Where? Sports Depot

A few weeks ago I was at Victoria plaza with my kid and i happened to come across a Sports shop. As a sports enthusiast, I have to check it out. I was able to talk to the manager Mr. Jason Yap, cool guy and he gave me his business card and allowed me to graze around his place.

First things first, MMA and Muay Thai items...to my satisfaction, they have it... a variety of Boxing gloves, mma gloves, mouth guards, hand wraps and groin guards. However, I did not see any muay thai pads, or muay shin guards nor bely pads, well I guess we cant have it all. However, they have an unlimited supply for taekwondo products (kIX). Nonetheless, they have the basic equipments needed for boxing, mma and muay thai.

If you are planning to go boxing, kickboxing or even mma and you are scouting for equipments and accessories this is a nice place to go to, great products with decent selections and reasonable price. And where is this ? Whats the name of the place?

SPORTS DEPOT

Ground floor, Victoria Plaza,

JP Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City Philippines.

telefax 011.63.82.221.3376,

www.sportsdepotdavao.multiply.com,

email:sportsdepot05@yahoo.com.

UFC Updates

I just went on the UFC site to look at upcoming fights, fights which look interesting. This Sunday Philippine time it will be UFC 119 and here is the fight card.

Noguiera vs Bader

Serra vs Lytle

Sherk vs Dunham

Guillard vs Stephens

Dollaway vs Doerksen

Mitrione vs Beltran

Tavares vs Audinwood

Lopez vs Lowe

Grant vs Paulino

Hunt vs McCorkle

Main Event

MIR vs Cro Cop

Sera, Sherk, Bader and Mir seems interesting, is it PPV worthy?.. am not sure about that. As for me what caught my attention is UFC 121 that is Velasquez vs Lesnar, with some heavy undercards...this 23rd of October..for the fans enjoy the weekend!!!

Comments from Fight fans and fighters....

Ole Baguio Laursen

i know crocop been look of for few years but i got a feeling that he realises that this win could bring him to the titelshot and because of that he brings his killer spirit with him and takes out mir,,mirs chance would be get crocop down,,wont happen easy,,i know mir is looking better with his hands,,but against who? i think his plan must be to get close enough to get crocop on ground,,that will make him expose himself to mirkos standup ,,mirko by tko round 3

Phillipe Nover Who is gonna take it? Mir or Crocop? Im thinking Mir by decision. Maybe he'll score a takedown and a few submission attempts.

Arnold Barny Amurao

crocop will murder mir with his left leg

Bambi Posadas

i choose mir for his jiu-jitsu

Shane Wiggand

Crocop if they fight standin up, Mir when it gets down...

Siegefried Kane

MIR all the way...Yeeehaw

Ken Bulgrin

mir, he has more tools

DAniel Elmore

crocop 500 bucks wassssup haha

Motor Head

i think mir has the upper hand, more tools, younger, better striker today, but i think cro cop is going to upset mir, i dont know, i just have a feeling. lol

Paolo Miguel Mabanglo

i choose Cro cop because his excellent in striking. He has more fighting experience compared to Mir.

Warm up and Cool down

Do we really need warm ups and cool downs? Before, I used to hear warm ups but cool downs, no. I don't even know the term cool down before. To my astonishment, its a necessity in every training. These things, that we often times take for granted, this minute details, should be taken seriously, for an athlete to have a maximum work out. And we ask why?

I hope this would Help....

Warm Up

Muscle stiffness is thought to be directly related to muscle injury and therefore the warm up should be aimed at reducing muscle stiffness.

Warming up should at least consist of the following:

• 5 to 10 minutes jogging - to increase body temperature
• 10 to 15 minutes dynamic stretching exercises - reduce muscle stiffness
• 10 to 15 minutes general and event specific drills - preparation for the session or competition. e.g. for a runner
  • Lower leg drills
  • Leg drills
  • Technique drills
• 4 to 8 easy run outs over 30 to 60 metres - focus on correct running technique (Tall, Relaxed, Smooth and Drive)

Dynamic stretches are more appropriate to the warm up as they help reduce muscle stiffness. Static stretching exercises do not reduce muscle stiffness. For further information see the following articles:

• How does static stretching affect an athletes performance
• Dynamic versus passive stretches
• Static vs. Dynamic Flexibility

What are the benefits of a warm up?

Performance may be improved, as an appropriate warm up will result in an:

• Increased speed of contraction and relaxation of warmed muscles
• Dynamic exercises reduce muscle stiffness
• Greater economy of movement because of lowered viscous resistance within warmed muscles
• Facilitated oxygen utilization by warmed muscles because haemoglobin releases oxygen more readily at higher muscle temperatures
• Facilitated nerve transmission and muscle metabolism at higher temperatures; a specific warm up can facilitate motor unit recruitment required in subsequent all out activity
• Increased blood flow through active tissues as local vascular beds dilate, increasing metabolism and muscle temperatures
• Allows the heart rate get to a workable rate for beginning exercise
• Mentally focused on the training or competition

Cool Down

Cooling down should consist of the following:

• 5 to 10 minutes jogging/walking - decrease body temperature and remove waste products from the working muscles
• 5 to 10 minutes static stretching exercises

Static stretches are more appropriate to the cool down as they help muscles to relax, realign muscle fibres and re-establish their normal range of movement. These stretches should be held for approximately 10 seconds.

