One of the most crucial skills for any fighter is being able to keep their body in proper positioning at all times of the fight, from attacking and defending to being outside of your opponent’s range, you have to know where to...

Being able to change up your targets on the opponent as well as using feints to set up strikes is a high level skill used by the best to trick the opponent and open them up without the opponent even realizing they made...

  Being able to feint and trick your opponent to open up holes in their defense is an essential skill for any fighter, MMA being a sport of its own has its own unique ranges differing from other combat sports. World Class Coach...

Rafael Cordeiro is a three time Muay Thai World Champion, as well as one of the most sought after coaches in the combat sports world. As head coach at Kings MMA located in Huntington Beach California, Coach Rafael Cordeiro has trained world renowned...

  It is not always the big combinations that result in winning a fight. Sometimes it is, but all you really need is one clean shot. It might take until the fifth round of a fight before you get the opportunity to land...

Coach Jake Mainini is a veteran Muay Thai fighter with over 20 fights as well as being the head instructor at Hard Knocks Gym located in Boston. Here he coaches many high level fighters who fight in organizations such as the UFC, Glory...

  One of the toughest aspects of fighting for both new and experienced fighters is the creation or elimination of distance. This is in art that has to be timed perfectly to both attack and defend effectively. You need to close distance to...

  Timing, angles, and quick combinations; all are imperative when it comes to good, technical fighting. Waiting for the right moment to strike, jumping into the pocket and landing a quick combination and then getting out. This is what every good fighter trains...

Despite not being the most powerful, and arguably being one of the least powerful in any striker's arsenal, the jab is widely recognized as the most important punch for any striker to learn and master.  The jab can control distance, start off a...

The ability to counter your opponent’s best strikes is one that can be the difference between a win or a loss in any combat sport. If your opponent prefers to throw one shot in particular and relies on that shot to win in...

The Jab is the number one strike thrown in many combat sports, ranging from Boxing, Kickboxing and Muay Thai to MMA. The Jab has multiple uses, it can be used to find range, it can be used defensively to maintain distance, it can...

The overhand right is the favorite strike of many fighters throughout the years, especially those who are of a shorter stature. The overhand right is one of the best counters to the jab that you can have. The overhand has both a ton...

The ability to switch stance is one that is becoming more and more common in MMA.  The ability to work functionally out of both an orthodox and a southpaw stance is a great way to give your opponent different looks and create new...

Switching up targets is a great way to keep your opponent guessing and make it hard to block your strike. Switching targets is a great way to prevent your opponent form blocking. If you go to the head of your opponent, they will...

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...

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...

  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...

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...