Mixed Martial Arts Training Tips - The first thing you need to know Master

Many people just getting started in the mixed martial sport, looking for training tips art tend to jump the gun and tries to figure out where you can learn many different types of similar struggles.

Why is this approach wrong?

While it seems reasonable that the search for different forms of combat training, which is really the wrong approach. You should do something before enrolling in aClash of the school.

Conditioning. You need to provide your body. Your cardiovascular fitness should be in good shape. must be your strength endurance up.

Why is it important?

This is one of the most important advice of mixed martial arts, because here is what happens when you enter combat training with the poor condition:

First, it is not too long. You can quickly and be uncomfortable if your muscularStamina is not up to par will find it easy. So basically it is not always the full benefits of training.
Another important factor is learning. They are always clumsy, tired, and so thoroughly that a state will keep everything you've learned. In addition, training is wasted in part due to their poor condition.
Now set to fight in a school with strong air conditioning to happen. Here's what:

It will be even more of allthe other guys start.
You can compete with the guys with experience to help you learn faster at a pace much longer. For others, it will take months to allow them to reach the level of the position, save, grab, or advanced fighters train.
It will basically be before the game. While there is no need to be all the skills you have an important advantage that all the good fighters are fighting for - well equipped.
Spend part of your attention to condition mixed martialArts Councils and you'll have much more of your real combat training, and Excel at a pace much faster.

The Benefits of Training in Mixed Martial Arts

Martial arts are great for the body. Regular training strengthens and tones the muscles and adds flexibility. Training in martial arts gives you a full cardio work out. You can expect to greatly increase your strength and stamina and improve your hand eye coordination. Martial arts is a good weight loss program as well because it becomes a complete system in which a healthy diet is part and when combined with the extreme physical activity proper weight loss is assured.

Anyone who trains in Karate, Jujitsu, Tae Kwon Do or any of the arts will gain these benefits. If you have any desire to improve your body and mind at the same time with only one activity, then martial arts is something you ought to seriously consider. You don't just get in shape physically, but also mentally and spiritually. No gym workout can compare. All across the world, adults are joining dojos and thoroughly enjoying the many benefits of Mixed Martial Arts.

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a combination of Karate, Grappling, Wrestling, Tang Soo Do, Boxing, Jujitsu, Tae Kwon Do and more all combined in one. Mixed Martial Arts in its modern form, emerged in 1993 through the Ultimate Fighting Championships and was based on pitting different fighting styles against each other with minimal rules to determine which system would be better in a real, unregulated combat situation.

During the late 1990s, the governing bodies imposed extra rules for the safety of the athletes and to try to promote the sport and gain wider acceptance, but still maintaining the no holds barred idea. MMA has grown rapidly in the last few years with many people, both young and old, realizing the many benefits of Mixed Martial Arts both physical and mental, and this has seen enrollment in classes increasing worldwide.

MMA is classed as a combat sport, but it's a sport that stresses the ideals of fair play and respect for your opponent still. However, MMA are still, quite often, wrongly known as vicious and brutal.

Regardless of MMA's reputation, the competition is relatively safe. Due to the rules and regulations imposed and strictly enforced and the tough mental and physical conditioning of the opponents there has never been a death or indeed a critical injury report by the MMA as directly linked to any Tournament.

The classes are run in schools, dojo, youth groups, organizations, church groups, and other less formal settings. MMA is also involved in many gyms mixed martial arts has become popular.

A typical class you have with a hot start, consisting of various stretching exercises, torso twists, jumps, squats and abdominal strengthening exercises. Then there is taught a series of movements and are explained in full. Sparring is controlled andprotective gear is worn, such as helmets, gloves and guards.

At other times a bag will be used for practicing kicks, jabs and punches. Although you may feel awkward and unfit at first, it will not take long before your fitness and skill level improves, along with your frame of mind.

People who practice MMA feel and look healthier, but there are far more benefits than the physical side. While many think of martial arts as violent, in the mainstream it is used as self defense. It does not encourage violence but teaches the student how to control anger and how to use self control and restraint.

Students are taught self discipline and the rigors of training builds character and self-confidence, which ultimately reduces temper induced rages that can often be the cause of many street fights. This confidence carries over into everyday life and as a result Mixed Martial Arts students tend to be become better people than they were.

Mixed Martial Arts training teaches you that you must control the powers that you have had the privilege of learning and never use it recklessly or without thought. Students are also taught that before any success is achieved they will fail many times and that practiced and perseverance is the key. This is a valuable lesson to learn and will often carry over into other endeavors the student undertakes.

Furthermore, the training teaches you that every person is responsible for his own actions and must understand and abide by the given rules. This kind of training improves one's actions in life as well as in martial arts training and tournaments. Many of these arts build a spiritual life into the training, with courtesy, self-control, perseverance and integrity emphasized in the classes. So much so that many Christian Church groups are running Mixed Martial Arts classes for their youth organizations due to the character building characteristics in martial arts training that are also much a part of Christian beliefs.

Given all this, it is no wonder that so many parents are enrolling their children in Mixed Martial Arts classes today. They see their children's health and fitness improve, something their child's peers often lack. And they also witness their children's mindset, attitudes to life and self-improvement, respect and courage all improve as well.

Anyone who trains in Karate, Jujitsu, Tae Kwon Do or any of the arts will gain these benefits. If you have any desire to improve your body and mind at the same time with only one activity, then martial arts is something you ought to seriously consider. You don't just get in shape physically, but also mentally and spiritually. No gym workout can compare. All across the world, adults are joining dojos and thoroughly enjoying the many benefits of Mixed Martial Arts.

Watt (Tiger Muay Thai) vs.Yoddoungjai (Thalang) @ Patong Thai Boxing Stadium

Kru Watt Fighter/Trainer @ Tiger Muay Thai & MMA Training Camp, Phuket, Thailand, defeats a much younger & stronger fighter with flawless technique at Patong Thai Boxing Stadium on June 7, 2010. www.tigermuaythai.com

Martial Arts Training Equipment

Their are numerous forms of martial arts that are trained to learn techniques for combat. One must decide which art is right for them as well as their purpose for the training. Training in the arts combines learning self-defense techniques, fitness training, or training for combat sports. No matter which style of martial arts you train in there is equipment that will assist you in becoming the best martial artist you can be. Here we list of a few of those items and explain why they are important in the martial art of your choice, whether it be Tae kwon do, Judo, Karate, or numerous others.

Building your leg muscles along with Stretching is very important in your martial arts training, and one way to quickly help with getting high kicks is a split leg machine. These split machines have seats that are padded, with spreader arms that you legs sit on. When the lever is cranked the spreader arms move apart. This is to be done until the tension is low to moderate tension in the inner thigh muscles. Hold this position for a count of 30. After this try to turn the lever a little more extending the spreader arms further apart. This is the position you will hold for a full minute. This is the main stretch that will get you those high kicks. The split leg machine should be done daily to increase flexibility.

Another core piece to your martial arts training is the punching bags also going by the name heavy bag. Either the bags can be hung from a wall/ceiling or the base can be filled with sand/water to give it weight so it won't fall over after being kicked or punched. Bags that hang should have strong, heavy chains and a weighted, stable stand.

Kicking bags are another important equipment that should be used in training. Most of these are made with high impact foam that covers reinforced vinyl. These kicking bags are made to so they cover the arms and abdomen of the person holding the bag. There are handle that the holder can grasp on the back side of the kicking bags, thus giving the holder a strong hold to take on the most powerful of kicks.

The last critical piece of martial arts equipment are the shoes. These shoes should have non-slip soles which increases balance. If you notice the traction of the shoe has a circular look towards the ball of the foot to allow for the foot to spin on the mats. This is very important to lessen the likely hood of a knee injury from the torque place on the knee when doing round or side kicks. Martial arts shoes provide better hygiene, since the bare skin of the foot doesn't come into contact with the mats/floor.

Jeremy Stephens- 2 weeks till UFC 125

Taking on Marcus Davis at UFC 125- Jan 1- MGM- Las Vegas. Want more? Go to www.LilHeathenMMA.com

Rededication to Martial Arts Training

Throughout our martial career we may develop a tendency to become complacent in our training. We get lazy. We are tired from the stress of work (or the lack thereof), family and the other things in life that contend for our time and energy.

