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I Heart (real) Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and Boxing

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I Heart (real) Kickboxing So let me preface this by saying that I am in no way taking a dig at the gyms that are popping up now by this same name.  I have never stepped into an "I Heart Kickboxing" gym, and I make it a rule not to pass judgment on things that I don't know anything about.  That being said, this post IS, in part, about those who try and teach something they know little to nothing about. Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and Boxing are fantastic ways to get a good workout in.  I know quite a few people who have zero desire to fight, and so they instead use (kickboxing, boxing and Muay Thai) for their cardio workouts.  This is a fantastic way to stay in shape, BUT, as with anything else in the fitness industry, doing it right will always elicit better results than doing it sloppy.  My issue with most "cardio-kickboxing" or "cardio boxing" classes is that there is a tendency to dummy down the techniques because either the instructor doesn...
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Getting Started

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Getting Started October 27, 2017 | Coach Bagby "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -Theodore Roosevelt  I was recently having a discussion with my wife who was lamenting about an issue we can all sympathize with, "Where do I find the time to go to the gym?"  It is the nature of our lives that you are rarely going to have things just fall into your lap, time included.  It seems the older we get, the more responsibilities we get, the less time we have to do those things we truly love and/or are good for us, like making it to the gym for a workout.  My suggestion to her: "Start with what you can do, with what you have, where you are."  You may have to think outside the box a bit, but I guarantee if you work at it, you can make the time.   Here are some ideas on making time: - Wake up 1 hour to 30 minutes earlier than you usually ...
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OODA LOOP - Article #1 Observe

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OODA LOOP - Article 1 "OBSERVE" November 14, 2017 | Coach Bagby Over the next several weeks we will be delving into a mental process called "The OODA Loop", and how it relates to: avoiding conflict, self defense, and close quarter combat.   Funny name, REALLY cool concept.  The OODA Loop was developed by an Air Force colonel by the name of John Boyd, a man who many people refer to as the greatest military strategist you've never heard of.  I'll be breaking each piece down into a 4 part series, each article being a piece of the OODA loop.  We'll wrap it all up with an article that puts it all together.  Let's begin... OBSERVE Observe, simply put, is how we take in information from the world around us.  What we see, hear, smell, touch, feel in any given moment, in any given circumstance.  The world around us is constantly changing, and so being constantly t...
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