Ask me anything & much much more AMA 92- Coach Zahabi

Today I will be answering any and all question regarding fighting and training!
Learn the lost art of Maze Ball training from one of the world’s best trainers, In this video Coach Zahabi will teach you how to dramatically increase your defence ability using the Maize Ball.
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The Maize ball when use correctly can turn you into a highly skilled striker in a very short period of time. The Maize ball is the most under utilized and most miss understood piece of equipment in the striking world.
In this video you will learn.
- Why you need to ad Maize Ball training to your striking workouts.
- The 5 key principle to Maize ball training
- How you can increase defensive awareness
- Training to be a moving target
- Improve Fluidity
- How to master the Angles
- Creating constant motion
- Training in a tight circle
- Why Maize Ball is the Ultimate warm-up
- Perfecting your counter attacks
- How to slip
- How to counter jab
- Quarter turns
- How to train the overhand right
- The Cross Block - Bob & Weave
- Shielding the Power side
- Long Guard and Checking
- Elbow Strikes and Timing
- Overview on breaking the distance on your opponents.
This video is the most important instructional on defensive training ever made! Coach Zahabi shares his defensive secrets like never before. Be sure to start using the Maize Ball today!
Coach teaches all this and much more! Like always coach gets straight to the point and every minute of video is simply one gem after another. This video will take your striking game to the next level.
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[@chrispoggi1726]

Maybe a collab podcast with Kelly Starlet ?? Would love to see that coach.

[@kYA00h]

are talking about kelly starret? the hip mobility guru?

[@mustaphamsr9617]

This one has been a long time coming after all the praise he gives Starrett

[@jocpowell1]

This would be so awesome!

[@MrSoundScan]

One and a half hour podcast ? Thank you Coach !

[@izzy_515]

Firas . You are a fountain of wisdom MashAllah.

[@lr2119]

"More chokes more strokes"

[@conradcoolerfiend]

LOL!

[@saha5962]

“More ko’s more hoes”

[@CoachZahabi]

😂

[@Sx-xy2zi]

Too dodgy lol

[@mistaschaub3280]

More blokes more yolks

[@conradcoolerfiend]

Coach thanks, i never heard the term Steel Man, i always learn something from you

[@breezy8720]

Great episode, of course I could not view it live again because of the German Timezone - Hopefully I can catch you live soon, got some questions about religion since I finally found to god, even though I am not baptized and grew up in an atheist family. Your prior talks about religious topics definitely helped me a lot - you once talked about that inner believe we humans have, the way we interact with morality. This became undeniably to me and I am looking forward to more philosophy and religious topics on these podcast.

[@Khidr]

It might be in your favour to look into the life of Al-Ghalazi, a man the coach has mentioned multiple times. He spent a lot of time reflecting upon the same thing, and the trajectory of his thoughts in the later parts of his life, and up until his demise is very interesting I sincerely wish you the best in this journey of yours. Remember to always keep an open mind, to think both critically and objectively💪💯

[@samisyed2370]

Also do read this book purpose of life by Dr bilal Philips

[@jocpowell1]

Great episode, thanks Firas!

[@KasumovMedia]

Hi coach we love the podcast, just one technical thing, maybe you can fix the output gain to be at least like -6db or something close to normal mastering lvls, because unlike some other shows, this one is hard to hear if you have to work at a loud location (for future epsidoes) Thank you and all the best.

[@chetfreeland1920]

Loved MPMD collaboration you did

[@dbjmk8083]

I would call it "More chokes more pokes" but Coach is a man of God so I doubt he would adopt it.

[@uberjackkde]

coach would you do an instructional with Jason Morris? I can only get glimpses of his integrated system of judo and wrestling and it looks amazing

[@pranayfrancis8563]

I support this request

[@SuperVanilaice]

Damn, how’d I miss this live!!!?…anyways peace and Prosperity Coach! And Tristar gym channel.

[@EzziiG]

I miss your philosophical discussions coach!

[@zorororonoa6577]

Me too 🥲😢😢😢

[@MikeMike-ms1ns]

Sad you still haven't discussed what went wrong with Ryan Hall. He should watch the beginning of this AMA about everyone needing to learn how to throw a punch

[@Thenotorious998]

Great podcast keep it up with the video’s

[@conradcoolerfiend]

52:03 I agree coach, the curfew was a huge over reach.

[@stefs619]

Yes Coach please do some episodes on knee maintenance.

