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WWE's Alistair Black/Tommy End - Striking Workout

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Fun story. This fella is a professional wrestler from Amsterdam who used to work shows near where I live. Two of my friends who are way into wrestling got to interview him and have photos taken with him for their podcast they were doing at the time. 

He's one of my favourite professional wrestlers because of how convincing his striking is, especially compared to other pro wrestlers. He's got a background in dutch kickboxing, and started kickboxing because he wanted to be a wrestler, but being a kid, he wasn't sure how to start, so he took up martial arts.

He says himself he doesn't have the best technique, but man he's pretty good. I really like how he walks into his switch kick and he gives solid fundamental advice for Sheamus, who as far as I'm aware doesn't have much kickboxing experience. I particularly like how he reminds Sheamus not to fully extend his arm to prevent accidental hyper extension.

Not the sort of stuff we'd usually talk about here, but I thought I'd share it to show how muay thai and kickboxing can cross over into other professions outside of combat sports.

Here's his a combination of kicks, he has to pull them for his opponents safety:

And his very popular finishing move:

 

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