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Beginner's MMA Crash Course: Lesson 1 Basics
what's going on guys senior today I have
a beginners MMA crash course we're gonna
look at some fundamentals and teach you
the basic punches kicks stance and
footwork let's get it started okay let's
begin by finding our basic fighting
stance so we're gonna stand with our
feet shoulder width distance apart bring
your arms straight up to the sky and let
them fall right in front of you elbows
in front and your fish should be at
cheap level now which hand do you right
with most of us were right-handed if so
you're gonna take your right foot and
put that in the rear if you're
left-handed you're gonna stand in a
southpaw stance great now but that's in
the rear I want you to rotate the foot
out slightly to a 45 degree and this is
going to give us extra stability and
balance bend your knees slightly and I
want you to avoid squeezing your
shoulders or flexing your muscles we
want to stay calm and relaxed here okay
now let's talk a little bit about
movement and footwork whatever direction
you want to go in that's the foot that
moves first meaning if I want to step to
my left then my left leg steps first and
then the right if I want to step to my
right then my right leg steps first and
then my left if I want to move forward
then the lead leg steps first then the
rear and if I want to move backwards
then the rear leg steps first and then
the lead we do this to avoid crossing
our legs okay we'll see this when
fighters get a little bit more advanced
in the pro level but until then you want
to make sure that you master the basic
fundamentals okay so whatever direction
you're going in make sure you step with
that foot first let's go over some
punches the first one is the jab and we
often refer to this as the one okay it's
just extending your lead arm don't over
complicate it that's all I want you to
do and with every punch that we throw
we're keeping the opposite hand up
protecting our face okay so the jab and
foot looks like this okay so when we
throw our jab all we're doing is quick
screwing our arm as we extend it aiming
to make contact with our fist protecting
our chin with our shoulder that's why we
do that corkscrew motion and then we
retract it as quickly as we throw okay
so it's not just a quick and a lazy
retraction we want to go quick quick in
out in out okay that's the first punch
the jab
next up the two is the cross
so it's going to be the rear hand now
the straight pot is very similar to the
jab except we are going to rotate our
hips and pivot on our foot
okay we're pushing into the ground the
earth is pushing back up into us that
power is generating and building going
through our body twisting through our
hips coming up our back down our
shoulder into our fist and transferring
into our target okay so in full this is
the cross and again okay so what we're
doing is just courts going arms just
like we did with the jab full extension
making contact with our fists again
keeping the opposite hand up protecting
our chin with our shoulder and again a
quick retraction back to garner okay
number three is the hook the lead hook
so the hand that is in front closer to
the target we're going to rotate on our
foot turn our knee over turn our hip and
throw the lead hook which looks like
this keep your arm bent in a ninety
degree like so imagine you have a box
and you're holding on to it you don't
want to drop it this is the motion to
practice the hook here okay it's not an
arm punch it's a full body punch we
combine the torque of our hips and the
whipping of our shoulder to get speed
and power again keep the opposite hand
up the entire time so I'm in full it
looks like this and again good so
remember to keep it 90 degree bend and
also to keep your elbow in line with
your fist and your shoulder in line with
your elbow you don't want to drop your
hand like this because when you make
contact
it'll give it'll cave we want a strong
backing with the elbow right behind the
fist when it hit it just continues to go
right through the target okay so once
more we have the one which is the jab
the two which is the cross and the three
which is the hook the next punch and the
last one that we're going to teach is
just the uppercut we can do this with
the rear and we can do this with the
lead similar to the hook and that it
keeps a 90-degree Bend we're going to do
the same thing with the uppercut it's a
short range the attack and it's just the
lift our conan's head up and then follow
up with more punches so we're going to
demonstrate with the rear very similar
to the cross and that we
our hips we rotate on the rear foot and
we throw the uppercut at the same time
now what I want you to avoid is scraping
your knuckles on the ground as we call
it all right you don't want to throw
those MORTAL KOMBAT punches why do you
think because if I do this and my
opponent throws a left hook oh I'm gonna
get caught
instead I want you to release last
second you're just gonna do minimal drop
and throw right from here that's what
that uppercut should look like keeping
the opposite hand up at all times and
the lead looks like this okay so we have
the 1 the 2 the 3 and your uppercuts
let's go over some basic kicks so the
first one is going to be the teep you're
gonna throw this with both the lead leg
and the rear leg so the teeth is we
bring our leg up and as we do we keep a
slight bend in our knee we're gonna tilt
our upper body back and we're gonna
shoot our hips forward driving into the
ground with our planet foot ok so the
teeth looks like this and once more ok
on the first one I do a little bit of a
rotation ok this is just good a little
bit extra distance and a little more
oomph into my kick but I can keep it
more squared and just go here as well
I can hit flat foot or I can hit with
the ball of my foot meaning I can go
here more surface area more likely to
land or I can concentrate it into the
ball of my foot this takes a little bit
more practice it comes from my Taekwondo
background so once again the teeth just
just imagine you're trying to kick down
the door it's a great way to keep
someone at bay or to knock them off
balance and then you have the rear teeth
covers a little bit more distance and
there's a little bit stronger but takes
a little bit more time
meaning the upper body back as you drive
the hips forward now we often see a more
time MMA wear whatever side kick we
throw we drop that same side hand you
can do that especially as a beginner but
it's also good to get in the habit of
keeping your hands up okay so when we
throw that rear teeth
boom you can keep your hands up or more
power boom you can swing that scissor
hand down same thing what
the lead okay that's the teeth to front
push kick we also have the roundhouse
kick and these can go to the legs to the
body or to the head now this is going to
take a lot of practice especially in the
Thai style roundhouse kick where we have
a full follow-through I recommend for
beginners when you're shadowboxing
practice a full 360 degree motion it's
going to feel awkward you're going to
feel off balance but the more you do it
the more comfortable you'll feel so let
me show you what it looks like in full
I'll throw a right roundhouse kick to
the body okay may look advanced but if I
do it in slow-motion you'll see it's not
that hard okay so the first thing that
we're going to do is take a cheat step
with our non kicking leg 45 degree angle
this is opening up our hips and starting
to pull us in the motion of the kick
from here I'm going to aim with my knee
and I'm starting to swing my arms across
so my right hand comes across my face as
I put my pressure onto my lead leg I aim
with my knee past the target I go past
the target because I'm aiming to kick
through right if I just hit
superficially it's not gonna do a lot of
damage I want to chop through my target
so I bring the knee across and then I
start to extend my leg and as I do I
swing this arm back down and I leave it
right in front of my opponent's face to
blind that extend my leg and then I put
that foot down I put that foot down and
then I lift the opposite leg up to check
this is a good habit to have if I miss
my kick it's very common that they will
counter with a kick and I'm guarded here
mynique comes up to my elbow and we'll
talk a little bit about that in the
check but let's go over this roundhouse
kick one more time so I take a cheat
step hand comes across knee comes across
extend the leg for the kick put that
foot down lift the opposite leg up for
the check and back to my guard
okay we talked a little bit about
checking so if someone throws a kick
we're going to lift our knee up at a 45
degree angle flexing our toes up
bringing our knee to our elbow we don't
want to bring our elbow down because
then we become exposed our head is open
for punches and for kicks so instead we
bring the knee up to the elbow and we
create an entire shield on either side
of our
by 45 degree angle and not straight out
in front because kicks are circular
round kicks are circular the one I just
demonstrated so if it comes here it's
gonna knock me off balance but if I meet
it head-on it's gonna stop that kick
from coming in and if it's a left kick I
go here okay the next one that we're
going to look at is the sprawl the
sprawl is a takedown defense to a double
leg penetration shot if you take an MMA
class it's likely that you will be doing
this on the first day it's very similar
to a burpee most instructors will say if
you don't know how to do a sprawl do a
burpee we're going to do from your fight
stance is bend your knees if your hands
are going to drop down to the mat and
you're going to shoot your legs out
violently bringing your hips down to the
mat keeping your arms extended and then
you're gonna pop right back up as
quickly as you went down okay so when
they say sprawl I dropped down my hands
touch the mat feet extend out my hips
touch the mat and then I bounce right
back up into my garden okay quick looks
like this and that's the sprawl alright
guys so hopefully this answers your
question this isn't just a couple of the
basic techniques that you will need to
know for an intro class in an MMA gym
hopefully this helps alright guys thanks
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