Adult Swim has a Bible-themed fighting game for your sacrilegious enjoyment. Eve has a snake strike, and can throw apples at her opponent. Moses calls a stampede of animals and can dump water on your head. So wrong, but so fun!
During a training session with a friend up in San Francisco he showed me the Thai method of hand wrapping. Basically it involves bunching up a length of wrap over your knuckles first, then wrapping around that part. It’s much faster to do and provides thicker knuckle protection. Here’s a video of how to do it from the guys at Daddis Training Centers in Philly. I’m going to start wrapping this way from now on.
This is like something out of a cheesy Hong Kong kung fu flick. Phra Kru Ba Neua Chai is a former Muay Thai champ with three losses in a 15-year career. Now he’s become an ordained monk who takes in abandoned children. He teaches them reading, writing, buddhist precepts, and Muay Thai out of his monastery in Thailand. Interestingly, he also studied law and was married before he went monk.
A lot of guys at our gym took part in the film as actors or as technical consultants. Also, look for an assortment of martial arts legends playing various roles in the film. Can’t wait!
I’ve been trying to practice this escape in training because most of my classmates do side control with both arms on the inside to block the hip escape. It’s a tricky one to figure out because it seems very counter-intuitive, but I think that’s also why it kinda works. Even if you don’t get him in full guard, chances are you’ll at least get half guard in a scramble.