[@hakoomi1]

Why don't you give us examples how to get the maximum benefits of Becoming a subtle leopard book

[@ggmedina1188]

Underrated comment

[@PaulSmith-pr7pv]

Great great book, life changing

[@chrispoggi1726]

Would love a knee solution podcast!! So many guys have problems and don't know the answers coach

[@Khidr]

I second this

[@honestlee9921]

KneesoverToes guy

[@Haidderispro]

Definitely need this

[@wrestlingjudoms1302]

I'm the guy who asked about learning judo and wrestling before BJJ. I am aware that wrestlers do ground aswell. However the reason why I asked is because I've been told by some BJJ practitioners that very experienced freestyle wrestlers or Judoka's often adjust well when transitioning to BJJ because they've already developed a good foundation to work from.

[@wrestlingjudoms1302]

@Stephen Thacker I guess I've been training with a freestyle wrestling club for about a year. There's something different about how they shoot and sprawls their movements are very explosive. I assumed it would be a good carry over into BJJ.But I guess you don't primarily need to train a different systems since BJJ offer's takedowns aswell.

[@app369]

@@wrestlingjudoms1302 stick to wrestling. Bjj will always be there. Wrestling is a full time gig and you will pick up bjj fast once you switch. I personally wrestled before bjj and boxed before muay thai and the advantage is insane.

[@wrestlingjudoms1302]

@Stephen Thacker Yes I definitely understood that part. However very few BJJ school's in my country and region place emphasis on wrestling and Judo. The only trick now is to find a good BJJ school that incorporates the different styles. Which is what I think Firas was referring to. And the process of cross training can by pricey since you are now training with two different clubs you have to pay both monthly fees. But I'll keep searching.

[@wrestlingjudoms1302]

@@app369 Okay thanks brother I really did fall in love with art of wrestling. Lol I'll do my best. 🙏

[@app369]

@@wrestlingjudoms1302 and to give and example, Nick Rodriguez took silver at ADCC he wrestled first then did BJJ for like a year. He is an extreme example but it's super common for a wrestler to do really well against bjj guys. In Russia most kids start with wrestling then do sambo. I started tapping blue and purple belts within a year of bjj training and they will ask you "did you wrestle?" Super common. Good luck man

[@breakerpinky4856]

Thanks coach for another ama, What do you think of Cal Newports take on passion (simply put, we become passionate once we get good at things and not the other way around)?

[@breezy8720]

More Kicks more Chicks, thank me later coach

[@Houcnc]

Nice

[@kejepitlawang9399]

tumbs up

[@romerosneck]

Careful what you say coach! Appreciate you speaking up though

[@jamesyoung5610]

Wecolme back Coach!

[@conradcoolerfiend]

28:50 good message coach

[@yalldoneoryallfinished2335]

So happy you are Sunni coach, as a sunni myself.

[@gaysonjiovanni1593]

Why?

[@MasterShadow.]

@@gaysonjiovanni1593 Why not, he's not allowed to be happy lol?

[@rehan3600]

Lmao

[@mikegoodwin5951]

Coach you should re upload the deleted video onto another platform

[@timr8456]

5:27 FACTS!!!!

[@timr8456]

The entire point of knees over toes is to GRADUALLY/PROGRESSIVELY get your body/knees to be able to handle the movement with no pain. Ben (kneesovertoesguy) preaches to never work thru ranges of pain. It's a concept and program that builds and builds overtime. Your knees go over your toes in life (going down the stairs for example), in fitness (jump rope, running, etc), and will definitely happen in sport especially martial arts where you end up in awkward positions at times. Avoiding knees over toes isn't going to save your knees its just going to leave them vulnerable and weak in that position when it happens.

[@Thresholdism]

Salaam Coach, do you have any recommendations to a good school in Singapore which has somewhat similar curiculum to Tristar? I feel after almost 2 years of doing GJJ my standup takedowns/defense if very poor, as little emphasis is placed on that (perhaps maybe covered only once 3-4 months a year). I like the fact ur curiculum does wrestling alongside BJJ on a daily basis. Side note: Thank you for ur instructionals. The advance basics has helped me alot alongside GU. Do u recommend purchasing Ur instructional - wrestling made easy and drill it with a partner separately? To complement my current lack of standing routine Thank you and may Allah bless u for all ur hardwork and help

[@jjun2891]

What base is best for fighting in court?

[@benjamintreitz1647]

My (Africa) uncle says: "western women show now interest in being women anymore"

[@jjun2891]

More chokes more dates 😆 i have a feeling you'll get more letters from the government

[@MagicianNoriginal]

Coach is burping all over the place in this AMA 😂 "Dates and Debates" or "Hooks and Nooks" or "Armbar Rendezvous."

