If you are a football fan and/or a Mixed Martial Arts fan you’d have to be living underneath a rock not too know who Herschel Walker is. Herschel Walker needs no introduction, but I’ll give him one. He is probably one of the best college football players to ever grace the gridiron. He toted the pigskin like nobody’s business for the University of Georgia and earned the Heisman Trophy in 1982. He has played in the National Football League and went to the Olympics in 1992 for the sport of bobsledding. He is absolutely amazing.
In the recent past Herschel has decided to dabble in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. He has been training and has taken the sport seriously and was signed by the organization Strikeforce.
Now here’s where the waters get cognitively muddied.
Some people on public forums and in the social media have chosen to say a couple of things.
The first thing that they have chosen to do is to compare Strikeforce with UFC. Well, it is an apple and oranges comparison. Strikeforce is NOT the UFC and the UFC is NOT Strikeforce. They are both in the Mixed Martial Arts and Sports Entertainment business and they have similar products but not the same products.
Comparing one set of fighters to another set of fighters makes no sense. It’s like comparing the fighters from PRIDE to those from the UFC. The rules are different, the landscape is different and the fighters are different. It is just a nonsensical argument. It’s like saying Chocolate is better than Vanilla. Well that all depends on if you like Chocolate or Vanilla (especially with the new addition of the Heavyweight division in Strikeforce).
Then I hear people say that Herschel Walker has taken a television slot for a more well-deserving Mixed Martial Arts fighter. I won’t get into that argument, but will say this – NOBODY IS GUARANTEED ANY SPOT. The one that Herschel Walker has is HIS spot.
Now Let’s Get To The Meat-n-Potatoes Of This Discussion
Is Herschel Walker Good For MMA?
Yes!
Believe it or not, as someone who is close to the age of 50 years old, Herschel Walker is in some phenomenal shape. He is not in MMA to be the next Light Heavyweight Champion. He is there to grow the sport and show people that the sport of Mixed Martial Arts is for everyone and can be done at any age. You don’t have to do it at the intensity that Herschel is doing it but you can do it. If you love the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, stop saying things like, “They need to throw Herschel Walker to the wolves.” Herschel Walker is an ambassador for the sport and quite frankly Strikeforce is doing a wonderful job at catering to the over 40 MMA demographic who actually have money to spend and remember Herschel playing football and quite honestly, who are probably overweight and out of shape.
In my opinion Strikeforce and Herschel should design a MMA Fitness DVD or Workout for the Over 40 Crowd. It would sell like hotcakes and could be cross promoted during his fights. A win-win for everybody.
Herschel Walker is an MMA “feel-good” story. It is not a stunt or an act. He’s training seriously. It is a possibility for you to see a fighter develop right in front of your face. Is he the best? NO! But we don’t watch the sport to see the best. If that was the case, we’d only watch championship fights. We watch fights for two reasons: 1) we want to see a good fight and/or 2) we want to watch who is fighting.
Period.
And when it comes to Herschel Walker.
The world wants to see him in the cage. I know I do.
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Lessons Learned From Venus Williams
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A couple of days ago, I recorded a very powerful
video concerning “Encouragement and Support”.
If you didn’t see it, I would highly encourage you
to go here
I had soooo many positive emails about that video
that I had to follow up with another one that really
struck a chord with me. I recently watched Venus
Williams in the 2011 Australian Open in the sport
of Tennis and she was injured and had to pull out of
her 3rd round match. I was shocked and surprised
when I hear people “boooo” her as she left the court.
I was inspired to shoot this video.
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YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS
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Rhadi Ferguson, Ph.D. CSCS 2004
Olympian 4-Time National Judo Champion
Master Trainer, Educator and Coach http://www.ChumpRepellent.com/
P.S. One of the major keys to being successful in sport is to eliminate the “gaps” and “holes” in your preparation process that you just wouldn’t see until the fight was over. I’m telling you right now getting your hands on Chump Repellent >>>http://www.ChumpRepellent.com/ is one of the best things that you can do for your personal productivity this year. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about parenting, fighting, training, coaching, working or running a business. Your personal productivity will skyrocket once you find out how to reduce the Chumps out of your life, how to repel them like the plague and how to eliminate the chump moments AFTER being able to clearly recognize them.
