Borneo Combat Gym: Muay Boran demo!

For those that live at Labuan, don't miss this chance to watch the Muay Boran demo by Borneo Combat Gym!

Happy New Year from FightBah!

FightBah would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Hope 2011 was kind to you, leave the bad and start a new! FightBah wish you all the best of 2012! RESPECT! Ossss!

The Fight Nation (TFN) website interviews AJ Pyro!

Sabahan Fighter AJ "Pyro" got interview by TFN (The Fight Nation) Website for his upcoming bout in DARE FC! Check out the interview and the words from our local MMA fighter AJ "Pyro".

Martial Arts Odyssey: Masters of Miri (Part 2)

In this episode of Masters of Miri, you get to see a few demo moves from the silat masters, yet surprisingly it looks more like Wing Chun. But considering the big chinese population in Miri itself, it might not be too surprising to find an infusion of chinese martial art into the local silat techniques.

Enjoy the video.

Sabah Judo Team wins 2 Silver & 1 Bronze!

A shout out to the Sabah Judo Team for winning 2 Silver & 1 Bronze at the Penang 47th National Judo Competition! You make us proud! Osss!

Merry Xmas from FightBah! :)

FightBah will be taking a short hiatus for a while to celebrate the holidays and getting some "real world" stuff done. With that we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! :)

Go easy on the Turkey k? ;)

AXN: The Challenger Muay Thai Episode 11: Fight Recap

Winner: Mosi

AXN: The Challenger Muay Thai Episode 10: Fight Recap

Power house Jordan vs Veteran Cedric!



Winner: Jordan

Martial Arts Odyssey: Masters of Miri (Part 1)

Antonio Graceffo was in Borneo island and apparently did a short video about a few Miri Silat masters.

Click on the video below to check it out!

Enter the Dojo Episode 6: "Into The Darkness".

Any awesome episode of "Enter The Dojo"!

"Living the MMA Dream" Reality Show, part 2.

Part 2 of "Living the MMA Dream".

More on AJ's MMA fight: Major vs Pyro

DARE 1/12 FEATHERWEIGHT FIGHT
Dare Fight Sports is proud to present the first Featherweight fight (66 kilos/ 145lbs) of the DARE 1/12 event, coming to you Live from Club Insomnia Bangkok and broadcasted on www.darelive.tv and on www.gfl.tv on 7th of January 2012:

AJ Vaa to fight in DARE FC Bangkok!

Our Sabahan warrior AJ Vaa has recently been confirmed to fight at the Bangkok MMA promotion DARE FC!

"Living the MMA Dream" Reality Show.

With the recent boom of MMA in Malaysia thanks to the promotion of Muay Fit gym, they have recently released a new reality show called "Living the MMA Dream".

Antonio Graceffo is also the man behind this project and he is the author of the book "The Monk from Brooklyn". He also host the youtube channel brooklynmonk1.

My 1st BJJ competition experience. Part 1.

BJJ Borneo & CORE Fitness hosted the 1st BJJ tournament in Malaysia on the 26th November at the Suria Sabah, T2 area. The event was coined: "Headhunters Challenge: BJJ & Submission Grappling Tournament".

Diet: Vegetable diet for fighters training?

A recent post from "My 3 months fight camp in Thailand" got me interested in this read:

"Something really strange happened to me after training one day.  Instead of the usual protein shake, chicken, egg, and steak lunch I have in attempts to try to feed my body after a hard workout, I went to a vegetarian restaurant instead.  It defied all of my logic, as I thought the reason why I wasn't recovering was because of a lack of protein.

Turns out guys like Jake Shields, Nate, and Nick Diaz may be onto something with their Vegetarian UFC training.  I noticed something strange about my body and mentioned it to Ben, a nutritionist that was training at Phuket Top Team.  I told him that I wasn't tired at all, normally I need to take a nap around this time, and that I felt great.  He said it was because my body didn't need to spend all that energy breaking down the animal protein and instead was able to use that same energy to recover." - Continue read at "My 3 months fight camp in Thailand"

 So FightBah decided to take a look and share this other site on the matter as well.

Sabah Judo Team for Malaysia Judo Championship.

The Sabah Judo Association has assembled a group to represent our land below the wind to compete in the upcoming Malaysian Judo Championship 2011 at Penang!

Alpha Wolf Training Group in Tanjung Aru!

