Conor McGregor has summoned the support of Ido Portal to help him become the master of movement ahead of his eagerly awaited UFC 194 title unification bout against Jose Aldo in December.
McGregor demonstrated his array of skills in his most recent sparring session, showing nimble footwork in taking evasive action to avoid being hit against martial artist Portal.
The Irishman enjoyed a light session with Icelandic strongman Hafthor Julius Bjornsson earlier this week, and the 27-year-old has continued preparations for his UFC featherweight title fight with Aldo by showing off his ability to ‘evade and strike’.
Ido Portal stated:
“So McGregor began to concentrate more on balance and flexibility and freeing his body to move in new ways. He mimicked alligator crawls and chimpanzee walks. He watched videos by Ido Portal, a martial artist turned movement teacher.”
Thanks for all the students who have sent this through.
Yes, we’ve been aware of Connor McGregor’s following for a while now and are happy for our positive influence.
The fighting game is first and foremost a movement game, hence – with specialization and refinement of existing knowledge- you can only go a certain distance. (it can be all the way to the top but not beyond)
In order to be great in any field – one must not only regurgitate existing, prior knowledge flawlessly but ADD TO THE COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE in his field.
I am impressed with McGregor’s contributions to the MMA scene. He is doing things differently.
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