K- 1994, 1995, 1998+0 GP champion.

Nationality: Netherlands

Type: Kicking

Date of birth:1970 65438+1October 25th.

Height: 6 feet 4 inches

Weight: 233 lbs

Record: 103, 79 wins and 23 losses, 1 draw, 57 knockouts (knockout rate 72%).

In its heyday, Az had two nicknames: "fighting tyrant" and "Dutch lumberjack" His clumsy right leg sweep was enough to make every opponent tremble. In Az competitions, it is often the case that opponents who are kicked unconscious are dragged out of the ring. Up to now, it still maintains a record of 836 kilograms of sweeping legs and pounding legs. His strength is so great that he doesn't even have to follow the standard movements and methods of exertion. A seemingly casual leg sweep can kick your opponent down. Although he has lost his old spirit today, those stormy attack scenes still remain in our memory.

Az is a truly pious warrior. It is this strong belief that made him come to Bangkok, Thailand not far from Wan Li to study Muay Thai. It is also this firm belief that makes him still fight in the fighting field today when his physical strength is declining. This strong belief makes him train more than 10 hours a day, practice sweeping his legs on heavy sandbags more than 2000 times a day, and squat more than 20 groups. With this kind of devil training, he changed from a teenager with no outstanding talent to a world fighting champion.

Az has never been a technical player, and all attacks are based on strength. This feature greatly reduced his attack power after his strength declined today, but it was the guarantee of his victory that year. At the peak of his physical strength, a heavy leg sweep can completely tear open the opponent's defense, without carefully capturing the fighter. His opponent, faced with this irresistible attack, has only two choices: to launch a deadly attack first, or to continue wandering in the ring. In Az's several defeats, the opponent's strategy is nothing more than these two. But even the fighters who beat him admit that both strategies take great risks. Once Az strikes back, the consequences are unimaginable. Moreover, this way of winning avoids frontal attack, and it is not the kind of "indisputable" complete victory. Although Az is not a winning general, his right leg sweep is still the most terrible "body weapon" in the real world.

Peter Aerts, a genius from Holland, is one of the most terrible figures in the world. Won the world championship three times in the heavyweight competition of the highest level of hard contact fighting K 1. Az's powerful fighting capacity earned him the title of "tyrant". There is a saying in the fighting world: "if you meet Az, you'd better turn around and run at once, no matter how strong you are;" If you are hit by Az's heavy punch, you will definitely fall. If you get kicked by Az's leg sweeper, you're finished. "

Professional boxing is a very exciting sport, which has created such a "boxing killer" as mike tyson. However, if we compare professional boxing with professional fighting, it will be dwarfed, and the latter is far more tragic than the former. In professional fighting competitions, in addition to boxing, leg and knee techniques with stronger lethality are also allowed. It is common to kick off your arms and legs, and even death on the spot happens from time to time. Professional fighting can be roughly divided into two categories; Hard contact fighting and soft contact fighting. The former is mainly fist, leg and knee, while the latter is mainly wrestling and anti-joint techniques. Most of the fighting events belong to hard contact fighting, such as Muay Thai, karate and K- 1 competition, which is the highest realm of hard contact fighting. The contestants come from different countries and belong to different schools, but their fists and fists are amazing. K- 1 The champion is a veritable mortal. Fight.

As we all know, Tai Sen has the strongest fist in the world. But Az's leg sweep is the most terrible weapon in the fighting field. K 1 match, only three rounds per game, the boxer's physical strength will generally be fine. From this point of view, it is more difficult to knock down opponents and win than professional boxing. But 55 of Az's 73 victories were won by knocking down opponents, and most of them didn't play a full round. It took him only 55 seconds to kick KO (fighting term, meaning to knock down and win) with the right high, 1 minute 10 second for KO Andy, and 40 seconds for KO Mike Thompson. Az's leg sweeping is really devastating, which makes the opponent tremble with fear. Black Belt magazine once conducted a survey on boxers, asking them to predict what would happen if Az and Tai Sen met in the ring. Most people chose: Az will use his invincible sweeping leg KO Tai Sen in the first round.

