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Hey @Phil Daru as a coach on the mentorship there use to be a full assessment protocol. Is there a copy anywhere (I can take a look at your fight ready transcript too and I may yet) I'm assessing someonecpreparing for something called a PARE test for Canadian police.
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Yes it's all in the manual
Periodization
Hey everyone, new member here! 👋 I'm looking for some advice on two things: 1. What are the absolute best initial evaluation tests for fighters? 2. How do you find or design the specific progression from a novice to a high-performance athlete? Thanks in advance for the help!
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My combat sports performance manual will be out soon along with our CSP Certification course where everyone here will be our first cohort. But in the meantime I will sen this rough first copy of my the book here for you to utilize.
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@Lewis Laity it's in the hands of the editors now so I'm waiting to hear back with revisions. Im shooting for Q1 of next year the latest
Fight Ready Program
Here's are all 3 phases of my first ever combat sports program with OTA!
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@Edgar Contreras Yes, that’s broadly how I’d approach it. The main adjustment is that range, strength, and control develop together from the beginning. The emphasis changes across the phases, but joint preparation stays in the program throughout camp. This comes back to my framework: Assess, Indicate, Formulate, Execute, Re-evaluate. The phase gives us the general objective. The individual fighter determines what needs attention. First, I compare the range available passively with what the athlete can actively access and control, then look at what happens during their actual movements: - If both passive and active ROM are limited relative to the position they need, I’d investigate that restriction and work on expanding usable range where appropriate. - If passive range is available but active control is lacking, I’d emphasize strength and control within that range. That gap helps guide the assessment; it doesn’t tell us the entire cause. - If they demonstrate adequate range and control slowly but lose the position under speed, load, or fatigue, I’d look at force capacity, coordination, technique, and workload before adding more stretching. I’m looking for enough movement options to meet the demands of the athlete’s game. Someone who already has considerable range may need much more positional strength than additional flexibility. Pain, pinching, or a hard restriction also changes the assessment I wouldn’t force through it. Across the phases, I’d organize the emphasis like this: 1. Early GPP: establish and develop capacity. Use CARs, controlled joint work, appropriate end-range isometrics, and progressively loaded movements to address the athlete’s limitations. Start strengthening the range as you develop it. Resistance training through an appropriate range can also improve flexibility, so the strength work contributes here. Here's some good research on that here...(pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) 2. Strength phases: increase force capacity within that range. Progress resistance, leverage, or time under tension while maintaining control. Split squats, lateral squats, calf work, pulling, and pressing can all contribute when their execution matches the objective. Dedicated joint work fills whatever gaps remain. 3. Speed and power phases: express that capacity faster. Progress into appropriate jumps, throws, changes of direction, and sport-specific actions. I’d increase speed, impact, and complexity gradually, based on movement quality and recovery between sessions.
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@Matt Wallace look into Grok for more advanced searches on science based topics. Chats new version 6 is getting better but some things need adjusting as far as accuracy.
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@Matt Wallace exactly but keep training the ai and it will continue to improve for you. Our new operating system I'm going to open for only everyone here to help beta test will have several agents working to automate and adjust in real time based on the training I gave it and continue to give it. Excited to get you guys involved.
M2MMA X Daru Strong
Proud to announce that I’ve joined the M2MMA Advisory Board. As you all know my career has been built on preparing athletes for the demands of competition from developing fighters to world champions. That experience has taught me that every training decision needs a purpose, and every advancement needs to prove its value in practice. With M2MMA, I’ll be advising on performance methodology, athlete testing, and readiness, while helping connect that work to coaches, gyms, and fighters. My focus is bringing practical coaching experience together with meaningful data to improve how we assess, prepare, and develop combat athletes. I'll be putting out more info on this as we go forward but anyone interested to find out more details on how you can be apart of it just send me a DM.
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