Ash Stocker

What a week for fighting for perfection

ashstocker — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:22:22 +0000

What a fantastic week for Ash Stocker- fighting for perfection. At the beginning of the week I met sports injury therapist Nikki Mackay, and yesterday I spoke with Adrian from Breakout.

On Tuesday I met sports injury therapist Nikki Mackay who has a sports injury clinic in Northampton. Nikki works with a lot of top end athletes to get them back into training and competition, Nikki also works with them to maintain good fitness and reduce their chances of injury, ultimately improving performance.

Nikki has kindly offered to treat me at a reduced rate after seeing my blog, so I would like to say a massive thank you for that. I am really looking forward to seeing Nikki and feel even more positive about my strong return to the mat very soon!

Yesterday was another fantastic addition to a great week as I final got chance to meet with Adrian from Breakout in Bracknell. Breakout work with young people, who are perceived as disengaged, disaffected. These young people are on the verge of being expelled from full time education, it is Breakout’s mission to mentor and coach these individuals and help them back on to the right path by showing them what it takes to become a success in life.

Adrian recently approached me and asked if i would be interested in donating some of my time to work with breakout and put on martial arts classes for these troubled youths in an effort to connect with them and use my experience to help them see there is better choices they could make than the ones that are currently getting them in trouble. As you can imagine I was delighted to take on such a challenge. Yesterday’s meeting went very well and it became clear that the vision of break out was very similar to my own; there is no doubt in my mind that we can achieve great things by working together for the good of these young guys and girls.

If there is any way you guys think you can help us get this initiative off the ground through funding, donations or simply passing my details on to people who may be in a position to help that would be fantastic. We are currently looking for a location in Bracknell to hold training once a week/ every 2 weeks, and trying to get some training equipment together.

If you want to help, contact me at ashstocker2011@hotmail.co.uk. You can also follow Adrian on twitter @adrianbebold; check out their website at www.beboldlovelife.weebly.com.

Your support no matter how big or small is very much appreciated, please step out and make the difference.

Speak soon,
Ash Stocker- fighting for perfection.

Catch up

ashstocker — Sat, 14 May 2011 09:46:46 +0000

hey guys it has been a busy couple of days for me, think its time to catch up on what i have been up to.
On Thursday I went to see the physio at the NHS, not overly convinced they know how to fix my back problem however they are going to do an MRI scan which should give me a clearer indication of what the problem is. However after seeing the chiropractor yesterday I am feeling very positive about the injury and certain I will be back on the matt soon, fitter and stronger than before.
Friday was my last day at the school, it has been very inspiring to work with the pupils and I have come away with a very valuable insight into how these young adults look at life and most importantly improved my understanding of how I can work with some of these guys. (Watch this space).
Thursday finished very strong, with a tough weights session mid afternoon, it was then on to work with our group of YISP kids (youth inclusion support programme). How this works is, I assist Master Paul Bernard on working together with the kid’s youth workers, parents and school teachers and put the kids through a six week martial arts programme. These kids are currently off track, meaning they are in trouble at school and in most cases on their last chance with the local authority. If the kids successfully complete the course and all involved are happy that their behaviour has improved and they are sticking to our rules they are offered a place in the academy to train up to their black belt for free, where we continue to mentor them. (This is the kind of thing your sponsorship will go towards, do you want to make a difference?)
Friday afternoon was also a great success for me as I came out of the chiropractors feeling very positive I went off to the gym for yet another weight session, managing to increase the weight lifted on the bench press and shoulder shrugs to 60kg. It was then off to squad training where I found out the fight day that was supposed to be held in 6 weeks has been postponed, so I will keep you guys posted on any changes there. Hopefully it will be postponed until I am fit so I can fight.
Make sure you keep an eye on my blog as I have some brilliant ideas that will be coming soon.
Ash.