What are the benefits of a cool down?

An appropriate cool down will:

• aid in the dissipation of waste products - including lactic acid
• reduce the potential for DOMS (Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness)
  
• reduce the chances of dizziness or fainting caused by the pooling of venous blood at the extremities
• reduce the level of adrenaline in the blood
• allows the heart rate to return to its resting rate

URCC DIGMAAN 2 PICS

After the smoker Fight was URCC DIGMAAN 2, August 22, 2010. Yes you read it right, one day rest then its another event. Indeed, most of our time was spent training and preparing for this two events, the smoker fight and URCC. This was the fight night for the local profighters, a make or break night. They have trained for several months for this event and now this is it...

1st Match : Orlimer "The Ironman Boy Bakal" Celeste vsAllan "The Warrior" Trinidad

Tough luck for Allan got caught with a heavy hook, lost his balanced sprained his right ankle joint and almost peeled off his right big toe nail.. boy bakal got the W

2nd Match: Benjie Lumacad vs. Richard Alsado

Lumacad a heavy hand boxer always gets his opponent with a guillotine choke

3rd Match Ali "The Young" Cali vs Philip "Here comes the rain" Parcon

Uncompromising close fight between the two: Ali in blue muay shorts

It was then decided by a skillful, picture perfect double leg take down by Ali and a relentless ground and pound..

4th Match : Dan "the Machine" Duro vs Emanuele "The Man" Bellezah

Eman got Duro several times in this position but it seems he could not finish it

Ran out of steam....and lost the fight via unanimous decision The Machine lived up to his name...

5th Match : Danilo "the Knuckle Head" Elmore vs Lorde Rey Yamit

As expected, A resilient and tenacious fighter like Yamit gives a good show for everyone.

an overwhelming, electrifying fight between the two..The Knuckle Head won by submitting Yamit.

6th Match: Isaac Tuling vs Sean Sasing

what can I say ..it was fast, relentless and obdurate... Isaac won the fight by KO

7th Match The Co main Event:

Jose "Bazooka" Campo III vs Rick Cralo "the Hammer" Cubillas

Tap or Break ......It was the Refs call Bazooka Won the fight

8th Match: The Main EVENT of the Evening

Ricardo "El Matador" Sapno vs Rionover "Iceman" Patao

setting the tone of the fight...

Judoka in MMA..poetry in motion

El MAtador got the Big W with submission on the first round

behind the scene.. etc...

Congratulations to the fighters, coaches, organizers, staff and the fight fans...

Smoker Fight 3 NCCC Mall

Better late than never. Last month was a month full of activities here in Davao City. Especially in the world of martial arts. First of all it was the the annual festival of festivals here in Davao,

The KADAYAWAN Festival. A Festival where local and foreign tourists can witness the bounty of fruits. The festival honors Davao’s artistic, cultural and historical heritage, its past personified by the ancestral “lumads”, its people as they celebrate on the streets, and its floral industry as its representatives parade in full regalia in thanksgiving for the blessings granted on the city. A celebration that interfaces the three aspects: tribal; industrial and; arts and entertainment. The festivities are highlighted with floral floats, street-dancing competitions and exhibits that showcases the island's tourism products and services. Its one of the reasons why I was not able to write anything for the past several weeks.

Part of the Festivities was the Smoker Fight 3 entitled Blood Kompak, August 20, 2010.

This time we added a mixed martial arts competition. This third smoker fight was a joint effort between the Davao's Finest Tattoo artists, and Top Rock and reggae bands. It was a Tattoo Festival wherein artists from everywhere in Pinas gathered to compete and after which the culmination was the smoker fight backed up by the top bands rock/metal/reggae bands here in Davao.

Results of the fight were already posted. (click to view the results)

Big thanks to all the fighters who showed up, gave their best and showed what martial arts is all about. With gratitude to the judges Mr. Mars Cenojas of CMMA, Mr. Alcer Lozada of Butuan Extreme XFC and Mr. Joseph Prostrero.

To the Staff and Team of EDGE MMA Davao Chapter Big thanks to you guys..Sid Cayon, Ryan Cordero, Joachim Milana, Kim Velasco and Richard Gallogo.

To our Ref and MMA practitioner Mr. Isaac Tuling salamat!!

To the Organizers especially to Mr. Jim Tan Nuevo ...

And to Ms. Leah Marie Moral on her site Le Photgraphe for allowing me to post the extraordinary shots that she took.