Wing Woo Gar
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Yikes. Scared me regardless of how you got that name.
Tyson vs Paul
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This can go with the That Person thread, but it fits here, too.
We had a good interview process in place to find out why a student joined.
There was a lengthy application to be filled out with questions concerning just that. Then you trained a month for free to see if you liked it. If you really needed a second one you’d usually get that too.
You had to watch a lot of classes, watch a lot of hard training and sparring, boxing and kickboxing. There were a few students over the years that didn’t want to spar, but that was okay, you were still treated the same, you just couldn’t advance in rank.
When you have a large class of people of varying abilities it can be difficult to insure them the best workout in class if you don’t prepare a lesson plan for that eventuality.
All dojos are different, but in ours you weren’t going home with a dry gi. Nope, not happening. Even beginners had to work their butts off by at least the end of the second week. You knew that going in and saw it in the classes you had to watch.
First punch you learned were the jabs we learned in boxing. (plural used intentionally)
A flick jab measuring distance, a double jab - advancing more on the second, a stiff arm jab (used to intercept and stop their advance if their guard was open) a fake jab to catch their eye and change your footwork, a flick jab that was part back-fist (think early Ali.)
Then…. what are you combining that jab with?
So let’s say you have a class of students with varying degrees of physicality and reasons for being there. You drill them up and down the floor throwing whatever jab they’re capable of properly throwing. You correct and encourage as they go.
Advanced students, if there’s some in that class, have the green light to pick which jab or jab combination they want to throw, or all of them if they want to.
You walk around the class with your assistants if you have them, taking a stance in front of each student and allow them to use you as a target. If they hit you, good for them. But that’s not usually going to happen.
It’s your count they’re moving on, they’re throwing what you tell them to throw, when you stand in front of them you’re setting the distance, and you have your guard up.
If you end up blocking a jab with your face YOU weren’t paying attention.
Sometimes we do that same class a different way. Instead of calling it a jab drill we would call it an “advancing technique drill.”
Some would be throwing a jab, some a sliding up front foot roundhouse, some a foot sweep, some a leg kick or a leg check.
Halfway through class, or maybe the next day, you pair them off and let them do one or two step strikes at each other. (The ones that you just worked on.)
Mouthpieces in, headgear if they wanted it.
Everyone was expected to have a mouthpiece available in every class. Just like you’re expected to have your driving license on you when you’re driving a car. You were also expected to be wearing a cup.
If you forgot, hey, it happens, you’ll just do pushups for the remainder of the class. If you want to do just pushups just forget your mouthpiece. (We also sold them at the dojo, they cost a buck.)
We were fortunate to a have a good, old fashioned boxing gym across the square from us for the first five years of our careers.
Marvin Hagler used to stop in once in a while when he was coming up on his way to the title. He’d go one round with everyone, working only on his defense. It was like boxing with a ghost. He could move. Freddy Roach trained full time there as a kid. His whole family did. Really nice people.
We’d workout on our own in the morning, go to the boxing gym for a couple hours in early afternoon, walk across the square and be in the dojo at four o’clock. Life was good.
I’ll tell you a great story about Marvin Hagler and Howard Cosell.
Hagler first fought for the middleweight title against champion Vito Antuofermo.
It was declared a draw so Antuofermo retained the title.
A bunch of my buddies went to Vegas for the fight. When it was over the boys were in an elevator. Howard Cosell gets on. He only goes two floors and is getting off.
As he does, my buddy Al says, “I might not know anything about boxing but Hagler won that fight.”
Cosell stops, turns and points to Al. And in that distinct Cosell voice says, “You are one hundred percent correct. You don’t know anything about boxing.” As the door closes in Al’s face.
We busted his chops about that for at least ten years.
We had a good interview process in place to find out why a student joined.
There was a lengthy application to be filled out with questions concerning just that. Then you trained a month for free to see if you liked it. If you really needed a second one you’d usually get that too.
You had to watch a lot of classes, watch a lot of hard training and sparring, boxing and kickboxing. There were a few students over the years that didn’t want to spar, but that was okay, you were still treated the same, you just couldn’t advance in rank.
When you have a large class of people of varying abilities it can be difficult to insure them the best workout in class if you don’t prepare a lesson plan for that eventuality.
