I found a great .gif on the Underground Forum of the GSP vs. Serra fight where GSP throws a Superman punch which sets up a low leg round kick. The cool thing about the way GSP throws this combo is that the Superman punch is off the lead so instead of it being a cross, it’s a jab. I honestly don’t think I ever thought of the Superman punch being thrown off the lead as it was always meant to be a set up off of the round kick.

In relation to the material we covered today in the 11AM class, here is a working example from this weekend’s fight between Rich Franklin and Travis Lutter. Watch the clip starting @ 3:30 of the clip (1:55 in round 1). Franklin is mounted, Lutter pulls off the arm bar and Franklin performs the hitchhiker escape.

Getting ready for the April Gathering:

On April 13th The Real Contact Fight Team went down to MD Thaiboxing for a seminar with Ajarn Chai, president of the Thaiboxing Association.  The seminar consisted of a plethora of Muay Thaiboxing and Boxing material presented by Ajarn.  As always we were amazed by Ajarn’s blazing speed and infallible timing.  Thank you Ajarn for such a wonderful seminar.  Your knowledge is indispensable and has taken us a long way competitively.  Congratulations to Bob & Mike on their Level III Instructorship under Ajarn Chai!

 ~ Kru Ryan Gruhn & the RCFT

On April 4th, 5th & 6th Mike Norrell, Wes Auker, Steve Gruhn and Ryan Gruhn fought in the Dog Brothers ~ Gathering of the Pack commemorating the 20th anniversary of the first gathering.  This was a closed door gathering only open to those in the pack and others who were invited.  Each person fought multiple times each day testing their abilities and growing with every fight.  Congrats to Wes & Mike on their first sucessful Gatheirng of the Pack!  Read more here: http://dogbrothers.com/phpBB2/index.php?topic=1573.0