Being efficient from the clinch position can be extremely difficult. Often your arms are tied up and you are in a position where it is difficult to create enough space or an angle to start working attacks. Being effective from the clinch...

Browsing the internet you will find a million karate self defense videos out there, you might even come across Bas Rutten’s “Best Street Defense” VHS tapes. Undoubtedly there is both good stuff and bad stuff out there.  Every couple of videos you will...

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...

Kicks are heavy strikes that deal a ton of damage. Part of this is due to the weight and strength that are naturally carried in the legs of the human body. While this helps produce a ton of force that is capable of...

The clinch is one of the most important parts of both Muay Thai and MMA. Getting in a strong position in the clinch from the start is important if you want to make the clinch a solid part of your game plan. Being...

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...