Category Archives: MMA Striking

Anderson Silva Striking Combinations: New Ways To Improve Your Stand Up Fighting

Combinations are more than just mixing different variations of punches.  When you watch boxing on tv you will always hear the announcers say that one of the guys landed a nice combination or series of punches.  It has become a … Continue reading

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Striking: The Proper Way to Throw a Hook

The Hook is a very affective and useful punch when thrown correctly. Up until now most of the post I have written have been about submissions and defense.  I happen to record one of Coach Josh’s MMA 101 classes and … Continue reading

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Speed kills

How to become a faster fighter A lot of people believe that speed is something that you’re either born with or without. While this might be somewhat true you can definitely train your body to be significantly faster than you … Continue reading

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The Proprioceptive fighter!

Propioception in the MMA Before i start to explain the details i believe that its appropriate for me to define propioception so we can have a better understanding about what it means to our martial arts world. Propioception is the … Continue reading

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History of Muay Thai

MuayThai ancient times to now Muay Thai’s history is going to be a bit different than some of the other martial arts style’s we have covered for one very impoartant PARTICULAR reason. The history of Muay Thai was lost when the Burmese army sacked … Continue reading

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What is Muy Thai?

A breakdown of an MMA Favorite One of our favorite striking based fighting styles that we like to use at BDMMA is Muy Thai. That being said its not enough just to practice it lets break down a little more about … Continue reading

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Work the Jab

The Jab Is the Simple but Underrated This is a personal Gripe of mine that I’ve been dying to discus so forgive me for being passionate here. If you are any type of fighter who’s field of expertise allows for … Continue reading

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Setting up the Perfect Roundhouse

Things you can do to set up that Roundhouse Kick Body language Before throwing the kick learning how people respond to body language is crucial. Whether its setting up a nice clean shot or throwing a fake blow to open … Continue reading

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The Sweet Science Meets MMA

  Once Thought To Be Rivals, Boxing and MMA Seem to Get Along! With UFC 146 right around the corner, headlined by super-striker, Junios dos Santos, I wanted to dive into the relationship between Mixed Martial Arts and the Sweet … Continue reading

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