Online MMA Training

There are a small group of techniques which are absolutely fundamental to mixed martial arts and which any would be MMA fighter must know inside out and back to front. One of these techniques is the mount.

Anyone who has ever watched and MMA fight will know that most fights go down to the mat at some point, and that many fights are won and lost through grappling in this ‘ground game’. During this phase of a fight – when both fighters are grappling on the ground – there are two primary techniques (each of which has a number of different manifestations) which almost everything else is based on. These basic and fundamental techniques are the defensive ‘guard’ positions, and the offensive ‘mount’ positions. Basically the mount is when you have your opponent on their back and you assume the most dominant possible position for either moving into a submission hold or a ‘ground and pound’ knockout. The guard, which I will deal with in another post, is used to prevent the other person from gaining an mount position.

Here’s my pick of the two best online video tutorials demonstrating the basics of the MMA mount

DVD’s can be a great way to supplement your training and to get tuition and tips from some of the greatest fighters in the world, but it can be expensive to get everything you want, and as most people can only get them online it can be annoying having to wait for them to arrive. Amazon’s video-on-demand’ service is a good way to get instant access to videos which you can download and watch instantly on your computer for a much more reasonable price than DVD’s. So here is my pick of the best intructional videos from Amazon. You can get more info on each one by hovering your mouse over it: