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CSP First Lesson Review
Well if you didn't attend this lesson (there's no real excuse, it wasn't as if he hadn't advertised it) then you really did miss out. If you're a genuine Geoff Thompson fan, and have read all the stuff online and in books about his legendary training sessions then his BCA qualified instructors (many of whom were original students) are all based in coventry offering their own unique brand of MMA training. Alan Peasland trained with Geoff from an early age and has certainly soaked up the very best the man had to offer - from technique to self confidence Alan has certainly walked in GT's shadow, and is now stepping out from it and forging his own teaching path.
But I have to admit, this lesson was weird; not because it wasn't great (it was) but because maybe it felt as if you were training with the man himself, such was the passion shown by Mr Peasland. Peppering the lesson with spiritual guidance, tales of the door and stories of when he had to use the techniques he was teaching meant you were never bored, and were always...entertained! Yes, not a word normally used with hard training sessions but we actually had a great time - even the end CV workout was littered with comedy moments and everyone left with a smile on their faces.
Now onto the nitty gritty, the lesson itself - we did a series of stand up drills that encompassed power slaps, punching, an intro to the fence, and then back to punching again from restrictive areas (and here's the amazing thing folks) if you have never seen the double hip used on a punchbag or pad then prepare for a shock - I held a pad for alan as he demonstrated a double hip power slap and he nearly took my damn arm off! Suffice to say the punchbag he performed the technique on was swinging like a twig in the breeze.
The man can punch...hard. We followed this up with an hours worth of groundwork (grappling, legbars, etc) and as a final burst we did 10 mins of hard CV as a..warm down? Hardest warm down I've ever done, I'd hate to be on the end of a full Peasland workout lol.
Anyhow, this doesn't do the lesson (or the man) justice, you just have to come down and see for yourself. And next week we have the added bonus of Mr Mick Tully, back from his jollies and raring to go...
God Help Us!
Well if you didn't attend this lesson (there's no real excuse, it wasn't as if he hadn't advertised it) then you really did miss out. If you're a genuine Geoff Thompson fan, and have read all the stuff online and in books about his legendary training sessions then his BCA qualified instructors (many of whom were original students) are all based in coventry offering their own unique brand of MMA training. Alan Peasland trained with Geoff from an early age and has certainly soaked up the very best the man had to offer - from technique to self confidence Alan has certainly walked in GT's shadow, and is now stepping out from it and forging his own teaching path.
But I have to admit, this lesson was weird; not because it wasn't great (it was) but because maybe it felt as if you were training with the man himself, such was the passion shown by Mr Peasland. Peppering the lesson with spiritual guidance, tales of the door and stories of when he had to use the techniques he was teaching meant you were never bored, and were always...entertained! Yes, not a word normally used with hard training sessions but we actually had a great time - even the end CV workout was littered with comedy moments and everyone left with a smile on their faces.
Now onto the nitty gritty, the lesson itself - we did a series of stand up drills that encompassed power slaps, punching, an intro to the fence, and then back to punching again from restrictive areas (and here's the amazing thing folks) if you have never seen the double hip used on a punchbag or pad then prepare for a shock - I held a pad for alan as he demonstrated a double hip power slap and he nearly took my damn arm off! Suffice to say the punchbag he performed the technique on was swinging like a twig in the breeze.
The man can punch...hard. We followed this up with an hours worth of groundwork (grappling, legbars, etc) and as a final burst we did 10 mins of hard CV as a..warm down? Hardest warm down I've ever done, I'd hate to be on the end of a full Peasland workout lol.
Anyhow, this doesn't do the lesson (or the man) justice, you just have to come down and see for yourself. And next week we have the added bonus of Mr Mick Tully, back from his jollies and raring to go...
God Help Us!