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Introduction
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Often times in life, we want help.
We want encouragement.
We want support.
We just want a boost in the right direction.
The question is, or I should say, the
questions are:
- When is our cry for help legitimate
- Is our cry for help legitimate
- What should we do for ourselves
- And should we expect someone to come to our rescue
I’m sure you can look at my life and see that
I am not of a subscriber of the welfare theoretical
framework, but I do agree with helping others, with
charity and with giving a hand up, NOT A HANDOUT.
Today’s Coffee With Rhadi addresses something
very powerful in the realm of personal change and
positive thinking.
It speaks to a think that is inherent in all of us: FEAR.
It speak about that thing which parlyzes many of us
from being successful.
And today’s segment TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT
YOU NEED TO DO in order to achieve higher levels
of success in your personal and professional life.
I certainly hope you take out the time today and
watch today’s Coffee with Rhadi segment.
Please enjoy.
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Your Video Is Here
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Closing
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Have a great day and remember, even the best of us
can have a Chump Moment from time to time, the
key is having the right tools to recognize these
moments of weakness when they present themselves
and repel them and there’s one way to do that.
Rhadi Ferguson, Ph.D., CSCS
2004 Olympian
4-Time National Judo Champion
Master Trainer, Educator and Coach http://www.ChumpRepellent.com
P.S. One of the major keys to being successful in sport is to eliminate the “gaps” and “holes” in your preparation process that you just wouldn’t see until the fight was over. I’m telling you right now getting your hands on Chump Repellent >>> http://www.ChumpRepellent.com is one of the best things that you can do for your personal productivity this year. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about parenting, fighting, training, coaching, working or running a business. Your personal productivity will skyrocket once you find out how to reduce the Chumps out of your life, how to repel them like the plague and how to eliminate the chump moments AFTER being able to clearly recognize them.
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Here’s The Truth
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You HAVE the potential to do some great things in life.
You have greatness inside of you just kicking and screaming
to get out.
You know it.
I know it.
Your friends have told you this.
Your parents have told you this.
And that lil’ ole lady that you knew growing
up has told you this one time or another as
well.
So what’s holding you back?
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Ahhhh, you need some
support, huh?
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I remember listening to a gentlemen who was selling
some shoes in the shoe store and one of the
selling points that he explained to the potential
buyer is that the show provided GREAT support.
I thought about this.
I thought about this long and hard.
And here’s what I came up with.
ONCE YOU PUT THE SHOES ON – YOU’LL
HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED.
But until that time, all you are going to get is
encouragement to put on the shoes.
So when it comes to putting on the shoe
of a better education. YOU are going to have
to PUT the shoe on and then you will get
the support you need.
When it comes to eating better, you have
to change the people you are around,
the places that you frequent and purchase
different foods. When you do that. When you
put on THAT shoe, then you will get the SUPPORT
that you need.
When it comes to getting a better job, you must
first apply AND put yourself in a position to be
marketable. Put on that shoe first and THEN
you will get the support that you need.
STOP LOOK FOR A MotherChumpin’ HANDOUT!
There are none.
There are NO HANDOUTS in life.
There’s luck, there’s chance, there’s happenstance,
there’s preparation, there’s readiness and then there’s
action.
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The REASON WHY
THE SQUIRREL DIES
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Many of us have seen the squirrel that runs in the
middle of the road and the poor thing gets stuck
in a cognitive trap. It can’t decide whether to go
right, or go left or go right or go left. And it darts
back and forth all the while, the car is getting
closer and then SPLATT!!!!!
Yup! SPLATT!!
The SQUIRREL is doing what so many of you are
doing – A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTHING!!!
You’re moving a lot, but you’re in the same
place.
MAKE A QUALITY DECISION FOR YOURSELF.
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Here’s Why You Are
Having A Hard Time
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I’m going to tell you right now why you are having
a hard time with making the decisions and moves
that YOU KNOW GOOD AND DARN WELL THAT
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE.
It’s BECAUSE YOU ARE SCARED!!
And don’t go shakin’ your head “No”.
I know you are scared because I’ve been there.
I’ve been knee-deep in my dissertation process
as a doctoral student asking myself if I could actually
complete the paper before having a nervous breakdown.
