The home of Spen-FU

Product Review - CS1 Boxing Gloves

2011-11-15T02:31:00.001-08:00

I am going to be reviewing some products over the next couple of months and the first in the series is the CS1 Boxing Glove producted by Caged Steel.

I have been using these gloves for the last 3 months and I have been very impressed. Before these gloves, I was using a pair of Sandy 16oz Gloves for sparring kickboxing and heavy mma sparring, I had used the gloves for a couple of years so they defenatly seen better day's.

I was thinking about a couple of different brands but I was given a pair of Caged Steel to use and review.

First thing I noticed was the quiliaty of the gloves, I used a pair of old Caged Steel boxing Gloves many moons ago and I was not impressed with the qauility, as it seemed a little bit plastic, but these looked miles better.

When I checked the Caged Steel site they have used a Thai company to produce the gloves, which looks to have really paid off.

On the Caged Steel Website they have the following information:-

Made in thailand. the superb build quality of the boxing gloves coupled with the best materials available mean that you’re getting a premium product but without the premium price tag. The double wrist strap and specially constructed padding round off this superior piece of kit; suitable for anyone from beginners to big hitters.

The double wrist strap is an excellent idea (see the picture below) when we heavy MMA sparring session one of my pet hates when sparring is the glove slipping of when clinching or grappling ... not any more it stays on great.

Comfort is another think I really like about these gloves, the fit nice around the fist and it keeps the hand tight inside.

Overall I can't fault these gloves, the only negative thing (but it is only a small thing) is it can be tricky to put on the glove and wrap the double wrist strap with a boxing gloves ... but I a bit of pratice and it isn't a problem.

Score - 4.5 out of 5

You can buy these gloves by following the below link:-

Lots going on :)

2011-11-02T06:03:00.001-07:00

We have got a bunch of guys fighting in the next couple of weeks, a BJJ comp and James Doyles first fight with punching to the head on the mat.

Training is really popping at the moment so get down and get involed :)

Spenna

Submission Grappling - 31st July 2011

2011-08-01T03:31:00.001-07:00

Well done Robbie Thacker for competing this weekend at mission submission, he won 1 and lost 1.

Great work mate.
Spenna

Post Fight Interviews - MAX 8

2011-07-31T05:08:00.000-07:00

MAX 8

2011-07-31T00:54:00.000-07:00

Big Thanks to all the coaches who came down, the Fulinkazan supports and of course the fighters for given there all in training.

It was an excellent night for Team Fulinkazan at MAX 8 on the 30th July 2011, we had 4 fighters on the fight card at Wesleys Night club in Pudsey.

First out was Matty Byrne who took on Tae Kwon Do Black Belt Carl Suanders from Leeds MMA who managed to control the fight on the floor and attacked for submissions to win by Judges Decision.

Parris Mustaq was next against Will Filippi from Big Cat MMA, after a brief exchange and some wrestling, Will took Parris to the floor. Parris took some heavy shots from Will and managed to work for a very tight arm bar in 1:06 of the first round.

James Riley had a hard fought fight against Middlesbrough Alex Beattle of the Akurei Gym, the fights almost went to judges decision but in the last 30 seconds of the fight James managed secure a choke and put his opponent to sleep 2 seconds before the end of the last round.

K-dog was the last Fulinkazan fighter to compete, Kevin Mullin was 6kg lighter than his opponent Rob Wall from the Sheffield based S18gym camp, but Kevin controlled the ground work and secured a fantastic Arm Triangle choke.

I am always very proud of all my students weather they fight or just train, the best part of these guys victories was the hard work and dedication they put in to their training and the support they received from the gym.

Post fight interviews coming soon.

Spenna
www.bradfordmma.com

29/07/2011 - Gym News

2011-07-29T06:56:00.000-07:00

Gym Advert

2011-07-26T06:52:00.000-07:00

Kettlebell Example

2011-07-26T05:43:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick example we flimed at the gym last night of some of the kettlebell stuff I am qaulified to coach:-

There is a nice little article on some of the benfits of of Kettlebell training

http://www.bclocalnews.com/lifestyles/124675024.html

If you are interested in learning or using kettlebells to achieve your fitness goals get in touch.

mark_b_spencer@hotmail.com

or call me on 07875 168775

Stay Funky
Mark "Spenna" Spencer
Team Fulinkazan - Head Coach
Caged Fitness - Personal Tranier

Qualified Kettlebell Instructor

2011-07-24T08:24:00.000-07:00

I have completed and Passed my Kettlebell Instructor course today.

Kettlebells are a great way to build functional strength for Martial Arts, weight loss and tone. I have always played around with them but after spending a weekend, swinging, snatching and cleaning them ... I have become a massive fan.

I will be coaching Kettlebell personal training sessions in Cleckheaton, Colne Vally Lesiure Centre, Dewsbury and at Fu's Gym in Bradford.

Interested in booking a session?

Then Email me at info@bradfordmma.com or call me 07875 168775 to book your first session.

I will post some videos over the next couple of weeks so keep an eye out on the site.

Stay funky
Spenna

Next event ....

2011-07-21T02:09:00.000-07:00

MAX 8 !!!!!!

Riley, Matty, Kevin and with a bit of luck Parris all fighting on this show.

check it -

http://www.mma-max.com/index.php

Fulinkazan Patches

2011-07-19T03:24:00.001-07:00

We have some patches on the way which will be on sale at the gym for £5 each.

Spenna

Seminar for Women

2011-07-19T01:32:00.000-07:00

From www.femmefightersuk.co.uk

Hi there,

My name is Kim Taylor and I am the founder of www.femmefightersuk.co.uk

I set up this website as I am a woman in martial arts and I wanted to offer other like minded women who train (any style) an opportunity to be part of something and have a community of their own. Femme Fighters has been very successful and I have met so many wonderful and inspiring women from across the UK.

I am running a no gi grappling seminar on Sunday 7th August in Manchester for women only and I wondered if you had any ladies who train with you who may be interested? The seminar will be run by Caz Tweedy from Leicester Shootfighters. Caz specialises in no gi submission wrestling, grappling and regularly competes and is very successful. She is coached by Nathan Leverton whose pedigree speaks for itself as a coach.

I have attached a link to the event on my facebook page and I would be very grateful if you could pass this over to any women who may be interested in attending. It doesnt matter what their experience level is as we have some ladies who are trying this style for the very first time but there will also be some established competitors training as well as mixed martial artists.

The idea of the event is to open up this style to other women who may be new to it and for those established Ju Jitsu players its a great opportunity to network and meet with other women who share their passion.

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=160479607351677

Many thanks for taking the time to read my email - I do hope you will be able to pass this over to some ladies that may find it useful. You can contact me on this email address sould you need to.

Kind regards

Kim Taylor
Founder

£3.50 and 11years on

2011-07-14T03:10:00.000-07:00

I bought this video in 1999 at a car boot sale in Leeds, i would have not have guessed that it would shaped the next 11 years of my life ... Check it:-

Sorry ... But all change

2011-07-13T02:28:00.001-07:00

The Blogs have not been flowing ... there have been lots of change in my life.

I am now Coaching Martial Arts and Personal training full time, I still enjoy working in IT but there was not enough at my old job to challange me and it was made very clear that I would not have the oppotunnities in the future.

In my life I need goals to work towards and moving full time in to the Martial art and fitness industry gives me a great chance to challange my self.

My gym is going great and we have some excellent coaches supporting our programs and I will be working with Kirklees Active Leisure.

soooooooo ....... there will be lots of blogs coming up so stay tuned :)

I found a couple of great videos which i will post up here is the first:-

Iowa Wrestling Documentary Part 1 from Jean Brutus on Vimeo.

