Black Belt Goal

My 2 year goal to attain 1 of the 101 HaganaH BlackBelts in the world

Just wrapped up the annual MLK boot camp and it was an amazing one. I have yet to get my body fat but I am up to 165 Lb’s and that is a good thing. We really hit it hard with workouts beginning at 6AM on Tuesday and Thursdays and at 9AM on Saturdays. We also sandwiched Combat Fitness workouts at 7:30 PM at night on Tuesdays and Thursdays so it was like old two a days in football.

One of the main exercises this year was suplexing Sandy. On the final day Sandy gave out from all the abuse. The 90 lbs of rice, sand and whatever was in it just gave way. It was an ending ritual of the boot camp.

As you can see by the picture Sandy’s career as a sand bag is over.

On of my favorite rituals was the post workout shake. This years chosen shake was After Glow. I have to tell you After Glow rocks. I love  the flavor and the recovery time is amazing. As you can see by this picture I was getting my fix after every workout. 2010 is almost over and we are moving into my third year in the MLK system and it just has been an amazing ride. This year will hold many new ideas and activities.  I am looking forward to a new venture that I am doing with John Clarke and Larry Cott that I will be announcing the start of the year. I am really pumped to move into the martial arts area as a business and I can think of no better people to do it with. With MLK’s support  in this venture 2011 is going to be an amazing year.

I will have more updates soon as the MLK annual HaganaH conference is in Vegas again this year so I will be heading out in the middle of January! It is going to be an amazing year!!!

HaganaH Convention
January 21 – 23 Las Vegas

Wow it is amazing how fast time goes. Nothing like a blog update to see that. Well I have been on goal rocking and rolling. Over the last month I have done Ground Survival Certification and Israeli Knife Certifications. Those where amazing and a lot of work. Mike Lee Kanarek has been in rare form training and working us out.

I also had the opportunity two weeks ago to participate in an EEMOON KRAV MAGA AGRESSEEVEE training with three operatives from the Israeli Special forces specifically the divisions of Duvdevan and Sayeret Nachal. These guys where warriors and took us through hell. It was an amazing once in a lifetime experience and I am so glad that I went through it.

I am now working with Billy Beck III to drop down a few more percentages of body fat. I am currently at 8%. Still have a ways to go and this week I started on a VERY strict 2400 a day calorie diet with each daily meal planned out.

Combat Fitness is going great and I am getting stronger everyday as well as the FIGHT program here at HaganaH Headquarters. I am looking forward next month to taking my Muay Thai level I instructor certification with Master Hung Tran at HaganaH East. Then it will be Combat Wrestling with John Clarke. If you have a chance to go by and see John and his team at HanganH East do! I try to make it as much as possible.

Overall it has been an AMAZING last few months. Mike Lee Kanarek’s Annual Boot Camp starts next month and it is an honor to participate in that with 9 other warriors! I am feeling amazing and just need to get my ass in front of the CPU and give more updates!

Thank you for sticking with me on this journey. Everyday I move forward and my fitness level is just out of the world!!

Rock on!!

JB

Well one and half years of hard work have really paid off. Last Thursday – Sunday I went through a very intensive HaganaH Instructor Certification. Training for the last year and half at the HaganaH headquarters with Mike Lee Kanarek really paid off. I felt amazing and had a great weekend. I am also very thankful to all the other students who where just amazing.

Another special thank you goes out to Chris Kisslen who is an instructor and black belt in the system who stayed the entire event and helped us all. Obviously, I want to thank Mike Lee Kanarek for putting this whole thing together.

Amazing week – now I am on to getting better with Tactical Knife, Ground Survival and Ground Wrestling, and Tactical shooting. Along with that a weight gain of about 5 more lbs and a body fat percentage drop to 6%. Then next 6 months are going to be amazing!

I will keep you informed on my progress!

I wanted to include a new video on dedication here:

This is going to be an amazing week – this morning I headed to BB3′s to start my Large and in Charge workouts. Since last week I was destroyed from my Combat Fitness certification I came in to get started and Billy Beck III KICKED MY ASS. It has been years since squats, flys, and all the other things Billy was working me on. But it feels great I am back. I had to miss Muay Thai tonight as I am getting prepared for 4 days of Certification training and I have to get ahead with helping people on MorningCoach.com.

Tomorrow I start with my normal FIGHT class and then head back to have Mike Lee Kanarek hammer me with Combat Fitness. Then Wednesday back to BB3 for a terror Large and in Charge workout then sparring at Muay Thai Wed night. Then finally at 8AM we start the FIGHT Certification.

Going to be an amazing week, and next few weeks as I look to lose fat and gain 3-5LB’s of muscle. Eating everything in site on my diet plan LOL. I have to tell you it feels great to be alive!

