Chuck Liddell. The Iceman.

The first big name I ever heard since watching MMA. Honestly, I never saw him fight till I saw hime fight Rashad Evans, where he got knocked out. I wasn't a big fan of stand up fights back then. I actually prefered watching dominant wrestlers and ground and pound games ;but watching some of Chuck Liddell's higlights made me change my view of MMA. To him, it wasn't just about fighting the right opponent but simply taking it to wherever he leads them. I have great respect to MMA fighters because of Tito Ortiz and Quinton Rampage Jackson and Liddell.

Why?
These are the kind of fighters who i first saw and faught anyone available and it didn't matter if they'd lose, they'd fight the next guy right away.

Ortiz. I feel he still has a lot of fight left in him and he'll be a good match to Renato Babalu Sobral. He has really good ground and pound and he'd stand up if needed. He'd take people to the ground most of the time but always gave his opponents a hard fight. He also I feel was the most impressive in the Celebrity Apprentice. He's no sissy in business and proves he is not afraid to lose. He just wants to fight.

Rampage. He's also like Ortiz but he'll keep it standing more than the ground and pound stuff. He never has a boring fight. He'll keep pushing his opponent and you bet anyone who comes into the cage with him will be instantly scared of those hands which took out Liddell and Wanderlei Silva. His list of victims also included Dan Henderson who's been know to take tough punishment. He fought all kinds of fighters, wrestlers , kick boxers and unorthodox. He doesn't take a lost well and he proved that by improving his overall camp training and conditioning which was evident when he defeated Keith Jardine. He probably should get the next shot and somewhere down the road fight the other man that took out Liddell, Mauricio Shogun Rua.

Liddell. Whatelse is there to say? He was a wrestler turned Kickboxer and used his power to strike fear in his opponents. He built a legacy of stand up fighters and showed the old-fashioned style of no fear and take on all opponents. He'd strike fear into the eyes of his opponents just by stepping in. Only a few were either brave enough or stupid enough risk getting ko'd by his deadly counter right. People should be respectfulof his accomplishments which includes wins over Ortiz, Randy Couture, Sobral, Jeremy Horn, Victor Belfort, Vernon White, Kevin Randleman, Guy Metzer, and a list of victims. Today, we see so many fighters who follow in Liddell's foot steps in terms of style or dominance. Liddell was and will forever be one of a kind. A man who had no fear and was ready to fight in the octagon. A fighting life is about to end but a fighting style which raised the bar to a whole new level.

Our generation has raised a new bar and we need to get there. There aren't many Chuck Liddell's out there. Someone who has the abitlity to raise the bar in a sport that it forces the wrestler to learn to box or the muay thai to start rolling in BJJ and train with wrestlers.

Rest assured this is not our purpose in life. Neither should it be. Liddell just wanted to fight. We just want to study. We may not get the same stuff we usually get but we will win just by working hard and running everyday to get to the next level. Step by step people step by step

It's been pretty rough. I've been sick before but not in a long time so I've forgotten pretty much how painful this is, especially, after a few aches here and there.

My right leg feels really bad. It's got a nagging pain in it and been there since morning. Even while carrying some heavy equipment, I'm pretty happy that my supervisor allowed me to use the rest of the day to rest. I got another long sleep and feels like hell.

Anyway, I'm not the only ones who had a bad day. Dozens lose their job, loved ones, got caught in traffic, poked in the eye, and etc. My friends are having their university applications now so I'm praying they'll make it. Time is even more precious now. That's why I hate being sick. I miss classes, trainings, and it's shit trying to get better. I rather go all out and die in the end of the day.

On the good side, I get to spend time with my little sisters and catch up on the sleep I often lose and gives my other pains time to heal without getting stressed.

I do hope my friends can get in. Right now one of them, she's applying for Accountancy and in her blog she's thinking about SMU and NTU and she hears a lot different things, when that happens I know from experience that it can get really confusing. People say one thing and another says another.

Truth is there's no easy path or perefect style and that we have to go to where we relate the best. When I went to Ngee Ann Polytechnic, the teacher gave me a tour and when I had concerns about what I could learn and my opportunities he answered my questions properly and well. I felt I could relate to this student body and challenge myself.