Iowa Wrestling Documentary Part 2 from Jean Brutus on Vimeo.

Team Fulinkazan - Newsletter (Jan - Issue)

2011-01-16T08:10:00.001-08:00

2011 Team Clothes in production

We have finalised the designs for the new 2011 team wear, in the first batch we will have:-

Hoodies (£20)
T-shirt adults (men and women’s) and Kids (£10)
Jogging bottoms (£15)
Caps (£10)
Rash Guards (£15)
Patches (£5)

We also have a BJJ GI coming in which will be available for £30 from the gym.

New Cage and Fulinkazan in the Press

Over the Christmas period we have had our new Training Cage installed in the gym and the reporters have been non stop.

A reporter from a fitness magazine came down to do a piece on the gym, I did a short interview for the Bradford paper T&A (see the notice board) and we have another T&A reporter coming down to write feature about the gym so keep your eyes peeled.

Extra BJJ and No-GI Team Training

Come along to the BJJ and No-GI team training for extra rolling and drilling and no extra cost for members! Saturday 5th Feb @ 15:30

Hell Day!

Yeap it is back … Hell day on Sunday 6th Feb @ 13:30 to 16:00. All Fighters must attend, bring Running Trainers, Jumper, extra t-shirts, sparring equipment, bag gloves… no extra cost for members!

Upcoming Fights

12th Feb – MAX 6 – Mark “Tig” Tidswell (Tickets available at the Gym)
26th Feb – Cage Agression – Kam and Qas
20th Mar – Way of the Warriors – Spenna
27th Mar – Takedown MMA – Waz + Other AM Fighters

Am fighters Sign up for the Takedown MMA event ASAP!!!!

WWW.BRADFORDMMA.COM – UPDATED!!!!

2011 Gym fee’s

2010-12-23T05:03:00.000-08:00

As of Jan all cash monthly payments will go up to £45, single class fees will remain at £6 and Evening cost is still £8.

Pro Fighters monthly fee is £30 per month (if they fight for Fulinkazan or not), to qualify for this discount the Pro fighter must have had at least 3 professional MMA fights that is recorded (sherdog, MMA Universe, FCF).

Standing order payment is still £40 … so set it up and save money!!! See Spenna or Marie for details.

Just to clear some thing up around cash monthly payment. If you pay monthly cash on the 01/01/11 your next monthly fee is due on the 01/02/11, regardless of how many times you attend. If you have not been able to attend because of injury please speak to Spenna or Marie to see if some thing can be arranged.

GnP Equipment order

2010-12-23T05:02:00.002-08:00

I am going to be putting in an order from my Sponsor GnPclothing.com I have put a little catalogue together @ the gym so please have a look and pass your order and money to Spenna or Marie.

I will be placing the order on 7th Jan 2011.

spenna

Big Thanks for 2010

2010-12-23T05:02:00.001-08:00

2010 has been a big year for our team with lots of change.

Our Amateur team has really grown and we have seen some brilliant additions into it, James Riley, Tig and Matt Byrne have really made a big impression on the MAX show and Amir picked up gold at the Combat Base interclub NO-GI. Next year is looking good for us, Nav, Nate and a whole bunch of new guys looking to pick up some more wins for Fulinkazan.

Semi Pro’s have had a mix of results but the highlight’s of the year for me had to coming away from Fight Star in Leeds with 4wins and 0 Losses!!!! And James Doyle beating Burnley Brawl’s Welter weight champion on Dec Williams show. Andy Wilcock picked up some impressive wins and Nigel Halmshaw picked up a Belt in Burnley Brawl.

Now to the Pro’s !!!! one of the proudest days in my coaching life was taking Kam and Qas to there first fights Qas picked up the win while Kam lost a narrow decision, only to revenge the loss on his way to picking up the Gold in the Grapple mania under 70kg Advance category. Qas not to be out done won both the Under 87kg adv and the Open weight.

I guess the biggest change for use has been opening our own gym! We add Kam, Arki and James Doyle to the coaching staff and Dave and Waz still contributing … big thanks to all the coaches.

The biggest help this year has to go to my wonderful lady Marie, a lot of people don’t see the hard work she does behind the scenes as well as been the lovelly Lady who takes your money. The Gym would not have happened with out her help.

Spenna

www.youmma.tv

2010-11-15T05:58:00.000-08:00

Check out my article on www.yourmma.tv ... next part out tomorrow:-

http://www.yourmma.tv/training/details.asp/c/2/id/53/the-long-road-from-am-to-pro-part-i.htm

Welcome to the new gym

2010-07-26T08:01:00.000-07:00

If you have not been down yet .... Why?

FULINKAZAN :: COMBAT BASE :: AACC-UK

Team Fulinkazan – Announcement

2010-05-16T11:55:00.000-07:00

Team Fulinkazan – Announcement

Team Fulinkazan is coming up to its 6th birthday and it is with great pleasure that I can announce that we have finally a gym of our own!!

Starting from June 2010 all Bradford Fulinkazan classes will take place here (the same building as the old Kings Gym):-

Team Fulinkazan
2nd Floor
114 Sunbridge Road
Bradford
BD1 2NE

We will be working in partnership with Joseph Thai Boxing but we now can offer a full schedule of training, classes will include MMA, Kickboxing, Brazilian Jui Jitsu, conditioning, wrestling and kids classes. Full Schedule is to be released.

For more information contact us at info@teamfulinkazan.co.uk

Time Table:-

Open Day

Thanks
Spenna

Blast From the PastEdit

2010-02-11T04:37:00.001-08:00

Check out Darren Curries post about when I fought a ninja!

http://combatbase.wordpress.com/

Spenna

Combat Base Group Training Day 7th March 2010

2010-02-03T03:54:00.000-08:00

This one is being hosted by Team Fulinkazan at Kings Gym in Bradford. Hoping to get one of these at everyone’s gym eventually.
Check out the small clip from the last one at Caged Steel.

Youtube clip

Starts at 11:00am, finishes round 3:00pm

There will be a 40/45 minute workshop in every hour segment so schedule is something like this:

11:00 Warm up with Helen Currie
11:20 ½ guard with Carl Fisher
12:00 Offside Kesa gatame with Adam Adshead
12:40 free time to drill, spar, rest, talk
1:00 Butterfly guard with Steve Muckle
1:40 free time to drill, spar, rest, talk
2:00 Chokes with Ryan Hunter
2:40 free time to drill, spar, rest, talk
3:00 Finish

We have all different coaches this time so I guarantee that there will be someone there who most of you have not trained with before.

Whether you want to train on the mats or in the ring there will be someone who will train with you without any ego or hidden agenda, it will be a friendly environment because it is only open to our group so be sensible, be a good training partner and train hard.

£5 entry fee to train, coaches train for free. After paying for the gym, all the rest of the money will be donated to charity.

People don’t have to stay for the entire session, just turn up when they want and stay as long as they want, as long as they come through to support us that is all that matters.

Hope to see you all there.

::Happy New Year!::

2010-01-05T05:37:00.001-08:00

Xmas has been an interesting time for me this year, Seeing and spending time with both the Spencer and Bamford Clan is always a really happy time for me, I really do enjoy spending time with my family but usually ends up with a few shandy's and mince pies.

