June 7 sparring 丹龍 vs Matthew

Mat and I did some light sparring to get him ready for his fight on the 18th.

Iron boxing "become a better man"

I put together a video of "greatest hits" in out sparring videos. Plenty of guys getting kicked in the head, knocked down, smacked silly, thrown down, and generally receiving an ass-whoopin'.

The song in the background is "avarice" from Disturbed. All copyrights to avarice belong to WMG and I own none. The song is fro entertainment purposes only.

May 15 boxing sparring. Hands only.

Round 1 Achi V.S. Valentine

Round 2 (2 videos) Achi V.S. DanLong

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Sorry

I got sick and missed the tournament. I know its pretty anti-climactic, but thats life. I didn't go with the team to record the fights, but I heard that Yamada took first place out of the entire country! Congratulations to him!

More posts coming when training picks up again. Yamada is resting up after the tournament, so I am missing my best sparring partner.

Boxing sparring, May 28, 山田二生（yamada）v.s. 丹龍 (Daniel O'Rourke)

We are at it again, beating up on each other, to get ready for the tournament next weekend. Only one round today.

April 22nd sparring

Yamda, Michael and I did some boxing and Sanda sparring on April 22. This is how it went...

Round 1 (hands only)

Round 2 (Hands only)

Round 3 (Hands only)

Round 4 (Sanda)

Round 5 (Sanda)

Round 6 (Sanda)

Sparring April 10th

Yamada-san, Valentine, and I did some sparring last sunday. Here are the videos, in the order they went down!

Capoeira demonstration at Kenting Spring Scream festival

So, looks like Sanda is not the only art going on in Tw. This is Ninja Axe Capoeira Productions putting on a demonstration at the Spring Scream festival. They also train in Taichung, my city, once a week.

Sorry, you can hear my crappy Chinese through half the video. I am trying to explain Capoeira to my friend.

March 27 Sanda Sparring

Did some sparring on March 27 in preparation for the Taiwan National Sanda Tournament.

丹龍(Daniel O'Rourke), 山田二生 (Yamata), Nicholas Beaudoin, and Valentine all participated.

Sanda sparring day March 20

All the students that will fight in the upcoming tournament in May did some sparring on Sunday. Here are all the videos.

山田 (Yamata) sparring "The Ring of Fire" February

Sorry. Seems i forgot to upload Yamata-san's "Ring of Fire" sparring last month. 4 rounds in total. Her are the videos.

Ring of Fire 丹龍 （me）6 rounds

I fought 6 straight rounds on March 4th. We call this the "Ring of Fire" there are actually 7 videos, because the last one got split in half.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 6 1/2

Typical day at Iron Boxing

It is actually a very modest but clean-looking gym. You could drive right by without noticing if it weren't for the giant sign on top with two cartoon characters kicking heavy-bags, labeled "KO". Its a small space on the first floor of a large apartment building.

Inside classes are run usually 3 times a day: at 10:30 am, 3:30 pm, and 7:00 pm. There are 6 coaches that run the different classes, all of them professional fighters, or ex professional fighters. The classes are broken up into two, one for boxing and one for kickboxing, and those classes are usually broken up by skill level.

We typically start off jumping rope, then doing foot-work exercises to warm up. After that it could be anything. Often times we will hit the bags or pads; sometimes we will practice throws for Sanda; sometimes we will do advanced footwork; sometimes we will spar; other times we will lift weights. The coaches do a good job of mixing things up to keep away the monotony. The last part of class is usually stretching and abdominal exercises.

This is where I train, and what we do on a normal day.

Sanda sparring Feb 25

Yamata-san and I did 2 rounds of sparring with Sanda rules. Here are the links to the videos.

Round 1

Round 2

Sanda tournament 2010

This is the Sanda tournament last year. I won 3rd out of the country. However, you need first place before anyone will invite you to any well-paying fights. Here are the first three competitions.

Fight #1. Me in black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n67QJs-4T1g

Fight #2. Me in black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgSbkENyquM

Fight #3. Me in red

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcmXFfuZ3XM

Sparring-Sanda, May 2010

My classmates and I beating each other up last year.

February sparring- boxing

Here is an old sparring video from sometime around the first or second month i was training here, over a year ago.

Groin shot at Kalahi

This video was taken while i was practicing Muay Thai, in America, before i moved to Taiwan. Its just a funny video of what happens when you don't wear a cup.

Taiwanese Sanda-Beyond the ring

This blog will cover my adventures, training and fights in Taiwan. While we have all heard of Muay Thai, and the famous training camps in Thailand, Taiwan also has a growing fight scene (largely moving from the underground). My coach, Bruce Wang, was a K-1 champion, and now teaches boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, and of course, Sanda.

I welcome you to follow my adventures through this blog. If you are interested in coming to Taiwan to train with us, feel free to contact me. dansmailster@gmail.com