TG Martial Arts & Performance

Vi har mistet en sand kriger, en vis underviser og helt et unikt og særligt menneske. Martin Brogaard gik bort tirsdag d. 21. juli.

For et år siden fik jeg den frygtelige besked om, at du havde fået konstateret uhelbredelig kræft i hjernen – stadie 4.

Jeg husker klart og tydeligt, at jeg havde været ude hele dagen og hike i Lofotens fjelde. Dagen efter holdt vi ind ved en hvid sandstrand og jeg ringede til dig – jeg kunne mærke, at der var noget galt. Du gav selv den rystende besked. Men selv der, midt i det hele, var du allerede i gang med at tænke på klubben, dine elever, hvad der skulle ske fremadrettet – helt klassisk dig! Pligtopfyldende, uanset hvad. Resten af turen i Norge var, trods fantastisk selskab og natur, et stort blur med en sten i maven.

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We have lost a true warrior, a wise teacher, and a truly unique and special human being. Martin Brogaard passed away on Tuesday, July 21st.

A year ago, I received the terrible news that you had been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer – stage 4.

I remember clearly and vividly that I had spent the whole day hiking in the mountains of Lofoten. The next day, we stopped at a white sand beach, and I called you – I could sense something was wrong. You gave me the devastating news yourself. But even there, in the midst of it all, you were already thinking about the club, your students, what needed to happen going forward – classic you! Dutiful, no matter what. The rest of the trip in Norway was, despite wonderful company and nature, a blur, with a knot in my stomach.

Forsættes / continues ➡️

Før jeg startede til Wan Kam Leung Wing Chun, var jeg en teenageknægt, der manglede retning, disciplin. Jeg var fyldt af vrede og var ligeglad med det meste. Intet fangede mig, og jeg kunne ikke tage noget seriøst. Fraværet i folkeskolen var højt, interessen lav, og jeg blev endda erklæret uegnet til gymnasiet. I dag står jeg med en kandidatgrad, som er bænket, fordi jeg i stedet har valgt at gøre det, jeg brænder mest for. At undervise folk i kampsport og funktionel styrketræning, som selvstændig træner. Ligesom du gjorde.

I første omgang startede min far og jeg hos Sifu Allan i sl

The mace swing isn’t just an exercise. It’s a lesson in how your body is designed to move.

Rotation. Counter-rotation. Force generated from the ground up — through your hips, your spine, your shoulders. One connected chain from foot to hand.
This is what the SAID principle looks like in practice: Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands. Your body adapts to exactly what you train. Train rotation and force transmission through your full myofascial chain — and that’s what you get better at.

Train one muscle at a time, disconnected from the rest of your body — and you’ll build strength that doesn’t transfer to how you actually move.

We are built to stand, walk, run and throw. The mace swing trains the throw pattern — and everything connected to it.

Full breakdown in bio — check out the functional strength training series on the blog.

Still thinking about Thailand. Some trips stay with you longer than others. Part 2 — long overdue.

. Sessions with and .

If Bangkok was about control and distance — Phuket was about letting go.

The biggest lessons here weren’t about doing more. They were about doing less:

– Find the flow, don’t force it

– Relaxed body, relaxed mind — then switch on when it counts

– Rhythm over reaction

– New weapons, setups and strategy added to the arsenal

– Small technical refinements that change everything

There’s something about training with people at this level — they don’t just teach technique, they teach you how to feel movement differently.

The trip also gave me clear insight into what I still need to improve — both technically and biomechanically. Plenty of work ahead.

A lot to bring back and refine. From a biomechanics perspective, the work is showing — the ability to absorb, adapt and move with less resistance is exactly what the FP practice builds toward.

I used to teach HIIT and functional training at a yoga studio.
I also snuck Functional Patterns exercises into every session I could.

Here’s what I kept seeing: people stretching for years — still stiff, still in pain, still coming back for more relief on the mat. Even the teachers I worked alongside were dealing with chronic pain. One studio owner had already had a hip replacement — and was preparing for another. But yoga was still the answer they gave every new client who walked through the door.

The problem with passive stretching is that it tends to create more flexibility in the parts of the muscle or myofascial chain that are already flexible and well-hydrated. You’re not releasing what’s tight — you’re destabilising what’s already mobile. When the temporary relief fades, the tension returns. Often worse than before.

The fix isn’t more stretching. It’s two things:

1. Myofascial release — to mobilise and restore tissue quality in the connective tissue and musculature that is actually restricted, so it can move and glide properly again.

2. Build your training around the FP Big 4 — standing, walking, running, throwing. Because real flexibility is built through muscular activity and kinetic chains, not passive positioning.

A simple example: when your tricep contracts, your bicep lengthens and relaxes — and vice versa. Both movements build flexibility for their antagonist. That’s how your body is designed to work. The more your training respects that biological blueprint, the more functional flexibility you build.

Flexibility isn’t the goal. It’s the byproduct of training the right patterns.

Part 1 — Thailand 🇹🇭

Bangkok entry. Straight to work.

Sessions at Yokkao Gym with Fasai, and then the chance to train with the legend Saenchai at Saenchai Deena Gym. Different level of timing, balance, and control—you don’t just see it, you feel it.

Big learning outcomes from these sessions:
– Patience over force
- refining strategy and setups
– Control of distance before attack
– Relaxation = speed
– Flow > power

This is what it’s about—refining the details, not just doing more.

Lots to take home and refine—technically, strategically, but also from a biomechanics perspective. I’ll be making adjustments to my FP practice to keep evolving my skillset.

What stood out the most is how much more accessible and fluid everything feels. The ability to absorb new movement, adapt quickly, and execute with better force transmission and coordination—this is where the work pays off.