Posts Tagged ‘Submission Takapuna’

Good luck to Warren, John, Nick and Serina from Submission Takapuna who are competing in the Trials tomorrow at the Tamaki Recreation Centre. Entry is $10 for spectators.

We wish all the Will/Machado students in NZ who are competing all the best as well!

All pics can be found on Industry of Combat’s Facebook Fanpage.

Vince, Brayden and Nick competed in ICNZ 12 and all came away with a Win.

Vince Lowe won his fight by KO which later got appealed and changed to a TKO with a rematch opportunity. Vince won his fight in 30seconds!

Brayden Goldring won his fight after fighting three rounds it was announced a draw so had to go a fourth round.  he dominated his opponent in the fourth round.

Nick Allan won his fight via a 2nd round triangle.  All three of our guys did us proud and look forward to them entering some more MMA Events in the near future.

Vince’s Fight

Brayden’s Fight

Nick’s Fight

BJJ

With the Will/Machado nationals coming up this weekend Warren focused the class on rolling, working on what we know rather than learning something new. I spent the class trying to reinforce the things I want to remember for the comp, tweaking little things and enjoying rolling.

MMA

Mark led us in a sparing class, keeping it really light and not wanting to have any injuries for Saturday. We were trying to think about using different combinations rather than getting sucked into a jab, cross, hook, single kick sort of mind set. We focused on varying our strategies, and not worrying about getting hit so much, or whether we were “winning”.

Best of luck to everyone competing this weekend!

Cam D

BJJ

Warren took the class and we focused on omoplata and then on working it in combination with arm bar from guard and triangle. It was a really great class, starting with the fundamental movements and then moving through the layers of the technique until you had something quite complex, without it being to much information.

MMA

In MMA Mark really pushed us with a striking work out. Working on combinations of jabs, straights, hooks, and elbows and then moving though them again, linking them with a double leg takedown. Personally I felt the cardio burn hard. Finishing off with sparring it was another great evening at submission martial arts.

Cam D

BJJ

We continued to work on learning to roll lightly instead of fighting. It’s been great to have repeated classes lately with this focus. Trying to relax and think instead of powering over, to let your opponent get stuff and then apply your own technique. I feel like I am getting better but have a ways to go. I find it hard to make sure my technique is effective rather than moving with power through a defence or positional control. It’s such a partner oriented thing too. If your partner speeds up, it’s really hard not to respond in kind. I think that my new goal is to not worry what my opponent is doing if they go fast, they go fast and I will just let them for that roll, letting it happen rather than getting sucked into trying to stop them. Ego is a tricky thing and it sneaks up on you from all directions. Checking your ego at the door is an eternal process it seems.

It was good to run through the blue belt syllabus in one go and I surprised myself with how much I remembered. I could feel that I spent time in some parts remembering, rather then executing technique perfectly, so more reps for me I guess.

Well done to everyone who was awarded new stripes. It’s always awesome recognising how far everyone has come and how well the guys ahead of you are doing.

MMA

Continuing to work with the Thai Clinch has been really interesting, seeing how effective it is as a control reinforced John Will’s discussion of leverage. It can feel like you aren’t doing that much but when you’re on the receiving end you feel like you can’t go any where.

Sparing was fun and we were all conscious of sparring and not fighting in the same way as we worked on rolling not fighting in BJJ. Again the challenge is keep your technique good while being relaxed and flowing.

It was a great class and I walked out of with a lot to reflect on and having had a lot of fun.

Cam D

Videos of Simo’s and Brayden’s fights from the weekend just gone.

What an Awesome night! Simo Postings WON his fight via Unanimous Decision! He dominated his opponent on the Ground and gave the crowd some well executed double leg takedowns which he is becoming famous for!! This takes Simos Amateur record up to 4 wins and No loses! Well Done Simo the Team are super Proud!

Brayden Goldring had his work cut out for him facing off with a Champion Black Belt Judo fighter Gareth Carter who has had 1 Amateur MMA fight. At one stage we thought Brayden had an Arm bar from Guard sunk when Gareth picked him up and dropped him. The fight went the full three rounds when it was announced a Draw! Unfortunately Brayden couldn’t quite get the upper edge over Gareth in the 4th Round and Gareth won via Majority Decision! Huge War for Brayden! The crowd was cheering this was one of the most technical fights of the night! Well Done Brayden we can’t wait for the next one!

NZMMA.tv have full results
Videos should be up soon.

Huge congrats to the Team Submission who competed in todays ABJJNZ Competition!

Gold

Nick Ovens

Scott Sherer

Bevan Brooking

Silver

Serina Cole

Mike Fong

Bronze

Dane Crosby

One again all the people that competed today all proved what Submission is made of and represented us really well!

BJJ

We started with light rolling (positons only) for the warm up… and then kept rolling for the rest of the class. Awesome fun! There were a lot of tired looking people at the end.

here’s some photos.

(sorry the photographer was a little biased in her coverage)

MMA

Sorry, I couldn’t make it to this class. But asI left they were doing more takedowns from the clinch…. awesome! You and I should have been there…