Ninjas and the art of Ninjitsu are perhaps the epitome of martial arts at their best. While there is much myth surrounding the ninja there are now ninjitsu training schools around the globe. Of course they are much fewer and farther between than most other martial arts, though this only adds to their mystic. There are now even ninjitsu home study courses. Perhaps besides their stealth the ninja are best known for their weapons. Certainly the ninja are heralded as using some of the coolest weapons from history that are still highly coveted today.

However besides technique and weapons training, perhaps what separated the ninja from the rest was their basic training principals. To become a ninja you could have no fear and recognize no pain. In fact when a ninja went into battle there probably was not much an opponent could do to them that had not already been done to them worse in training, well except maybe losing a limb. Going into battle, not only armed with the great skills of the ninja but truly without fear makes for an incredibly fearsome opponent that can likely only be stopped with a fatality.

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Anyone who watched the Rashad Evans VS Quinton Jackson fight at UFC 114 will no doubt have a new appreciation for just how important

Explosive Power and Speed Like Bruce Lee

building and having explosive power and speed is when it comes to a fight. While in many fights you have to play a chess like game of strategy and waiting for the right opening, having the ability to tap and ignite explosive bursts of energy to take advantage of openings and take control of the fight is essential.

Anyone who watched the Rashad Evans VS Quinton Jackson fight at UFC 114 will no doubt have a new appreciation for just how important

Explosive Power and Speed Like Bruce Lee

building and having explosive power and speed is when it comes to a fight. While in many fights you have to play a chess like game of strategy and waiting for the right opening, having the ability to tap and ignite explosive bursts of energy to take advantage of openings and take control of the fight is essential.

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What is more important, being able to take a beating or being able to throw the hardest punch? While both are obviously important UFC 114 surely must have changed the priorities in the minds of many.

The amazing fight, which was surely the highlight of the night between Mike Russow and Todd Duffee was the perfect example of this. Todd Duffee came into the ring looking like a lab bred fighting machine or Dolph Lundgren on double the steroids, while Russow looked like the only workout he had done in the last 2 years was eating cheeseburgers and drinking beer on the sofa in front of the TV.

Duffee, clearly the favorite to win completely battered Russow with some high powered blows throughout 2 and a half rounds with shots that looked like they could have put down a 1,500lb buffalo. In fact Russow had only landed one punch by this point. When all of a sudden out of no where with only 25 seconds left on the clock Mike Russow drops a K.O. on Duffee that looked like it wouldn’t have hurt a butterfly. The crowd and the presenters went wild and even Russow looked like he couldn’t believe he did it. Certainly he wowed the crowd and UFC organizers and will have guaranteed himself a few more well paid fights. He only made it because he could take a punch and could wait for just the right moment, a talent that has been exhibited by many fighting champions. While Duffee certainly proved he couldn’t and ought to be too embarrassed to ever walk back in the octagon.

It happens all the time; from the viewers perspective one fighter clearly deserved to win but the judges call it the other way. A classic example of this was the recent UFC fight between Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Jason Brilz. Brilz clearly the underdog going into the fight who picked up the match at the last minute when too many others were afraid to take it. Amazingly fighting against a more experienced fighter Brilz managed to dominate the fight from beginning to end. It went the distance and there was clearly not one viewer, spectator or presenter that didn’t believe that Brilz had taken the fight by a long shot.

To every-one’s shock and dismay the judges called the fight in Nogueira’s favor! The crowd erupted in shouts and boos and even the presenter was clearly dissapointed in having to make the call. What would you do as the fighter who was robbed of a well deserved and hard earned victory? Especially knowing that further fights, title shots and a heck of a lot of well earned money is on the line. Of course every muscle, nerve and instinct in your body has to be screaming out and wanting to throw a tantrum and a perfectly well deserved one. However, unfortunately the reality is that this will only cost you in being punished. Amazingly in this case Jason Brilz managed to keep his composure and while still in disbelief took it like a good sportsman. Hopefully while the outcome certainly looked rigged Brilz will at least be rewarded with some great fight opportunities to concrete the reputation he clearly earned that night. Could you hold it together under the same circumstances? Unfortunately this is a problem at every level of any fighting sport and martial art.

It happens all the time; from the viewers perspective one fighter clearly deserved to win but the judges call it the other way. A classic example of this was the recent UFC fight between Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Jason Brilz. Brilz clearly the underdog going into the fight who picked up the match at the last minute when too many others were afraid to take it. Amazingly fighting against a more experienced fighter Brilz managed to dominate the fight from beginning to end. It went the distance and there was clearly not one viewer, spectator or presenter that didn’t believe that Brilz had taken the fight by a long shot.

To every-one’s shock and dismay the judges called the fight in Nogueira’s favor! The crowd erupted in shouts and boos and even the presenter was clearly dissapointed in having to make the call. What would you do as the fighter who was robbed of a well deserved and hard earned victory? Especially knowing that further fights, title shots and a heck of a lot of well earned money is on the line. Of course every muscle, nerve and instinct in your body has to be screaming out and wanting to throw a tantrum and a perfectly well deserved one. However, unfortunately the reality is that this will only cost you in being punished. Amazingly in this case Jason Brilz managed to keep his composure and while still in disbelief took it like a good sportsman. Hopefully while the outcome certainly looked rigged Brilz will at least be rewarded with some great fight opportunities to concrete the reputation he clearly earned that night. Could you hold it together under the same circumstances? Unfortunately this is a problem at every level of any fighting sport and martial art.