All dojos are different, but in ours you weren’t going home with a dry gi. Nope, not happening. Even beginners had to work their butts off by at least the end of the second week. You knew that going in and saw it in the classes you had to watch.
First punch you learned were the jabs we learned in boxing. (plural used intentionally)
A flick jab measuring distance, a double jab - advancing more on the second, a stiff arm jab (used to intercept and stop their advance if their guard was open) a fake jab to catch their eye and change your footwork, a flick jab that was part back-fist (think early Ali.)
Then…. what are you combining that jab with?
So let’s say you have a class of students with varying degrees of physicality and reasons for being there. You drill them up and down the floor throwing whatever jab they’re capable of properly throwing. You correct and encourage as they go.
Advanced students, if there’s some in that class, have the green light to pick which jab or jab combination they want to throw, or all of them if they want to.
You walk around the class with your assistants if you have them, taking a stance in front of each student and allow them to use you as a target. If they hit you, good for them. But that’s not usually going to happen.
It’s your count they’re moving on, they’re throwing what you tell them to throw, when you stand in front of them you’re setting the distance, and you have your guard up.
If you end up blocking a jab with your face YOU weren’t paying attention.
Sometimes we do that same class a different way. Instead of calling it a jab drill we would call it an “advancing technique drill.”
Some would be throwing a jab, some a sliding up front foot roundhouse, some a foot sweep, some a leg kick or a leg check.
Halfway through class, or maybe the next day, you pair them off and let them do one or two step strikes at each other. (The ones that you just worked on.)
Mouthpieces in, headgear if they wanted it.
Everyone was expected to have a mouthpiece available in every class. Just like you’re expected to have your driving license on you when you’re driving a car. You were also expected to be wearing a cup.
If you forgot, hey, it happens, you’ll just do pushups for the remainder of the class. If you want to do just pushups just forget your mouthpiece. (We also sold them at the dojo, they cost a buck.)
We were fortunate to a have a good, old fashioned boxing gym across the square from us for the first five years of our careers.
Marvin Hagler used to stop in once in a while when he was coming up on his way to the title. He’d go one round with everyone, working only on his defense. It was like boxing with a ghost. He could move. Freddy Roach trained full time there as a kid. His whole family did. Really nice people.
We’d workout on our own in the morning, go to the boxing gym for a couple hours in early afternoon, walk across the square and be in the dojo at four o’clock. Life was good.
I’ll tell you a great story about Marvin Hagler and Howard Cosell.
Hagler first fought for the middleweight title against champion Vito Antuofermo.
It was declared a draw so Antuofermo retained the title.
A bunch of my buddies went to Vegas for the fight. When it was over the boys were in an elevator. Howard Cosell gets on. He only goes two floors and is getting off.
As he does, my buddy Al says, “I might not know anything about boxing but Hagler won that fight.”
Cosell stops, turns and points to Al. And in that distinct Cosell voice says, “You are one hundred percent correct. You don’t know anything about boxing.” As the door closes in Al’s face.
We busted his chops about that for at least ten years.
The overall public opinion will determine whether Jake Paul's business model continues to succeed, not any one opinion.
I agree with Roy Jones Jr. that Jake's ability to raise money for women's boxing, Tyson, etc., is "a beautiful thing."
In rounds 1 and 2, Tyson pursues Jake and cuts off the ring. Throughout the fight, Mike continues to move well and is in good condition. However, Mike doesn't throw many punches despite being down on the cards.
Sylvester Stallone says Mike Tyson gave 'one of the great Oscar-winning performances' in Jake Paul fight
The 'Rocky' star seems to believe Tyson pulled some punches against Paul
www.cbssports.com
"Sylvester Stallone says Mike Tyson gave 'one of the great Oscar-winning performances' in Jake Paul fight:"
He’s like a tiger in the last moment of a kill!
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I think it will. I know when I sat down to watch, I saw how everything looked, and I said to myself "This is how boxing should be." The lights and the setup help create the environment. Unfortunately, the only way it's going to be big like that is if the boxers get into social media and interact with the fans. Allow the boxer to build their fan base via social media. That's going to be a must. They gotta stay engaged with their fans even if a match isn't coming up.
