Tag Archive: mma

Grapple Thoughts: Play to Your STRENGTH and Away from your opponents

Watching Hendo (Dan Henderson) finish Fedor Emilianenko in Strikeforce reminded me of this of this simple yet easily forgotten maxim.  Play to Your STRENGTH and Away from your opponents. Anyone who’s seen Hendo fight knows that he has a Hulk size heart and Lead in his Right hand.  So it’s safe to say that Hendo…

Top Ten Wild & Crazy Things You’ve Never Seen In the MMA Ring!

I’ve compiled a collection of some amazing and sometimes crazy things that happen in the MMA ring. You will see Muay Thai striking, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Wild moves you’d only see in a movie, and flat out outrageous behavior! Enjoy!

Kazushi “The Gracie Hunter” Sakuraba

Kazushi “The Gracie Hunter” Sakuraba or Saku is an icon in MMA, innovator, but mostly an entertainer

“What were you thinking?!?” – Crazy Things Guys Do On The Mat PART 1: Slamming

Ok, this post is half rant and half warning to all of you budding BJJ players out there. In all the years I’ve been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sub Grappling, Muay Thai, and MMA I’ve seen, heard first hand accounts of, and been a victim of really bone headed things guys have done to their training…

Q&A: Think this is a good way to start MMA off?

Question: Think this is a good way to start MMA off? I have been a fan of mixed martial arts for a few years now and love everything about it. I joined a gracie gym up the street from my house a few months ago and am progressing fast. I just thought that I would…