Martial Arts Journey with Rokas | Training Like a Professional MMA Fighter @MartialArtsJourney | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
I trained like a pro MMA fighter for a week together with professional MMA fighter Oliver Enkamp. After the week's training we sat down to discuss the experience and exchange some thoughts.
00:00 Intro
00:15 How was my experience training like a pro for a week
02:40 Oliver's perspective on learning and teaching martial arts
03:50 My reflection on training with Oliver
05:29 How Oliver teaches people new techniques
10:50 Getting out of your comfort zone in sparring
14:00 Oliver's advice for me as I continue my mma journey
16:14 How to translate no gi bjj training for mma
18:50 Should taller guys be focusing on takedown defense
24:40 Playing to your strengths instead of your opponents weaknesses
25:55 Should you feel comfortable being taken down
28:24 Being aware of defense while attacking and vice versa
29:22 Reflecting on our exchanges with Aikido techniques
Check out how my one week of training like a pro MMA fighter went here: youtu.be/WNOXz4kYJ6w
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Welcome to the Martial Arts Journey YouTube channel!
My name is Rokas. I'm a Lithuanian guy who trained Aikido for 14 years, 7 of them running a professional Aikido Dojo until eventually I realized that Aikido does not live up to what it promises.
Lead by this realization I decided to make a daring step to close my Aikido Dojo and move to Portland, Oregon for six months to start training MMA at the famous Straight Blast Gym Headquarters under head coach Matt Thornton.
After six months intensive training I had my first amateur MMA fight after which I moved back to Lithuania. During all of this time I am documenting my experience through my YouTube channel called "Martial Arts Journey".
Now I am slowly setting up plans to continue training MMA under quality guidance and getting ready for my next MMA fight as I further document and share my journey and discoveries.
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If you want to support my journey, you can make a donation to my PayPal at info@rokasleo.com
SUBSCRIBE to see when the next videos will come out:
► bit.ly/1KPZpv0
Check the video "Aikido vs MMA" which started this whole Martial Arts Journey:
► youtu.be/0KUXTC8g_pk
If you want to support me and this channel on a regular basis check my Patreon page:
► patreon.com/rokasleo
#mma #martialarts #ufc
I trained like a pro MMA fighter for a week together with professional MMA fighter Oliver Enkamp. After the week's training we sat down to discuss the experience and exchange some thoughts.
00:00 Intro
00:15 How was my experience training like a pro for a week
02:40 Oliver's perspective on learning and teaching martial arts
03:50 My reflection on training with Oliver
05:29 How Oliver teaches people new techniques
10:50 Getting out of your comfort zone in sparring
14:00 Oliver's advice for me as I continue my mma journey
16:14 How to translate no gi bjj training for mma
18:50 Should taller guys be focusing on takedown defense
24:40 Playing to your strengths instead of your opponents weaknesses
25:55 Should you feel comfortable being taken down
28:24 Being aware of defense while attacking and vice versa
29:22 Reflecting on our exchanges with Aikido techniques
Check out how my one week of training like a pro MMA fighter went here: youtu.be/WNOXz4kYJ6w
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Welcome to the Martial Arts Journey YouTube channel!
My name is Rokas. I'm a Lithuanian guy who trained Aikido for 14 years, 7 of them running a professional Aikido Dojo until eventually I realized that Aikido does not live up to what it promises.
Lead by this realization I decided to make a daring step to close my Aikido Dojo and move to Portland, Oregon for six months to start training MMA at the famous Straight Blast Gym Headquarters under head coach Matt Thornton.
After six months intensive training I had my first amateur MMA fight after which I moved back to Lithuania. During all of this time I am documenting my experience through my YouTube channel called "Martial Arts Journey".
Now I am slowly setting up plans to continue training MMA under quality guidance and getting ready for my next MMA fight as I further document and share my journey and discoveries.
---
If you want to support my journey, you can make a donation to my PayPal at info@rokasleo.com
SUBSCRIBE to see when the next videos will come out:
► bit.ly/1KPZpv0
Check the video "Aikido vs MMA" which started this whole Martial Arts Journey:
► youtu.be/0KUXTC8g_pk
If you want to support me and this channel on a regular basis check my Patreon page:
► patreon.com/rokasleo
#mma #martialarts #ufc
