Striking in Martial Arts can be a dangerous prospect, especially when you step in to throw a jab at your opponent. When you close the distance on your opponent you put yourself inside their range, this can be troublesome as your opponent...

 The jab is the most effective single strike in boxing, if not all of combat sports. Having a quality jab and different jabs to use will go a long way. A quality jab takes skill and time to master the mechanics and is...

Being able to move while punching is a solid skill to have when it comes to striking. This is something that a lot of newer fights struggle with, especially if they only train their punches and don’t really develop their footwork.  It’s natural...

An Underrated Weapon If you walk into just about any striking program for your first class, you’ll be shown the basic motion of boxing’s most used, most valuable, and most overlooked technique: the jab. Throwing an effective jab can not only help you...

Modern boxing is laid upon a few fundamental pillars, and one of them is footwork. It was developed in the 18th century when boxing changed its concept from standing toe to toe and punching each other into an art of moving the feet...

Everyone loves to see fancy footwork and the only people that like it more than fans are fighters themselves. The first reason that fighters like to do fancy footwork so much is simple, it’s just really fun. It can also help break up...

  Get in and get out without getting caught. We aren’t talking about bank robbery. It is the sweet science. Hitting without getting hit is the highest expression of boxing. Fighters have expressed this concept in myriad ways. Long, lanky fighters like Lennox...

  The low kick is one of those moves that is seen in every fight but doesn’t get enough credit for its importance, the ability to throw low kicks and not just for show but truly hurt your opponent, again and again, is...

  When it comes to fighting, there are a few key points that essentially make or break your style. Fighter characteristics you may be able to use undeveloped at the amateur level, but when it comes to professional fighting, these developments of a...

  Carlos Condit was the undefeated WEC welterweight champion and interim UFC welterweight champion, known widely for his exciting and dynamic style that relied heavily on footwork. Here Carlos Condit shows a footwork drill for beginners that will give you basic understanding needed...