[@Houcnc]

Video idea :How to become a supple Leopard to get Cougars

[@shayaandarr]

@@Houcnc Lool

[@MagicianNoriginal]

@@Houcnc Lol 😂

[@tommymcdougall6563]

John McDougall is my Uncle. Love your podcasts. Please do another Philosophy one soon. You rock. I would love for you to delve more into the Sam Harris/Jordan Peterson debate. You would smash Harris better then Jordan did!

[@gts013]

Had a mushroom trip where the idea of solipsism was the main theme and I can say that I've never felt more lonely or depressed. I was in touch with eternity and there was nothing else other than myself. Really hope all you guys are real too cuz that reality sucked.

[@Houcnc]

We real bro lol

[@gts013]

@@Houcnc prove it!

[@bullfighter42]

I’ve had that happen before haha but it was followed up with euphoria

[@fightfanatic5790]

I am starting out mixed martial arts journey and yet to figure out what route I want to go I enjoy all the arts and train them all. I'm about to turn 26 and have been training for a few months. I wanted to get your thoughts on my current schedule. I tend to train 4 days and at most 5 days I usually double up on my sessions with grappling and striking. I am doing gi, no gi and wrestling and also muay thai and boxing. If I continue with this schedule for two years will I be at a good standard?

[@app369]

2 years in any field is nothing unless you are a phenom.

[@Houcnc]

You’ll be better than you were before you started , I’ve been hitting the bag and buying boxing equipment , videos and I’ve seen my progression I don’t want to be professional or anything just enjoy working out and having a chance to defend my self

[@timtaylor9590]

that chest pain will take about a year to heal fully and it will come and go for a while depending on the work u do

[@Sx-xy2zi]

55:12 ma sha Allah

[@lakh1988]

The book Firas was talking about please ?

[@Sx-xy2zi]

Dates, debates and rolls But tbh TriStar gym is a good title of the channel

[@Sx-xy2zi]

Wait so knees over toes guy is bad? I've heard cernovich recommend it But then Ben and Brad too and the spinal decompression KZbin

[@andneomatmj23]

Coach, put time for every theme you are talking in description. Like 03:35 talk about JSP

[@Alpinex105]

What’s the book on building hood habits? Frais mentioned it one times. Something about the domino effect.

[@cytx6835]

is it atomic habits?

[@honestlee9921]

You spit the facts I appreciate you addressing this "problem"

[@redgemini9851]

where is the official Tri Star tee & rash guard$?

[@donniedoesdishes]

mike dolce was on a podcast saying some crap about gsp and the negotiation with hendricks and said gsp was on the juice and not hendricks

[@solomonking328]

Where is the official Tri-Star tee & rash guard$?

[@Sylum94]

More chokes, more checks

[@harzon7752]

🔥🔥💪💪🥇🥇

[@ali-thia6396]

What happened to the phenom?? Tristar has to step it up in the mma game. Not many champs come out of that place

[@redgemini9851]

BJJ guys need to work on clench and takedowns evolution to be effective in mma.

[@ohno837]

Anyone else have any potion stories that were bad reactions

[@mohamedalsaigh8783]

Great episode Coach definitely gonna buy becoming a super leopard had same elbow pain in the past 👍🏼💪🏽🔥🔥👌

[@MrSoundScan]

If a slap from Coach don't wake you up, I don't know what will 😂😂

[@LightlessDimension]

I'm watching this while having an ACL injury 😅

[@mikegoodwin5951]

How can we watch the deleted video Firas?? I am so upset that I missed it

[@saha5962]

Look it up on soundcloud

[@mikegoodwin5951]

@@saha5962 Thankyou. The soundcloud version goes for only 26minutes. Was the original longer?

[@James-ky3ip]

@@mikegoodwin5951 No I don't think so, I remember it being around that long.

[@mikegoodwin5951]

Thanks legends

[@saha5962]

@@mikegoodwin5951 I think it was longer but couldn’t find it

[@TheOmarMethod]

Kneesovertoes benefits the taller athletes more so due to the longer limbs. Basketballers and other jumping explosive athletes. Not for juijitsu.

[@Langle1000]

Salam Alaikom Coach, Je vous ai envoyé un email il y a une semaine qui a pour objet: "Lisez moi SVP/Demande d'interview". Can you plz take a look at it ?! So grateful.

[@AmericanHinoki]

Coach is one of the wisest people on youtube.

[@tharushafernando6688]

What is the book that coach mentioned??

