I’ve been attending Mixed Martial Arts classes for around 6 months at a gym near my home. It is there where I met the subject for my environmental portrait project. The subject for this assignment was my MMA instructor who spends a majority of his time in the gym teaching as well as training for up coming fights. Though he was very open to letting me take pictures, many of the initial photo’s seemed unnatural and came out looking posed. It took multiple shoots to finally have my instructor behaving normally and focused on his training. But do not be fooled by his serious look, off the mat he often jokes and has a playful character. It is amazing to see the shift in a persons attitude and behaviors when doing what he loves most.
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- Always begin a workout with a good stretch
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- “On your stomachs, push up positions!”
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- Giving advice from the sideline during a sparing match
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- Getting into position
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- Speed
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- Balance
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- Follow through
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- Limbs are fragile, you must be careful when munipulated your opponents
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- Demenstrating how the correct way to immolize an attacker
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- Teaching a new student how to escape a mounted choke
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- Exhaustion from a days work
