In the early days of the UFC, every fight was filled with meaning and importance.
I watched in anticipation and eagerly awaited the outcomes of Karate men vs. Wrestlers to see which art held more combative truth.
Later, I bit my nails and chewed my lips as the embodiment of Evil, Tank Abbot threatened to take the [...]
I’ve been to dinner with the man and heard how he got that nasty scar above his eye, and came to understand how fighting another, unarmed man in a cage with rules, medics and a ref is really nothing all that nerve racking to someone like Kyacey.
After watching this, scene unfold, time and time again I asked my instructor Khru Will when it was that he determined when to fight for top and when to start working the bottom game techniques. His answer was simple. “If you have gas in the tank, it should be used to get to the top.”
When was the last time you worked cage tactics? When was the last time you incorporated the cage wall into your takedown to nullify your opponent’s ability to sprawl and protect his hips? When was the last time you defended having your head crushed in the cheese grater of chained links?
Ignoring the importance of this [...]
Some techniques are timeless. Last week we took a look at the frontiers of Submission. The very bleeding edge of what can be done. This week we take a look at an old classic; the first counter to a kick catch that I ever learned. It’s like leather, seeing someone take [...]
For the next few weeks we will be focusing on the Guillotine Choke. I’ve had more changes of opinion concerning this technique than perhaps any other. I’ve gone from simply noting it as a possible option/threat, to considering it a total asset, back to being casually aware of it and then back to [...]
Former Bodog Fighter Kaycey Uscola demonstrates the “Sit Out” and “Far Side Knee Tap” Escapes to the Front Headlock – North South Position. Notice, Kaycey is executing this escape before his opponent locks in the dreaded Anaconda or Darce Choke.
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