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The actor is now training hard in kickboxing.
Mumbai: Our very own Guddu Bhaiyya aka Ali Fazal has been toiling away at the boxing ring lately. Friends of the actor say that he has taken to the sport rather keenly for the last few weeks and has been training under MMA fighter Rohit Nair.
A pioneer in combat sports, the coach has been training Ali in various fighting forms. As is customary, trade circles are abuzz that Ali has been roped in for a full-blown action role and the long hours are preparation for his part. I like natural forms of fitness over spending hours at the gym. That s never been my style. During the lockdown, I got spoilt, because I shot a film that required me to be hefty and heavy. So I have been through a very unhealthy phase in my life. . In the last few months, I have started alternating between his usual training and boxing. One step at a time. Rohit is teaching me everything about the sport from the scratch. His immense patience with me in und
he is the one whose face is not blurred for those of you watching. that is mohammod youssuf abdulazeez. chris, when you hear all the things we have heard about him, you see him as an athlete in the mixed martial arts wrestling, a devout muslim. his mma coach was telling our drew griffin, he would take out his prayer mat and pray in his office his high school coach told me he would miss practice to pray. he said he was humble a good student and there was nothing radicalized about him. when you put that together what do you hear? well first thing that comes to mind is i recall one of the tsarnaev brothers was a mixed was into martial arts as well. the devout religious it fits sort of a profile there. that means that he is susceptible to being influenced by people that he thinks are equally or more devout than himhe
joining us is mma coach and retired mma fighter, pastor john rankin, who appears in the documentary set to be released generally independently this week. you re looking for it to reach a broader audience, but can you be a christian and be kicking somebody in the gut or the face? absolutely. there is no reason why you can t be involved in competitive sports and still love jesus. in terms of the actual for critics who say, wait a second, it s a mixed message, how do you feel, not only is it a mixed message, but helps get your message across? well, i don t think that it s a mixed message at all. jesus never makes any comments about competitive sports. we have the joke that i went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. and i don t hear anybody clamoring about how you can t be a christian and be in a hockey