What a weekend! I am still recovering from the 2 – 12 hour marathon sessions with James Cooper, Mike Lee Kanarek, John Clarke. It was mentally and physically exhausting and I am at 9% body fat.  I salute all my fellow class mates that used bands, balls, gloves, kettle bells, bars, weights, tires in ways not humanly possible.  Great job everyone.

The year and a half of training had me mentally and physically ready for what we went through.

It was a great accomplishment. I have to tell you James Cooper’s knowledge of the body and structure is amazing. His passion and training ideas where awesome. I love people with passion and he just knows how to motivate and get work done. I am looking forward to more ideas that Mr. Cooper implements into this system.

I am a testimony to this program as I have gained 20 lbs and I am now in the best shape of my life. I am confident that through this year of training I can help someone reach their fitness goals through combat fitness. What a great group of people.

Awesome weekend! Taking a break this weekend, then next week we are building muscle with Billy Beck III and I have my HaganaH Fight Cert next Thur – Sun! Been a rocking April!!! What the heck is May going to bring.

Many blessings to all!

Hitting the bags at Combat Fitness

Feeling A LOT better, Dr Joe has my shoulder doing great. As you can see hitting the bags last night at Combat Fitness. I have not broken out the heart monitor yet but will be getting ready to rock and roll over the next few week.

I have 2 major events coming up in April. The first one is the Combat Fitness Coach certification which is the first of April and is a very intense fitness certification. In late April I have my HaganaH FIGHT certification. That will also be another intense cert. Things are really moving fast with training. I just have to be VERY strategic with my shoulder.

I am going to be hitting weights only 2 times a week. Keeping everything in moderation and keeping the proper attitude! MorningCoach.com helps me with that!!

Things are back in order and moving forward nicely.

Another Shot from last nights Combat Fitness

Rocking and Rolling Combat Fitness at HaganaH headquarters!

We are all heading to Strikeforce tonight at the Bank Atlantic Center here in South Florida. John is making is debut and we are all excited to support him!

John is a great guy with an amazing positive attitude and I am blogging about him because he truly deserves great things. He started HaganA East a few months ago and is really the founder of Combat Wrestling. He has mixed wrestling with combat in no other way that I have seen.  I really see his style of Combat Wrestling blossoming in the world of MMA. He has been training with the George St. Pierre camp and they loved what he brings.

As I said John is an amazing guy in all rights and he deserves the support of all of us. I am looking forward to tonight as I get ready to head out! Can’t wait to see John Rock-n-roll!

BTW my shoulder is back to 90% and I have some real cool things coming up. I am doing a Kickboxing seminar with the legend Joe Lewis in a few weeks and then I have certifications for Combat Fitness and HaganA instructor all coming up in the next few months. I will keep you posted on all of it.

I also have some equipment reviews coming this week. Life is amazing, live it and love it!!

JB

Today I had a private workout with MLK still working on defense and I tool close to 1000 punches. I still have to work on getting tighter and bringing my elbows in but awesome workout. I then went to Black Fin Muay Thai Kickboxing and I am getting better that is for sure. NO black eye this week, but still have a long way to go. Jay and Larry who I will detail later on here and really helping and I am getting more aggressive.

I can’t wait for my new headgear to get here! I also picked up some Serious Mass and will be adding it to my nutritional list. I am drinking 1 1200 calorie shake a day in addition to everything else trying to break through 160 lbs. I will get some more pictures and videos up soon!

Tomorrow, 3 workouts. In the AM I am working out back at the gym and then I have HaganaH at 10:30 and finally hitting Combat Fitness a 8PM. Life is good!

I will get some reviews and other FUN things up here, because I am sure you just don’t want to hear about my progress! LOL

I did find out I am in for FIGHT instructor certification APRIL 22 – 25th Pretty pumped about that!

Todays qoute,

Mike Lee Kanarek Quote of the day : ” The Rush Of Unexpected Events, The Doubts And Criticisms Of Those Around You, Are Like A Fierce Wind At Sea. Good Pilots Do Not Waste Time Worrying About What They Cannot Control…Instead, They Concentrate On Themselves, On Their Skills, On Their Plan and The Steadiness Of Their Hand”

You can find Sir on – Facebook here – Mike Lee Kanarek

Drilled hard at Muay Thai last night we worked on piping leg kicks. I will do a video later on this. I am really working defense right now. A good defense will create a good offense!

This mornings weigh in 154LB’s I am eating my oatmeal as I type this!

Three training’s today:

Back – working back at the gym today.
Pull – Ups, Pull Ups, and more Pull Ups – Seated Rows – Hammer Strength equipment
HaganaH – Rear Choke Push and Rear Choke Pull
Combat Fitness – 25 minutes straight cardio bag work – 2 sets of the 12 tribes of Israel and instructors choice – tough one tonight.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are hardcore days – time to get rolling!