I’ve lined up at the Olympic Games getting ready
to go out and fight the current number 2 Judo player in
the world and had to start having a conversation with my
legs to tell them to move because I was so paralyzed
that I couldn’t walk.
I’ve been so frightened by the possibility of failure that
I’ve just sat down and have done nothing.
I’VE DONE IT. It’s a constant battle for me.
I’m better at managing my Inner Chump and my Chump
Moments, BUT I STILL have them from time to time.
And right now I am very upset and a little bit sad because
no matter how hard I try to help you and convince you
of the things that you need to do in order to succeed,
it seems like there is a small faction of you who read
my emails who are acting like the squirrel I just mentioned.
Please, please, please STOP darting back and forth.
Make a decision and get out of the way! The car is coming
and time is running out.
Get the encouragement that you need so that you can
get the support that you desire.
Do both of us a favor, me and you and Get Your Hands
on Chump Repellent today. You will be glad that you did.
Rhadi Ferguson, Ph.D.
CSCS 2004 Olympian
4-Time National Judo Champion Master Trainer, Educator and Coach http://www.ChumpRepellent.com/
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Introduction
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I hope you all are having a wonderful day.
As you probably already know, I really enjoy
taking you all behind the scenes and allowing
you to see what others don’t usually get to see
when it comes to be an athlete and a coach.
Well today is no different.
Here’s where I want to take you today.
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PLACE #1: In The Locker
Room At Strikeforce
After the Fight!
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Most people don’t get to go “backstage” but I’m giving
you a back stage pass today. Hear the conversation that
went on in the Locker Room after the fight with Team Ferguson
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PLACE #2: In The Office
With My Strength Coach
JC Santana
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I speak about my “team” all the time and I’ve even gone
so far to talk about my team here:
But what I want to provide you with today is an opportunity to sit in the office with me as I speak with my strength coach JC Santana as we discuss my preparation and rehab for my next fight.
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Post Fight Meeting With JC Santana
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And Let’s Take A Look Back
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If you remember, I had one of my initial meeting with JC Santana about 6-7 months ago. And back then we were dealing with some of the same injury problems that we are dealing with now.
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Have You Seen The Fight Yet?
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Well, you’ve been granted “Full Access”
I hope you enjoyed the videos today and I would highly encourage you to visit my Facebook Fan Page if you haven’t seen the fight yet.
The fight is in the “VIDEO” section.
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Dedicated to your Improvement,
Rhadi Ferguson, Ph.D.,
CSCS 2004 Olympian 4-Time National Judo Champion
Master Trainer, Educator and Coach
http://www.ChumpRepellent.com
P.S. One of the major keys to being successful in sport is to eliminate the “gaps” and “holes” in your preparation process that you just wouldn’t see until the fight was over. I’m telling you right now getting your hands on Chump Repellent >>>http://www.ChumpRepellent.com is one of the best things that you can do for your personal productivity this year. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about parenting, fighting, training, coaching, working or running a business. Your personal productivity will skyrocket once you find out how to reduce the Chumps out of your life, how to repel them like the plague and how to eliminate the chump moments AFTER being able to clearly recognize them.
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Introduction
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My son Rufus had his first Judo competition
this past Saturday on the January 15, 2011.
On Friday night I was getting somewhat concerned.
Here’s what made me nervous.
He was whining about how he did not want to
fight on Saturday and I am so concerned about
not forcing him into the sport of Judo that I told
my wife, “Hey, if he doesn’t want to fight, I don’t
think we should force him to fight.”
My wife looked at me and said, “No. We came
here and he’s going to fight, because in his
life there will be plenty of things that he doesn’t
feel like doing that he’s going to have to do!”
Whoa!!!!!
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Rufus was having a Chump Moment and then
the spirit of THE CHUMP jumped on me and
I started to have one and my wife straightened
me right out!!
I got silent and then said, “Honey, you’re right!”
And boy was she ever right.
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The Day Of The Competition
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On the day of the competition, we took 2 cars.
My mother-in-law, my wife and lil Rhadi were in
one car and Rufus and I in the other.
On the way to the tournament, Rufus
says, “Daddy, I’m going to beat them
down.”
