UFC 170 Pyle Vs Waldbuger with Tutorial

Saturday was UFC 170. It's Main Card boasted Rousey and Mcmann, a fight that ended a tad unsatified. My favorite fight however was Pyle Vs Waldburger.

I went to the bar with a few students to catch the fight... And the tipping point for this particular bout when unnoticed by most. Even the commentators let it go by the wayside... Probably because, if I am remembering correctly... It actually landed on the back of the neck... Making it TECHNICALLY illegal. But because of the nature of the move, it was unavoidable.

Pyle used a spin elbow from a captured leg. It was THIS spin elbow that allowed him to capitalize and rain down punches from above that eventually led to a referee stoppage.

Here is a video I've created on how you can accomplish a similar thing to what Pyle did in that fight. Like it, Share it, Enjoy it!

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Sparring with the Superman Punch With Vid Link

The Superman punch it a move that is rather well known at this point. Anyone that has watched more than one UFC fight knows of its existence... and has probably even it a whirl once or twice. But the key to the superman punch oddly has little to do with having the coordination to accomplish the move, nay, I will say that the superman punch exists in the set up... rather than the move itself.

In the Video below we cover what it takes to set up the superman punch properly. As you will see, the idea is to use your kicks, consistently throughout the match, to cause your opponent to expect the kick in general. Once the "Ambiance" of the kick is created, you can then throw the superman punch. This causes the opponent to lower his guard in expectation of the kick, allowing the effectiveness of the punch to be at its highest.

Follow the link below and tell us what you think!

Superman Punch Vid Here

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Sparring with Destruction Techniques (With Video)

Destruction Techniques

Let’s talk Destructions. Destruction techniques have been recently on the minds of those in the fight community. Mainly due the the UFC fight Weidman vs Silva, where Silva broke his own leg throwing a kick. But usually destruction techniques aren’t that drastic, or that spectacular.

The word “Destruction” is really just a synonym for “Offensive Defense” . The idea, is to block a kick in such a way… that it make your opponent disinclined to throw another one. So let’s shadow box these motions so that we can properly apply them on the pads.

Shadow Box

The first move we will focus on is a foot stomp. Much like a muay thai teep, you raise the leg up in a semi straighten fashion. Stopping your opponents oncoming rear leg kick, preferably on the knee joint, but anywhere in that general area will suffice. After that your going to drop that leg into the cross followed by the hook and then the cross again. Ending with a mid-level, double rear leg kick yourself.

For your second combo, we are going to do a cross over leg sheild with that rear leg. Intercepting your opponents rear leg kick. This defense has a verisimilitude to what we saw in the Silva Weidman fight. But we’re going to add a separate element which is using the same defending leg, to foot stomp or side kick the inner knee area of your opponents front leg. This movement will generally cause you to finish in my case a south paw lead, opposite of that which you started with. Now you will end this combo with a mid level kick with the opposite leg, stepping though to the stance you’re accustomed to, summing it up with a cross, rear elbow, rear knee.

Pause this video, and practice this a few times before moving on to the pad work section.

Pad Work

So let’s apply this now to the pads, you can use focus mitts like we are using here. Or Thai Pads if you want to put more sting into your mid-level kicks. Either way I will suggest shin guards for both feeder and puncher. In order to keep you from limping for accidental shin collisions.

Praxis Work

Now lets work practical application in sparring. these move here can be pretty detrimental. I dont suggest using them in sparring unless you guys are going easy enough as to not harm each other.

Apply counter move like this in sparring is hard, because they are a reaction to your

opponents attack. So you have one of two choices… Wait until he kicks, or get good at what we call “Baiting”. Baiting, just as it sounds is putting yourself in the position that which your opponent want to kick you. Which of course in turn is exactly what you wanted to begin with. So first thing you need to do, is frustrate your opponent by staying in his kick range. If he feel he can punch you, we won't risk a kick. But if you maintain a distance where kicking is his only option, he has no choice. Also, get into a front heavy stance. One that looks like that front leg of yours is difficult to get up and move out of the way of his kick. These two activities in conjunction, will give you the best chance in baiting him into a kick. Once the bait is set, it’s time to catch a fish.