I hear University is harder. You have to show your portfolios, interview, CCA records, and good grades. Ravi right now is in National Service. I'm praying nothing goes wrong because he needs time to apply and he only has Saturdays. He's applying for medicine.

I love my friends to death and I do hope they get into their spots but it's God's will now and I'm supporting them all the way.

Patterns

They hide the truth.

They distract us from our true intent.

Often times they need to be solved, sometimes they need to be thought through and through. People have said that they don't need a rocket scientists to untie a knot.

Once there was the Gordian Knot, which was famously could not be solved, Alexander the Great however would not allow such a small thing to stand in his way. He didn't try to untie it from the pole or even touch it; instead he sliced it in half with his sword. He would not allow such a small thing to stand in his way of greatness.

Boxers often use an unusual technique of bob and weeve. They would leave a slide of their face or chin open to confuse their opponent. As they move left and right, they continually bob their head in and out of their opponents reach or strikes. They would then use looping punches to strike their opponent in hard to reach areas such as the temple or the rib cage.

Nowadays, bob and weeve is only effective when used over and over again in fights. Speed is not everything, the user must be able to analyse and predict his opponents punches and he must constantly change his pattern until the opponent falls into his confusing dance.

Why is it effective? Imagine trying to hit a target that is moving and you feel your very close to hitting it yet you continue to miss over and over again, would you quit? Sometimes yes, sometimes no ; yet it is often that we do keep trying over and over again to hit the pattern. Sooner or later it falls into a cycle until the striker realise it's too late or time is up.

Yes, repeating patterns are often distractions. They sometimes hide our goal or true intent yet the bib and weeve has it weakness. The user will soon realise that his movements become too evident and too noticeable. The opponent is then able to calculate roughly when or how far the user moves in.

The weakness of patterns is that it reveals itself too easily. My friend gave me the idea when I and her fell into a cycle. Work hard and fall short, but such things are just bad luck. Maybe we did something wrong, maybe we're reading something wrong.

However, Possibilities are endless outside of this pattern.

Bob and weeve has one final weekness, thinking outside the box. By ignoring or disregarding the pattern, we can do whatever we want. We can focus on what we want to do.

The world doesn't control our lives, it merely creates circumstances where we feel we can't win or hit or excel. We can choose what we want to do in such circumstances.

Sure it gets harder when it's older but truth is my friend, it'll pay off. Hard work pays off one way or the other. It maybe achievement or ethic or habit but it's a habit worth picking up.

Nothing we do is ever useless. Everytime we work hard, it's never useless. It may not reflect on our results but it definitly reflects in our scars, memories, notes, journals, diaries, words, our heart, our mind, and our attitude.

It's not how whether we achieve or not but how we tried to achieve and how we can make ourselves better from trying.

Win or lose, learn to change and never fear failure.

check out this link with the kid who has all the moves!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Introducing-the-Celtics-new-dancing-phen?urn=nba,146237

School's probably the tougest thing I've always had to go through but I think it's not the studyiung that kills me, it's the exams. I love to study. I'd read and watch science stuff and maybe go back to basics. I watch Mixed martial arts because I want to study a lot of stuff.

Maybe I do need to go back to basics. Start reading a book on my line of work or interest. Start working on myself and remake my thinking. i think everyone in my class had a rough time and I tell them not to worry because school is tough and when you do your best you can't always get what you want but you'll build yourself up.

It's probably the hardest when we give effort and can't match our peers. It's like getting put in your place. I love the people I work with and study with. I couldn't imagine getting through school without them. The lesson is I guess for me is to be just thankful that i got through with no failures. I'm happy that I got two more semesters to work on and that my parents still have confidence in me to excel. I'm happy that Renee had the best grades in her semester because she got a lot of help, I don't think just from me but from herself and all who helped her out. She and my classmates helped me study just by studying with me all week to get my head together. My classmates grades, some good and some same, some not so good. I don't want to elaborate on it.

I'm still not happy though. I'm not satisfied.