LOL
I was laughing on the inside because the lil
fella reminds me of myself.
When we get to the tournament site and
start walking in the parking lot, little Rufus
says, “Daddy I’m gonna take them down and
then I’ma choke them.”
At which point, I say, “Hey, hey, hey. You can’t
choke at your age. No choking!”
Which he clearly doesn’t understand because people
his age in Jiujitsu learn how to choke and armbar,
but that’s another discussion :-/
So…… we get to the venue and Rufus has one
person in his weight class. So it’s a true double
elimination tournament.
Rufus will fight either 2 or 3 times.
This is GOOD for his first tournament. I don’t want
the lil’ guy to get overwhelmed.
During the day, I stay quiet. I allow his coach to
do the coaching. I DO NOT INTERFERE.
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PAUSE FOR A SLIGHT
RANT
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Because as a coach I know that there is NOTHING
WORSE THAN A PARENT WHO THINKS THAT THEY
KNOW MORE THAN YOU DO AND IS CONTSTANTLY
CHIRPING IN THEIR CHILD’S EAR about what it is that
they think you are doing wrong, what it is that they think
you don’t understand, or what it is that you don’t realize,
and what it is that they think you are missing.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY FRUSTRATING AND PISSES ME
OFF as it does MOST coaches. And I don’t want to
treat someone else like that.
Side note: If that is HOW you feel about the person
coaching your child – LEAVE!!!!! Coach your kid yourself.
You ARE not helping the process by constantly interjecting.
SHUT THE ——- UP AND LET THE COACH – COACH!
OR GO!!!
Okay…. I’ve made my peace.
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Back to the Story LOL
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So I stay out of the way and I just do the daddy thing
and I’m loving it. I just offer encouragement and
take pictures and video.
Rufus warms up with his team and his coach.
Rufus gets ready to compete.
They call Rufus to the line and I’m GETTING nervous.
It’s weird. I don’t get nervous walking into the cage to
put my life on the line, but I’m nervous when my son
is fighting. LOL.
And then my man Rufus does what he does best.
I’d love to explain it to you but I think it’s best that you
watch the video.
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Rufus Ferguson Match
One
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Rufus Ferguson Match
Two
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I remember when we
started here
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Rufus Doing Private Lesson
on Guard Passing with Rhadi
Ferguson
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Congratulations To Rufus!!
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Rufus Ferguson is the 2011 Florida Judo Open State
Championships CHAMPION in the 23kg Division.
I’ve never had this feeling before. People were coming
up to me and congratulating me and I was beaming
with pride.
Hmmmm. I wonder what it must feel like to have your
kid graduate from college? Wow! That must be something.
Well, it was a great weekend. I’m very appreciative to
Sensei Diaz of Mambi Judo Club in Tampa, Florida.
I’m super appreciative to my Mother-in-Law Sheila T. who
takes Rufus to Judo practice 99% of the time because
Traci is working and I’m training.
I’m just really thankful.
I can’t wait until Lil Rhadi Isabelle gets out there.
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Closing
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Have a great day and remember, even the best of us
can have a Chump Moment from time to time, the
key is having the right tools to recognize these
moments of weakness when they present themselves
and repel them and there’s one way to do that.
Rhadi Ferguson, Ph.D., CSCS
2004 Olympian
4-Time National Judo Champion
Master Trainer, Educator and Coach http://www.ChumpRepellent.com
P.S. One of the major keys to being successful in sport is to eliminate the “gaps” and “holes” in your preparation process that you just wouldn’t see until the fight was over. I’m telling you right now getting your hands on Chump Repellent >>> http://www.ChumpRepellent.com is one of the best things that you can do for your personal productivity this year. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about parenting, fighting, training, coaching, working or running a business. Your personal productivity will skyrocket once you find out how to reduce the Chumps out of your life, how to repel them like the plague and how to eliminate the chump moments AFTER being able to clearly recognize them.
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Greetings:
I hope you are having a wonderful day and that this piece of written articulation greets you as sunshine does on the face of a prisoner that has been in solitary confinement for a week…. with much awaited joy and anticipation LOL
In all seriousness, thank you for taking the time to read today’s electronic transmission, today is going to be a GREAT ONE!