Mike O'Laskey
O'Laskey Martial Arts
Burbank Ca. 91506
www.olaskeyma.com

Work your Spin Backfist into Shadow Boxing and Sparring (With Video)

Spin Back Fist

Mike O’Laskey here at O’Laskey Martial Arts in Burbank California for this installment of your Kickboxing combo of the week!

In this weeks installment we are going to explore a good application of the spinning back fist.

Now the Spin back fist is a coveted move when it comes to Martial Arts and Fighting. Not only because its effective… But lets face it… it pretty frickin cool.

The thing with a spin Back Fist… it that any halfway co-ordinated 5 year old in a tu-tu can spin around and extend their arm. The key here is effectiveness, through execution. So let get started!

Practice:

The best application I have found to successfully landing the Spin Back Fist in any Martial Arts, Kickboxing or MMA match starts with footwork. Usually, with your Jab, you want to step into it… Putting your whole body into the punch. So keeping that mentality in mind… Instead of stepping straight forward. I want you step at a 45 degree angle towards your open side. This would be your right if you have a standard stance… or your left if you’re a southpaw. This action now cuts your rotation from 360 degrees. To ideally more or less 180 degrees. This is going to allow your spin action to happen faster… With less movement to telegraph.

So the first Combo we will Drill… Is a double Jab, to the spin Back Fist. Move Forward on the First Jab with that lead leg and on the second jab, instead of moving forward, take that 45 degree step with the front leg we were talking about earlier. and that is where that spin backfist is applied.

Doing it this way, Disguises the arrival of the spin back fist in the best way I have personally found. So lets drill it on the pads a few times.

Now this lead jab step can be used in any combo that which the jab can be safely applied. So lets give you one more combo… a Tad bit longer. Jab, cross, Hook, Cross, Hook. This time, as the hook comes… you’re going to take that ever so important 45 degree step to set up the Spin Back fist.

Application:

Now that you have the movement down… lets talk about how you can actually accomplish this is sparring. I find that this often works the best when you have limited your opponent retreat. If he has his back against the cage or against the ring. Often times if there isn’t something limiting his retreat… he can run back faster than your spin moves you forward or at least move back enough to do a slight sway back with his head, causing you to miss entirely.

So imagine his back is up against the wall, Unable to move backwards his only options as far a movement goes will be left or right to escape. Now, any halfway competent coach or martial artist is in most cases going to tell you that you are going to want to escape by moving AWAY from the power hand. So as your opponent moves in this case, my left his right to escape what he thinks will be my cross… He walks unexpectedly into my spin back fist. So I will double jab in, baiting his evasion. As he moves is where my spin takes place. Its fast, its unexpected… and most importantly it works.

Ending:

Thanks you for watching my spin back fist tutorial. Subscribe for new combos every week. Try this out in sparring, and post the videos in video response section. And let me know what you think! Like this video, and tell me how YOU implement the Spin Back Fist or what you would do differently. I’m always looking good information. Until next week. I’m Mike O’Laskey with O’Laskey Martial Arts in Burbank California. See you next time.

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1312 W Magnolia Blvd

Burbank Ca

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Blog is back!

Hey O'Laskey Martial Arts students and fans! The official OMA blog is back up and ready to go. This is where we will post our work outs, Homework and Announcements!

Wanna know whats we're doing in class? Check the blog!

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It's where all the info O'Laskey Martial Arts related goes! So that's where you should BE!

Today we have our Blend Classes from from 5-6 then 630-730 and lucky you... we'll be focusing on weapons.... Stick, knife you name it... if its in you belt level... today we're doing it!


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Respectfully in the Arts,

Mike O'Laskey

O'Laskey Martial Arts is Located at

1312 W. Magnolia Blvd

Burbank, Ca, 91506

Phn 818-480-7810

www.olaskeyma.com

It's Student of the Month time...