Another successful day

ashstocker — Wed, 11 May 2011 16:33:06 +0000

Today my first training session was a swim which was fantastic to get in the pool and do some cardio training, I have struggled to do much cardio recently because of my back, what was great was that my fitness had not declined and after completing my workout I felt better than when I went in. which must mean my core is getting stronger and I am well on my way to getting back on the matt
After my workout it was on to Sandhurst School for a high jump lesson followed by tennis. Tennis was an interesting lesson for me as I was able to talk to a few of the girls who told me there isn’t very much for them to do socially after school that interests them, which seems to be a common factor amongst both males and females throughout secondary school. What was interesting was once I mentioned martial arts to them how quickly they became interested in the sports accessibility to them. This got me thinking is there a place for martial arts in schools? (I would like to hear your views).
After these two lessons it was back to the gym for me, with this idea circling in my head I was really pumped for a tough weights session followed by more core stability. I worked a lot on grip strength and power through the arms today. A lot of wrist curls, pull ups and dips. Then it was on to the Swiss ball which I am beginning to really like using in my core stability workouts now as it is so challenging and you can really feel the benefits to your core muscles.
So from there it was a nice lunch/ diner of chicken and rice (my favourite), and working on my blog. On which you will now find the thank you page is set up, this is where you will get a mention for your generosity and a link can be set up to your website. This link will be accessible to everyone who views my page, which by the way is growing daily. Over the last week I am getting 50- 100 views a day, so it is well worth your while. A pledgie has also been set up on the blog, this is where you guys can make donations, it really doesn’t matter how much you donate I am greatly appreciative of all your support and would like to say thank you in advance.
Well I hope you have all enjoyed this post as much as I have enjoyed writing it, I am off to teach now. Please feel free to share your views on what I have written and thank you guys for all of your support so far.
Ash.

Great day

ashstocker — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:59:39 +0000

What a good day it has been today. Very busy day doing work experience at Sandhurst school with five back to back lessons with some challenging students (Great stuff). The day started off with tennis with year 11′s who leave school on Friday. The second session was a relay bleep test and 75m sprint races with some very excited year sevens, the third lesson was long jump with 30 year seven girls which was an interesting experience but very fun coaching them through and getting them enthusiastic. Lesson four was javelin with year 7′s, a very interesting lesson as javelin was very new to most of them and it was excellent to see their throws improve dramatically, along with their enjoyment just by slightly adjusting their techniques. the last lesson was 100m sprints with a very Boisterous year 8 group, this was a really enjoyable lesson as I really got a chance to chat one on one with some of the pupils to challenge them about their behaviour and understand why some of them behave the way they do.
I am currently struggling with a little back problem and have made it my mission to strengthen my core to increase protection and support to my lower back, with this in mind I went to the gym for a core stability workout and a swim which was challenging to say the least, really felt my core muscles were fired up.
I am now working on my blog and have just created a face book page so check it out, Ash Stocker- fighting for perfection.
Another update on work experience will be up tomorrow make sure you take a look, but for now I am off to do stretch routine before retiring for the night.
Ash.

work experience

ashstocker — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:07:31 +0000

hey guys currently gettting some experience working with school children, i am at sandhurst school working in the P.E. department. having lots of fun and learn some very important skills. Once i am finished hear i am looking forward to going to the gym for some weights and core stability work.
Ash

Day off

ashstocker — Sat, 07 May 2011 19:01:40 +0000

had the day off training today spent it at precision martial arts. Wanted to say well done to the guys preparing for their black belt tests in june, you guys done a great job keep up the hard work.
Ash

squad training

ashstocker — Fri, 06 May 2011 19:59:40 +0000

great squad training session at precision martial arts tonight, some of our guys have a fight coming up in 7 weeks, preperation for then started today, had fun working with Master Bernard to get these guys started.

i will keep you posted on their progress.

hi guys

ashstocker — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:52:26 +0000

very productive day today, early weights session this morning followed by a trip to the chiropractor and a private judo session with Vince Skillcorn.

Now for some food and then off to precision martial arts for squad training.

Ash

First Ever Post

ashstocker — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:48:10 +0000

My name is Ash Stocker I will be updating with the latest news on my fighting progress I am aiming to become a World Champion Kick Boxer and continue to progress and better his 5th place in the European Championship for BJJ.