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Okay…. now with that being said, let’s get on to the “meat-n-potatoes” of today’s email.
The question is…..
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Is MMA Also Known As
Cagefighting Barbaric
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Well, I need not tell you that as a person who MMA Announcer Mauro Ranallo said, “Has more degrees than a thermometer” that I get asked all the time, “What in the HELL are you doing fighting in the cage?”
Then the next statement is, “It just seems so violent. So barbaric!”
This statement and line of questioning occured with such frequency that I really had to sit down and ask myself…. “Is MMA Barbaric?”
I really didn’t bother with having a discussion concerning violence because let’s face it….
Hockey is violent…
Football is violent…
Rugby is violent…
Boxing is violent…
Judo is violent…
By definition many sports are VIOLENT. Hell, war is VIOLENT.
Now there are varying degrees of violence but, they are all violent or they have the propensity towards violence at some point due the the nature of the said sport.
But the question is…. “Is MMA or Cagefighting Barbaric?”
Well if you do a quick search on the internet you will read how former United States Presidential Candidate and Senator John McCain calls the sport “barbaric” and similar to “human cock fighting.”
You will even read how one of the sports stars and practitioners, Chael Sonnen, calls the sport of MMA “barbaric.”
This news reporting service out of Australia calls the sports “barbaric” and “repulsive”.
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I know right now
you are saying to
yourself, “So What!?!?”
But here’s what’s WHAT!
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By definition, the word barbaric means, according to Webster:
1
a : of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians
b : possessing or characteristic of a cultural level more complex than primitive savagery but less sophisticated than advanced civilization
2
a : marked by a lack of restraint : wild
b : having a bizarre, primitive, or unsophisticated quality
Now, by definition MMA is NOT barbaric!
It IS VIOLENT.
It IS DANGEROUS.
There is an ELEMENT or hint of barbarism in it (but that only due to the lack of training of the practitioner)…
BUT BY DEFINITION, it is NOT barbaric!!!
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But Dr. Ferguson, How
Can You Say That?!?!
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Well, the same way Jimmie Johnson can tell you that driving at 180 miles per hour is the norm while it is extremely dangerous and stupid to some people to drive a car that fast knowing that an accident at such speeds can cause death.
Well, the same way I can watch a football game and watch somebody get hit and knocked unconcious and reach my right hand back into the bowl of chips and dip, slap my boy a high five with my left hand and utter, “that’s part of the sport. Don’t run your ass across the middle next time on a zone defense. Sit down!”
Well, the same way I can watch 12 rounds of boxing with the anticipation for someone to receive brain trauma. (uhhhh, because you DO UNDERSTAND that getting knocked out is trauma to THE BRAIN!!!!! Not your head, YOUR FREAKING BRAIN!!!)
And it is not BARBARIC to those with a trained eye. Just as War is not barbaric. Because the sport of Mixed Martial Arts is VERY VERY COMPLEX. It is more complex than primitive savagery and sophisticated just as advanced as civilization. You CANNOT win or be successful or practice this sport if you lack restraint. And as a matter of fact, this sport INVOKES restraint in its practitioners.
And the QUALITY of sophistication is only readily available to the trained eye. Just as if you were watching the game of chess and you didn’t know how to play. You wouldn’t know if moves of the practitioners were “sophisticated” or not, but because you are familiar with the game of “chess” you would assume a high level of sophistication.
Well, for those who are NOT familiar with MMA, they make an assumption that there is not a high level of sophistication with the sport and they couldn’t be further from the truth. The science of MMA is just as “sweet” as boxing and although the sport is violent by nature, it is VERY FAR from being barbaric.
And those who call it barbaric are either one of two things:
(1) One, not familiar with the definition or the term barbaric, or
(2) Two, not qualified to speak on the sport with any hint or sense of authority.
Having an opinion is one thing…… HAVING AN INFORMED OPINION is another.
To understand Mixed Martial Arts you have to study it. You DO NOT HAVE TO DO IT to understand it. But to understand it you MUST study it. You cannot look at it for a split second and make your mind up about a sport that you bring an inherent or learned bias to its observation. You cannot do that. Nor can you speak amongst a group of people that believe in your thesis statement without any quality discourse. Such at thing is stupid and ignorant.
