My MMA Fight Video From August 28

Ok, so we finally had time to get this thing on here for everyone to see.  I am sorry it took so long, but here it is!  For anyone who didn't know from my pictures and recent post I finally got to step back into the ring again after about 2 years of being away.  While I was stationed in New River I really didn't have the time to get into MMA like I wanted to so I just took the 2 years to study.  I had been spending a lot of time training under the Jiujitsu Master Jerry Roeder while I was in the states.  After having that man kick my butt for me on a weekly basis lets just say I have learned A LOT.  So one day when I finally decide to take a fight to the ground, you will see it in action.lol  I would like to thank everyone again for the support and for encouraging me.  It was a lot of fun and I am so glad I can get back to fighting.
All of the proceeds that I received from this fight went to the Im Jai House orphanage in Thailand. A few years back, I got to go on a mission trip to Chaing Mai (with the Harbor), where they're located, and got to hang out with and minister to the kids during VBS. So if you want please donate, it doesn't take much.  The exchange rate is like 32 bat to $1 ....which is insane.....basically $5 is 140 of their dollars......you can afford it. lol

Sorry the video uploaded a little small. If you want to watch it larger, go to the Youtube link HERE

August 28th MMA Fight!

Hey everybody!  I have been out for a while dealing with....life.  Work has been long and dramatic, and I have been training nonstop for my fight that I didn't have the time or energy to post on here.  Now things have slowed down and I can get back to having fun with my wife, and trying ridiculous new things to put on here again.  As some of you know I just fought this past couple of Sunday's ago and it went well for me.  Lucky for me I had my hot wife there to take some pics for me.  Check them out...

Blocked kick

I threw a head kick like every 5 seconds in this fight for some reason.  I REALLY wanted a head kick KO.lol

Right hook that connected, shortly after I dropped him with a combo.

I have to take some credit from myself on this win and say that this guy was a last choice filler.  My original opponent hurt his knee and they asked this guy to step in a few weeks out.  Either way he gave it his best and I thank him for coming out to fight.

It was such a rush to get back into the ring and fight again, I really did miss it.  Unfortunately I may not be able to step back into the ring for some time due to a possible deployment.  But we will see what happens....   There was a decent chunk of money raised for the Im Jai  House Orphanage, not thousands (unless you count it up in their native dollar then it is thousands) but a decent amount.  I just want to thank everyone who came out to support me, and I will have a video posted soon.  I would also just like to thank my wife for helping me out and being so supportive.  I just had another fight offer recently in Tokyo, as soon as she heard about it she jumped up and was finding hotels that were open and trying to help me get ready.  The fight ended up not happening but I still got to see how much she cared.  I really do have an awesome wife, thanks babe!

Guest Post from the Wifey

Hi everyone! This is Mrs. Caveman. I kinda hacked Chase's blog because he never has time to update this thing and he'll generally not talk about himself. This Sunday, he has a fight coming up. I'm super excited as he's been waiting a long time to get a chance to step into the ring again and has been working around the clock on his training. Please pray for him not to get too injured (ie: his elbow or knee getting bent the wrong way) and to be a good witness in this sport. Thanks for reading! :)

   

Workout Program of the Month: Body By Jake Tower 200 Gym (Randy Couture Gym)

Anyone who is a Randy Couture fan has seen the commercial at least once and wondered if this thing was legitimate.  I will admit when I first saw it I thought "oh yea, just another one of those dumb 'As Seen On TV' things."  Honestly how many times have we seen the latest and greatest workout equipment on TV?  Total Gym, Bow Flex, 6 Minute Abs, Shake Weight (kidding me right?), the list goes on.  So its no wonder that everyone would see this gym and think nothing of it.