FightBah have recently meet a new training group called the: Alpha Wolf.

Funny Video: 26th SEA Games - Pencak Silat.

The recent Sea Games hosted by Indonesia is a regional event that as Malaysian we cant help but keep an eye out on some of their combat sport events. You can check out some of the combat sport results here.

But the this SEA game saw some really funny & controversial incident at the Pencak Silat competition that saw a few videos going crazy on youtube and being shared...

Enter The Dojo Episode 5: KILL FACE!!!

It's been awhile but Episode 5 of "Enter The Dojo" is out!



Remember to practice your KILL FACE!!!

Introducing Genn Lai & Technique of the Month.

FightBah would like to introduce our friend Genn Lai & his youtube channel AsiaticSoul.

Taekwando Night 2011 videos.

Thanks to tkdkid83 for informing us on some of the videos he took of the Taekwando Night 2011.

AXN: The Challenger Muay Thai Episode 9: Fight Recap

This is the fight between 2 great veterans in the sport and considered a "rematch" for the 2. This is Collosa vs Pidsanu "Mardsua".



Winner by points: Pidsanu Kunchat.

HEADHUNTERS CHALLENGE 2011: Grappling competition.

Good news for all Sabahan grapplers, there will be a grappling competition hosted by CORE Fitness & BJJ Borneo at Suria Sabah this coming 26th November 2011.

Poor Man's: Pull ups in the playground

Besides learning the techniques and skills in what ever martial art you do, general fitness is also important. Exercises such as jogging, skip ropes and weights are good to keep your body strong.

While some might complain that they cant afford to go to a gym or worst cant even buy dumbbells for training, this next "Poor Man's" post will introduce you to the simple solution of going to a playground.

Ustaz Nazim, helping Muay Thai in Sabah.

This month we hook up with Ustaz Nazim, a driving force for the Muay Thai movement in Kota Kinabalu Sabah. Ustaz Nazim is a lawyer by profession and has contributed so much to the sports; yet one would ask why would a Ustaz spend so much time, money and effort for the sake of a martial art like Muay Thai?

Today we interview Ustaz Nazim and get to know him better.

Taekwando Night 2011, tickets up for sale!

There will be a Taekwando Night Charity Dinner at the Star City Convention Hall Level 2 on the 11th November (Friday), 7pm - 11pm.

AXN: The Challenger Muay Thai Episode 8: Fight Recap

Last night saw an epic match up between our home boy Faizal "Golden Elbow" vs Antoine "The Venom". The match was a good back and forth of kicks, elbows & knees.

Watch the fight here!



Winner: Antoine

NEWS around us!

Seems like there are 2 big events happening on the 19th of November.

Check out the few news around the region:

For more info check out Ben Does Martial Art blog.

Sabahan wins Silver medal at Thailand Open Grappling Competition.

Recently at the Thailand Open Brazillian Jujitsu Grappling Competition held in Bangkok, 2 Sabahan warriors went to represent our little land below the wind.

AXN: The Challenger Muay Thai Episode 7: Fight Recap 1 & 2

Not too sure why is Fight Episode 6 of the AXN Challenger Muay Thai not being shared on youtube or anywhere else on the net but in case you were wondering, the fight was between Jason Woodhem vs Mostafa Abdollahi. The winner of that fight was by Mostafa Abdollahi via KO.

Luckily Episode 7 saw 2 fights happening on the same day as it was a double elimination episode (since they were down to the last 4 fighters). Enjoy the video below:

Ryan Yong's Muay Thai fight in KL.

1st off, a belated Happy Deepavali to all my readers!

Below are some videos courtesy of Ryan Yong who showed us his fight in the KL Chairty Shield event. Enjoy!

Cruz Fitness & Fight Studio opens in Putatan area.

A new fitness & martial arts gym has popped up in Putatan area.

FightBah gets 10,000 pageviews!

FightBah is happy to announce that we got 10,000 page view as of June 2010.

A Saturday of Wing Chun & Shorinji Kempo

Last Saturday saw 2 martial arts demo & seminar around KK. There was the UMS Japanese Fair where the Shorinji Kempo UMS Team did their demo.

Interview with Ryan Yong - 1st experience fighting Muay Thai.

 We hooked up with Ryan Yong who recently fought at the Muay Thai Charity Shield in KL hosted by the Persatuan Tomoi Gombak. It was Ryan's 1st experience fighting in an event bout. Ryan Yong, representing Sabah, a member of Kinabalu Fighters gym and sponsored by Furious Style Kickboxing gym, he won via 4th round KO against his opponent.

