{"id":5954,"date":"2019-11-20T12:21:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sifuslim.com\/blog\/?p=5954"},"modified":"2019-11-20T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:30:06","slug":"the-two-sifus-head-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sifuslim.com\/blog\/the-two-sifus-head-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Sifus &#8211; Head Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">The Two Sifus &#8211; Head Injuries 1 &#8211; Doing The Right Thing For The Brain<\/h2>\n<p>Young people sometimes believe they are &#8220;bullet proof and invincible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The death of boxer Patrick Day due to brain injury.<\/p>\n<p>Eliminate the gloves in MMA. The role of gloves is to protect the hands.<\/p>\n<p>How many times can you take blows to the head, over and over?<\/p>\n<p>Why does your shut down when your head is taking blows?<\/p>\n<p>Bare-knuckle boxing is apparently making a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Heavyweights wear 10-oz gloves.<\/p>\n<p>The Successful Fight Teams started to go with reduced sparring and lighter with sparring in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The old-school ways of Muy Thai Kickboxing&#8217;s &#8211; Stand there, come in straight and bang.<\/p>\n<p>Headgear means you can hit harder&#8230; it&#8217;s role is to prevent cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Good sleep is incredibly important.<\/p>\n<p>Sifu Mike changed his diet to Keto-style diet: more raw foods, low carbs, more fat. His weight has dropped (now 179 pounds) and his sleep has improved.<\/p>\n<p>Sifu Mike MacDonald, Santa Barbara, is a lifelong martial arts with over a dozen black belts and is a former MMA fighter. He is a coach to grappling competitors, Chinese Dragon Parade dancers, and MMA tourney participants, <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2FSBMartialArts.com&amp;redir_token=lCPcyN_19AnYHCByb2XaNK_2dHB8MTU3NDM2NzU2MkAxNTc0MjgxMTYy&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=OIclmbnPd50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/SBMartialArts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Sifu Mike) You have two choices, you can agree with me or be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>(Sifu Slim) You may or may not agree with our opinions. But we are two legitimate Sifus who care. We really do&#8230; ask anyone. They&#8217;ll tell you that we love a good debate. Convince us of your POV and we may adopt it. Until then, let&#8217;s roll a bit. Filmed live by an unmanned Sony at Valhalla ETC Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsifuslim.com&amp;redir_token=lCPcyN_19AnYHCByb2XaNK_2dHB8MTU3NDM2NzU2MkAxNTc0MjgxMTYy&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=OIclmbnPd50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/sifuslim.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please LIKE, comment, and Subscribe COMMENTS CAVEAT Kindly leave thoughtful and helpful comments below.<\/p>\n<p>Find the books on Amazon: The Aging Athlete Book <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fa.co%2F2rHbsXB&amp;redir_token=lCPcyN_19AnYHCByb2XaNK_2dHB8MTU3NDM2NzU2MkAxNTc0MjgxMTYy&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=OIclmbnPd50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/a.co\/2rHbsXB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sedentary Nation Paperback Book <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fa.co%2F7GUycHd&amp;redir_token=lCPcyN_19AnYHCByb2XaNK_2dHB8MTU3NDM2NzU2MkAxNTc0MjgxMTYy&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=OIclmbnPd50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/a.co\/7GUycHd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sedentary Nation Kindle Version <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fa.co%2F42uNIgw&amp;redir_token=lCPcyN_19AnYHCByb2XaNK_2dHB8MTU3NDM2NzU2MkAxNTc0MjgxMTYy&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=OIclmbnPd50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/a.co\/42uNIgw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhT7KhjKrQ0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">The Two Sifus &#8211; Head Injuries 2 &#8211; Asian Etiquette, Full Contact<\/h2>\n<p>Sifu Mike is 40 pounds lighter due mostly to dietary changes.<\/p>\n<p>Pancrase, Kickboxing,<\/p>\n<p>Boxing gloves.<\/p>\n<p>Take advice from people who care about you and have some expertise.<\/p>\n<p>The most fragile organ in the human body<\/p>\n<p>401(k): you don\u2019t find old people telling young people that it\u2019s okay to deplete their 401(k) while they are young.<\/p>\n<p>And you rarely find old people telling young people to \u201ctough it out\u201d when it comes to permanently injuring their body (and brain).<\/p>\n<p>So, why do we let \u201cwin-at-all-cost\u201d coaches, broken systems like the scholastic and pro sports systems, and \u201cinvincible\u201d younger athletes, make pivotal decisions about health, wellness, and the sustainable human brain and body?<\/p>\n<p>What is so great about our current system?<\/p>\n<p>Rarely does a full-contact coach tell you to go full contact. The science is there, you are going to wear down the body&#8230; and mind.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of a fight camp, we wear our guys down. But it&#8217;s more about conditioning and cardio. In your anaerobic workouts, you fight through your tiredness. You don&#8217;t need to take punch after punch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fatigue makes cowards of us all.&#8221; General George S. Patton<\/p>\n<p>Per one BJJ purple belt I met, &#8220;The key to financial success is to avoid getting married.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asian Etiquette: The assumption of responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in the 1960s and &#8217;70s, everyone of us played sports and things were very competitive. It was the period of the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uiUMCUKUggk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">The Two Sifus &#8211; Head Injuries 3 &#8211; The Key To Win<\/h2>\n<p>Blood, Sweat &amp; Tears is a jazz-rock Canadian-American music group. They are noted for their combination of brass and rock band instrumentation.<\/p>\n<p>One of their big hits: You Make Me So Very Happy.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s okay to shed blood sweat and tears, but not brain and future.<\/p>\n<p>The sacrifice doesn&#8217;t have to be your brain,,, and your future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve gotten hurt more in yoga than in martial arts&#8230;&#8221; Or, better put, &#8220;Yoga opened up areas of compensation and released pain and dysfunction that had been hiding in my system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s now easy for Sifu Mike to tell kids to train smart. They get it.<\/p>\n<p>Endurance training is important. If you can outlast the opponent, that&#8217;s a big advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The more physically healthy you are than your opponent, the better chance you have of winning.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to find the key to be able to win.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EA3RDNxcraE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">The Two Sifus &#8211; Brain Injuries 4 &#8211; How to Learn<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Two Sifus &#8211; Head Injuries 1 &#8211; Doing The Right Thing For The Brain Young people sometimes believe they are &#8220;bullet proof and invincible.&#8221; The death of boxer Patrick Day due to brain injury. Eliminate the gloves in MMA. The role of gloves is to protect the hands. 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