In a fight, if you’re able to break the posture and destroy the balance of your opponent you are going to be at a huge advantage. If you are able to break their posture you can control your opponent and without any balance...

Stephen “Wonderboy”  Thompson has been one of the top UFC welterweights for a while now. Getting to that high of a level and staying there isn’t easy, especially when people say that your style doesn’t work. Thompson incorporates a lot of his long...

“I wanna know how to fight” a common question asked by young men and women around the country everyday. The reason the question is asked could be any number of motivations.. Watching the UFC or Kickboxing which sparks an interest, or possibly a...

  Have you ever been watching a fight and just begin to wonder why people are not protecting their head and are constantly taking huge shots? Is it that they are caught up in the adrenaline of the moment, have they not properly...

There are three generally accepted ranges that a fighter can be in during a match. Long distance is at the very end of a kick, mid range which is where long jabs and crosses are landed, then close range where short uppercuts and...

Mixed Martial Arts has a lot to do with blending styles together. A fighter will have a base style but will need to incorporate techniques from other styles in order to be truly effective. For instance wrestlers need to add boxing into their...

Watching Muay Thai and Kickboxing you will often see a high kick miss its mark. This happens by a targeting error or the defending fighter leans back to evade the strike.  In either case when the  foot lands the total distance between the...

In the world of fighting, nothing is more majestic than a card at Madison Square Garden in New York City. On November 4th 2017, there was a UFC card for the ages. George St.Pierre returned for one fight and won the Middleweight title...

  If you are a mixed martial arts fan and keep up with the UFC, then you likely remember UFC 217 in Madison Square Garden in 2017, where Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and Jorge Masvidal went head to head. Their records at the time...

  The ultimate goal in a fight is to hit the hardest and to hit the most. While a lot goes into that such as strength and proper technique, in order to achieve that you need to be in the right position. Specifically...

  Cyrille Diabate is a Mixed Martial Artist and Muay Thai Kickboxer with over 80 fights! Cyrille has fought in big name promotions such as Palace Fighting Championships, PRIDE, Cage Rage and the UFC as well as appearing frequently in season 9 of...

There is a lot of variety in striking arts. Whether it’s Muay Thai, Traditional Karate, Kickboxing, Boxing or Self-Defense arts such as Krav Maga, there is always a discrepancy of how techniques are thrown. What part of the leg to hit with when...

The Olympics are a place where the best athletes from every country around the world come to compete to choose absolute champions. In some sports the Olympics is the end all be all, for sports like wrestling and swimming the Olympics replace that...

The overhand right is hands down the number one weapon of choice when it comes to knockout artists. The reason it is so dangerous is because it comes from turning the entire body while stepping through the punch. Putting all the weight and...

Knees are powerful strikes to land that can crack ribs and even break faces. One well placed knee can end a fight in an instant, even if the fight just started, as we have seen with the UFC’s fastest ever knockout. The thing...

The overhand right is a staple punch of many fighters. It's a great shot to land as it has a ton of power and knockout potential. In fact, at least from a scientific perspective, it might actually have the most out of any...

Watching fighters like Dominick Cruz, John Dodson, and the great Demetrius Johnson is always a pleasure. Their movements are visually stimulating and their output for striking is some of the highest in the history of the sport.  Why do they move like they...

  One of the most important things you can do while striking is to use each move to set you up for the next one. While sparring, things transpire quickly and you need to be able to act and react accordingly. Remembering that...

Being able to climb up on top of an opponent and attack them is one of the most powerful moments in all of martials arts. We should mention that we aren’t talking about getting a top position in MMA on the ground, we...

There is a long standing saying in pretty much every sport in the world, that being that “Fundamentals win matches” or in terms of combat sports “fundamentals win fights”. This is, fortunately or unfortunately depending on who you are, the truth. While everyone...