THE RED CORNER

NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

WEEK OF AUGUST 19TH, 2024

 

Happy Monday Team!

I had the pleasure of attending a striking workshop with Kru Bob Perez, owner of Main Street Boxing in Houston, TX.  Kru Bob’s accomplishments are extensive in the training world — you can often find him cageside in the UFC cornering Kevin Holland and Derek Lewis, to name a few.

Anytime I have an opportunity to attend a seminar featuring a world class coach that will be focusing on fundamental skills, I absolutely go.  Two months ago I was able to spend some time with Rafael Lovato, Jr as well.  Same deal.

Anyway, my thoughts and reflections on this workshop and training in general are varied and extensive.  But suffice to say, as a student, it’s not so much what we’re taught that matters the most.  It’s what’s emphasized, it’s what we’re held accountable to, and it’s what we implement that matters.

Note: I speak moreso in terms of striking, as with grappling the details often make or break the skill.  In striking, while details matter, they don’t make or break the mechanics.

Essentially, as a striking student you have to empower yourself to take ownership of your study, stay focused on the important stuff, and implement the changes and attitudes that are being taught.  That’s the key to success.

At least, according to the world class coaches.  But.. what do they know? 🙂

 

Today we’re back at it for another hard week of training.  We have a couple events coming down the pipeline — let’s take a look:

• TONIGHT (8/19): Wrestling workshop for August
• 8/24-8/26 — WKA National Tournament featuring our own Timmy Green
• 8/31-9/2 — Labor Day Weekend (schedule TBA)
• 9/14 — Gut Check Championship Muay Thai featuring Trevon Scales and Makhi Anthony in Hockessin, Delaware
• 9/28 — Major League Muay Thai featuring Gianna Vadino in Santa Monica, California

We’ll be adjusting our Slamboree events to a quarterly schedule, with our next one slated for the end of September.

I’ll see you on the mats!

 

–Coach J

You can find this week’s Monday Mindset HERE

You can find this week’s Junior Samurai Stripe Challenge HERE