AXN: The Challenger Muay Thai Episode 5: Fight Recap.

Recap fight of AXN The Challenger Muay Thai.

Local hero Faizal "Siku Emas / Golden Elbow" represent Malaysia!

FightBah visits TNT KickBoxing

FightBah was at KL last week to sort out some important matters but manage to find a day to check out Master Khoo Meng Yang's TNT Kickboxing gym.

Shorinji Kempo demo at Citymall Japanese fair.

Last Saturday ( 8th October) FightBah was at Citymall observing the Konnichiwa Japanese Fair.

Quick updates

A few quick updates coming this week:

There will be a few blog post coming up soon to FightBah.

AXN: The Challenger Muay Thai Episode 4: Fight Recap.

Fight Recap from AXN The Challenger Muay Thai.

I like this fight alot... a "young blood" fights his "hero". Enjoy the video! :)







Winner: Pidsanu Kunchat

Wing Chun at CORE FITNESS

Wing Chun fans rejoice!

There will be a Wing Chun seminar this coming October at CORE FITNESS Centre Point.

Capoeira Angola workshop by Bigfoot

* Am currently away in KL, I would like to thank Mr Nazim of Furious Style gym for sharing this good piece of information.

Mr. "Bigfoot" @ Ahmad Ibrahim Shukri (picture above, without shirt), one of the early pioneers of Malaysian Capoeria Angola was in Kota Kinabalu for a week & gave a 1 day workshop.

AXN: The Challenger Muay Thai Episode 3: Fight Recap.

Did you missed The Challenger Muay Thai episode 3? Catch the recap here!

Enjoy!

Winner: Antoine Pinto

WARRIOR the movie!

I'm a little surprised that not many in K.K. seem to realise what a great MMA movie has hit our shores recently.

Enter the Dojo: "Rape Class" part 2!

More crazy stuff from "Enter the Dojo". Rape Class part 2

And in case you actually never saw part 1, it's here.

Poor Man's: Below RM50 punching bag.

FightBah spotted a few punching bag that are BELOW RM50 at the SURIA SABAH 100Yen Shop.

The 1st 1 we spotted was a small (estimated) 3 feet tall bag and about 1.5 feet wide bag. The skin of the bag is not made of leather nor canvas, the inside of the bag comes with a few millimeter thick foam that wraps around the bag. The bag does not come with any filling.

The small bag cost RM29.99 while a slightly taller and bigger bag (about 5 feet or 6 feet tall & 3 feet wide) cost RM49.99.

It could be a "children's punching bag" considering it looks smaller and the material of the body looks like cloth stitches, but as long as you punch it with gloves, we believe it will get the job done. All you need now, is to find sawdust and sand to fill up this bag.

Hope this helps for those who wants a "nice to look at" yet cheap punching bag compare to a tire.

AXN: The Challenger Muay Thai Episode 2: Fight Recap.

The Challenger Muay Thai was aired last night at AXN 701 10pm & rerun at 11.50pm. For those that missed it, you can still check your ASTRO AXN schedule for reruns. If not, you can watch this recap fight video!

Winner: Cedric Muller

Learning Jujitsu online via Gracie University?

I was first introduce to this site by Mr. Alvin Chong of Borneo Combat Gym which I think is worth a share for everyone to know about.

FightBah visits EVOLVE MMA

FightBah was at Singapore for a few days over some personal matters, but we manage to drop by for a quick visit to the EVOLVE MMA gym in Far East Square.

FightBah updates (September 20th 2011)

FightBah blog currently has 6529 viewers since June this year & our current highest blog article read is the special interview from Mr. AJ Vaa: Fighters Training: During The Holy Month of Ramadhan. We're pretty happy with the numbers and this is encouraging to us as we continue to provide you with more interesting posts.

Where is Sabah Kendo Club?

Recently a few friends of mine has taken up the interest of wanting to know more about Kendo & so I asked a friend who used to train with the Sabah Kendo club for directions. 

FIGHT RECAP video of AXN Challenger Muay Thai episode 1

For those that missed the 1st episode of the AXN "The Challenger Muay Thai", I found a fight recap on youtube for your viewing pleasure.

