Another newbie here.

/Andy\

I've been reading the boards for months but haven't really posted, since I saw the guy before me introduce himself this way, I thought it only polite to do likewise

My name is Andy Mac Laughlin, and my (vast!) experience in martial arts consists entirely in the five months of judo I did at university and four months training with Sh
ane Thomas in Kokoro (Going Back next week illness permitting) I hope MMA trainig will get me back to my optimum physical shape, fitness wise and weight wise, and eventually hope to compete inside the ring or cage sometime.
Someone please acknowledge me!!!!! It's so hard sticking your neck out on the line by creating your own thread!:)

Baggio...

Good to have you here mate.

Baggio.

kerinsp

Hi Andy,
I am also a sort of beginner. I am one of the old geezers that trains (sporadically) with Roper. MMA should get you fit alright. Best of luck with it.

gymrabbit

hi andy

BobbyOLeary

Hi Andy,

Welcome to the forums. MMA training should get you fit, if it doesn't somethings amiss! Fitness is one of those things that you get out only what you put in, though in my vast experience of MMA its hard not to put in a lot of effort, you get tapped real quick otherwise!

Anywho, good luck with the training!

-Bobby

HammerHeadGym

Hey Andy,
Welcome to the martial arts forum. Yes Andy, the road you are on is a rocky one indeed, fraught with many dangerous and a whole lot of bullsh1t. But all along the road are many gifts and treasures. Here is a simple equation to help you.

MMA=Fitness=More babes.

Also, chicks dig scars.
Oh, and wrestling injuries.

gymrabbit

where do you train hammerhead?

arybvtcw0eolkf

gymrabbit wrote:

where do you train hammerhead?

Hammerhead-gym.....

Maybe

gymrabbit

hehehe, never heard of it, is it a real gym in ireland?

HammerHeadGym

Hey,
Hammerhead gym doesn't exist yet, but i did register the domain name.
I actually had a place going in Mountjoy square but my thai guy is now in Thailand and my BJJ guy is now injured beyond all use, so no more.
I currently train in K.O. Martial arts in Glasnevin and Bridgestone. I'm off to Thailand in January, for a year, then over to Top Team in Brazil for a year or two and then I'll re-open my own place.

gymrabbit

Oh right, never knew there was a club there. I would have dropped down had I known. So you had a thai guy and a BJJ guy, were you the clinch guy then? I might be at barry's on sunday os might see you there.

brazil will be fantastic i'd expect.

HammerHeadGym

Hey Rabbit,
yeah, we didnt advertise, cause it was such as crap hole. Leaky roof, asbestos roof, draughty, ice cold. But it had a large matted area, two punchbags and lots of kit. It was mostly a fight club for bouncers and our mates Although towards the end it was mostly waiters.

Oh and i dont go to barry's on sunday, i work instead which is about as much fun

47MartialMan

/Andy\ wrote:

I've been reading the boards for months but haven't really posted, since I saw the guy before me introduce himself this way, I thought it only polite to do likewise

My name is Andy Mac Laughlin, and my (vast!) experience in martial arts consists entirely in the five months of judo I did at university and four months training with Sh
ane Thomas in Kokoro (Going Back next week illness permitting) I hope MMA trainig will get me back to my optimum physical shape, fitness wise and weight wise, and eventually hope to compete inside the ring or cage sometime.
Someone please acknowledge me!!!!! It's so hard sticking your neck out on the line by creating your own thread!:)

Hello Andy.

Judo/JiuJitsu were my first arts around 1966-1970. My JJ instructor taught Judo as it was accepted as more sport-atheletic in the YMCA. As we had advanced or became in his favor, we had extreme JJ work outs. Coming from a Italian family, kin, esp, my father, were consternated. in those days, pugilism was on stronghold. After those ares i had studied Karate. Strange, how these pugilists will train in Judo and become consternate once again upon me studying Karate. (More on my background, history, observations and experiences later)

Colm_OReilly

Perfect intro, welcome on board.

Khannie

welcome!

Roper

gymrabbit wrote:

Oh right, never knew there was a club there. I would have dropped down had I known. So you had a thai guy and a BJJ guy, were you the clinch guy then? I might be at barry's on sunday os might see you there.

brazil will be fantastic i'd expect.

Dunno if I'll be there on Sunday as theres a blue belt grading on for SBG folk in sbgNorthside. Might do both but I dunno.

yomchi

Roper wrote:

Dunno if I'll be there on Sunday as theres a blue belt grading on for SBG folk in sbgNorthside. Might do both but I dunno.

Whats involved in a BJJ grading? I didn't think it was an actual event.

Just curious. Hope to get my Blue belt some time in the future...distant probably :rolleyes:

Roper

Jon wrote:

Whats involved in a BJJ grading? I didn't think it was an actual event.

Just curious. Hope to get my Blue belt some time in the future...distant probably :rolleyes:

Rolling rolling rolling! If you don't look out of place among the blues you get your belt. I don't think I'm there yet but it'll be interesting/demoralising to see how near/far off I am.:D

gymrabbit

Roper wrote:

Rolling rolling rolling! If you don't look out of place among the blues you get your belt. I don't think I'm there yet but it'll be interesting/demoralising to see how near/far off I am.:D

may the force be with you barry.

paddyc

welcome aboard andy, hope she works out for you


Hammer head, you training with tim fisher??? or indeed are you tim?

thanks paddy