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It’s a mindset

How many times have you heard the saying “ This sport is 95% mental”?

It seems to be a factor that is very commonly spoken about and yet, how much time is actually devoted to training for the mental aspect.

My name is Matt Kuhlmann and I am a pro mindset trainer and Hypnotist. I understand the importance of mental toughness, its what I teach.

In this article I will give an insight into how Mental Training, and Hypnosis can be used to take you to the next level as a fighter with awesome effectiveness.

Imagine being able to raise your metabolic and recovery rates naturally, increase testosterone and growth hormone levels naturally, and focus your ability to stick to the game plan. Hypnosis can be used to encourage you to stick to a challenging diet and to feel an uncontrollable urge to train harder than ever before. How much of an advantage would this give you?

The possibilities are endless and are only limited by our imagination.

You see, to understand how this is possible we need to look into the mind and how it works. The mind is responsible for everything you do, your body responds to commands from your mind much like a robot does to the programmer.

The conscious mind is in control of the functions we are aware of and think about. The unconscious mind controls our involuntary actions like breathing, the heartbeat and the chemicals produced by the body.

Through Hypnosis direct instructions and suggestions are given and installed in the mind. This gives us the ability to instruct the unconscious mind to produce higher levels of testosterone, increase our metabolic and recovery rate and any other function desired.

I read an article about a year ago by Dan Severn, he talked about being hit so hard in a fight he was knocked clean out. The next thing he remembered was being pulled off the guy as he had won. He said instinct must have taken over at that point and he must have been on autopilot, taking his opponent down and brutally grounding and pounding him for the win. He had no recollection of doing it. This is the perfect example of the power of the unconscious mind. He had trained to such a standard for so long he was at the point where his unconscious mind took over. He wasn’t even consciously aware of it.

You hear it a lot post fight, “ I don’t really know what happened, it just happened so fast”, and they can’t explain how they won or what they did, they’re confused because they can’t remember. It’s because they are so in the zone it does ‘just happen’. In the heat of the moment instinct takes over.

Look at the greatest fighters in history, do they look like they are constantly thinking or does it seem to just flow naturally. Instinctively.

The great thing is that we can train our minds to do the same. To be 110% in the zone knowing we will do what is necessary, without hesitation.

What I ask coaches is, what do you wish you could whisper in his ear that he must do in this fight. What is the game plan he needs to stick to? I then install it in the mind at an unconscious level so it happens instinctively.

In reality Hypnosis is getting a person to a point where they are in a deep enough state of trance, so their mind will accept the suggestions given and act upon them. Stage shows do a real disservice to the profession as they create false beliefs. When you are Hypnotised you will hear everything and be in TOTAL control of what is happening. In fact, being Hypnotised is displaying the ultimate control over yourself. The stronger you are mentally and the more you like to be in control the more effective it will be for you.

How many times have you heard a fighter say that their training was disrupted, or that they just lost focus in the fight, or that they just didn’t stick to the coach’s game plan. This seems to be a big problem for Matt Hughes’ team on the current Ultimate Fighter series, fighters not sticking to the plan. I realise how hard it must be to stick to a plan in the cage. This can be helped with proper mental training and the use of Hypnosis in the build up to a fight.

If you are truly serious about being the best fighter you can be then this is an area that you cannot afford to over look. If 95% of this sport is mental then what percentage of your training is focused on your mindset.

Matt Kuhlmann

Mindset Trainer and Hypnotist

www.mattkuhlmann.wordpress.com

Itsamindset@gmail.com

At 39 years of age many seem to believe that Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell, once the light heavyweight king of the UFC, is already past his prime. Coming from his first knockout loss the last time he was inside the octagon, the Iceman is looking to revitalize his fast fading MMA career. He will be facing a formidable opponent in Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in a match that has been years in the making. The 205-lbs. King Chuck Liddell is one of the most popular UFC fighters of all time, and some even argue that he is responsible for bringing the sport into the mainstream during the peak of his career. He debuted in the UFC in 1998 in a unanimous decision victory Noe Hernandez. A technical knockout defeat followed his impressive debut in the hands of former contender Jeremy Horn. Being the future champ that he was, Liddell bounced back and won 10 of his next 11 fights en route to winning the belt against arch-rival Randy Couture in April of 2005. He then continued to dominate the division by defending his title successfully 4 times in a row against division contenders Jeremy Horn, Randy Cotoure, Renato Sobral, and Tito Ortiz. The Fall of Chuck After almost 2 years of ruling the light heavyweight division, the Iceman finally found his match in Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. The fight was stopped early in the very first round when the former PRIDE champion caught Liddell with a hook right on the button. Jackson was crowned as the new light heavyweight champion and this was a tough pill to swallow for the very proud Liddell. His comeback fight was at best unimpressive as he lost to Keith Jardine in a tightly-contested split decision. This was unfamiliar territory for the Iceman as this was the first time he experienced back to back losses. Some thought the Iceman was back when he defeated the legendary Wanderlei Silva in 2007 in a match that has been dubbed as one of the greatest in UFC history. However, he suffered the worst loss of his career to current champion “Sugar” Rashad Evans wherein he was knocked out with a single punch. The similarity of this loss to that of the Jackson defeat made some think that Chuck’s style was no longer fit for the new breed of UFC warriors. Liddell will be out to prove his critics wrong as he faces celebrated Brazilian warrior Shogun in UFC 97 this Sunday. The Matchup While Liddell was taking out his opponents one by one in the UFC, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was doing an equally impressive job halfway around the world. In 2005 Shogun won the PRIDE Grand Prix tournament in Japan and some even considered him as the number one fighter in the light-heavyweight division, above Liddell. He defeated the likes of Kevin Randleman, Quinton Jackson and Alistair Overeem (twice). But that was then. Shogun lost his UFC debut against Forest Griffin and then underwent two knee surgeries. Although he won his last fight against UFC hall-of-famer Mark Coleman, he was out of gas early in the fight prompting criticisms about his stamina and endurance. Even though this fight would have been much better if it had gone down three years ago, it is still a matchup to look out for as both fighters have their backs against the wall and will be looking for a much-needed win to revive their careers.