Countering the Jab is one of the most important skills practitioners need to develop as they get better. The Jab is the most used punch in boxing, and even in MMA today, we see it used as better strikers enter the scene. The...

If you’re planning on practicing combat sports that involve striking—boxing, Muay Thai, MMA, ect.—it’s wise to learn how to parry your opponent’s punches and quickly counter. This technique can help you defend against strong punches thrown by your opponent while knocking them off-balance...

Evading the jab to throw a right hook to the body is a great technique used by many great fighters. Here Duane"Bang" Ludwig demonstrates throwing a right hook to the body/spleen after slipping and stepping away from the jab. Great boxers like Sugar...

The most beautiful moves in boxing almost always have some kind of head movement ingrained into them, either as a setup for a strike or as a defensive maneuver that allows us to be aggressive while avoiding the opponent’s counters.   We have...

Switching stances is considered an advanced skill in boxing, and Muay Thai and most fighters start to develop their opposite stance only after mastering their primary stance.   The problem many athletes face when trying to switch their stances is that they lack...

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...

  There is a saying thrown around the martial arts world that goes like this - “If you chop the base of a tree, the tree will fall,” and this is the case when we talk about low kicks. Low kicks target the...

Something that a lot of newer practitioners of Kickboxing, Muay Thai and MMA hear is that you should set up your punches with kicks. This is because for the most part, kicks are big motions that your opponent will be able to see...