Photos: MMA Session Thursday 20th - Roper Visits Kokoro MMA

ShaneT

Roper visited us to host a grappling session last Thursday. With special guest appearances from Mark L. and ColumOK - it was a great night.

Photos here: http://forum.mmaireland.com/viewtopic.php?t=117

Millionaire

Wayheeeeee!!!!

The lads droped into KoKoro...rock n roll!!!!!

Kokoro rocks! best training I had in years!

WOW! loads of dudes training now... Ah the old days when there was only 3 of us! ; -)

weemate

looking at the photos.......can anyone explain to me the drill involving being head to head with your hands behind your back?what is the purpose?

columok

Learning how to drive in the clinch and get your head into the "well".

Roper

weemate, its a drill I got from Matt Thornton on the importance of head position in the clinch. That's stage 1 in a drill of about 10 stages.

ShaneT

Was a laugh. Felt like a Ram fighting over a mount. As a welshman I felt right at home.

For those that are too lazy to click on the link... ....copies of the photos follow... :cool:

ShaneT

TwoKingMick

Gah! I really would have had great fun there.

Roper

We had fun alright;).

Thanks again for the invite Shane.

weemate

Roper can you elaborate on it a bit more [ even by pm ]When Matt comes up to my place he never goes into this sort of stuff as there are always too many beginners so we dont get the best of the drills.
Cheers

john kavanagh

weemate wrote:

Roper can you elaborate on it a bit more [ even by pm ]When Matt comes up to my place he never goes into this sort of stuff as there are always too many beginners so we dont get the best of the drills.
Cheers

lol you of all people peter should know matt doesn't teach any 'advanced' or 'best' drills - just fundementals. you may not have covered 'clinch' surfing with him yet but its nothing to do with the amount of beginners present at any seminar, he teaches the same drills to everybody. the last time i was in belfast with robert i went through this aswell, pity you weren't there. its like the guard surfing drill i did with you guys except its for the clinch.

if you and some of your lads want to drop down for a session with me i can go through this with you:) email if you want to set something up!

Roper

Well, not really! Its a call out drill (one of the 'surfing' ones). I don't know if you've seen top surfing or guard surfing, it takes a similar format to those. Its a bit hard to put into words to be honest. Sort of has to be seen.

We've been using it for clinch for a few months now and its a great one for beginners to get the jist of the basic clinch positions. I'll put it to you this way, my clinch was dire when I started using it, now its just awful...:D

weemate

pity I didnt know you where coming until five minutes beforehand!
you know how they keep everything a fookin secret up here....professional jealosy I think!I will set something up soon even getting you to come up again...it's been a while.Im going to be down in Dublin on a regular basis over the next while for another project [ not ma related ]so I wouldnt mind getting some extra practise in.anyway,just to humour me John,mail me through the basics of this drill to give me an idea.Please!!!!!!!!

Ger Healy

Cool drill works really well to get the fundementals across. Did it with John a few months back and has help me a lot and like Barry I'm " awful" aswell

Roper

Ger, when we fought in the amatuers I was still "awful", and you won the clinch battle, so I think that upgrades you to "poor"! Congrats!!!!:D

paddyc

barry


should have been on your toes of your left foot matey paddy

Rob Byrne

Did you all go for a swim in your clothes before hand?

Thats one sweaty Galwegian....eh Mark?

Ger Healy

Does "poor" come with some kind of belt?

Got to agree with PaddyC you should have been on your toes

Roper

Ger Healy wrote:

Got to agree with PaddyC you should have been on your toes

Yiz are all frickin comedians:D That shot caught me just before I popped on to my toes and unleashed "the thunder";) on Colum's leg.

mark.leonard

Rob Byrne wrote:

Did you all go for a swim in your clothes before hand?

Thats one sweaty Galwegian....eh Mark?

Aye, I think I lost about 4 stone during that session!

columok

That was the thunder you'd been going on about? Really? I'm kinda disappointed now.It was more like someone stepping on an airfilled tayto packet...

ShaneT

paddyc wrote:

should have been on your toes of your left foot matey paddy

Paddy, quick question...

Are we talking "on the toes during rotation" or "on the toes at the point of impact"? Just trying to pick up on the MT method and the logic behind it.

Would appreciate it if you could explain it for me?

Roper

ShaneT wrote:

Paddy, quick question...

Are we talking "on the toes during rotation" or "on the toes at the point of impact"? Just trying to pick up on the MT method and the logic behind it.

Would appreciate it if you could explain it for me?

In Thai you're on the toes all the time, and if you aren't Paddy lashes you on the calf with a bamboo stick he carrys and laughs and calls you weak.

That was the thunder you'd been going on about? Really? I'm kinda disappointed now.It was more like someone stepping on an airfilled tayto packet...

I had a cold, or you had a cold. One of us had a cold, thats why it didn't feel right.

ShaneT

Roper wrote:

In Thai you're on the toes all the time, and if you aren't Paddy lashes you on the calf with a bamboo stick he carrys and laughs and calls you weak.

Cool!

We're on our toes for motion and the heels become grounded at the moment of impact (for kicks) well, in practise, a nano second before impact. Hence the question. Thanks Roper.

Roper wrote:

I had a cold, or you had a cold. One of us had a cold, thats why it didn't feel right.

I don't know about you and Colum but it turns out that I DID have a cold. Been sick as a dog ever since (which is a bitch since I've been moving house and unable to rest through it). :mad: