Kettlebell Training for Grappling Martial Arts

In the kettlebell training video below Ivan Ivanov performs a kettlebell exercise that he refers to as “Kettlebell Pummeling. I teach a similar exercise in my Free Kettlebell Training For BJJ Course.

But my variation is nowhere as fluid and cyclic as the “Kettlebell Pummeling” exercise highlighted and is a more taxing variation.  I have seen this variation on a U.S Olympic Wrestling training video as well.

I’ll be adding this variation to our program and monitoring how well our grapplers respond as well as how much they like the drill.

My guess is that they’ll love it:

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Authentic Russian Kettlebell & Sambo Training

My friend and mentor Martin Rooney of Training For Warriors just got home from a recent around-the-world trip where he studied and trained with some of the best combat athletes and coaches in each country.

Martin told me the story of these Sambo athletes throwing around 32kg kettlebells like they were baseballs so I simply had to post this video.

I must admit…I’m little jealous of Martin but I’m psyched to see all the information that he came home with and will share in an upcoming book.

Kettlebell Exercise: A Different Type of Get-up

The Kettlebell Turkish Get-up has become a staple in many combat sports and martial arts conditioning programs…and I don’t think that it’s going anywhere any time soon.

Combat athletes love their Turkish Get-ups..and I completely understand why!

This Get-up variation showed up while I was working with a small group of wrestlers. Even though I taught and showed the traditional Turkish Get-up numerous times there was one wrestler who revert back to the variation I demo in the video below.

I’m not convinced it’s any better or any worse than other Get-up variations…I just found it interested so I thought I would pass it on.

Enjoy.

 

Turkish Get-up Warm-up

The Kettlebell Turkish Get-up has become a favorite exercise in combat sport and martial arts conditioning circles. I have always been a fan, however, some morning I need a little movement prep before I begin my Turkish Get-up practice.

This is my favorite bodyweight warm-up prior to performing Get-ups. This warm-up covers everything!

Here’s a cool instructional video of the Kettlebell Turkish Get-up in case you’re having any issues with mastering the Get-up.

New Training Facility

There will some crazy combat sport conditioning sessions going on in this place. It feels great to have our BJJ mats so close to the conditioning area as well.

Here’s s hort video of our new spot.

Mr. Spectacular Amplified!

Yesterday I posted a video of Mr. Spectacular which is a great kettlebell and bodyweight combo that I picked up from Rob Shaul from MountainAthlete.com

Well, we took this kettlebell and bodyweight combo and amplified it a few degrees by making the kettlebell Clean & Press a kettlebell Clean & Jerk. We also laddered up from 1 -10 on both the push-ups and the kettlebell Clean & Jerks.

Here’s a short video showing how to get it done!

Anthony “The Animal” Gatt- 5am 6 x 3

I love working with this guy. Today I got together with Anthony “The Animal” Gatt, a professional heavyweight boxer from Philadelphia PA.

Anthony has a fight quickly approaching on Jan. 17th and we’re finishing up his 6- week conditioning cycle.

This workout took place at 5am on a very cold and slick Philadelphia morning. Working with motivated combat athletes is by far one of my most favorite things in life. They make that 4:30am buzzer worth it.

Anthony performed 6 x 3 minute rounds of:
30 seconds of Power Ropes
Dumbbell Snatches- 30 seconds right/30 seconds left
Jumping Lunges- 30 seconds
Plate Lifts-30 seconds right/30 seconds left

Untitled from Jason C. Brown on Vimeo.

Try this one for 20 minutes

Pick your poison, kettlebell or dumbbell both are brutal. This 20 minute workout is a favorite of many of combat athletes that train at our facility or with us online.

Every 2 minutes for 20 minutes you start a new set.

Lamont Lister’s MMA Conditioning

Lamont Lister, professional mixed martial artist from Phildelphia preparing for an upcoming fight in August.

24kg Kettlebell Snatches
Contra-Lateral Push-ups
Flying Arm-bars
G & P Slam Ball
Band Suplexes

Kettlebell Training for Judo

This is a great video from Hungary showing how kettlebells skills can carry-over into Judo, Sambo and BJJ.

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