7th Session

The Dramatic Face Off

The 7th session was spent doing a lot of sparring as you really don’t know whether the techniques you’ve learned will work in a fight until you actually fight. Matt West (Deca TV) and Dan Tischler (BBC America) both joined in the fun and added to my growing collection of bruises after 2 hours of pad work and sparring. Lots of sweat and fun. Come join us next time. More photos here.

4th Session

Tracy, Mike, Dan, Ryan, Alex, George, John and Liz

Great turnout this session! Joining in the fun were Tracy (from the Twitterverse), Mike Outsmeguine (WiFi Toys), Dan Tischler (BBC WorldWide America), Ryan (Exec. Producer of MTV’s “Exiled”), Alex Albrecht (Diggnation, Project Lore, The Totally Rad Show), John Meadows (Savate tournament fighter), and Liz Shannon Mller (New TeeVee). We focused on Muay Thai and Savate techniques so there was a lot of punching, kicking, spinning, push-ups, and sparring. Everyone left happy and tired after two hours of training on a windy Sunday morning. Please join us next time!

More photos from this session and past meetings are here.

2nd Session Photos

No mercy at W2FC!

Sean readies to attack Lala

Sean readies to attack Dan. Sean is so violent.

Nerd punching drills. You can tell by the shirts.

All photos courtesy of Mike Outmesguine’s iPhone.

Second Meetup. Still No Casualties.

Bunny-ear'd. Note the Magic and Firefox T-shirts.

Great times at our second meetup. We had Mike Outmesguine from Wi-Fi Toys, Mystery Mike (didn’t get his last name and Mystery Mike sounds cool), Lala Fastwater from Tiki Bar TV, Sean Bonner from Metblogs LA and Dan Tischler from BBC America. After 2 hard hours learning the jab, cross, hook, uppercut, roundhouse kick, push kicks and spinning side kick, we finished off with some light sparring. It was the first time sparring for Dan, Mike O and Lala and they were truly awesome. I have the bumps to prove it.

We’ll be doing it again in 2 weeks, so get ready.

Welcome to Fight Club

Web 2.0 Fight Club is about collaboration and training among different martial arts practitioners who inhabit the web community. It’s not about banging, but instead about educating others in your fighting art. So far we have interested participants who have trained in boxing, muay thai, kenpo, tae kwon do, savate, kuk sool won and few other  esoteric arts. Over the course of several meetings you will have the opportunity to train and be trained by others.

We will drill and work pads until we grow comfortable with each other and our varying styles. Then we will have to the option to do some light contact sparring. No one will be required or pressured to spar. That will always be voluntary.

Our first meeting will held Sunday September 28, 2008 from 10am to 12 noon at Clover Park in Santa Monica. Please wear comfortable workout clothes (e.g., shorts and t-shirts but no gis) and wrestling shoes or cross-trainers. If you own any of the following it would be appreciated if you could bring them: jump-rope, boxing gloves, hand wraps, Thai pads, focus mitts and kicking shields. Since we’ll be outside for two hours, make sure to bring lots of water. If you think you might like to try sparring, please bring a mouthpiece, shin guards and groin protection.

The format for our first meeting will be as follows:

Warm-up,

Stretching,

Basic hand drills

Hand combinations

Kick fundamentals

Kicking drills

Hand and feet combinations

Advanced techniques

Stretching and cool down

Most of the drill and combinations will be done with partners and everyone will be constantly switching so you get a chance to train with everyone.

You will sweat, get a great workout and learn some new techniques. Mostly, it will be a lot of fun and you’ll meet lots of friends from the Web 2.0 and L.A. Twitter community. See you there.