That been said, I have had some quality training over xmas period. Some really good sparring session with Fulinkazan lads, Brendan put through a horrible work out at south Leeds Stadium and did some great work with Richard Cadden from www.starmindcoaching.co.uk

::Other Stuff::

Brilliant... just brilliant -

http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/04/iron-and-the-soul-by-henry-rollins/

Some really interesting stuff by Fulinkazan's new conditioning coach -

http://www.brendanchaplin.co.uk/Brendan_Chaplin/Home/Home.html

::Things that are pretty cool this week::

Conditioning with Brendan
Slamming folk around the shop

::Things that s*ck ball::

Snow - it is messing my training up.

Long time

2009-11-17T07:24:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been a while, moving house and been busy with work has really taken up most of my time.

::Isolation training (single mind)::

In this blog I am going to talk about (single mind) Isolation training, I am sure people know this as many other names but this is what I call it.

When you start training, learning all the different positions, submissions, transitions of grappling it is easy to get confused, your not sure how to use your body to move, attack and defend and end up sparring erratically.

I see it all the time with beginners they have been to a few classes and maybe picked up a couple of submissions so when they are sparring they are they try and grab and squeeze any thing they can get there hands on. It is like watching a kitten been teased by a torch, it frantically chases the beam of light but never really gets any were.

So .... Pick one thing in your sparring to work on. I often work on 1 technique a month for example this month I am working on my arm bar, I understand the positions I need to be in to effectively get an arm bar, if I start sparring and end up mounted I don't just start attacking for arm bars I go through the following:-

1. Escape Mount by pushing on the knee
2. Regain Guard
3. Control opponents posture
4. Attack arm
5. Get the arm bar.

Even though I am in a bad position to start with my goal does not change. What a lot of beginners do is in the same position is

1. Start Escape mount .... its not working so proceed to plan B
2. punch body .... not working ...
3. grab arms and start twisting stuff
4. he now has my back ... I'll grab his foot and twist it
5. argghh cr@p , I now have to defend the choke

Rickson Gracie student said in the film "Choke" that Rickson would say to the student before rolling, I am going to arm bar you on your left arm and then do it. I am not saying it is any easy thing to do, but if you work your way to be able to do this it shows great skill and understanding of position.

::Other Stuff::

I found a very interesting interview (on Cagewarriors) by Ryan Hall, He is more famous for having lots of wins via Triangle .... but some very interesting points:-

http://lockflow.com/viewtopic.php?p=231054

I have also started a Blog and Twitter account for my team, not much on them at the moment but keep an eye out on them:-

http://teamfulinkazan.wordpress.com - Blog

http://twitter.com/teamfulinkazan - Twitter

::Things that are pretty cool this week::

Ghetto Running
New COD/ MW
24

::Things that s*ck ball::

IKEA

Cheers for reading ...
Spenna

Fulinkazan 5th Birthday

2009-10-08T00:12:00.000-07:00

It is hard to believe that it is Team Fulinkazan 5th birthday this month, it seems strange that is that long ago and we have come so far.

We are a MMA team based in the Bradford and Leeds Area we hold classes in 3 different localations and also support the Bradford University Mixed Martial Arts Club.

We are members of the Combat Base Group, we are the UK repersentives for AACC in Japan and work closley with a number of other clubs in the Yorkshire and Lancashire area.

In an effort to keep the momentum going and develop our team we currently looking for sponsorship and equipment donations. If any one is interested in sponsoring/donating equipment please email info@teamfulinkazan.co.uk

Any money/donations go directly into the club and non of the instructors take any cuts.

Thanks

Mark "Spenna" Spencer
Team Fulinkazan

New Fulinkazan Clothing

2009-09-21T14:59:00.000-07:00

Orders are now being taken for T-Shirts & Hoodies with the new Fulinkazan design.

T-Shirts £10
Hoodies £20

Put your order in

Khanie's 40th ....

2009-09-20T13:11:00.001-07:00

Had a great night out with the FU gang last night here are some pics:-

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=158316&id=1670359572&comments&alert#/album.php?aid=11425&id=1670359572

Don't forget to Add both leeds and bradford FU to your facebook:-

Bradford-

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56202428026&ref=search&sid=518220861.3424740662..1

Leeds

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000148907059&ref=search&sid=518220861.3424740662..1

Back on the saddle

2009-08-18T00:10:00.000-07:00

So for the last month I have been focusing on bulking up, I replaced salads, brown rice and lean meats with pizza's, curries and burgers. I really wanted to shake things so I also cut out protein drinks and training and replaced it with Ale and sitting down.

So after undoing the hard work I had put in before Vegas and my birthday, I am working on getting my fat @rse in shape.

So in typical start up fashion, I end up popping one of my ribs which now makes it hard to move .... d@nm my luck.

I had an interesting argument with a lad who trains with me, were he was not willing to train because I would not organise a fight for him. He said (although he said this was in jest) "what's the point training, If I don't have a fight", an interesting point because I always find it harder to do the extra stuff (weights, running and plyo's) if I don't have a fight, But ... It never stops me wanting to improve my technique. Might be time to get a fight booked in ;-)

Last couple of Weeks good stuff

# Bought TUF 5 box's set for £15

# Starting to tap people with Peruvian neckties

# Team Fulinkazan Leeds

# Sprints are cool

# The Film "The Express" excellent film

Last couple of Weeks Bad stuff

# Moving house and back in to mum and dads is sh!t

# Moving to my mum and dads and then having my brother rip out the bath room preventing me from shaving and showering is also sh!t

# popping my rib

# I have joined Xbox live and slowly getting drawing in to COD 4

The Test

2009-08-04T04:03:00.000-07:00

MMA attracts different personalities to the gym, I have been coaching for about 5 years and coach many different people, but there is one event that make me chuckle every time ... the test!

MMA is a fantastic sport which give people the chance to develop them selves physically, mentally, years of training and dedication in the pursuit of self improvement helps mould a person. To help improve your training some times it is best to try new gyms, training systems or different paths to test yourself.

How do you gage your progression? Well for some people a visit back to the old club is the best way to do this. I have seen this a couple of times and the guys usually fit into the following category:-

Lifted weights but not train Martial arts guy

This guy has stopped doing MMA because he wants to get his fitness levels up ... by lifting lots of weight :-/ when you have a grapple with him, every thing is power and he squeeze the cr@p out of every body part he gets his hands on.

Best thing to do with this guy is get through the 30 seconds of hell, then tap his @rse out as much as possible, hopefully the guy will realise that lifting weights does not get you ready for fighting .... probably not though.

Sp@z guy

This guy is all elbows and bone. Usual sp@z guy floats from club to club every one hate sparring with him and every roll is a chance for him to prove to the world what a great fighter he is.

He is also the guy how injures every one, best way to deal with this guy is to tell him if he spars like a sp@z and if he cause any injures to you will stamp on his face and p!ss in his mouth... this calms the beast for a bit.

The i've trained with this guy so I must be better than you now guy.

This guy probably left your team because he felt he was not improving under your tutelage, then joined another team with guys who might not be as good him, he bashes them good and then comes back to his old teacher to show who's boss....

.... sounds like a Bruce Lee film right. This guy may have also had there first fight and comes back to find out .... could he beat you in a real fight?

Dealing with this person depends on there attitude, if the guy is cool and does not go at you like a bull then you usually get a pretty good spar out of them.

If the guy is there to prove a point he will probably try and put it on you straight away and try and server you in front of your class ... only one way to deal with this .... smash good!

Stay Funky
Spenna

Vegas and Pirates

2009-07-27T04:29:00.000-07:00

Sorry for not blogging for a little bit, had 2 weeks off for my 30th Birthday in which I went to Vegas for UFC 100 and got very drunk dressed as a pirate.

The trip to Vegas was awesome, it took 15 hours to get there but US Airways has tons of leg room, much better than most of the other flights I have been on to EU countries.