Winner: Vuyisile Colossa

The Challenger Muay Thai on AXN 701

Been pretty busy lately and just got back from Singapore.

Anyway just wanted to give everyone a heads up on the upcoming reality show called "The Challenger Muay Thai". "The Challenger Muay Thai" is basically a reminiscent of the reality show called "The Contender Asia", that show got scraped but now we finally have this Muay Thai reality show to satisfy our fight craving.

World War II Fitness Assessment Chart

Found this really interesting old school "fitness assessment chart" by the US Military during the World War II era to decide if you are fit enough to join the army... 

The test pays a lot of attention to "functional exercises" and as far as I see it, it's pretty hardcore... enjoy.

Sports & activities that compliment martial art

Some of your everyday sports activities and exercises can compliment your martial art training. Here are a few things you can do to help your martial art training.

How Legends Trained.

I notice a big interest among martial fans loving to read about how certain martial art idol of theirs train & so I decided why not just have a post dedicated to some of these fighting legends. 

So let me start off with a few great legends for this post.

Free class for the community?

The latest of "Enter The Dojo" series. Master Ken offering a free class on defending one from rape... he calls it the "Rape Class"...

Top 20 Street Fight Mistakes!

An old video that is worth sharing.

This video shows the common mistakes of fighting by most people & in "fighting" I'm refering to a non-combat-sport related environment, A.K.A the other person really want to whoop your ass...

Borneo Combat Gym obtains International Wushu Sanshou cert!

Borneo Combat Gym has once again help produce 2 new International Standard judge & coach for East Malaysia, this time in the Kickboxing sport of Sanshou!

Mr. Alvin Chong, owner / coach of  Borneo Combat Gym & Mr. Roslan; a senior member from the same gym have been awarded the certificate of International Wushu Sanshou judge & coach!

Wishes all our readers Selamat Hari Raya!

We at FightBah would like to wish everyone a Selamat Hari Raya! Try to control what you eat during this time of celebration and try to squeeze in some exercise and training if you can! Love & respect from FightBah! Osss!

Capoeira in Kota Kinabalu?

So some folks saw the previous post about "Technique of the month: Capoeira - Vingativa" & have asked me where can you find a Capoeira class in Kota Kinabalu?

For those that are interested, you can find the "Borneo Capoeira" group at Tanjung Aru 1st Beach. They practice either on Saturdays or Sundays around 5pm.

(image credit to LEAP blog)

Technique of the Month: Capoeira - Vingativa

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This month we bring you an interesting move from Capoeira.

Training: The Pyramid.

This is 1 training workout I love the most, it's called the pyramid.

"ENTER THE DOJO"

I just felt that this should be shared.

There's a new youtube series called "ENTER THE DOJO".

It's comedy about a "psycho" martial art instructor (maybe not a martial artist at all) who... well ... creates his own philosophy about his dojo's martial art and gives his student the false hope & security about his techniques, his wisdom and about their school. Accompanied by quirky supporting actors, this series does in some sense poke fun on certain real life situations of martial art in the real world (especially McDojos).

Sabah Shorinji Kempo Association demo at Citymall.

Probably one of the biggest & most active martial art club in Kota Kinabalu; the Sabah Shorinji Kempo Association will be performing a demo this coming October at Citymall K.K. this is in conjunction with the mall's Japanese Cultural Festival event.

Training: High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT).

Last Friday night at Kinabalu Fighters club, Joanna Lye was introducing us HIIT workout. We had a blast doing the new exercise regime & comparatively this workout is very time efficient: 12 minutes alone will make you panting.

Joanna have written a pretty good simple article for those who want to know what this workout is about, we got her to be our "guest writer" for the day.

Traditional Chinese Herbal & Chiropractor (Likas)

I've been suffering an injured left index finger for a very long time. The pain was caused by bad punching form during 1 of my old boxing classes. Injuries are a common thing in training, you probably get a lot of knee, joint pain, fingers or wrist pain from from grappling or striking class or might even have back problem from bad exercise form. Like it or not, it happens.

Poor man's training: Training with Tires.

Every humble gym or club would probably have gone through the phase of finding a venue & having to DIY their own equipment for training. When I first had a space for my club Kinabalu Fighters in the Sabah Judo Dojo, they had a huge space but no punching bags (duh) it was going to be a problem for me.

Problem was, neither I nor the small group back then couldnt afford a proper punching bag... We turned to a simple alternatives. Tires.