      But one day back in February my wife and I were walking through the sports store and saw it.  One thing leads to another and for some odd random reason I end up buying it on a total whim.  Now before telling you how I rate it as a workout I must tell you how DANGEROUS it is.  I being a highly capable and INTELLIGENT (yea right) manly man did not feel it was necessary to read the instructions.  I pulled it out of the box threw the book and warning sign to my wife and began installing it to my door.  A few minutes later I was staring at at my door quite pleased with myself and my new Tower 200......but the frame was a little crooked.......so I tried fixing it.......bad idea.  Like any intelligent manly man I decided to force things and not follow the instructions on how to loosen it.  But as I pushed up on the bottom of the frame the 200+lbs of resistance cables pulled it down.....into my head.

That is just a very small amount of the blood.haha  The irony of it is that the edge of the frame that hit me was also where the warning sticker was located.  That paper I tossed Airin, said that several people got hurt doing that. Yes.....I am now a statistic.(smacks self in head)  

       On the brighter side of things this gym is actually pretty good.  It comes with a workout video that had this kinda goofy and over motivated guy on it doing the workout to some intense guitar music.  The guy looked like he ACTUALLY used this gym and not like all of the other work out guys you see like this guy to the right.  "Cut your hair like mine and I will pump you up!" (said with the Arnold accent) But the cardio workout that he tried didn't look bad.  I am not much for following along with a video so I did my own workout and it turned out surprisingly good.  Here as the pro's and con's that I saw:

Pros:

• Fits on any door just about.
• Good for a quick workout if you are in a rush.
• You can do almost anything imaginable on it,  make up some workout.
• Good for muscular endurance and strength building.
• Easy to store, move around, and keep out of the way.
• Easy upkeep.
• Will go up to a decently heavy weight for any workout you want.
• Mixes into a cardio workout very well.
• Can be used for a range of fight exercises like punching and kneeing the mits.

Cons:

• It WILL hurt you if you dont set it up the right way.lol
• You need a pretty sturdy door for it to latch onto.
• It might mark up the door way around the top where the cables stick out.
• It will only get you so far depending on what you are looking for, don't expect to get huge with it.
• It will not make you as good of a fighter as Randy Couture.... I tried. :(

      Overall I would say this is a good piece to add to your workout routines but not something that's good for doing all by its self.  You will not look like the guy on the front of the box or good old Randy, but you can get into some good shape with it.  I am using it for the end of my workout and throwing punches with it and things like that.  So is it worth the investment?  Depends on what you are looking for I guess.  I think it adds well into what I do and my wife thinks it is especially good for women as it tones instead of bulking you up.  She had a lot of fun with it.  So give it a try if you are interested.

Workout of the Month: Stair Sprints vs. Distance Runnning

We see them all the time in commercials, football shows, and most importantly ROCKY.haha I have always seen people sprinting up stairs and never gave it much thought other than "MAN!  I would hate to fall down those!"       
          But when I got back to Okinawa and took over the PT program for my shop I was curious.  I remembered this set of stairs that my friend Robert showed me just off base.  They were about 3-4 stories straight up and running up them was TORTURE!  I want to keep my pt program interesting so I brought them out there and sure enough things got interesting.  After only a mile run there, 6 races up the stairs (losers had to do 7), a mile back, and 3 people puking they all decided that it was harder than it looked.  But in an odd and masochistic way.....fun.  So we kept doing it.  After about a month I have noticed great improvements, we have already extended the run and found an even longer set of stairs.  Soon I will have to start running them with a pack on!  Not only did the stair sprints get surprisingly easier each time we went but my leg power and endurance have increased immensely.     

     

        In comparison to distance running stair sprints are much more ideal for what I do (MMA).  Here are a few of the pros&cons of stair sprints:

Pro's:

• Much stronger and larger legs than distance running.
• Improves your speed.
• Offers a much quicker and intense workout vise a long run.
• Gives you much more explosive strength in your legs, which greatly benefits your (sprinting, jumping, striking, etc) power.
• They will improve your vertical jump.
• Mixes well into a Crossfit type workout.
• They do not destroy your knee's, hip's, and lower back like long road runs do.  Trust me I did a marathon, I know. 
• It makes it a lot easier to keep an eye on and work out a large group of people no matter what their running pace may be.  Where as you always have stragglers falling way back on a long run.

