Diary / Training Notes

Wrestling personal training offers a unique chance to sharpen skills in a focused, one-on-one setting. During my recent session with a private client, we explored a range of Greco-Roman inspired techniques, culminating in a detailed look at the pinch-headlock. This move blends control and leverage, making it a valuable tool for wrestlers aiming to dominate standing positions and execute effective takedowns.

02.02.2026 Mixed Martial Arts Personal Training My couple clients completed the ninth hour of their current Mixed Martial Arts Personal Training course tonight we a re-cap on some of the material covered at last week's seminar with Jeff Chan. As one half of the couple had partnered me at the course, it was a good opportunity to work again with me and his regular partner on developing the pendulum kick and Jeff's evasive techniques. Mixed martial arts fighters practice techniq

Footwork is the foundation of effective boxing. Without solid footwork, even the best punches lose power and precision. When I started teaching the second lesson of a six-lesson morning remote online course with my client from Drum Kempo Martial Arts and Fitness in the Republic of Ireland, I focused entirely on footwork.

In hour three of my client's Mixed Martial Arts Personal Training course, we reviewed material from the former One Championship fighter and owner of MMA Shredded, Jeff Chan's seminar we attended on Monday.

My client is on the third hour of his first Wrestling Personal Training course with me. We do not teach a particular style or sport of Wrestling, but rather grapple loosely to various rule-sets. For example, during the first half of my client's course we are exploring much of the basic Greco-Roman Wrestling syllabus. This is train good positioning and knowledge of grips. This evening's class focused on the penetration step.

The first hour of my teacher client from Drum Kempo Martial Arts and Fitness's Remote Online Martial Arts Training course followed this mandate: give a footwork routine. This was a break from the usual teaching consultancy work I do with progressive teacher from the Republic of Ireland and why refreshing to just concentrate on helping him maintain his own training.

Saturday morning marked another productive session teaching my remote online Boxing course to Hinnerup Karate in Denmark. As I’ve shared before, Hinnerup enlisted my help to develop and integrate a Kickboxing program that complements their traditional Karate curriculum. This morning’s focus was on the fundamentals that often determine success in both boxing and kickboxing: footwork and head movement.

A video recorded and edited by my client showing the first round. 23.01.2026 Martial Arts Teacher Training My Cotswolds Karate teacher client returned for the sixth hour of his Martial Arts Teacher Training with me this morning. We went back through much of the material covered last week. These were the rounds covered. Check out the above video for the recording of our first round. Round 1 - Elbows to the body in the clinch. This is a great way to integrate elbow strikes, sh

My client began his 1.5 hour Muay Thai Personal Training private lesson with a focus on kicks. At 50 years of age, he is very conscious about maintaining this demanding weapon in the Thai Boxing arsenal. So, all our specific sparring was geared towards creating conditions where kicks could be tested, strategies formed around them and better applications made.

Training to fight effectively when trapped in the corner or pressed against the cage is a critical skill in Mixed Martial Arts Personal Training. These situations test your ability to stay calm, defend, and counterattack under pressure. In my client’s third lesson of their current MMA course, we focused on mastering these challenging positions by comparing techniques from boxing, wrestling, Muay Thai, and MMA clinch work. After seven years of private lessons, my client has a

Tuesday night marked my client’s third wrestling lesson, part of his fourth course on the MMA pathway. The first half of the CCMA wrestling course focuses on upper waist grappling, which aligns closely with Greco-Roman Wrestling techniques. This session centered on arm-drags, a fundamental move that can give you control and momentum in wrestling and MMA.

We switched our sparring to an objective-based game against the wall. One fighter began with their back against the wall. The other fighter's goal was to take them down. To keep the defender's goal challenging and proactive, we decided not to just settle with trying to escape, but to turn their opponent into the wall. Even with this specific goal, after six rounds of all three of us playing both roles, we agreed that the person with the takedown goal had the most difficult jo

Boxing is often seen as a young person’s sport, but my experience with Senior Boxing Personal Training proves otherwise. One of my clients, in his 60s, has shown remarkable progress since he started training last year. What makes his journey inspiring is not just his age but his enthusiasm for live sparring and his commitment to improving his skills safely and effectively.

My Martial Arts Teacher Training client returned for the fifth hour in this particular course. The head of Cotswold Karate School in Chipping Campden, this client books me to not only increase his martial arts skills but also to consult on improving his teaching syllabus and curriculum. As a martial arts cross-trainer, it's always very encouraging to see teachers reaching out in the consistent drive to better their knowledge and the skills of their students.

Just as we discussed in our previous lesson, tonight's class with my most experienced client pitted all the various Muay Thai weapons against each other in a dynamic and engaging way through specific sparring. This form of asymmetrical fighting is particularly excellent for exploring how different ranges work against each other from a strategic perspective, allowing us to delve deeper into the nuances of each technique.

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My client is currently pursuing a martial arts cross-training path me in his MMA Personal Training. We are regularly crossing into other component disciplines and then seeing how that impacts on the overall MMA game. Tonight we decided to go through the main disciplines before breaking up the ranges of MMA in 3-minute rounds.

Tonight saw the second lesson for client's first course in Wrestling Personal Training. He is focusing on upper body grappling, which loosely fits under the Greco-Roman banner or, at least, shares similar rule-set restrictions. We recapped from the previous class and then focused on two-on-one and under-hook based tactics.

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My senior client returned to Boxing after the Christmas layoff. I asked him what he would like to cover and he decided on head movement and general defence. I used the following 3-minute rounds.