Who Won

You decide who wins this barking competition: BlackJack de Los Reyes or Hector Perez.  It’s pretty close-Jd

Congrats Neil Bishop

Congratulations to our Canadian Light Contact competitor, Neil Bishop who took the gold in his division.  You really represented the Canadians well!  Jd

Congrats to Russia!

Just wanted to give a shout out to Ilyna and my Russian counterpart, Coach Sergei for winning the gold in her division.  I appreciate the invitation to Moscow and I will definitely consider the offer to come and train.  Thanks guys and great work Russia! Ilyna you are a great athlete, good luck in the future.  Jd

The 3rd Day at the WAKO ProAms

Sorry guys, I had this ready for you guys yeterday, but the internet is screwy here.  Ok the morning started off really well.  Jermaine Haughton stopped his opponent with a beautiful overhand in the 2nd round.  Paolo Dultra unfortunately lost a decision to a very tough opponent from Azerbaijan.  His opponent had 60 fights!  This was Paolo’s 8th or 9th fight.  Sylwester Organka went on to the quarter finals beating his opponent from Turkey with a decision.  Adam Henson went on to beat his opponent from Greece with a decision.  And Chris da Costa finished our morning with a lose to Portugal via decision.  Jermaine, Sly and Adam would have to fight again in the afternoon!

In the afternoon we had a rough go.  Jackie Walters lost a decision to Croatia.  Christine Hackbert lost a decision to Italy.  Jermaine Haughton lost a decision to Serbia.  Adam lost a decision to Macedonia and unfortunately my friend and student Sly lost a decision to a very tough opponent from Bulgaria.  Even though we had these loses, I am very proud of the Canadian Team as they have fought the best.  Between Roger and I, we both managed 10 fights!

Tomorrow we have Joel Hollands in the quarter finals, K1 style, James Coomber fights for the 1st time in K1 style, and Neil fights in the finals in light contact.  Two more days and we are coming home.  Even though the natives have been hospitable, I can tell that my boys miss their homes.  I will be bringing them back to Kombat soon!  Jd

The Austrian Opening Ceremonies

Getting ready to travel to the event involved a lot of stuff: packing gear, checking on my guys and packing toilet paper.  This is essential.  When we got to the event I was impressed with the layout of the 3 rings and the 3 tatami mats.  Over 50 countries were represented with over 600 athletes registered.  I included a short video of the Opening Ceremonies.

Ok here are the results so far.  And please bear with me as I may have some incomplete info.

Max was the 1^st to fight, representing Canada and the Kombat Arts.  Listen to the drama.  Max was winning his fight, as per the scores indicated on the NEW computer scoring system and the supporting crowd.  Than at the beginning of the 3^rd round, the computer shuts down!  After a few adjustments the computer got turned back on.  We did not notice that the score had been changed.  At the end of the fight we were all surprised to see the opposing corner with their hands up.  Max’s opponent had won?!  Through a computer default, Max’s opponent had won.  I am sorry to say that as a coach I took a little bit too long to contest it.  This is another drama story.  As a result Max was eliminated.  I truly believe that Max won that fight.  To me Max, you have made me very proud and I am sorry that I could not be more convincing to the Officials.

Joel Holland fought next, representing Renegade/ Kombat, and he beat his opponent from Italy via decision.  Joel will go into the final 8 tomorrow!

Darryl Ireland, Ricardo Smith and Marcel Villeneauva all lost their matches.  Canada comes out with 2 wins (one K1 and one light contact match), as we enter tomorrow with 11 athletes competing.  Lets wish Team Canada good luck, especially Joel Hollands, Paolo Dultra and Sylwester Organka!  Jd

PS, Max you won that fight

Keeping Sharp for Austria

Ok, to keep the edge on the guys and to reduce the tension, we ran a second training session.  These guys are looking sharp.  Tomorrow we go to WAR!-Jd

Check Out Our Rooms!!!

Ok, I’m not really bored here, but I had to video tape our rooms.  Between meetings, training, babysitting, touring, my personal workouts, meditating, reading and drawing, I’m quite busy.  On top of all of this, I think I’m getting SICK!!  Sucks!!  Well watch and enjoy

BJJ Arm Bar From The Guard

Check This Out….

A video from Lee about Roy Jones Jr…. arguably the most dominant boxer of all time.

Bridging For MMA