We stayed at Mandalay Bay which is where the UFC was been held, we though it would be pretty cool to stay at the same hotel as event. We thought it would be nice to not to walk so far to get back the room after the event ....... it only took us 50mins !! The hotel is massive.

Got to go train at Xtreme Couture, could not get into the fighters session so I just attend a couple of classes, Thai boxing and Jui jitsu. Both were interesting and I think I got some thing from both. It was interesting to see some of the fighters training, but is a shame I didn't get chance to train with them.

I was impressed with Shaun Tomkinson, he did a weights session and then straight into 4hrs of teaching privates, I think it is easy as a coach just to lay back and not develop yourself.

Wandy cancelled my Private !!!! I was absolute gutted, didn't find out until the Friday so didn't have chance to change my plans for the weekend.

The UFC was excellent, had a really good time at the show and the expo, got to have a quick chat with Greg Jackson which was cool and got a picture of Uno which was excellent!. While having our breakfast on the Sunday after the UFC, Jens Pulver sat the next table over from Marie and I which was a bit weird, I went over and had a quick chat with him, very nice guy.

Things I found weird about Vegas/UFC:-

1. While waiting for the reception lady at Xtreme Couture's to pull her finger out and order me a taxi (it only took here 40 minutes!) there were loads of people turning up, just to watch the fighters train, all these "fan boys" getting really excited about sitting watching fighters hit pads.

2. Again at Xtreme Couture's, Phil Baroni was running around and then randomly announced he need some thing to read while he went to the toilet. So he ran into the office at the side then came walking out with a protein tub and head to relieve himself :-/

3. The impact of ultimate fighter was evident at the UFC Expo, people would queue for ages to get pictures of ex ultimate fighter members, but fighters like Uno and Lutter would just walk around not getting pestered ... well apart from me.

4. When trying to put an accumulator on at the Sports book, it took me and Marie 20 minutes to work out what was going on. Also got told that in the US it is call a "parlay", I thought only pirates used that word, but as a soon to be Pirate I was excited. .... I didn't win, Bonnor and Mir let me down.

5. I also thought it was weird that every shop assistant became Marie's new best friend, one of them tried selling me a sparkling t-shirt .... I didn't buy it

6. Eating at the Stratosphere, was a little hard to get my head around because you are slowly moving around as you eat .... not a great combination.

7. Freemont Street ...... really not that great ..... video to follow ....

8. US Airways air stewardess are a little rude, if you don't like people asking for stuff you should find another job.

Things I liked about Vegas/UFC:-

1. All you can eat breakie buffet lots of interesting food, including breakfast pizza.

2. The Mix (http://www.mandalaybay.com/dining/mix.aspx) the best and most enjoyable meal Marie and I had in Las Vegas, excellent service, Excellent Food .... just brilliant

3. Lobster Bisk ..... very ..... very .... very nice

4. Meeting Greg Jackson and Jens Pulver.

5. The fact you can walk around in Vegas with a beer in hand, which Marie and I end up playing an excellent game when walking back to our hotel (it was about an hour and half walk) where we could only progress on our journey if we had a beer in our hand ..... brilliant.

Stay lucky

Spenna

Team Fulinkazan – Sponsorship

2009-05-14T11:08:00.001-07:00

I am currently looking for sponsorship for Team Fulinkazan, we will put your business name on our walk out shirts for all our fighters and coaches to fights and help promote your business through other multiple media streams.

If you are interested my feel free to drop me an emails: -

Mark_b_spencer@hotmail.com or info@teamfulinkazan.co.uk

All sponsorship money is uses to make Bradford's Best .... Better

Thanks

Mark “Spenna” Spencer
Team Fulinkazan
www.teamfulinkazan.co.uk
__________________

Jan Phone Dump

2009-03-14T05:17:00.001-07:00

Training @ Kings - Saturday 15:00

2009-03-14T04:29:00.000-07:00

Sparring and conditioning @ Kings Saturday 15:00

What is stopping you?

2009-02-08T02:18:00.000-08:00

Brilliant .... stollen from http://www.rosstraining.com/blog/

This Sunday - Death Day

2009-02-07T07:31:00.000-08:00

Meeting at Kings at 13:00, you will need:-

Clothes and trainers to run in,
Change of clothes (tshirt, shorts)
Sparring Equipment,
Water,

Training will be until about 15:00 ..... or it might be longer.

Saturday

2009-01-10T14:17:00.000-08:00

Got up this morning at 7:30 and I was out the door at 8:15 .... Yes stupid I know but there was training to be done I had a session planned with Steven Campbell at 9:00.

I trained with Steven for a good hour and I felt I should have left my brown belt behind when i left. He is a is a very good teacher and grappler i plan on making a few more trips over some info on him can be found on his site:-

http://www.manchesterjiujitsu.com/

After my first session ... I made my way over to Bradford to train at jimmys gym and jump in on the wrestling class ... only there wasn't one .... doh!

Qas, James and I convinced the girl to let us in and train any way so we spent about an hour wrestling, no tech just live sparring. Over all we looked tired and had a good work out .... but it was not over.

I got Qas to join the conditioning session James and I had planned to do after the wrestling (yes .... a stupid idea I know) at a little gym near the edge of Leeds city centre with a chap call Q.

Q (forgot his full name ... sorry mate) had come back from the Gladitors tv show and been training James for the last couple of weeks .... I have been told all kinds of horror stories, but for some reason they did not put me off .... I must need my head checking.

Q got us to do a little run around the block and then the work started with 20kg bars and many .. many reps. After the bar work it was chest ... Qas lead the way on that one and seemed to get through it fine, while James and I pulled all kinds of sex faces.

The gym was not very big and reminded me of the old days of training in garage near ponty, no cage, no nice mats, no tv. Just weights and space to train ... ah the good old days.

but that was not the training session over, Q said it was time to work the ads .. ok I thought ... a few crunches .. I am cool with that .... its starts and .... no crunches ... just pain ..... pain, yells and tears.

After the abs was a stretch .... thanks f@~k! ... Sunday might be a rest day

I want to UFC

2009-01-09T13:54:00.000-08:00

It is that silly time ... every one has eaten too much and every one wants to be a ULTIMATE FIGHTER!!!!!

Here are some great tips:-

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=38197785

Great video

2009-01-02T12:34:00.001-08:00

From ross boxing

Cont .. phone dump ...

2008-12-30T14:42:00.000-08:00

June ...

I taught a lesson at Eddies

Jul

I bought a new car ... cup holders are great

Aug

Errrr ... yeah ...

Sept

Nothing .... sorry

Oct

Went to Manchester to train

And went halloween shopping

And dressed up

Nov

Killing time until the champions show started.

Bumped my f**king car

Dec

Nowt again, I will try harder next year.

Cont. phone dump

2008-12-30T14:31:00.000-08:00

May

May was busy, I started to grow corn:-

Was a suspect in a murder

Went to blackpool...

Marie had flump .... I didn't want any thing in this shop

Cas and Andy had there first Semi pro fight

I got cut in training

Marie and I went to Stockport and then Southport

Phone Dump of 2008

2008-12-30T14:23:00.000-08:00

Jan

Nowt happened on my pone

Feb

Got f**ked up vs ross p

Mar

Nowt again

Apr

Went to Seni

Had some food

and went for a drink

Tonight!!!

