Anderson Silva training at our Downtown Montreal School

Tuesday we had someone special drop by our downtown Montreal School run by Sifu Brian Paquette.

The one and only, UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva.

His whole entourage was there to get him ready for his Saturday fight against Thales Leites.

Using Sifu Brian's cage and equipment to put the final touches on his game and lose those last few pounds to make weight, it should be another victory for the Spyder.

One of Anderson's early role models, like most of us, was Bruce Lee.

Watching him in his movies gave him the desire to start the martial arts.

He has a "penchant" for Kung-Fu because of Bruce and was interested in the Mook Jong or Wooden Dummy Training.

Sifu Brian proceeded to show Anderson the steps to using the tool and gave him a copy of our Wooden Dummy DVD and we're arranging to have a few Mook Jongs shipped to him for his upcoming camps.

What struck us the most was how nice they were. All eager to learn and share. No egos.

Some of the fans of Mixed Martial Arts always seem to be very obnoxious and disrespectful on forums and chat rooms if someone practices something different than MMA.

It was nice to see that a real champion never misses an opportunity to learn something whenever he meets someone new and is still down to earth when off the stage.

We'll be reconnecting with their team in the near future and wish Anderson another victory Saturday night.

Sifu Martin

P.S We'll be posting more pictures of Anderson's training session as they become available. Check back soon.