A Warrior's Thougts on the Martial Arts

So today's installment is dedicated to Gabriel's light contact fight at the WKF Austrian Open 2012. The out was fought under light contact rules in the -67,5kg youth division. Gabriel fought at a Shinergy[battle] before but in terms of kickboxing, this was his debut fight. Considering this fact and his relatively limited training time - Gabriel first came to my Dojo about 6 months ago with no prior martial arts experience -, I'd say his performance was outstanding. Now since I was warmup up for my own fight, I haven't had a chance to take the coach's role, so Chris worked the corner. From what I heard, Gabriel just implemented every single coaching instruction. Watching the video, I can absolutely believe that, too. Gabriel's opponent - who I believe was from Slovakia, while Andreas, another fighter from my team, keeps telling me he heard him talk in bosnian - obviously had some tournament experience. Also, he displayed more than solid technique. In terms of...

Finally got a hold of video that covers all fights of the Shinergy[battle] autumn cup '11. In the coming days, I'll post those videos, one at a time. Also, I'll give a short technical and tactical analysis for each of those fights. I'm totally aware it's always easy to sound smart when analyzing a fight, whereas it's a totally different game to actually fight. However, since I absolutely know what it's like to lose a fight (there's enough video footage here on this blog to prove that), I ask you not to see my commentary as criticism, but rather an attempt to offer advice. Without further ado, let's take a look at fight #1, Gabriel (Shinergy[stadlau]) VS Fabio (Shinergy[liesing]) The bout was under point/stop rules, so after each clear hit the fight was interrupted for a moment. Since I'm Gabriel's trainer and coach, I'll first take a look at his performance. When it comes to dominance and aggression, the fight definately goes to Gabriel. ...