When watching movies or fights on TV, it’s easy to get the impression that anyone can hop into the cage and start throwing punches; however, landing punches isn’t as easy as it looks. Landing a clean punch is a matter of timing, speed, positioning and balance. If it’s your first time sparring with a partner, [...]
The Basic Series: The Round & The Decision
Another lesson in breaking down the basics includes being knowledgeable on the rounds and the decisions. -The Round- There are a specific number of rounds and time limits when it comes to fighting in the ring or cage. A non-championship fight consists of 3 rounds, while a championship fight consists of 5 rounds. There is [...]
The Basic Series: Area of Combat
All MMA fights take place in either a ring or a cage that has been approved by the commission. The ring/cage specifications for mixed martial arts must meet the following requirements: A ring cannot be smaller than 20 sq. ft. and cannot be larger than 32 sq. ft. (within the ropes). The platform is enclosed [...]
The Basic Series: The Art of a Fair Fight
When it comes to mixed marital arts it may seem like anything goes inside the ring or cage; however, some of the fighting techniques are fouled against and banned during the fight. Such as: -Biting -Head-butting -Eye Gouging [...]
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Beginning of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu- MMA Training, Workouts and Jiu Jitsu
We have seen already that Maeda offered to teach jujitsu to Carlos Gracie. Maeda had created a martial arts academy where he taught what he called”jujitsu.” It appears that the content of his teaching was largely a mix of classical Japanese jujitsu, kodokan judo, and his own strategy and methods of fighting that he had developed over [...]
Offensive Guard Position – MMA Training and Workouts
Among contemporary MMA fighters, none has excelled in the use of the guard position to the degree of Brazilian jujitsu expert Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueria. In fight after fight, Minotauro locked up the best fighters in the world in his guard and made them quit. Quite often these opponents were far larger than Minotauro, but it made [...]
Analysis of Fusen Ryu Jujitsu – Jujitsu, Muay Thai and MMA Training
One of the greatest surprises of marital arts history is that there is so little attention paid to the remarkable feats of the Fusen ryu. Few people in the martial arts community have even heard of the Fusen ryu or Mataemon Tanabe. This is stage, given the tremendous and unexpected success they had in challenge matches against the nightly kodokan judo [...]
Shared Conditions Theory – MMA Training and Conditioning
Another theory of the history of the martial arts that has gained widespread acceptance is shared conditions theory. The idea behind this theory is that the central problems and conditions that create a need for a martial art-warfare, interpersonal conflict, crime-are present in virtually every culture and time. In addition, the raw material around which a martial [...]
Phases of Combat- MMA Training, Muay Thai and Jujitsu in Illinois and Indiana
Experience has shown unequivocally that single combat can be effectively divided into three principal phases. These phases are divided by the degree of body contact and control that the two combatants have over each other, and they have proven to be the most important factors in determining the behavior and tactics of the two fighters in the course of [...]
