts for getting in there but that is one very bad match-up. What was his coach thinking? What was the promoter thinking? He could have been seriously hurt in there. I think he was lucky to came away with what he did.

So for you guys who are going to compete or already fighting, please when you want to get a match...don't get in way over your head. Consider your skills and experience objectively and your opponent's properly. It's not worth getting smashed for nothing. Most important thing is having a proper coach who will take care of matters like these for you. Don't be like me when I was young and think I can take on anyone.

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Nagashima in action

A video of Nagashima, recent K-1 Max Japan semi-finalist, in action in NJKF (Nihon Japan Kickboxing Federation). What a wild striker. He looks really awkward and exposed to me but his style works! Well so far anyway. I am really curious to see him up against the more accomplished K-1 Max stars like Souwer, Masato, Kyshenko to see how he fares.

Really stupid boxer can't get in the ring.

Never had a funny video posted before but if there should be a first one, this is it! Oh this really had me in tears!

Dekkers amature boxing

This is a rare clip! I didn't even know Ramon Dekkers fought amateur boxing. Abit strange he'd be doing amateu boxing in what seems Thailand? Anyone with more info please let me know.

K-1 Max Japan: Hayato vs Nagajima

One of the first matches in the K-1 Max Japan tournament. Hayato is a K-1 Max veteran who has always been just outside of the top 8 of the top K-1 Max fighters. Nagashima is making his K-1 Max debut. He is a champion from NJKF as mentioned in my previous post on the upcoming K-1 Max Japan. He's a big fan of anime/ manga and cosplay. Did you guys see his intros? Wow...only in Japan huh? :) What a wild brawling fighter! Very unorthodox. He is always moving and despite his awkward punches they do connect and they seemed hard. I later found out from a forum that his weird style is because his background is from Nihon Kenpo. Nihon means Japanese, Kenpo is Fist Technique. I'd like to see how his style fare against the more established fighters in K-1 Max. Very entertaining fighter that adds more spice and colour to K-1 Max.

K-1 Max Japan Final: Yuya Yamamoto vs Taishin Kohiruimaki

Final match of the K-1 Max Japan Final. Kohiruimakai Taishin used to be known as Kohiruimaki Takayuki iirc. I don't know why the name change. This could be a different pronunciation of the Kanji characters in his name. Japanese have several different pronunciations for Kanji characters that they use. I really detest this guy. His personality hasn't changed after all the smashing defeats he has. He seems to have improved his punching somewhat. He is still irritating and dirty in the way he fights, watch when he clinch especially. Masato was said to comment that he is still the same weak minded fighter that will stuff everything up when he should have easily win it...or something to that effect.

Yamamoto Yuya was supposed to be the next Masato afew years ago but have always performed well below of expectations in his K-1 matches. He really gave it his all in this event. He was in two gruelling matches before this final match and came in with alot of damage. I loved his never say die spirit though, inspiring.

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Sanda vs Muay Thai: Qin Wei Zhi vs Joseph Geri

Last match of the 2001 Sanda vs Muay Thai series that took place in Beijing. Alot of very underhanded favouritism by the Chinese officials. Near the end of Round 3 the ref even gave the Chinese fighter a rest!! LOL. I also thought a lot of the clinch break-ups were too early or unnecessary as they weren't really clinches. But the Chinese fighter was at a disadvantage so lucky the ref was Chinese too huh? :P I'm Chinese (who loves muay thai!) but I am very embarassed to see the conduct of China in this event. Open the youtube vid in a separate tab/ window and click on the username Yuxian09. There are more vids of the event available. Enjoy!

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