Con's:

• They can be slightly dangerous in terms of tripping.
• It might be hard to find a good set of stairs to use.
• If you already have bad knees you may not want to start these.

 It has only been a little over a month and I am a hardcore fan of this workout.  It really does beat distance running for the sake of time and intensity, not to mention results.  Don't take my word for it though, find some stairs and give it a try.  Trust me you will love me and hate me for this.haha

Heroes Hall Of Fame Post #2

2.TEAM HOYT

I wish I would have thought to post this on Fathers Day because it really fits the holiday.  Our next hero or heroes I should say is Team Hoyt (click name for official site).  These guys are my personal favorite because they are truly epic!  Here are the highlights.  In 1962 Rick was born to Dick and Judy Hoyt, due to some complications he was diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy.  Instead of letting him live in a hospital his parents decide to take him home and make sure he lived life to the fullest, which is already a hard task.  Soon they could tell that he was a very intelligent and capable young man and fought for him to be able to go to school (which later results in him getting a degree from Boston University in special education).
     In the spring of 1977 Rick hears about a 5 mile benefit run for a Lacrosse player who was paralyzed and tells his dad that he wants to run it.  Dick was not the running type but out of love for his son he agrees to do it anyway.  Rick said that night that running made him feel like he wasn't handicapped.  Little did they know that this would start them on a crazy and inspirational ministry.  Now they travel all over the U.S running races and raising awareness for the Hoyt Foundation.  Putting their count to 1042 races in total as of February!  To include 6 Ironman Triathlons, 7 half Ironmans, and 68 Marathons (27 Boston Marathons).  I don't know about you but I can say from experience that running a Marathon is PAINFUL!!!!  I know I couldn't even do an Ironman.  This guy is 3 times my age and does all of these races while pushing his 110lbs son.  When swimming on the Triathlons he pulls him in a boat!  With that said I am willing to admit that he way more hard core than me.haha  When asked Dick said that his motivation is his son and every time he feels like stopping he just looks in the chair in front of him and keeps going.  If I could even be half the dad that he is I would feel pretty accomplished.haha  Which is why Team Hoyt is no doubt a hero in my book.  So check out their organization and testimony and ask yourself how you could better emulate their Father-Son relationship?

Challenge For The Month: Krispy Kreme Challenge

Ah yes!  The Krispy Kreme Challenge by far one of the grossest and most messed up ideas I have ever seen for a race.  I will probably regret EVER trying this but if anything it will make plenty of people laugh at my expense.  The real challenge is held in Raleigh NC and is designed to benefit a children's hospital.  But I will not be in the states for the next one so I decided to "recreate" one of my own.  The race rules are simple: run 2 miles, eat 1 dozen Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, then run 2 miles back.  You must do all of this within an hour and you cannot throw it up.....I was pretty confident up until I read the DO NOT throw up part.  I am not a teenager anymore and quite frankly even the thought of a single doughnut mid-race sounds like a bad idea, not to mention a dozen.  But either way I gave this thing my best shot.
         So!  With the assistance of my awesome co-workers Reynolds, Ira (his name is actually like 26 letters long but Ira is easier), and my lovely wife, we got together on a nice Saturday morning and grabbed up 3 dozen doughnuts.  We couldn't find anywhere on island that did Krispy Kreme so we had to go with Dunkin, which I will point out now was a BAD idea.  Fun health fact: 1 glazed Krispy Kreme has 217 cal, 1 Glazed Dunkin Doughnut has 290 cal.....you do the math.haha  Here is what happened......

As you can see we went in there confident and came out with our butts handed to us.  The first 2 doughnuts were AMAZING!  Nothing like ending a run with pure sugar, haha.  But when you get to about doughnut number 6 you start getting that dry mouth, hard to chew, just want to spit it out stage.  Once I hit 9, I was pretty sick, so 12 wasn't happening for me.  I will say that with a little bit of training (how do you train for a heart attack?!?!) and some practice it seems like a pretty doable task.  But I do not plan on ever trying this again or eating a doughnut for a little while.  Thanks for reading, check out the Favorite Organizations page before you leave, and don't eat doughnuts while running!