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Been a while since I updated this thing and I am sorry. It’s just that I have hit that period in training where you realize that a fighters life is not exciting. It’s monotonous, it’s painful, it’s tiring and repetitive. I am not saying I would like to do anything else. I feel most at peace when my world revolves around focusing on my skills and getting to be the best that I can be. …
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“Training is 90% physical and 10% mental, fighting is 10% physical and 90% mental” – Rich Franklin These words could not be any truer. People seem to forget where the impetus to fight comes from. Fighting can be surmised to be at its most bare, an expression of rage or passion, defending oneself or one’s family, a sinister desire to take with force from others what is not theirs, to right a wrong and to…
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I looked at the calendar today. I have a little more than 8 weeks left here and although I am not even 25% of the way into my trip here I feel depressed about going back. I don’t regret what I have done and I know that what I have done in Pakistan has made many people thankful to me and I have created an entire scene and put Pakistani MMA on the map all…
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I am into my second week of training at Team Quest Thailand and things could not be better. If you read my last post I had set up a training program that I was hoping to follow and so far I have done pretty good and have stuck to about 90% of it, but one thing is for sure, in terms of hours, I have not trained any less. I may have not trained a…
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So, I completed a full week of training. I can confidently say that I have settled in to my training and my routine and it’s just a matter of fine tuning things this week, followed by the normal week by week adjustments that I would be making whether I was training at home at my own gym or anywhere else. There are essentially 2 parts to any MMA camp in Thailand, the MMA portion and…
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By the end of today I will have officially been in Chiang Mai one week and will have completed my first full week of training. Right now I am at the stage where I am trying to figure out what the best schedule is going to be for me. Basically at the moment the schedule is as such – 7 am – 9 am Muay Thai 9 am – 10 am – MMA Conditioning 1…
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Read The Beginning – I, here. In December 2007, I was back in Pakistan for my sister’s wedding. It was during that time you could say PAKMMA was born. A few months prior to leaving I had this desire to get Pakistanis educated about MMA. I just wanted to get the word out and have them share the fun. So I made a myspace page, which I never really kept up. When I arrived in…
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*Note: PAKMMA Shin guards are currently out of stock. If you would like to order some for yourself or gym or would like to make any other sort of custom MMA order please email info@pak-mma.com PAKMMA shin guards are some of our most popular items. These neoprene backed shin guards slide on and have a nice snug fit that makes them perfect for use during grappling/striking sparring. These things will not slip off and will…
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The scene for MMA in Asia just keeps getting bigger and bigger. It seems that after ONEFC came onto the scene, MMA promotions and camps are popping up every week. The biggest and latest addition particularly for us here in Pakistan is a promotion that has just started up in India called Super Fight League or SFL. The SFL is the first pro MMA league in India and it is promising to put on some…
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a complete combat sport that allows both striking and grappling techniques with different fighting styles including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, karate, Judo etc. It is the fastest popularity gaining sport in the world as it accompanies training methods like Cross Fit and High Intense training (H.I.T) circuits which are effective in maintaining health and improving body fitness. One of the most lucrative benefits of this form of…
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