Mixed Martial Arts is definitely a sophisticated sport.
I do it. And I’m no academic slouch.
Rosi Sexton does it and she holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and quite honestly, Rosi is one of my heroes in the sport and it something that I look up to and really admire.
I do believe that she is the FIRST person to fight with a Ph.D. and I believe I’m the first male, in terms of fighting on television.
And she is SUPER SUPER smart because she has her kid practicing judo
CHECK OUT ROSI SEXTON!
Take care and have a super, fantastic day.
Dedicated to your Improvement,
Rhadi Ferguson, Ph.D., CSCS
2004 Olympian
4-Time National Judo Champion
Master Trainer, Educator and Coach http://www.ChumpRepellent.com
P.S. One of the major keys to being successful in sport is to eliminate the “gaps” and “holes” in your preparation process that you just wouldn’t see until the fight was over. I’m telling you right now getting your hands on Chump Repellent >>> http://www.ChumpRepellent.com is one of the best things that you can do for your personal productivity this year. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about parenting, fighting, training, coaching, working or running a business. Your personal productivity will skyrocket once you find out how to reduce the Chumps out of your life, how to repel them like the plague and how to eliminate the chump moments AFTER being able to clearly recognize them.
Hello. For those of you that do not know, on January 7th
I had my Strikeforce Debut on Showtime. I had a very
tough opponent and got a little bit banged up in the
process.
I apologize for not communicating with you as much as
I would have like, but I had to put myself on a media and
internet fast. I had to really focus and shut down much
of my usual communication.
However, the good news is this. Today I will tell you
all about the fight and what led up to the event and what
is going on after it.
P.S. As we begin the New Year, the most important thing is for you to
protect your mind from all negative thoughts, cognitive iterations and
visions. Stay positive, be positive and place yourself around positive
people. The way in which you can start that today is by Repelling
the Chumps from around you and from your life. You can do that with
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Many of you know that I recently started training for Mixed Martial
Arts. I can’t say that I’m enjoying learning all this new stuff at
the ripe age of 35.
I mean, I like learning, but the way you have to “learn” really sucks
(and hurts) LOL. It kinda reminds me when I first moved to the Olympic
Training Center and I was practicing with 4-Time Olympian and World
Championship Bronze Medalist, Brian Olson.
Everyday was a freaking beating in the beginning. I was taking so many
falls that I had to take 3 ice bags to my room after practice to ice
down… at least three bags.
I knew that I couldn’t continue to take this type of abuse. So I
talked to Eddie Liddie and after our conversation Eddie said something
that pissed me off, but was very true. He said, “Keep going with him.
You’ll know you’re getting better as you fall less.”.
I was flickin’ STEAMING on the inside but I didn’t show it on my face.
Then after that, Eddie said, “Its all about the grips. Gripfighting is
a art in and of itself.”
That’s when my journey on grip fighting really begin.
It started once I learned that I didn’t, NEED to learn Judo. Hell, I
knew that already. Everybody in judo “knows” judo, but you can’t do
your “judo” if you can’t grip!
Man, I stopped learning judo and started learning how to grip fight. I
studied grip fighting like I was a freshman in college studying
Calculus.
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Throw More, Fall Less
PERFECT!
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As I started studying I begin to find out that I was able to throw
more people and fall less. I also found my rounds with Brian Olson
getting more and more competitive. (Now I’m not going to lie to you.
It took me two years before I was able to actually throw Brian, but it
not like he’s some chump, there was a time when he was one of the best
judo players in the world.)
But…. I did win more. And practice wasn’t as miserable as it use to be.
I was actually able to “unlock my judo”. I was able to do all those
throws that I practice and uchikomi and my frustration decreased. It
was a great feeling.
I’m longing for that moment of clarity in my MMA training as it
pertains to my striking.
I know it will come because I’m studying like its “calculus”.
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gripping with rules and exceptions then you need to supplement your
training with some quality grip fighting information.
Everybody doesn’t know everything, so access good information so that
you can get better.
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I am re-released this product under my new instant gratification
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I wanted to remind you about this just in case you are interested in
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Closing
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Just so that you know.
The information in this product will significantly enhance your
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Friday, January 28th, 2011
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