[@js3380]

Bump

[@lifeisadirtytrick]

The starch solution and becoming a supple leopard

[@tharushafernando6688]

@@lifeisadirtytrick Thanks

[@js3380]

@@lifeisadirtytrick thank you kind sir

[@macmccomb]

Supple Leopard!

[@Karsan10]

I also send superchat you did not answer. I followed your advice and started Eat to Live diet by Joel Fhurman. It ended with me getting 3-4 hours of sleep per night. I could not sleep more even if I was tired. What are your recommendations? There is very little information about diet and sleep on internet. I have not changed anything else in my life except starting this diet and when I started eating like I used to do again, it fixed my sleep so there is correlation between the diet and sleep. If I eat healthy, my mind becomes unhealthy. Does not make sense.

[@buridah328]

Weekly dose of coach Z is super necessary

[@MAT-wn5fr]

Try get on Thought Adventure Podcast

[@fufug1]

knew u would be a btc guy. saylor on here would be amazing.

[@TheGiantGi]

more chokes...more pokes! if you know what I mean!

[@musicmeanslife65]

Coach, Bitcoin is not rising at an exponential rate. It's logarithmic

[@honestlee9921]

I stand by your views and respect you for saying it.

[@frankiecal3186]

How come you never talk about how Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is just a copy of catch wrestling . Helio was trained in catch wrestling just never gave any credit to catch wrestling and he just relabeled catch wrestling moves.

[@TheTommy9898]

10:40 Coach doesnt see doctors. Doctors see him

[@globalproductandgamingreview]

I sent you a Superchat, and you didn't answer it. Will you please answer it? My question was: How humble are you and GSP? Are you willing to learn from someone coming in the gym? What is your advice about how to stay humble? Please help me out with this! Thank you.

[@davidjenkins2429]

Far more humble than you clearly.

[@conradcoolerfiend]

@@davidjenkins2429 wtf is wrong with you lol. his comment is respectful

[@Houcnc]

I don’t know why they would learn from someone super random coming into their gym who would unless they are a champion of some sort. He said in the past he used to drive to New York and spend his money on learning bjj probably an 8 hour drive ,

[@Houcnc]

On how to stay humble ,I read that there’s always young people who come along thinking they are the shit only to be found by someone much wiser to bring them down to earth ,if you stay down to earth you won’t have to be crashing back down

[@globalproductandgamingreview]

@@davidjenkins2429 You obviously misunderstood the question. Next time, don't embarrass yourself by saying something without understanding the context of the question.!

[@leonfdawson]

More chokes? Sure, folks!

[@Alpinex105]

Is this the podcast with George st Pierre?

[@HonkletonDonkleton]

33:40 Euthyphro dilemma

[@timtaylor9590]

cervical cancer incidents

[@damvid21]

Death numbers are the only significant factor, and they are normal. This is why they keep telling you about case rates, because that number CAN be tweaked and manipulated...

[@cwilliams808]

More kicks, more chicks

[@ray64442]

Halalewwwwyaaaaaa

[@ninjarobmtl]

Coach what do you think about Mufti Abu Layth? Will you go on his MindTrap ?

[@KickingArts]

Hello friend 😁. Mufti just had a live stream a couple of days ago and he said they have been in contact. Hope it helped. Have a blessed day🤲

[@ninjarobmtl]

@@KickingArts Thank you very much friend it is very appreciated. Have a blessed day !

[@hhhhh-kj8dw]

Bez11 facts

[@GrahamWhatmough]

More Chokes more Blokes

[@VIP-lz4ht]

More chokes more pokes

[@aperson4051]

More chokes more gropes

[@mounirchami127]

More Chokes More Jokes

[@tristan617]

I don't think the world death rate is a good basis for comparison, since there are other huge events going on that will contribute to deaths, like wars (e.g. invasion of Iraq was in 2003) and countless rising and falling crime trends within various countries. If we're just thinking about Canada, consider this: imagine that there was no pandemic in 2020, everything was largely the same as in 2019, only difference is that governments imposed the same restrictions that they did in the pandemic. Don't you think that restricting movements, greatly reducing motor vehicle traffic, keeping people at home and away from accident risk factors as well as curbing transmission of other diseases we already had etc., would reduce the death rate? What we're seeing is that the death rate increased. So that tells us that not only did the virus make up for any discrepancy you would expect to see from restricting people's movements, it more than made up for it. This is just one small part of the bigger puzzle, but the death rate argument doesn't make any sense. At this superficial level of analysis, the only logical conclusion to draw is that the virus did indeed kill a lot more people than we would have expected to die, and that the restrictions probably helped keep those deaths lower than they would have been without them. Another point to consider is that, if restrictions don't work and the virus isn't that deadly, why is it that the death rate per 100,000 people in Canada is 72.95 and in the US, where they had a lot fewer restrictions, it stands at 204.92, almost three times as high? In countries with similar cultures and geography you see the same, for example in Scandinavia, Sweden, which imposed minimal restrictions, has a death rate multiple times higher than in Denmark, Norway and Finland, which all imposed restrictions similar to those in Canada.

