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MMA: It’s All About the Tude Dude

Listen up Yo! Ya’ll need to shut your pie holes and drink from the well of wisdom. This ain’t no garden variety coolaid. This is the real deal. Too strong for your candy @$$es? Well that’s just too bad. The truth hurts like the taste of a 4 oz. MMA glove in your mouth. MMA [...]

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How To Fight A Southpaw

Published on February 21, 2011 by in Blog, Featured, Striking

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How To Fight A Southpaw

Rocky had it right when he said that nobody wants to look awkward. And we’re going to give you a few tips to help you with that situation.

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Lesnar vs. Velasquez, Silva vs. Belfort

Published on October 17, 2010 by in Blog, Featured

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Lesnar vs. Velasquez, Silva vs. Belfort

Presently, for Lesnar that kryptonite comes in the form of fast moving, hard hitting strikers with enough gas in their tank to push him beyond his known limits. And Cain Velasquez fits that bill to a T. It is almost as if fate has fashioned Cain for this very purpose. Like the scene in Kill Bill when Hattori Hanzo says to Uma Thurman, “If on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut.”

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How To Destroy Leg Kicks: Defense & Counters

Once again, the Muay Thai Leg Kick has proved it’s importance and earned it’s role in the scheme of combat sport. No doubt the technique will see a much deserved resurgence in popularity. But this is the present and those merely following the trend will undoubtedly become part of the past. The future will controlled by those who lead. And there, understated and lurking just beyond the horizon is leg kick defense and counter. These will be the focus of this article and it’s included video clips.

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Learn to Fight MMA: Off The Cage

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 [...]

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Modern Catch As Catch Can: Written By Kris Iatskevich

But he wasn’t done yet…he took me down and put me in a leg lock, a half Boston of all things, a fake ”pro” move (or so I thought).

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Arm In Guillotine From Sit Up Sweep

This is an awesome technique taught by our friend, a Pedro Sauer BJJ Black Belt and MMA fighter, Paul Sizemore. The Arm In Guillotine can be more effective than the regular Guillotine, especially against seasoned opponent’s because the escape and counter measures are different since the arm that would usually go over the back is [...]

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A Fist Full Of Reality Right To Your Face!

Last week a friend of mine was severely injured during an MMA fight. He is a fan and follower of our Comcast Cable Show and youtube channel Taking It To The MMAT. He has won fights with techniques he’s learned from watching our videos and has made a point to give credit where credit was [...]

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Erik Paulson Short Shots

It’s a personal favorite of mine. It’s so out of the ordinary as far as MMA techniques go. And the way I first learned about them (through Erik Paulson’s gym tour vid) makes them even more endearing to me.

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The Catch Wrestling Shin Lock

Having the once in a lifetime opportunity to train under one of few remaining authorities on Catch Wrestling, we picked as much of Billy’s brain as he and Jake could stand. The result was a bunch of footage that, to this day is some of my favorite material.

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