When we look at most fights, the naked eye sees chaos, but a good fighter puts order into the chaos and takes the fight into his own hands to lead the dance. But how is it that some people seem to do it...

Kicking is essential for strikers as it uses our legs which are the strongest and longest part of the human body.  Because it is so effective, good kickers dominate the long-range where only kicks are viable, and damaging our opponents from afar keeps...

When you look at fighting in general most people instinctively punch to the face, after all we have all watched the UFC and seen some ferocious knockouts! Anyone who has trained in Martial Arts for a while, has realised it takes more than...

  Throwing leg kicks in MMA or other combative sports is a very effective weapon, when you're trying to win the stand up battle. A good leg kick comes when you have angled off on your opponent and delivered your shot with power...

Nowadays in Mixed Martial Arts fighters will often throw kicks after a jab, the main problem with this is when you throw a jab, your opponent often steps backwards to evade the punch. This makes it hard for you to follow up with...

  Building a solid foundation in footwork is one of the most important things a fighter can do when learning how to strike. Sure...having the ability to trade punches may give you a tough reputation, but a seasoned veteran knows it’s better to...

  You can be one of the most formidable strikers on the planet but you still need a defensive mindset. Knowing where to leave your hands and how to protect yourself from incoming strikes is an extremely important aspect of the fight game....

While there are many tools boxing and MMA trainers use to increase their fighter’s punching power and footwork, one stands out as a great way to gauge a fighter’s power while continuing to develop it—the punching shield.  In this video, Coach Brandon Gibson...

There are unspoken rules to kickboxing or striking in MMA. Executing a well trained combination is one thing, but you must back it up by mixing up your striking combinations. Throwing the same combo in a fight over and over will make it...

  One of the first signs we look for in a talented fighter is his ability to counter opponents. When we see a fighter performing a counter, we know that he has an excellent technical understanding of Muay Thai.   The beauty of...

  In martial arts, footwork is a vast subject covering more areas than all other aspects of fighting. Moving our feet can be a defensive ability to maintain the proper distance, but it is also an offensive ability to position us in the...

 In boxing, we are always talking about defense, but defense is a vast subject, and to understand it, we must learn that no one method can keep us safe from everything.    The most effective defense we can have, for example, is distance...

  The world of boxing is full of different styles, but the most exciting s to watch are the ones that use the pocket where the fighters get inside close to their opponent, and the action begins. The inside fighter looks to pressure...

  Boxing is not a game, but it can be played in many different ways. Most people are used to see boxing fought in a closed stance (when both fighters use the same stance), but if we look at an open stance (where...

Punches to distract followed up by low kicks. A tactic the Dutch Kickboxers used heavily in the golden era of striking the 90s to early 2000s K1 and earlier the Dutch Kickboxers used in the late 80s and early 90s used very successfully...

For every strike, you need to have setups before it lands. The strike usually lands for reasons that happen before the strike lands, especially knockouts. The head kick is not different. You can not just land the high kick by throwing it hard...

There is a general rule when it comes to kicks in combat sports like Muay Thai, Kickboxing and MMA. That rule is that when you want to throw a kick, you should set it up with your hands first. This is because kicks,...

  If you ever went into a Muay Thai gym, you know that working the bag has an essential rule in developing the fighters, but why is that? When we work the bag two main things happen: The impact on the bag will...

Kicks are great aren’t they. They’re long range and they hit really hard and there’s so much variety in the different types of kicks that you can throw. One kick that has flown fairly under the radar for a while in MMA is...

One of the most important aspects of martial arts is our ability to escape bad positions, and why is that? A fighter who trusts in his ability to escape bad positions will take more risks and would be more active as he knows...