I wish I had a social media personality because I would have used it to help promote the kung fu school that I taught at. But then again we weren't the norm for kung fu schools. But I'm hoping I can open a Jow Ga school in the future and hopefully I'll be able to take advantage of social media as well. It would be nice to see Martial Talk go that way as well. Hint, Hint. Wink Wink. lol.
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I'm still getting chuckles off that name. That would make a great Call of Duty tag.
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My friends and I had the very opposite thought! We felt it was childish with the daft car, the build up and wait. We favoured Tyson’s walk on and into the ring with minimal fuss; very dignified. In Britain sporting event tend to be understated. Walk on, sing the national anthem and get on with the action. That, after all is what people have come to see.
It’d end up with insults, bad language and death threats. No big sports person would engage with people in that way if they had any sense.
Best of luck.
<Shudder> The martial arts are about humility, dignity, and erudition and what you describe is, in my opinion, contrary to that spirit. Advertising is fine but social media is something else with a slight faecal smell.
Wing Woo Gar
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What a great post!
Wing Woo Gar
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My favorite COD handle was Lego my Yayo.
Wing Woo Gar
Senior Master
Is that what that is? I’ve been wondering for 2 years.My friends and I had the very opposite thought! We felt it was childish with the daft car, the build up and wait. We favoured Tyson’s walk on and into the ring with minimal fuss; very dignified. In Britain sporting event tend to be understated. Walk on, sing the national anthem and get on with the action. That, after all is what people have come to see.
It’d end up with insults, bad language and death threats. No big sports person would engage with people in that way if they had any sense.
Best of luck.
<Shudder> The martial arts are about humility, dignity, and erudition and what you describe is, in my opinion, contrary to that spirit. Advertising is fine but social media is something else with a slight faecal smell.
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I'm not talking about the car lol That was stupid. I'm talking about everything before that. I'm talking about what you saw before anyone came out to fight.
This stuff Like when you look at the set up and how they set up the environment to get people pumped up.
But it shouldn't be just for big names. It should be done in a way that people have a good time even if the fight isn't the best.
On a different note it looks like Netflix is getting sued.
"Netflix is facing a class action lawsuit over the streaming issues during the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight. The lawsuit, filed by a Florida man named Ronald "Blue" Denton, accuses Netflix of breach of contract and deceptive trade practices due to the numerous streaming glitches and buffering issues that plagued the event246.
Many viewers experienced significant problems with the livestream, leading to widespread frustration and disappointment. The lawsuit claims that Netflix was unprepared for the high volume of viewers and failed to provide a stable streaming experience."
Netflix will win that battle.
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All due respect, Stallone has never been a boxer and has only played at boxing. So his opinion is barely above those people who only watch a match here or there but write essays and post reaction videos on YouTube.The overall public opinion will determine whether Jake Paul's business model continues to succeed, not any one opinion.
I agree with Roy Jones Jr. that Jake's ability to raise money for women's boxing, Tyson, etc., is "a beautiful thing."
In rounds 1 and 2, Tyson pursues Jake and cuts off the ring. Throughout the fight, Mike continues to move well and is in good condition. However, Mike doesn't throw many punches despite being down on the cards.
Sylvester Stallone says Mike Tyson gave 'one of the great Oscar-winning performances' in Jake Paul fight
The 'Rocky' star seems to believe Tyson pulled some punches against Paul
"Sylvester Stallone says Mike Tyson gave 'one of the great Oscar-winning performances' in Jake Paul fight:"
Stallone's also a politics junkie and steroid addict. Last I heard he was busy posting conspiracy theories, that is as only two weeks ago.
The few times he's actually messed with boxers was to "taste the rainbow" as we sometimes call it in the gym (slang for tasting your own blood). He didn't like it one but, but he went on to make some of the most unrealistic boxing movies in history (basically, every Rocky movie).
Now you want to see an actor who took his boxing education seriously? There have been a couple (Russell Crowe, Daniel Day Lewis) but this guy...
Jake Gyllenhaal gained 15Ibs of muscle to play boxer and is ripped again for UFC role
Jake Gyllenhaal impressed many when he showed off his ripped physique and MMA skills while filming scenes for a new movie at UFC 285. The Hollywood actor will star in a remake of Patrick Swayze’s 1…
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