Fight Science
I’ll Be Watching You | Fighting Fit (January 2013): A look at how new video-based technology is revolutionizing sports analysis – and beating the competition.
Shortcut to Supremacy | Fighting Fit (September 2012) Dr. Michael Weisend of the Mind Research Network is in the habit of placing electrodes on the temples of willing subjects and sending mild electrical currents into their brains. It’s called Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), and Weisend found that in a sample of 500, subjects were able to double the rate at which they learned various tasks. It’s possible that what he’s doing is inducing the “flow” state. Fighting Fit Magazine had me investigate how it all applies to pugilism.
Code Breaker | Fighting Fit (May 2012): A company is using genetics testing in MMA athletes to better understand, and then train according to, their physical genetic makeup. Is it the next in cutting edge fight training or a pseudoscience letdown?
Fighters
Dominick Cruz | Fighting Fit (October 2012): UFC Bantamweight Champion
Michael Bisping | Fighting Fit (March 2012): UFC Middleweight Contender
Rashad Evans | Fighting Fit (January 2012): Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
[Other profiles/interviews not linked include Nick Diaz, Cesar Gracie, Jake Shields, a technique series w/Grudge Training Center pro team (Justin Salas, Shane Carwin, Trevor Wittman, etc), and others.]