A bit of boxing at 8am!! *VIDEO*

Okay, so as promised, I filmed a round with Jamie Milne today while I was at Inspire Pure Fitness in Kuwait.

Jamie is a former strength and conditioning coach for World Boxing Champion Shane Cameron, and with a history as an amateur boxer he isn’t bad on the pads either.

Worked 4 good rounds on the pads, with a bit of a burnout drill on the bag before getting in some core conditioning at the end of the session.  Having been in Kuwait almost 3-4 months now, I haven’t had a chance to do any real striking training.  While I have found a few places that teach Boxing, they just didn’t really have a friendly feel to them, and as an American living in the Middle East, I can just imagine being bashed for the amusement of all those in attendance…lol.

While I haven’t been training much striking, I have been rolling BJJ almost 5 days a week, with several of those days being double sessions.  Anyone who has ever trained for MMA knows though that striking and grappling are two different beasts.  Kinda like running and swimming.  Just because you can swim the English channel doesn’t mean you can run a 15K marathon, and vice versa.

Was fun getting in a quality session this morning, especially considering all the boys at Legacy Gym are going to be looking at getting in a few rounds once I get back to Thailand!

Looking forward to announcing more details about my INTRO TO BJJ program which will start in September at Inspire Fitness…Look for news in the next couple weeks about how to sign up and register, it is going to be an exclusive class, and numbers will be VERY LIMITED.