TECHNIQUE BREAKDOWN: How to defend yourself with BJJ moves
TECHNIQUE BREAKDOWN: How to defend yourself with BJJ moves by Shane Suzuki When someone attacks you from behind When someone grabs you from behind suddenly, immediately step your nearest leg behind him so your hips are positioned behind his. Reach for his hip with your nearest hand and bend your knees. Pull him up by […]
Ground Game: BJJ black belt Shane Suzuki
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt Shane Suzuki is the BJJ head coach of Fight G. The Japan-born of mixed heritage moved to Singapore in 2008 and has been here ever since. He came to Singapore with a blue belt but worked his way through, winning the World Pro at purple and brown belt of his weight […]
[Photoshoot] Brad Robinson
His debut in the ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) may not have gone the way he planned, but I’m sure there is a lot more to Brad Robinson that we have not seen in the cage. It was a very close fight against Nik Harris, but the judges ruled it in Nik’s way via split […]
Harold Ko juggles work and training in aim of becoming BJJ World Champion 2015
Training to become a world champion, or even just training as an athlete, requires a lot of hard work, dedication, discipline, focus and in Harold Ko’s case, time management. The centre manager of fitness hub R-evolution has to balance a hectic schedule of running the place five days a week and training every day. When […]
One FC female fighter Sherilyn Lim used to be bullied in school for being ‘fat’
Looking at her throw punches and knee her opponent, it’s a little hard to believe that Sherilyn Lim,23, was once a victim of mockery and teasing for being fat. She wasn’t even overweight, just chubby, but her classmates gave her a hard time and she often found herself being the last to be picked for […]