2008-10-29T08:46:00.000-07:00

Extra Training

2008-10-27T02:50:00.001-07:00

Mon – BJJ/Grappling Sparring – 16:30 to 17:30
Mon – MMA Class – 17:30 to 19:00
Tue – MMA Sparring – 12:00 to 13:00
Wed – MMA Sparring – 16:30 to 17:30
Wed – MMA Class – 17:30 to 19:00
Wed – MMA Class – 20:00 to 21:15 @ pfit
Thu – MMA Sparring – 12:00 to 13:00
Thu – MMA Sparring – 18:00 to 19:00 (there will be a small charge this week)
Fri – MMA Sparring – 20:00 to 21:00 @ Caged

Boxing Gloves still on sale 3 left and Shin pads for sale this Thursday.

Training this week

2008-10-20T01:34:00.000-07:00

Monday - 16:30 to 17:30 - Grappling Sparring
Monday - 17:30 to 19:00 - MMA Class
Tuesday - 12:00 to 13:00 - MMA Sparring
Wednesday - 16:30 to 17:30 - MMA Sparring
Wednesday - 17:30 to 19:00 - MMA Class
Wednesday - 20:00 to 21:15 - MMA Class @ Planet Fitness
Thursday - 12:00 to 13:00 - MMA Sparring
Thursday - 18:00 to 19:00 - MMA Sparring
Friday - 20:00 to 21:00 - MMA Sparring @ Caged Steel.

Unless stated all other classes are at Kings.

New Class - Team Fulinkazan

2008-10-16T06:02:00.000-07:00

There seems to be a big demand for a later session also not to mention the 2 classes we have been packed out, I have confirmed that as of Wednesday 22nd October, Team Fulinkazan will be starting a MMA class 20:00 to 21:15 @ Planet Fitness.

Class Details -

Class - Mixed Martial Arts
Location - Planet Fitness, Coral Mills, Halifax Road, Bradford, BD6 2DN
Time - 20:30 to 21:15
Cost - Single Class - £5

If any of the Kings MMA Monthly members would like to do this class as well they can Top Up there Membership and get all the Fulinkazan classes for £40 a month, please see spenna for more information.

The class will be a mix of Thai Boxing, Wrestling and Jui Jistu techniques and Sparring. Students are advised to bring there own 14/16oz Boxing Gloves, Shin Pads, MMA Sparring Gloves, Groin Guard and Gum shield.

Full Class details are as follows:-

Monday - 17:30 to 19:00 - MMA @ Kings
Wednesday - 17:30 to 19:00 - MMA @ Kings
Wednesday - 20:00 to 21:15 - MMA @ Planet Fitness

More details will be loaded on to the website www.teamfulinkazan.co.uk if you have any questions please get in touch info@teamfulinkazan.co.uk

As well as this extra session, there is a possibility of a Monday class at Planet Fitness at 20:30 to 21:30, also keep an eye on my blog for update information on extra training sessions www.spenna.co.uk .

Team Fulinkazan are also looking for equipment sponsors.

Thanks

Mark "Spenna" Spencer
www.teamfulinkazan.co.uk

Extra Training Week 06 Oct

2008-10-13T06:01:00.001-07:00

Mon - Grappling Sparring :: 1630 to 17:30
Tue - MMA Sparring :: 12:00 to 13:00
Wed - MMA Sparring :: 1630 to 17:30
Thu - MMA Sparring :: 12:00 to 13:00

Let me know if you have any questions?

Extra Training Week 06 Oct

2008-10-06T01:35:00.001-07:00

Mon - Grappling Sparring :: 1630 to 17:30
Tue - MMA Sparring :: 12:00 to 13:00
Wed - MMA Sparring :: 1630 to 17:30
Thu - MMA Sparring :: 12:00 to 13:00
Thu - MMA Sparring :: 17:00 to 18:00
Fri - Sparring @ Caged Steel :: 20:00 to 21:00

Let me know if you have any questions?

New Team Tshirt

2008-09-05T00:29:00.000-07:00

Man of Steel award

2008-09-01T04:54:00.001-07:00

Thanks to every one who came to the Team meal, I think every one had a great time and we got chance to hand some trophies out to award the hard work that people have put in over the last 2 years.

Most Improved – Tig
Grappler of the Year – Kam
Striker of the year – Smash
Fighter of the Year – Qas
Man of Steel – Qas

Well done to all the fighters, I am sure the next year is going to be very busy for us all.

Extra Training

2008-09-01T04:52:00.000-07:00

Mon - 16:30 - Grappling Sparring
Mon - 17:30 - MMA Class
Tue - 12:00 - MMA Sparring
Wed - 16:30 - MMA/Kickboxing Sparring
Wed - 17:30 - MMA Class
Thu - 12:00 - MMA Sparring
Thu - 16:30 - Cardio/MMA Sparring

There might be some other sessions added later

August Newsletter

2008-08-18T05:11:00.000-07:00

[b]Caged Steel Interclub[/b]
We had a few lads fight at the interclub at Caged Steel as a team we did really well and came away with 3 bronze and 1 Gold.

Overall every one who fought for team fulinkazan did a great job... Well done lads.

[b]Champions II - 16th August (Bradford)[/b]

What a cracking night! Nate opened up the show with a fantastic show of heart to win the first round, then have a nightmare of a second round and then win by RNC in overtime third round.

Jon opened up strong with some good strikes and the getting top position, Jon gasses a little and lost by Arm bar, but showed he should be there with the rest of them.

Qas is quickly putting his name forward for the Fulinkazan “Man Of Steel” award at the end of the month, after 3 very hard fought rounds Qas won a war of a majority decision.

Well done to all the lads who fought and helped in the corner.

[b]Team Birthday Meal and Drinks[/b]

In September it will be 4 years of been a team!!!

Fulinkazan would like to invite you to come out for drinks, food and maybe bowling.

Date - Sunday 31st August

Location - Nandos then Hollywood Bowling.

Time - 5:00pm

There will also be some awards, also there will be a vote for the Fulinkazan's "Man of Steel", who do you think is Fulinkazan's best fighter over the last 2 years?

Please let Spenna know if you are going to attend?

[b]Equipment order[/b]

I am going to be placing an order for equipment for myself and the club. If you want any equipment please let me know?

16oz Boxing gloves –
Shin Pads –
MMA Fight Gloves -
MMA Sparring Gloves –
Groin Guard –

I need you order before the 31st August 2008

[b]Contact Details[/b]

Please forward me your contact details, Mobile number, email address … etc. If there are any extra classes or problems I will be sending out email’s and text messages.

[b]Sponsorship[/b]

Do you know any one who would like to sponsor the team? we need to get some new pads for the gym so any money we can get in will be great!

[b]New Tshirt/Hoodies[/b]

Can you deisgn a new tshirt for fulinkazan? for the best deisgn there is a free tshirt and hoodie in it for you if you can.

End date for this is 31st Aug ...so get them in quick!

Also keep an eye on the forum and www.spenna.co.uk

Extra Training - Week Starting 28 July

2008-07-28T03:09:00.001-07:00

Mon - 16:30 Grappling
Tue - 12:00 MMA
Wed - 16:30 MMA
Thu - 12:00 MMA
Thu - 16:30 MMA/Cardio

There might be some weekend stuff, but I will confirm later in the week.

