Sensei Blake is on the road in Las Vegas for tryouts for Wanderlei Sliva’s Fight Team. Blake told us to train extra hard in his absence, and I for one am making an effort by going to FighterBody training. In the mean time we have heard back at the gym and on his blog with posts dashed off on his iPhone that he has proven himself decisively on day one of the training camp. Like we knew he would. Lots guys at the gym have been on those punches and kicks, so we know how tough he is.

I let my guy have it…the poor guy – I landed the spinning hook kick that I wanted and more…spinning back kick, sweep, stiff jabs, RK to the head, until the bell…people were like wo!

Its a great boost around the gym to know how well he is doing in Vegas. Its easy to invest confidence in a trainer who has been world champion, but he also follows through as a great instructor. Along with his brother and fellow Sensei Dean Lirette, our classes are packed with skill, creativity, and technical insight.

The tryouts went really well. About 50 or so showed up -out of that they picked 20. They broke us up into groups and had us work with the coaches on different techniques to see how we picked things up and where about our skill level was. We rolled for a bit… When it came to sparring they paired us up by approximate weight. We had 2min. Go at it And show our stuff. I wasn’t taking any chances to not get picked so I let my guy have it…the poor guy – I landed the spinning hook kick that I wanted and more…spinning back kick, sweep, stiff jabs, RK to the head, until the bell…people were like wo! It was most satisfying after the UFC tryout a couple of weeks ago. Wand sets a totally different vibe. He’s very warm hearted and really loves training and fighting. He wants to give opportunity to anyone who wants it bad and willing to work hard.

Boxing coach Mike Smith with Blake Lirette

In Wandy's Gym, Las Vegas

We are all looking forward to more reports from the field from Sensei Blake.

Osu!

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