http://ericwongmma.com/2010/03/4-years-1-big-disappointment/ Your MMA Performance Coach Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:50:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ericwongmma.com/2010/03/4-years-1-big-disappointment/comment-page-1/#comment-1269 cork_boi Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:52:24 +0000 http://ericwongmma.com/?p=1530#comment-1269 More wisdom from Eric: Picking the right coach and team is important. Prior to MMA there were a lot of charlatans out there. Back in the 90’s it was common to see 2nd Dan Black belts who were overweight and had no cardio. I always thought this was a problem especially compared to boxers. I met this instructor who was super fit: he ran marathons and could do 100’s of push ups without stopping. I was so impressed that I trained with him for 2 years. Pity his techniques didn’t actually work in a real fight (as I found out the hard way). If are going to train your ass off, make sure you are with the right people first. Don’t forget to assess your coach and teams performance as much as your own. More wisdom from Eric: Picking the right coach and team is important. Prior to MMA there were a lot of charlatans out there. Back in the 90’s it was common to see 2nd Dan Black belts who were overweight and had no cardio. I always thought this was a problem especially compared to boxers. I met this instructor who was super fit: he ran marathons and could do 100’s of push ups without stopping. I was so impressed that I trained with him for 2 years. Pity his techniques didn’t actually work in a real fight (as I found out the hard way). If are going to train your ass off, make sure you are with the right people first. Don’t forget to assess your coach and teams performance as much as your own.

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