Caged Steel - Rookies Interclub Results

2008-07-28T03:08:00.000-07:00

Under 65

Rookie Champion - Nick Beedham (Combat Base Donny)
Runner up - Danny Livingstone (Gracie Sheffield)
Joint 3rd Place - Lee Brook (Kung FU)
Joint 3rd Place - Steve Nightinggale (Ultraflex MMA)

Under 70

Rookie Champion - Jay Furness (caged steel)
Runner up - Craig Dean (Blackledge MMA)
Joint 3rd Place - Mark Tidswell (Fulinkazan)
Joint 3rd Place - Sam Retlon (Fulinkazan)

Under 77

Rookie Champion - Theo Blackledge (Blackledge MMA)
Runner up - Adam Khan (True Sprit - Leeds)
Joint 3rd Place - Gavin Rogers (Combat Base Bolton)
Joint 3rd Place - Anil Krishan (Fulinkazan)

Under 84

Rookie Champion - Ian Ball (Blackledge MMA)
Runner up - Christoph Ivan (CombatBase Bolton)
Joint 3rd Place - Phil Ounsley (Caged Steel)
Joint 3rd Place - Mike Tolson (Combat Base Donny)

Under 93

Rookie Champion - To be fought at "Champions"
Runner up -
Joint 3rd Place - James Jones (Caged Steel)
Joint 3rd Place - Scott Rosco (Blackledge MMA)

Open Weight

Rookie Champion - Waseem Akram (Fulinkazan)
Runner up - Imran Sarwar (Caged Steel)

Thanks to the following for helping out :-

Cath Hall, Dan Hall, Ian Butlin, Brad Conway, Dave hirst, Nam Hwoong, Simon Waring, Scraps, Paul Druber, MMA Pics, Jamie Thwaites, John Higo, Ian Margrison, Tom Blackladge for all getting stucking and helping out with the show.

It was a great day but a shame the red dragon lad hurt his arm, Ian Butlin did a fantastic Job as a ref in that fight to stop it when he did and look after the fighter.

What suprised me the most was that only 1 fight out of 47 did not make weight!! all the fighters acted like pro's!

Thanks to Caged Steel for letting us use there place to host this. I would be interested to know what people thought of the format?

Sorry if I have forgot any one .... been a long weekend. I will put up the results later, the Under 93kg Rookies Champion will be crownd at "the Champions" on the 16th August.

Nate Simpson Vs John Moore

Nate Looked very carm in his fight while John is a ball of energy ready to explode which makes for an interesting final.

Ouch it still hurts

2008-07-13T01:10:00.000-07:00

Great training at Quannam yestarday, Stapes runs a great session and I got some great stuff from Rob Sinclair.

Thanks to all the guys for the training.

Spenna

Extra Training - Week 23rd June

2008-06-23T00:24:00.000-07:00

Mon - 16:30 to 17:30 BJJ @ Kings
Tue - 12:00 to 13:00 MMA @ Kings
Wed - 16:30 to 17:30 MMA @ Kings
Thu - 12:00 to 13:00 MMA @ Kings
Thu - 16:30 to 18:00 MMA @ Kings

I am also planning on going over to Quannam to train on saturday, but I am waiting for confirmation on time.

Don't put bear in a box

2008-06-18T03:58:00.000-07:00

I worked for Halifax bank many moons ago and on my inductions we had quite a hyper trainer who was excited to tells us a little story about a bear. This was a happy little bear until he got put in a box, he was not happy and closed off ....

Moral of this story .... well first don't smoke crack and then try training a group of people, but there is a point in there.

What the train was trying to say was when dealing with customers, do not give closed questions. When you call help lines and you get some @rse (cough BT cough) giving you one word answers "yes" "no" "Maybe" .... I am sure we all know the feeling.

I see many people doing this in MMA and BJJ ... some times when asking questions you get the an answer which is closed off.

Guy 1 - "how do I get out of this arm bar?"
Coach - "don't get put in it"

This is a prime example of a closed question the coach hasn't put bear in a box he has chained the little f**ker up and beat him down.

We all have different attributes (flexibility, strength ... etc) so the answer you get, might not work for you, but don't dismiss it straight away, play and experiment in sparring and coaches if you just because you don't know the answer to a students question don't just make some rubbish up or dismiss the question, learn and experiment ... you never know, you might invent the new twister or x guard.

Spenna

Looking for Sponsorship

2008-06-15T03:03:00.000-07:00

I am fighting in Bradford on the 16th August on the Champions 2 show and I am looking for Sponorship.

If you are interested in sponosring me for my upcoming fight here are my contact detials:-

Website - www.spenna.co.uk
email - mark_b_spencer@hotmail.com

All Sponsorship money to be recieved before 9th August.

Event website - www.mappuk.com

Spenna

Back to work

2008-06-14T12:39:00.000-07:00

9 weeks to go

Out of the office

2008-06-05T07:54:00.000-07:00

I am going to be away from Friday 06/05/08 until 16/05/08. Fu classes are still on and cover for my classes at Caged Steel have all been covered, be good children and no rough playing ;-)

Caged Steel Wholesale customers, drop me an email if any thing pops up at mark@cagedsteel.co.uk I will get back to you as soon as I get back.

Have a good one,

Spenna

What’s it going to be FU?

2008-06-04T13:58:00.001-07:00

Either walk to glory or stand still and wait for hell…

Thought of the Day…. What am I getting?

2008-06-04T13:53:00.000-07:00

Martial arts is a funny thing you have groups of people doing different things for different reasons self defence, fitness or wanting to be the next champion of the world. Some do fancy Flying kicks with a spinny thing and others use a double leg to smash you until you quit.

With MMA becoming more and more popular across the UK because PR machine that is the UFC, it is gaining more and more exposure and with this new found popularity more people want a piece of the cake.

Team Fulinkazan’s classes have never been so busy, it seems with each class we get a couple of new guys coming down to learn MMA … well most of the time they tell me the want to learn UFC ;-), but there are also a lot of new clubs opening offering MMA as well.

This is not me trying to slag other teams off but more bit of advice for people who wanting to start out in MMA, I have spent years travelling around different clubs and here are some of the lessons I have learned:-

1.What do I want from my training?

You need to be honest with yourself do you really want to go through lots of pain and sacrifice? You will ache and be hurt most of the time… still want to be a fighter?

2.Yes ... I want to be a fighter

Well you will need people to train/spar with. How good a fighter do you want to be? Great fighters train with great Fighters, Randy says it best “Steel sharpens steel”.

3.I have found a club, but we don’t spar and no one from the club competes.

Fighters fight … if you don’t test your self you can’t tell if your improving.

Might make sense .... might not ... who cares?

Spenna

Eddies new class

2008-06-01T08:13:00.000-07:00

I went over and did a session for Eddie new class at the flacks gym at 5 lanes ends.

Good turn out with some good lads with bags of talent. Check out there site:-

http://www.flacksfitness.com

Prob going to try and nip over when i get chance.

Spenna

Have you got some? … Man I need a hit bad

2008-05-30T08:58:00.001-07:00

No I have not turned to drugs … well apart from caffeine, but since I had my eye slatted by some big f*ck wit at training I have not been able to spar. I have still been teaching and doing some cardio and weights for the first time in my life constantly… But I really miss getting punched and that hurt feeling you get after sparring.

Nandos – fulchickenzan !!!

2008-05-28T13:40:00.000-07:00

To celebrate the teams hard work over the last couple of months, we made a pilgrimage to the holy land that is Nandos. It was great to see all the lads scuff down a hearty helping of peri peri and chicken, make me think we need to do stuff like this a little more often.

Spenna

Thought of the day - GI Vs No GI for MMA

2008-05-28T13:39:00.000-07:00

I don’t train much Gi work any more, it’s not because Eddie Bravo told me not to. I would love the chance to train more in a Gi, not because Marcelo Garcia told me to ….. well … they didn’t really tell me in person :-) but I have seen many internet arguments on different forums with the age old debate of Gi Vs No Gi for MMA.

I see benefits in both types of training, I like no gi because it closer resembles MMA, there is no cloth to grab and so gi chokes go out of windows, but I think it is quite dangerous to assume that just because you train no gi grappling, it transfers directly to MMA with out amending/refining your game plan.