I considered Quiton Rampage Jackson as my favorite MMA fighter but the guy who hit me the most was his opponent at UFC 86 Forrest Griffin. Forrest survied a fury in the first round but he came back and went to Jackson's weakness, his foot work and conditioning. He slowed Jackson down and even got a takedown. Forrest was a very different man from his pro fight against Stephen Bonner where he simply brawed with whatever he had. He changed after his KO lost to Keith Jardine and stunned Pride standout Shogun Rua. He was tough but at the same time he improve his game. His capturing of the UFC light heavy weight title against Jackson marked his comeback to the top since his stint of winning the Ultimate Fighter season 1. Aside from that he became a coach, where his protege Amir Sadollah won season 8. Before being Ko'ed by new Champ Rashad Evans, Forrest was winning on the cards and admitted his mistake of letting Evans get the better of him on the ground. i don't think his satisfied.

Frank Mir wasn't satisfied with his ground game against a legend in Brazilian Ju Jitsu Antonio Norguira. So he and Ken Hahn, worked on his boxing and striking and knocked out one of the hardest men in MMA history. This was after he went through a serious motorcycle accident in September 2004 and losing to fighters Marcio Cruz and Brandon Vera. He returned to top form by submitting Antoni Hardwick and Brock Lesnar. But his true renaissance was defeating Norguiera and capturing the interm title.

I don't think I'm done yet. I still have a lot to prove and you guys too. We can make it work. Keep working hard. Be that everyday fighter who come in to the office and works hard and harder everyday and at the end of the day it's just another day in the office with bread on the table the next day. Don't be sad, just be happy and work hard. We'll push through someday my good friend.

Forrest Griffin will fight next at UFC 101 against Thiago Silva. Frank Mir will have a rematch against another interm title holder in Brock Lesnar for a rematch.

I don't know. Everything's working like clock work now a days. Ain't the same as school. Every number has a different door, work or something. I'm still opening doors and stuff so not really sure what else I'm in for. But this is not me saying what did I get myself into again. But rather it's me saying I should be ready for what's to come because I got myself into this. I'll definitely be ready and well-rested for another week and just keep on working. Nothing else.

Preparing for the worst is hard. It's about draining yourself physically and mentally to just force that untapped power in you. I get drained a lot and often times, that extra tank runs empty but I think I got a lot more in me. I ain't giving it my best. I gotta push the pain on myself to get more.

It was pretty much a smooth week which is good news cause it warmed my mind and strength up. I work well with my partner and it's been very smooth so just gotta get ready when big things come and take it day by day.

I'm trying to get at least 7-8 hours of sleep just to recharge my batteries also so that I fully exploit that extra tank I have. I may not have it for the next few weeks but if you can really do an extra mile or extra 10 push ups you can really fill that extra tank up. I got it while rock climbing. I realised I could just breath harder and I can feel it getting into me and pushing me a bit more. I even yell sometimes just to get it out. Nothing better, nothing less of my best for what I do. Just work hard and make no excuses.

Funny: My friend said she heard me on the bus and knew I was there. Nope, she didn't see me, she HEARD me. She only saw me later when I was coming out. hahaha

quote Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in training in the UK for his upcoming fight , "Someone's gonna pay for making me train so hard in the cold, I really don't wanna be in my opponents shoes when he faces me."

People do a lot to get where they are. Jackson promised that through all his hard work he's been keeping his anger in store. When I train, I don't have any enemies in mind. When I study, I got my grandparents in mind because they gave so much to us. When I work my mind and body, I have my family in mind because I know I gotta be strong. Nothing else says this is what I need to work for when I have my family in mind. I start attachment march 9 so I'm marking that down. During this week, I'm gonna be focused in getting in shape and gettin my mind ready and working.

No Holidays this time. Got to go ut with friends last night and it was great. We ate monster burgers down at Shokudo, a Japanese movenpick, @ Heeren Orchard. It was pretty cool to just go out and have some fun. Talking and shopping are just somethings I really don't do everyday so it's pretty cool. Thanks everyone for a good time.

I really hope I get to see my friends during the 6 months we're appart like a few Saturdays together or so. Till then it's fight hard and stay strong. We'll get something going soon.

Since the other student in my attachment program is going back to school, I'm considering returning for training since our training days are the same. It'll be good to get back in shape while continue learning even if I have to start from bottom or so. I don't think I'll be a professional fighter but maybe semi-pro or at lest get one professional fight just for the experience.

Exams are all over and I'm glad but this fighter's just getting warmed up.