Awesome News: Derek Tisdale from Calgary Alberta has come aboard at the FasterLeanerStronger.com subscribers site to share his methods of training for MMA workouts and MMA fighting. There is a lot to learn from Derek’s past MMA fighting and training experience and I’m really looking forward to bringing the members of FLS some real “in the trenches” info on getting in fighting shape.
Enough from me – Here’s Derek
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My name is Derek Tisdale. I have been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for 13 years, in Boxing for 10 years and Muay Thai for 9 years. I have trained in these to lead to one thing- MMA. I have fought and sparred many wanna be tough guys, soon to be tough guys and current tough guys. I have also trained with and sparred many world class athletes in various areas such as boxing, Muay Thai Kickboxing, wrestling, judo as well as UFC veterans and up and coming fighters. I have also worked as and trained many bouncers/doorman in the outside practical use of these martial arts as well as tactics for safe conduct for removing unruly clientele. I am currently 5-0 in MMA and teach 2 days a week at the I Teki Ken dojo in downtown Calgary.
I have been working with Ray on my style fighting and will be contributing to the website as I like to add a slightly different view to the MMA workout. I focus on theories that I have developed by listening to the experience of different MMA greats/veterans and different world class athletes and their trainers. Some main points to my theories are:
1) MMA is a multi dimensional fighting sport which requires a variety of different motions and powers. This means that straight weightlifting and long distance running doesn’t cut the mustard.
2) If you are researching different MMA training drills then go to the people who do that kind of work a lot. For example: I wanted to learn running drills so I went to a world class rugby friend of mine who showed me a few different drills and I chose the ones that worked best for me.
This is also best for searching for a personal trainer (like Ray) who has also done this research and can bring you the ones that will/may work best for you and your situation. This can save you a lot of time especially if you don’t know many or any athletes.
3) Train for the last 2 minutes of the fight. Anyone can train for the first 2 minutes because you are fresh and ready for action. It is the last 2 minutes of the fight which is the hardest part of the fight which was the lesson I learned from my first fight.
4) Learn from every victory and defeat for constant improvement. If you win it is easy to focus on the fact that you won and you should for a short while but always get the copy of your fight and look at what you did wrong so that you hopefully won’t do it again. Your next fight may be against someone who will take advantage of that mistake.
5) Never leave room for excuses. You do this by always training as though your opponent is training harder than you. Always assume that your opponent is training harder and push yourself past that point. If you have and you lose you can only learn from the experienced.
These are five theories that live my MMA life by and I have been successful. I understand that 5 fights isn’t a lot of fights but my knowledge also comes from listening to those who know; those who have been successful athletes. All true athletes have similar attitudes when it comes to winning. I hope that I can work together with Ray to provide you with positive results in the ring and in your training.
Derek Tisdale
Filed under ‘ MMA, MMA Training, MMA Workout
what is a squat push press that is on the randy couture mma workout
If you watch the randy couture workout video here
http://buildingbodies.ca/randy-couture-workout-for-mma-conditioning/
You will see a part where the guy does a little squat and then as he comes out of the squat he uses the momemtum to accelerate the shoulder press part of the movement. Most people call it only a push press. If you do a deep squat then most people call it a thruster.