I remember some years ago I had been sparing a lot of MMA ground work and a good friend of mine Darren Currie asked me to do some grappling sparring with him, but add some punching in. For those of you who does not know Darren, he is a very good grappling teacher from the combat base gym in ponty, but a lot of his training was gi/nogi grappling. We sparred for a couple of minutes, for the most of the time I was in Darren’s guard controlling the position and stopping his attacks by punching him. After the spar, Darren said he could not believe how different grappling is when you add striking.

Some time later, I was doing some Gi rolling, I was working away in guard and my opponent grabbed my collar then started to move around, pressing elbows in my legs changing his position trying to break my guard… This carried on for at least 2 minutes, the time ran out and we changed partners. It didn’t enter my mind until I was going home when I thought, if he could have kept his arm there for 2 mins …. If it was MMA it could have been 2 mins of been punched.

In both cases MMA was not in mind, there was no benefit in sparring with out the gi because he was getting punched and I would have benefited more from training in the gi if I would have seen his collar control as potential punches. Just because you are not wearing a gi does not mean it transfers straight to MMA.

“So why don’t you just spar MMA” – Physically sparring MMA can be quite demanding, cuts, bumps and injuries are easy to pick up. Don’t get me wrong … nothing replicates MMA than MMA sparring (Seems obvious, but a lot of people don’t do this), but if you want to train more than 3 times a week it is very hard to do this and spar MMA. I also think there is other benefits in Gi grappling that is difficult to do in MMA and NOGI grappling, I think Gi slows you down and makes you think about the transitions a little more. Some times in my MMA and NOGI Grappling sparring I tend to rush and make mistakes because I am able to go faster with out the GI.

Any way …. Enough rambling … what do you think? Post your comments here:-

http://fulinkazan.myfreeforum.org/

Spenna

do you do UFC?

2008-05-21T12:58:00.001-07:00

All 36 of us do ;)

Nandos – Wednesday 28th May

2008-05-21T12:57:00.000-07:00

Any one fancy a team nandos trip on Wednesday after training?

Spenna

Thought of the Day – Respect

2008-05-21T12:56:00.000-07:00

Those of you who have trained with me know that I run my classes in a less formal manner than a Traditional Martial Art, I have never questioned my approach before but the last couple of weeks have made me re-think my approach to coaching.

Over the last week or so a few things has happened to make me question if I should be much strict with the way I coach. Make things a little more formal like no talking when warming up, not bowing and stuff like that.

But why do I have to do it now? I have never had to do it before! More and more people know what MMA is and want a piece of the action … not a bad thing because of this I have had some good new lads join the gym … But like every thing else …. With the good, comes the bad … What goes up, must come down and so on.

So what do I do? Just banning people who don’t show respect to the team? This concept makes me nervous because I have never banned any one and I always try and run an open door policy. But like in life …. The actions of a few can affect the masses and we have a very busy time coming up this year with fights.

As usual with my little rants, I don’t give an answer …. Just more questions, lets see how the upcoming weeks pan out.

Spenna

Bank Holiday - Closed Monday May 26th

2008-05-20T09:26:00.001-07:00

Team Fulinkazan MMA classes will be CLOSED MONDAY MAY 26TH, Back open as usual Wednesday 28th.

Spen-Fu Seminar – 1st June 2008

2008-05-20T09:25:00.000-07:00

Seminar for Simon “Eddie” Warring new class

Address: Flax Gym, Norman Lane, 5 Lanes ends, Eccleshill, Bradford
Time : TBC

For more information about Spen-fu seminars email me at mark_b_spencer@hotmail.com

Spenna

New MMA Class – MMA Basics

2008-05-20T09:24:00.000-07:00

Started my new class over at Caged Steel on Friday “MMA Basics” (18:00 to 19:00) there was a good turn out for the first session with 10 people coming down.

It would be great to see some of the regular Caged steel fighters down at the class, if you would like more information email mark@cagedsteel.co.uk

Spenna

2008-05-13T00:25:00.000-07:00

This is why when sparring with out head gaurds you can't spar full power!

Weekend wonderland

2008-05-12T02:48:00.000-07:00

Busy weekend for me and still feeling the effects of the long slog, not really had chance to stop but here is a review of the FU lads.

Qas

It’s is probably about a year ago when Qas came up to me and asked me to look for him a fight. At the time I thought Qas was progressing well in his training but he was not quite ready to fight, so I told him that if he gave me some more of his time and committed to his training he would be ready in about 5 months.

You have to understand that, I have guys asking me to fight all the time and I usually find myself saying the same thing:-

“Give me x amount of time were you committee x times a week and we will get you a fight”

Most of the time people say one thing and do the opposite… But Qas did every thing I asked him and won an excellently executed game plan which we worked on. Qas closed the distance and controlled his opponent for a majority dec win. I am very, very proud of Qas and he earn’t his win in the Gym.

Andy

It amazes me the amount of people we get with natural talent coming into the gym and Andy is defiantly one of them. I am pretty sure Andy could pick any sport and do very well in it, I am thankful it is MMA and he has picked my team! Andy started the fight with a big right hand and then ended it seconds later with a big right hand … another day in the office for Andy SMASH!!

Nathan

Bad night at the office for Nathan, after working really well in the clinch for a round and a bit, he found him self stuck in side mount and the fight was ended. Still a bit of work to do but he has a lot of potential.

JCB

Although not FU, he has been down to the gym training with use so I helped out with his corner. Lee had a bad night but still scored some good take downs, still a bit of work to do, but bags and bags of potential for in this young lad.

Hollywood

Cool as a cucumber … the guy is my hero. Had a good exchange and landed some good punches, dominated the clinch, then a big take down, passed guard quickly and then scored a tight arm triangle choke. Down side is he has broke his hand and can’t train for a couple of months …. He is still my hero thought.

Well Done to Pete and Khanie for organising the event … onward and upward!

Wednesday

2008-05-01T01:11:00.001-07:00

Good training session last night, Ricky from the Thai boxing class helped the fighters with a bit of advice and sparring. It was great to see old Gary back who is fighting in 6 weeks so we should see some more of him over the next couple of weeks.

All the fighters are looking sharp and are peaking very well, one tough cardio session on Saturday @ Kings 08:00am for the lads and then we are ready to rock.

There was a great Wednesday night fight night between Sam and Jim, both looking close to fighting this year in there first amateur bout. I will post the Video up on Friday, check back to see the fight.

Seni 08

2008-04-30T04:32:00.000-07:00

Went down to Seni last weekend , never been before but I had a pretty good time. I was working on the Caged Steel stall but got chance to see some guys I have not seen for a bit which was great.

Looking forward to Seni 09.

Another fine mess ….

2008-04-23T02:51:00.000-07:00

I am looking to fight on the 16th of August at the Bradford “Champions” show. I would like to have fought a lot more than once this year but I am struggling with motivation at the moment and I am looking to maybe have a holiday this year.

If any one is interest in helping me prepare for my fight, please get in touch mark_b_spencer@hotmail.com

Spenna

Past month

2008-03-22T07:51:00.000-07:00

Well a mixed month for me, I lost my big fight against Ross pearson which screwed me up for the last couple of weeks... if some one beats chances are you don't see them every day ... Beat your self thats a different story.

We took 4 Team Fu lads to Newcastle to fight at the pride and glory event and came a way with 4 wins. All the lads did brilliant!

So whats next ..... Looks like I won't be fighting at the Bradford event which is a bit of a dissappointment, but we have a load of lads getting ready to fight!