It helps to have goals to work toward and to be able to focus our efforts on those goals. But what is the goal really? For beginners it is the [once] coveted black belt that is now even awarded to snot faced ten year olds for showing up to class on a semi regular basis. For those of us advancing in years and not necessarily in belts the goal is just to be able to get through the next work out with all of our body parts intact.

I have a new student that is training at the Provo Jujutsu Club. He is physically challenged in several ways. He walks with crutches and though he is willing to practice some things standing up he does most of his training kneeling on the floor. What is his goal in the martial arts? In the long run I am sure it is a black belt but for the short term it is to endure the pain and frustration of those limitations imposed on him. I applaud his efforts and hope he can endure the training I have prepared for him.

I have had students make it to black belt level. For every 100 who come to train maybe five will make it to brown belt. For every 100 brown belts promoted maybe three will make it to black belt. They feel they have achieved the pinnacle of their training when they tie on the newly minted black belt. Then some old fart that trains here puts his arm around their shoulder and gently reminds them: " Now you start over so you can learn what the basics are really all about". Shodan is just that.... first level.

In my personal quest for further knowledge I have found that I too become complacent in my training. This can become life threatening should I ever have to call upon my martial skill to defend my self or someone else. It is easy to rationalize not training with full intent of purpose but it is also important to maintain the edge provided by consistent training. Occasionally I have to throttle myself and recommit to training. It is easy to delegate and I must admit that it is nice to have help teaching.

Recommitting to my training usually means getting back into kata, basics, makiwara and the boards (technique boards or lists. We do not train to break boards!). It also means doing reading, research, and testing concepts to see if they really work. I doubt that if I had ten lifetimes to train in the martial arts that I would be able to learn all there is to learn. Shortly before Master Funakoshi died he commented that he was just now getting the concept of punching. He was ninety years of age at the time and had been training well over seventy years. There is always more to learn.

Returning to kata practice (yes a jujutsuka studies Shotokan Kata, wonder why?) it is necessary to slow down and reexamine the movements and the transitions where many techniques are hidden. It is also important to train until the body understands and that requires studying and perfecting the correct alignment. [Along with all the other principles that govern our arts.] It is also necessary to examine the mindset required of a martial artist. It never ceases to amuse me when I watch some students of the martial arts and how they perceive themselves as "God's Gift". In the days of the Samurai, I have read, that they would do 10,000 draws of their sword and a 1000 cuts. Every day. My how we have fooled ourselves. We think that we can attend two forty-five minute classes per week and in twelve months test for black belt. I teach my students that before they can claim to know a technique they must do it 5000 times. To understand that, read "The Talent Code". Sorry I don't recall the author's name but you can Google it for more information. It has to do with "deep practice" and the formulation of the myelin sheath that covers our nerves.

Recommitting to your training requires more than donning your gi or dobak and heading to the dojo. It requires an in depth examination of your goals, mindset, and a commitment for excellence. Mastery does not come easy. The martial arts are truly a harsh taskmaster. There is pain involved. After all we do not do this for fun though we may have some fun during our training. Never quit. This applies not only to doing your techniques but in combat as well. A martial artist must also have the mindset of a survivor. A phrase I heard when studying Shotokan was: "What do you do if your opponent hits you in the mouth? Swallow your teeth and keep fighting!" In Master Funakoshi's book, "Karate Do, My way of Life" he states that sometimes you just have to swallow your tears and use your head as a mallet. You do not quit just because you are tire or injured. You stop fighting only when the threat is no longer there.

In my younger days we would have an annual practice on New Year's Day. We would recommit to our training by selecting a kata and doing it 100 consecutive times without a break. Take Empi as an example. That's 3700 techniques in an hour and a half. Butt kicker! But it helped us redefine our purpose in training and to commit to another year of training. There is value in pushing yourself beyond your perceived limits of physical endurance. It helps to develop commitment, not only to your training but also to the commitment of delivering your techniques in combat.

Never quit, push and extend your limits. Above all:

TRAIN HARD!