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The Ultimate MMA Strength And Conditioning Program Review
Eric Wong's MMA Strength & Conditioning Program
Incorporating boxing, wrestling, muay thai, and jiu jitsu into a comprehensive MMA training that doesnt require daily 3-hour workout sessions is a work of art. But it still isnt enough.
Fighting will shape your body to become flexible, explosive, and lean - but it does so in a natural, slow pace. Yeah, we love natural, but we dont like slow.
We're fighters, and being slow means we lose! So how can you pick up the pace in your training, gain strength, power, and improve your conditioning for MMA?
Well, you must've noticed that fighters have other, more experienced fighters, coach them - and they get paid very well for it.
But of course, not many folks can afford a full-time MMA personal trainer.
Luckily, one of the top MMA trainers in the country thought about this and released the Ultimate MMA Strength & Conditioning program - a complete personal trainer that you can take with you anywhere - simply loading it up on your iPod!
Zero fat, MASSIVE Knockout Power!
Eric Wong, the author, took Jeff "Inferno" Joslin all the way to the UFC - and documented the entire process.
His course includes videos for each exercise, as well as a progressive training system designed to improve your stamina, and boost your knockout power. It creates lean, powerful muscles, perfectly suited for explosive MMA moves.
The videos come "on-the-go-ready" - simply load them up to your iPod, print a copy of your training program and go to the gym with your new personal trainer.
And it's a bargain at $57 bucks!
P.S - We've been using this program for about a month at the gym - our instructor Sal has a copy on his iPod all the time.
So we decided to give you a great opportunity:
Buy the MMA program today, leave us a comment here on the blog saying "yeah, I got it", and Morrison Butler (our head trainer, 13 years of MMA experience) will personally contact you to answer any questions.
You dont want to miss that - Morrison is a killer trainer!
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Martial Arts Challenge In The Outer Banks - KungFu VS MMA
Before you start watching the video, let's go a few weeks back to the King Of The Beach MMA event held at Port O' Call, in Kill Devil Hills, September 06th.
At the very end of Wayne Hunter's fight, his coach is telling him to choke his opponent - the only problem is that Wayne has mounted, and was in no position to pull that choke. Anybody with basic Jiu Jitsu experience would know that.
Morrison, while filming the fight, politely tells Wayne's coach that he didnt have the lock and would not be able to choke his opponent (you can listen to the entire conversation during the last minute of the video); his coach goes ballistic over Morrison's advice and immediately challenges him to get on the "stage".
Fast forward 20 days after that silly discussion - Morrison receives a text message from Wayne Hunter saying his coach was going to come to KnuckleUp and prove to Morrison that grappling is not important. He was going to jump on the "stage" and defeat Morrison without taking the fight to the ground.
Nobody believed he'd actually show up; but yesterday (9/22) he showed up at KnuckleUp with an entourage of 15+ of his students, and his own timekeeper. After signing a waiver of liability, the coach decides NOT to use gloves, and asks for ONE 15-min round. There would be no rules on the fight.
You can see what happened in the video above. It was quite a prehistoric approach, thought to be lost somewhere around 1997 after the first UFCs with Royce Gracie. In fact, the coach did resemble Tank Abott somewhat 
One might think the coach overreacted, after all, it was a spur-of-the-moment discussion during a fight - but there's much more underneath the surface.
After Wayne's beautiful debut at the AFL Fight To The Finish VI, he was quickly boosted to local celebrity status amongst the MMA community in the Outer Banks, and is now the main event at the Fight To The Finish VII in Elizabeth City.
However, despite his ascending mma career, Wayne has never had any grappling training, and lacks basic ground skills. Wayne lost his past two matches due to his inability to defend himself from being taken down and dominated on the ground. But when he finally faced the need to learn Jiu Jitsu and Wrestling, his coach (the KungFu master on the video) would not allow it.
For whatever reason, Wayne's coach believed (I dont think he's so sure of it now) that grappling skills were not important for MMA.
Well, we sincerely wish he would've learned that grappling skills are important without having to undergo Morrison's punch-face treatment.
KnuckleUp wants to reinforce to all of those reading this post that fights like this one bring no glory, have no purpose, and are completely unnecessary. Fighting bare-knuckled is dangerous even for the guy punching, and we STRONGLY urge that nobody follows this coach's idea to solve a simple argument.
With that said, enjoy the video - it's darn good entertainment.
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Why Is KnuckleUp The Top Gym In The Outer Banks?
Over the past few weeks we've had so many students accomplish so much, that we saw the need to feature their accomplishments here on the blog.
What the title should really say is "Why does KnuckleUp Have The Best, Most Committed Students In The Outer Banks?"
And the reason is that our students ROCK! Seriously, the level of dedication these folks show class after class, bootcamp after bootcamp, fight after fight, is incomparable. And we're very proud of each and every one of them!
And here are just a few of those students:
Reverend Jay Bowman completely reshaped his body from an average-chubby to become the most ripped minister in the outer banks.
He not only gained muscle, but lost a ton of weight!
Jay was a big supporter of Matt Costa's beach fitness bootcamp this summer - and proof of its amazing results!
Vonnie Wescott lost 30 lbs in our kickboxing classes - and she enjoyed the summer with a brand new body!
Charlie Craddock won first place in a BJJ tournament - his second tournament ever!
Gina Elko and Billy Frezza are preparing for their first sanctioned mma event - the AFL Fight To The Finish VII. Both of these students have trained so hard that they're already winners.
And Omar Santiago, who dominated 4 rounds of his very first mma bout against the current Title holder Casey Johnson on the Outer Banks AFL event.
These are but a few of our amazing students - there are plenty more stories to tell, and accomplishments to praise. We'll feature them here, but what's important is that they keep happening day after day.
That's what makes KnuckleUp the top outer banks gym!
Jay Bowman reconfigured his body
Billy Frezza Will Be Debuting In The AFL VII
Gina Elko, debuting this Saturday on the AFL VII
Vonnie Lost 30 Lbs
Charlie Won 1st Place at VA Beach BJJ Tournament
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Outer Banks King Of The Beach MMA & Wrestling Videos
The King Of The Beach MMA took place last Sunday, September 6th, at Port O' Call in Kill Devil Hills. The event was a fundraiser for the OBX Select Wrestling Team, a non-profit traveling team ran by Coach Kyle Briglia.
There were approximately 200 people at the event, which goes to show how popular MMA is becoming even in the Outer Banks. For the main fight, Wayne Hunter vs Derek "Pole", the crowd went wild - you'll see it on the video.
We missed a couple of the fighters' names, so if you identify somebody on the videos, leave a comment at the bottom of the post and we'll update the videos.
Teen Wrestling Match -
Shane Brin (Yellow shoes) vs Rick Bateman (Black shoes) Manteo
Kids Wrestling Match
Teen Kickboxing Match
More Teen Kickboxing
Kids Wrestling Match - Josiah Derby (suit) VS Kyle Cortez(white shirt)
Teen Wrestling - Mike Rullan Vs Ardit Hysa
Amateur MMA Fight - Wayne Hunter Vs Derek "Pole"
If you know any of the fighters' names, leave a comment here and we'll update it asap.
See you soon!
