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Managing the distance in MMA

Fighting distance is mostly a matter of reach and footwork. Depending on the range, we can develop a fighting style that can be adapted to the physique and personality of the athlete. The Reach Let's…

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3 Steps To Achieve Your Goals

In Martial Arts as in life in general, setting goals is a good thing to do. Keeping them in mind will make it easier for you to make informed decisions. Watching motivational videos or reading…

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Improve your footwork in combat

Footwork is used to keep a good balance, manage distance, position yourself in certain angles, optimize movements and apply certain strategies related to Mixed Martial Arts. Positioning Before even talking about footwork, we must find…

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Basic Footwork

We remember that the first principle of combat is the art of mobility. So if I have a good initial position, it remains to learn how to move efficiently, how to hit and how to…

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Basic Positioning

The Posture The best posture is the one that is most favorable to the mechanical execution of a technique. It allows total relaxation and allows the muscles to be in position to react quickly. It…

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Improve your Reflexes in MMA

Reflexes and Martial arts The speed of the reflexes is key element of combat sports. A martial artist must involve his speed but also involve his reflexes. A fast person does not have necessarily good…

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How to hit and not get hit

In mixed martial arts, several strategies can be used to dominate the opponent in the "Striking" game. For my part, the purpose of striking is to hit without being hit. A fighter must develop an…

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My Back Pain Coach Review

Ian Hart’s My Back Pain Coach Review Hey, Coach Cyril here, Thanks for checking out my blog, you’ve come to the right place if your looking for a comprehensive “My Back Pain Coach” review, which…

Cardio for Martial Arts !!!

Mixed martial artists are recognized to be high level athletes – trained, disciplined, concentrated and conditioned. Powerful strikes, takedowns, defending submissions, are some elements which can make you out of gas during a round. Tiredness happen even to…

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5 Ways of Attack – Attack by Drawing

Attack by Drawing: Way of attack popularized by Bruce Lee (Jeet Kune Do) which aims at pushing somebody to make an action. The five ways of attack were part of the last technical explanations of Bruce…

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5 Ways of Attack – Immobilization Attack

The Immobilization Attack is an offensive action made possible due to the immobilization of one or more members of the adversary. In martial arts, one speaks about immobilization when an action which makes it possible to control the…

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5 Ways of Attack – Single Direct Attack

The Single Direct Attack is an offensive action carried out from point A to the point B, contrary to a combine attack (Attack by combination, Progressive indirect attack…). The Single Direct Attack can be done…

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The Best Martial Art

Every fighter is unique The fight is defined not only on the fighter's technique. The beginners often have tendency to imitate their idols, their instructors and their partners. It is with time that every martial artist develops his…

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Improve your Speed

Speed is composed of several elements which are necessary for martial arts: Identification Reaction Vivacity Endurance Some important principles to focus on when one works on speed in combat sports. - Agility, mobility, balance, coordination,…

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Simplicity in Martial Arts

In the world of martial arts, all fighters have their way to fight. The more "the game" is complex, the less the fighter can express his art at full capacity. Put your ego aside, put…

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How to Eliminate Back Pain Naturally

Stop the suffering, end the pain and start getting real relief without drug, without surgery, or equipment. Over 70% of people will experience low back pain at some point in their life. There is specific reasons for your back…

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Ground and Pound 101

It's very hard now to dominate opponents on the ground without throwing a single punch. You must now includes striking on the ground to make your MMA game complete. Ground and pound is a huge…

MMA Interval Training

It is important to put an interval training program in your MMA training camp. Joel Jameson wrote an amazing article in Fight! magazine on interval training for combat sports. In this article, he gives you…

MMA Conditioning Concept

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLIv6G-dRNE There is 3 basic components you must include in a MMA Training. 1- Dynamic warm-up: This should be performed first. 5-15 minutes. It will increase cardiac output and blood flow plus an increase in…

Attitude

The state of a fighter's mind determines the degree of excess tension he will carry into the fight. Free the athlete from excess tension will automatically affect his self-confidence. One must addopt a "winning attitude",…

MMA Programs Qualities

There is one principle you need to understand before starting a MMA Program. It is called "Bio-Motor Ability". You need to include the 8 bio-motor abilities in your MMA training. Strength Speed Power Agility Endurance…

Strength :

Strength is, speaking for myself, one of the essential biomotor abilities that you need to improve. You have to exercices the whole system for total body strength. There are some basics to follow in order…

Speed :

5 types of Speed dimensions: 1- Perceptual Speed. Quickness of eye to see openings and to discourage the opponent, confusing him and slowing him down. 2- Mental Speed. Quickness of mind to select the right…

Power :

A powerful athlete is not necessarily a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. If Power = Force X Speed, fighters have to learns to make faster movements, increasing his power. A…

Agility :

Agility is the hability to change the position of your body. It requires a combinaison of balance, coordination, reflex and strength. You can see it as time response. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VI0AjKYgj4 Precision is an important element when…

Endurance :

Endurance describes the adaptation of the body at the level of motor basic functions, energy transformation, substrate supply and also of mental stability. It can also be characterised as metabolism, breathing and cardiovascular behaviour. Basic…

Coordination :

Coordination is one of the most important thing to study in the world of sports and athletics. It is the quality wich enables the individual to integrate all the powers and capacities of his whole…

Flexibility :

4 Types of Flerxibility SFL   = Static Flexibility  "Static flexibility is the range of possible movement around a joint and it's surrounding muscles and tissues during a passive movement" ( a partner, gravity or…

Balance :

Balance is achieved through correct body alignment. Without balance (at all times), you can never be effective. Every part of your body is important to create and maintain a balanced position. The secret of a…