Anthony "The Animal" Gatt

We've only been working with Anthony for a couple months but his work ethic and the love of his combat sports is inspirational.

Anthony had a fight only 11 days ago in Oaks, PA. This week he got a call about a fight in Butler , PA. Before we knew it Anthony was on his way to Butler... ready for war.

It was a tough fight with the local fighter winning a 4-round decision. Anthony was knocked down early in round one but quickly recovered and outpaced the local fighter for the next 3 rounds. The number of power-punches Anthony threw was astounding. Even the announcers were amazed.

I might be biased, but I gave Anthony that fight. Great fight Anthony, it's honor to work with you.

Sand Bag Training with the Long Bag

Sand Bags are one of our favorite training tools for combat sport athletes, especially our grapplers. Below is an interesting video of The Long Bag, once again in Beijing.

Likes:

O Static and dynamic grip action.

O Slight rotational components.

O Explosive hip and knee extension.

O Multi-planar movements.

O Hyper-gravity training stimulus

O Low Price tag - a simple bag filled with some sand or rice.



Dislikes:

O Spinal mechanics- too much flexion and torsion. I know those actions take place in combat sports and are strongly involved with grappling arts, and that some drills should place your body slightly outside of it's intended range in order to build a safety valve. It's the repeated training of those actions on top of their sports skills that could quickly lead to injury.

Combat Sports Conditioning - On A Budget

He's solid video proof that if you have the desire to train nothing can stop you. This is some solid and legit sport specific combat sports training in Beijing. It's so sad when I hear Americans complain that they can't make it to the gym to train or that they don't have the money.

You don't need so-called state-of-the-art training facilities to get an effective training session, all you need is the desire to train, some creativity and heart.