[@chainyrabbit]

Don't get hooked on drinking/smoking in your 20s...... me shooting smack till my 30s :-p

[@Traptinachangingmaze]

More kicks more chicks! 😏

[@smashu2]

When will Trystar Gym come to the manif and do security we invite you to Join Us with your full rooster as well as other Gyms that you can bring in with you we need to grow the ranks and throw out the criminals.

[@dukej9820]

Rename the channel “more chokes more blokes”

[@KasumovMedia]

More chokes less strokes

[@zootjitsu6767]

Coach you tried soaking your smelly clothes in 1/6 vinegar to water? Removes the smell

[@chinzorignyambayar976]

More chokes, more chicks

[@chetfreeland1920]

Low kicks more chicks

[@conradcoolerfiend]

Coach there are endless reasons for heart palpitations. I woke up the other night from a nightmare and my heart was beating hard. Anxiety also can cause it. You even mentioned it could be from something else. So why insinuate the shot caused it when you don't know? This is classic confirmation bias. You yourself are saying you didn't go see a doctor after, this shows how serious you truly felt it was. Come on coach these logical arguments are a joke, your logic is usually so strong.

[@chris420uk]

Totally agree. Lost a lot of respect for him due to his anti-vaxx bro-science.

[@conradcoolerfiend]

@Chris Yacomine I understand , but Coach’s body of work over the years speaks for itself, he is overall a great positive force, in every way except this one issue. I still support him

[@Houcnc]

@@conradcoolerfiend I think he so against it is because of how much money they are making or going to make they have strong incentives, took the shots my self 27 years old but don’t really know what can happen in the future . It’s a pretty scary time tbh

[@conradcoolerfiend]

@Razorback they make money off selling every drug, treatment, and vaccine. To single out one in particular, and not anything else, makes no sense. If you wanna talk conspiracy. Governments strongest financial incentive is to keep everyone alive so they can keep working for large companies , and pay taxes.

[@hamzazulfi]

@@conradcoolerfiend you can definitely keep people alive in misery. There is no shortage of miserable people today and in history.

[@dizeaz]

With all due respect, I think you're slightly misrepresenting the reason you got a strike. Next time when you talk about the "substance", why not have a knowledge area expert sitting next to you?

[@bez1196]

I agree. I respect Firas a lot, but his approach in the vaccine issue seems quite odd for someone who advocates respect for expertise. I think his negative experiences with the Canadian authorities and how they handled the lockdowns has impacted his judgement on this.

[@dizeaz]

​@@bez1196 Yea I think so too. It's the frustration talking but since so many people look up to him and listen to his podcast he has a responsibility to keep to topics he has expertise in and not turn into another Joe Rogan :)

[@conradcoolerfiend]

From Statistics Canada Website: "There were an estimated 309,912 deaths in Canada in 2020. This is 16,333 more deaths than what would have been expected if there were no pandemic, after accounting for changes in the population such as aging, and 20,619 more deaths than in 2019." Do that math on that. 5-6% more deaths than if there was no pandemic. Coach you are saying fake statistics. You have a responsibility not to spread false information to your viewers.

[@MasterShadow.]

The coach mentioned world death rates and the Canadian death rates, why don't you address this?

[@martinrichards1649]

More Chokes More Chicks

[@MonoSith]

More chokes more blokes more chokes more hoes more taps more flaps More Es more Gi's More subs more love more subs more rubs You're welcome.

[@antondelacruz9362]

You cant just look at total deaths and then say covid is significant or insignificant. You have to look at total deaths (and severe illness, missed work, etc etc) *caused by covid*. Total deaths in general is affected by other factors as well, like accidents, nutrition, other diseases, war, famine, etc. You could probably offset all deaths caused by covid if you found a cure for one common form of cancer. On the other hand, when you see medical professionals complaining of lack of icu beds, people unable to visit their dying relatives, deathly ill people being treated in makeshift tents or even being sent away due to icus and ers hitting full capacity - these are the effects of covid. Total deaths including all factors is not really relevant to covid.