This week we will reveal the student of the month! As you all know, the Student of the Month has extra responsibility such as Lining everyone up, Bowing in the Class, Leading Warm Ups and Closing the Class.
Our Student of the Month Program is different. Instead of choosing a Student at the beginning of the month, we here at OMA are one month behind. We choose who leads the class based on the merit of the previous month and the person we believe to have taken the Warrior Tenet of Resilience to heart. Over the course of the last week we've talked to parents as well as the potential candidate, compared and contrasted and decided whom we thought is most deserving of the responsibility. This program is Unique because it needs to be earned, and once earned, puts the deserving individual in a leadership position with extra responsibility.

We have also shot a fun "Demo Reel" of the student, displaying their talents combined with an interview with their parents and instructors. This video will be shown in front of the class and will also be loaded onto our YouTube and Facebook page. I strongly suggest you "Like" and "Share" this video with your Family and Friends to show your support for the hard work and dedication of this new Student of the Month.

If your child was up for consideration for Student of the Month this month and didn't make it, it's okay. Explain to them that there will be many other chances to make Student of the Month, and as long as they are Resilient... Like the Warrior Tenet of the month... You are confident they will get what they strive for! Remember, every moment is a teaching moment that can help your child learn about the reality that is life. Sometimes we don't get what we work hard for... sometimes we even come close just missing... but we must NEVER stop reaching for that brass ring. If we want it enough to where we are willing to continue working hard for it... Nothing can stop us.

Respectfully in the Arts,

Mike O'Laskey

O'Laskey Martial Arts is Located at

1312 W. Magnolia Blvd

Burbank, Ca, 91506

Phn 818-480-7810

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Resilience Week 3... The Kobayashi Maru

This week opens the New Star Trek in Theaters. So we have incorporated Star Trek themed concepts into this weeks lesson. This week we're doing our own version of the Lesson learned from the Kobayashi Maru in the Star Fleet Academy.

For those who don't know. The Kobayashi Maru is a test in the fictional Star Trek universe. It is a Starfleet training exercise designed to test the character of cadets in the command track at Starfleet Academy. Rescuing the civilian vessel Kobayashi Maru is the notional primary goal in a simulated battle with the Klingons. The disabled ship is located in the Klingon Neutral Zone, and any Starfleet ship entering the zone would be in violation of the Organian Peace Treaty. The approaching cadet crew must decide whether to attempt rescue of the Kobayashi Maru crew – endangering their own ship and lives – or leave the Kobayashi Maru to certain destruction. The test was designed to be a no-win scenario in which the cadets learn that sometimes things are out of their hands. However, The creative Captain Kirk sets a virus into the system causing the game to be changed. He destroys the evil Klingons and rescues the ship.

What originally was supposed to be a lesson in Humility turns out to be a lesson in Resilience on the part of Captain Kirk. The character attempts the simulation several times in order to figure out a way to beat it and fails. But instead of giving up, He comes up with a Creative Solution to the problem by thinking outside the box.

Here is a low res version of the scene if you like:








No, How do we incorporate this lesson with out the aid of the USS Enterprise? Simple, with Party Ribbon...

Before class will have party ribbon strung up across the mat, resembling Laser Alarm Triggers we see so much in Spy Movies. The children will be instructed to maneuver their way to the other side of the school with out "Tripping" the sensors. If a child touches, The Sensei will sound an Alarm of some sort. Forcing the child to take the open walk way back to the beginning. Children will have 15 minutes to attempt this as much as the want. However, Much like the Kobayashi Maru... the Task will be impossible to accomplish the way the parameters are set up.

After the 15 minutes time limit, Sensei will lecture and praise the children for they're resilience in attempting to complete the task. He will then ask if the class if they would like to see "Him" complete the Kobayashi Maru. When the class agrees, Sensei will walk down the open corridor the children formally used after they failed to return to the begining. As this corridor is not laced with the Ribbon, the Sensei will have a clear leisurely stroll to the other side of the class.

At this point, the Sensei will lecture briefly on the importance of Resilience of the mind, and if at first you don't succeed... Don't JUST try again... try again a DIFFERENT way. And learn to think outside the box.

Hopefully this will be a fun way to learn a different aspect of resilence. If there are any questions come see us!

Respectfully in the Arts,

Mike O'Laskey

O'Laskey Martial Arts is Located at

1312 W. Magnolia Blvd

Burbank, Ca, 91506

Phn 818-480-7810

www.olaskeyma.com