Sponsorship Wanted!!

2008-02-02T15:36:00.000-08:00

I have an International Title Fight at Total Combat, Houghten-le Spring on the 23rd February and I am looking for Sponsorship.

The poster can be found on my Blog:-

http://spenna.blogspot.com/2008/01/total-combat-23.html

The event will be filmed for the BBC and the TWC Fight (Sky channel) and will be shown on Prime time TV in March. This is a great chance to advertise on TV for a fraction of the price.

The Closing date is 15th Feb.

Thank you for your time.
Mark Spencer
Team Fulinkazan – Head Coach & Fighter
07875168775
mark_b_spencer@hotmail.com

Sponsorship Ref 1 – Large Text Across the front of the T-shirt - £100
Sponsorship Ref 2 – Medium Text Front - £50

Sponsorship Ref 3 - Medium Text Front - £50
Sponsorship Ref 4 – Tshirt small sleeve right - £25
Sponsorship Ref 5 - Tshirt small sleeve left - £25

Sponsorship Ref 6 – Large Text Across the back of the T-shirt - £75
Sponsorship Ref 7 – Medium Text back - £30
Sponsorship Ref 8 - Medium Text Back - £30

Sponsorship Ref 9 – Large Text front of the shorts - £75
Sponsorship Ref 10 – Medium Text Front - £50
Sponsorship Ref 11 - Medium Text Front - £50

Sponsorship Ref 12 – Large Text back of the shorts - £75
Sponsorship Ref 13 – Medium Text back - £25
Sponsorship Ref 14 - Medium Text Back - £25

Strike and submit 5 ….. fight is now off

2008-01-23T01:12:00.002-08:00

Got word on Monday Afternoon that my opponent Dave Metcalf has pulled out of our fight, I am Gutted that I will not be fighting, but Dave has suffered some damaged from his last fight to his eye and the doctor has advised him not to fight.

Well every cloud and all that … next fight is the very tough and strong Ross Pearson for the European lightweight Title. Keep an eye on the forums for information on extra training.

Thai Boxing at CSFC

2008-01-23T01:12:00.001-08:00

I went a long to the new Thai boxing class at Caged Steel Fight Centre last night and didn’t regret a minute of it. Wayne Murray is the Thai Boxing instructor and delivered a cracking class, I can’t wait until next week.

Strike and Submit - 3rd Feb

2008-01-10T12:55:00.000-08:00

Total Combat 23

2008-01-10T12:54:00.001-08:00

MMA Sparring - Tuesday 18:30 - 19:45 @ Caged Steel (Jan 08 only)

2008-01-03T02:01:00.000-08:00

In Feb we have Wayne Murry starting his Thai Boxing class, but through Jan I will be running a MMA Sparring class on Tuesdays @ Caged steel 18:30 to 19:45.

The class will be the same format as the Friday MMA session not much tech but lots of sparring.

www.csfc.tv

Extra Training - from Saturday - 5th Jan 08

2008-01-02T10:29:00.001-08:00

Saturday - 10:30 - 11:30 .. MMA Sparring @ Caged Steel
- 11:30 - 12:00 .. Cardio @ Caged Steel

Sunday - 10:00 - 12:00 .. MMA and Cardio @ Kings

Monday - 16:30 - 17:30 .. BJJ/Sub Grappling @ Kings

Tuesday - 12:00 - 13:00 .. MMA @ Kings

Wednesday - 16:30 - 17:30 .. BJJ/Sub Grappling @ Kings

Thursday - 12:00 - 13:00 .. MMA @ Kings

Saturday - 10:00 - 11:00 .. Cardio @ Caged Steel

For more information contact spenna (mark_b_spencer@hotmail.com) or keep an eye on my blog:-

www.spenna.blogspot.com

Extra Training

2007-12-29T06:28:00.001-08:00

I will be doing a session on Monday morning 9:30 til 11:00 if your interested at caged steel.

Spenna

"Ren Bu Kai" Submission Grappling

2006-07-31T06:58:00.000-07:00

Well done to all the Team Fulinkazan/AACC-UK fighters who fought at the "Ren Bu Kai" Submission Grappling competition on Sunday 30th of july in Stoke on Trent.

The team picked up 4 golds, 3 Slivers and a bronze.

http://www.photo.spenna.co.uk/grap300706/index.html

Also well done to Saif Khan, Dave Hirst and Ian Lorentz for getting there Blue belts.

Spenna
AACC-UK/Team Fulinkazan

Stinky Gimp

2006-07-20T12:30:00.000-07:00

Coming soon?

Ask Evil Fu

2006-07-20T01:58:00.000-07:00

He has started to answer you questions:-

http://evilfu.blogspot.com/

evilfu@hotmail.co.uk

What Next?

2006-07-19T02:59:00.000-07:00

After having a couple of days off after the Ollie Ellis fight I am now stuck with a choice of what to do next.... I am not going to be fighting on the next couple of events (Cage Warriors and Ulimate Force) to give me self time to think where do I go from here.

This will free me up to help coach people from Fulinkazan and any other body who would like me to help them.

thanks for all the support people have shown me over the last couple of months, this is not the end, just need time to re-group.

Spenna

Ask Evil Fu

2006-07-19T02:58:00.001-07:00

Do you have a question for the dark side of the FU..... email evilfu@hotmail.co.uk

2006-07-19T02:58:00.000-07:00

F**cked up!

2006-07-18T02:16:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the team for coming down and supporting me, sorry I messed up and lost.

Taking a couple of days off to heal up and then back to work!!!

Spenna

Sorry

2006-07-13T06:05:00.000-07:00

Sorry for been rubbish updating the blog....... coming soon

-- Tech of the week
-- Training Tips
-- Ask Evil Fu

almost there

2006-07-04T10:38:00.000-07:00

Just a little over a week left until the re-match for the FX3 title!!!!

CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!

Busy Weekend

2006-06-13T14:03:00.000-07:00

Well Done to all the boys at the weekend !!

Scarps fought really well and picked up a Triangle in the first, NTF (james Orr) copied scraps with a traingle in round 1 against a very game fighter, Fake Eddie (simon waring) picked up with a win in the 2nd round and Sasha King from GB leeds also fought his way to the big W.

Ross Nolan domintated his opponent for 2 rounds, but the other fighter illegally knee'd Ross in the head and kneck, ending the round and gaves us a free trip to north Allerton hosiptial..... Ross is fine now.

After all that Dave Hirst fought bravely put rushed an arm bar given his opponent the chance to sink in a RNC.

I am proud of all you!!!!

Spenna

FIGHTS ON SAT!!!

2006-06-07T00:02:00.000-07:00

We have got 7 fighters fighting this weekend at the Pride and Glory show in Cattrick, every one has worked hard and I am sure every one will do there best and kick some arse!!

Spenna

Well done Scaprs

2006-06-06T23:59:00.000-07:00

Scrap won is Am Vale Tudo fight last week with an excellent triangle choke.

Spenna

25

2006-06-04T14:14:00.000-07:00

........If you need to ask ....... you don't need to know

Well Done to Abe!!!!

2006-05-14T13:09:00.000-07:00

From http://www.sherdog.com:-

against Jesus Is Lord fighter David Padilla, AACC member Hiroyuki Abe (Pictures) basically dominated on the ground, having a nice armbar attempt from the mount and then a solid heelhook attempt just moments later.

The end came for Padilla shortly thereafter when he was in his opponent’s guard. Abe shifted his hips and threw his leg across Padilla’s face to apply an armbar from the bottom for the submission victory at the 3:15 mark of the first.

Well done bro!!!!!