Az's powerful leg sweeping can be summed up in two aspects: near-perfect strength skills and hard training. When sweeping the legs, start from the waist. By violently swinging the calf and twisting the hips, you can hit your opponent with the same strength as a baseball bat. Tai Sen's punch in the south can reach 223kg, Muay Thai master Yapil's heavy leg can reach 500kg, the side kick of the karate myth island Beida can reach 675kg, and Az's leg sweeping power can reach 836kg, which is an indisputable world record! Az believes that if you want to train a strong strike force, you must first have a strong basic force, and then transform it into a strike force by scientific methods. So strength training is the foundation of fighters.

According to the characteristics of combat effectiveness, Az focused on leg and waist training. Legs and waist are the main sources of strength, whether it is punching, kicking or knee-elbow impact. The early training of boxers and muay Thai fighters was mainly based on low-weight endurance training, because the competition time was long at that time, and endurance was often the decisive factor in the competition. However, in the current professional fighting competition, it is required to decide the outcome within three rounds, and the absolute hitting power is even more important, and the effect of "killing with one blow" must be achieved. In strength training, we should also insist on using heavy objects. Az squat weight reached 407 kg, bench press 158 kg, hard pull 3 15 kg, and hanging leg weight 80 kg. Squat is the most important training program for fighters, because its strength and muscles are very similar to fighting. Az's squat speed is very fast, which fully reflects the explosive force. In addition, he also carries out some weight-bearing kicking and leg control training, which can exercise small muscles that can't be trained when squatting, making kicking more comfortable.

Az said: "Boxers must be moderate in bench press and hard pull training. Bench press, hard pull and squat can't copy the training plan of weightlifters. " In short, the content and methods of strength training must conform to the importance of fighting. Don't use too much weight in the whole upper limb training, so as to avoid joint stiffness and form the wrong habit of exerting force. Lower limb training can use a lot of weight, but speed must be emphasized. Starting from the need of fighting, Az Reform created many training movements. The following are the main items:

deep squat

The most important thing in fighting squats is speed, so you should keep accelerating when you push up, and experience the feeling of sweeping your legs and raising your fist. After each group, leg press. Az can easily split the longitudinal fork without his strength training and flexibility training. In addition, the standing distance when squatting should be as close as possible to the stride when fighting, so that the stability in the ring will be guaranteed. Training squats is the greatest benefit to strength, so practice when you are most energetic.

Leg lift

Az practicing one-legged leg lifting more often is of great benefit to the stability of one-legged support when renting a house. In addition, regardless of punching and kicking, the stress ratio of the two legs is uneven. Like squat, leg lifting is mainly accomplished by explosive force.

Bearing rotary joint

This action is more targeted than hard pulling, because the waist rotates horizontally, which is similar to the situation in fighting. Its disadvantage is that the direction of resistance is perpendicular to the force, so its effect is limited. Az usually practices this movement with a weight of about 180 kg. Too much weight is harmful to the waist.

Horizontal leg pulling

This is the best action to train gluteal muscles, which is of special significance to fighters. Its strength is very similar to leg sweeping and side breathing. Practice simulating the situation in fighting as soon as possible.

Load-bearing one-legged squat

The heel of one foot is supported on the high platform, and the other leg slowly squats. To increase resistance, each hand holds a big dumbbell. This action requires a certain balance ability, so the speed should not be too fast. This action is good for strength and support.

Kick support

Keep kicking sideways, hang barbell pieces on your legs, and try to stay still until you can't hold on. The effect of this action is obvious. Az can practice this action with 100 kg.

Leg flexion and extension

The most important thing in the process of leg strike is to exert the power of leg swing, and leg flexion and extension is the action to directly develop this power. Leg sweeping starts from waist strength, so Az also starts from waist strength when training leg flexion and extension. This will not change the stimulation site, because once you start, you must use the strength of quadriceps to absolutely control the instrument. But this simple lever can get through the most difficult part of the movement, greatly increase the training weight and tap the potential of quadriceps femoris. Of course, it is completely consistent with the actual stress. Az uses a weight of 500 kilograms. Perhaps the amplitude of his waist swing during training will make weightlifters disdain, but it is undeniable that this exercise has played a key role in Az's terrible leg sweeping power.

Squat jump

Jumping up when squatting to near upright is beneficial to explosive power. Because this movement is unstable, it is not suitable to use too much weight, which can be compensated by increasing the speed and the height of vertical jump.