Archive for 'Martial Arts'

Ultimate Fighting Championship Season Finale

December 7th, 2009 – 9:01 am Posted by Joe Lawrence
Tagged as: MMA, Martial Arts

A season that I have criticized over and over again for boring fights really has turned that around in the past few weeks.  The season finale is no exception to this rule.  Spike TV aired the TUF finisher for free.  The fans got to experience why PPV viewers pay big bucks.
The first fight was between [...]

Rampage Jackson Announces Retirement

November 13th, 2009 – 9:16 am Posted by Joe Lawrence
Tagged as: MMA, Martial Arts

In late September, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson announced on his blog that he is going to retire from fighting.  This came after falling under much scrutiny from Dana White and after landing an acting job in a major movie role.  What does this mean for the fight against Rashad Evans?
To keep with the tradition of UFC’s [...]

Rashad Evans is a tool

October 23rd, 2009 – 9:05 am Posted by Joe Lawrence

I love watching MMA and most things involved with it.  This truly is going to be the next big sport, worldwide.  However, not every fighter is exciting to watch in the ring or even listen to them speak.  Rashad Evans is the ‘guy.’
In the ring, he has been beaten only once professionally.  I have watched [...]

The Ultimate Fighter Season 10

October 9th, 2009 – 9:04 am Posted by Joe Lawrence

The fall season has kicked off with many premiers.  The one I was looking forward to the most was the new season of the Ultimate Fighter.  A favorite fighter of mine is coaching, and there is a certain big name fighter making his UFC debut.
Season 10 is featuring heavy weight fighters, which usually are large [...]

Is That Even a Sport?

July 3rd, 2009 – 5:50 am Posted by Joe Lawrence

I have been told that golf, racing and (recently) MMA are not sports.  Have you ever had a similar argument with a friend over what actually makes an activity a sport?  It gets frustrating because for the most part it comes down to perspective.  I have done some looking into this and have come up with [...]

Reaction Equals Submission

May 19th, 2009 – 9:49 am Posted by Joe Lawrence
Tagged as: MMA, Martial Arts

“Ha ha, made you flinch.”  I used to hate when people would pretend to hit me and then say that.  What I didn’t realize is that they were teaching me a valuable lesson in life.  Not to react, rather to respond.
In my book, You Can’t Beat Me, I cover this concept.  I am going to [...]

Kick the Stress Out of Your Life

May 7th, 2009 – 6:02 am Posted by Joe Lawrence
Tagged as: Martial Arts

We are going through a tough time in our history.  The economy, a world-wide swine flu scare, wars on numerous fronts…you name it.  All of these things increase our stress levels big time.  However, before we turn to the bottle, martials arts may be able to help.
Martial art students learn self-control and discipline, and they get [...]

Choosing a Martial Arts School

April 14th, 2009 – 10:00 am Posted by Joe Lawrence

There are many key factors and choices to make when deciding what martial arts school to attend.  There are many different arts to choose from, such as Judo, Aikido or Taekwondo.  Then within each art there are traditional and modern schools.  Finally, out of those schools there are harder or softer disciplines.
There are many established [...]

Parkour – The Art of Movement

April 7th, 2009 – 10:35 am Posted by Joe Lawrence

Ever wonder when people would start moving from place to place like Spiderman?  Think it is fake how martial artists run up the sides of buildings in the movies?  They may be engaging in a very quickly growing art called Parkour.
This French art has been called Parkour, and the practitioners are called traceurs.  The movements [...]

One If by Land, Two If by Sea

March 31st, 2009 – 10:24 am Posted by Joe Lawrence
Tagged as: MMA, Martial Arts

In 1775, Paul Revere let the colonials know that the British were coming.  It marked the beginning of our fight for freedom.  Now we have another fight ahead of us.  The UK and USA face off once again in the realm of MMA.
The new season of The Ultimate Fighter will begin April first.  This year [...]