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Amir Khillah
- May 4, 2019
- 1 min
We Win or We Learn, sometimes we can do both
Today, I had the honor and privilege to coach our students at the Grappling Industries Jiujitsu tournament. I was extremely impressed with their technical skills, but what I was just completely floored by was their courage, strength, honor, sportsmanship, and rallying around each other. Today’s experience is what martial arts the Lightning Kicks way is truly about. I saw students fight through serious injury, and I saw students that were winning stop the match to check on th
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Amir Khillah
- Nov 6, 2018
- 1 min
EliteSports New 3/4 Spat Review
At my age, I can really feel the aches and pains of training two or three times a day. I have to rely heavily on rest time and anything else that will help my recovery time. Especially during seasonal changes. The aching is worst going into the colder seasons. One thing that I've found to be very helpful is compression, especially around my knees and hamstrings. EliteSports makes a great 3/4 Spat. check it out at the link below: https://www.elitesports.com/elite-sports-thre
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Amir Khillah
- Jun 29, 2018
- 2 min
Professional Jiujitsu in Kalamazoo
Congratulations to Professor James for his Pro BJJ win. This makes Professor James the first and only Professional BJJ athlete in Kalamazoo. If you are looking for a Brazilian Jiujitsu family to belong to, Lightning Kicks is the place for you. For more awesome videos please subscribe Or visit LightningKicks.com Instagram.com/lightningkicksma Facebook.com/lightningkicksma Twitter.com/lightningkicks Welcome to our weekly Vlog where we show you the happenings at Lightning Kicks
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Amir Khillah
- Jan 22, 2018
- 2 min
Self Defense
If a bad guy gets the drop on you, you won’t have a whole lot of time to think about your response. For technique to be effective against a larger aggressor with intent, your reaction must be pre-programmed, without hesitation, violent, and explosive. You will have had to have rehearsed your reaction/counterattack a lot of times, if not physically, at least in your head. “Change the channel” Use distractionary techniques to change the bad guy’s channel. You need to stack t
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Amir Khillah
- Sep 4, 2017
- 1 min
Prevent burnout
Morning cardio for weight loss at 6 am, kickboxing sparring at 10 am, strength and conditioning with my strength and conditioning coach, Tim Hermann, head strength and conditioning coach at Western Michigan University at 1 pm, mits at 4:30 pm, and grappling at 5:30 pm. How was I able to maintain that training schedule without burning out for so many years? Here are a couple tips to keep you training at an optimal level. "You shall work and toil for six days, but on the seve
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Amir Khillah
- Aug 15, 2017
- 1 min
I've never trained before, what Lightning Kicks program should I start with?
One of the most common questions we get. As you can see from our website, we offer many styles of martial arts, which one is best? Brazilian Jiujitsu (BJJ), Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Olympic Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido. The answer is the best one for you. All of our programs are included in your tuition so try them all. You will naturally lean towards one or the other. However, we highly recommend that you become a well-rounded martial artist, meaning we would love to see you
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Amir Khillah
- Aug 8, 2017
- 1 min
What is the Lightning Kicks Lineage?
Another question we get all the time. I don't believe it is my personal fighting accomplishments that make Lightning Kicks such a special world-class school. I believe it's the genuine, real world relationships with some of the founding members of mixed martial arts. I was drafted into the IFL by coach Pat Miletich a long time ago. Through coach Miletich, I was signed to the H.I.T. Squad (Hughes Intensive Training), a professional fight team lead by Matt Hughes and Robbie La
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