MMA Stuff

I wasn’t sure if I wanted to post a review of this book because, once reading it there are no need for MMA Training blogs. I was excited when I heard about this book and I was lucky enough to get a copy from the publisher. The publishers probably sent me a copy because I’m so good looking.

Got Fight? is a really in depth and entertaining book that gets you in the mind of one of the toughest fighters in mixed martial arts. The book covers Forrest’s journey to becoming a professional fighter, useful tips for upcoming fighters, random advice, and a great illustration at the end of some technique. In my honest opinion, this book is so great. I remember just cracking up reading some of the stories shared by Forrest Griffin. All I can say is, he’s out of his mind and the man. You will love this, I promise.

Got Fight?: The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat

Sweeping is an easy way to score points in a MMA fight or in a grappling match. A personal preference for myself is sweeps starting from the closed guard. Believe it or not, a high percentage sweep for me is the basic scissor sweep. If done at the correct time and speed, it is devastating.

Here are 3 sweeps from guard. I’ve actually tried the elevator sweep the first time earlier tonight rolling, it’s a great sweep. Still getting the details down, but I suggest you try these out. Incorporate these sweeps in your game.

Scissor Sweep

Elevator Sweep

Mayflower Sweep

Background
When I first saw The Rotater I was instantly interested. The Rotater is a simple tool that helps with shoulder flexibility and increase your range of motion. This great tool was invented by Scott Kay, a mechanic. Scott wanted an easy physical therapy tool to help him recover from a messy Motocross accident that destroyed his shoulder. So, The Rotater was born.

Benefits For MMA Training
Personally after a hard training session, the next day my shoulders are extremely sore. Just think about everything our shoulders have to endure, submissions that isolate the shoulders, grabbing, pulling, throwing, and punching. Shoulder flexibility is important when it comes to Jiu Jitsu. The extra bit of flexibility may give you that extra split second to escape that Americana. One of my favorite things about this great tool is it’s small and you can use it anywhere.

Application of The Rotater
So when do you actually use The Rotater? Before you train, after you train? While you’re eating cereal? Well I reached out to Kira aka The Fight Geek who is a Muay Thai expert. He’s been using The Rotater for quite a while now and shared his experience with The Rotater with Muay Thai fighters. Kira states

In Thailand the dudes train two, three hour sessions a day, six days a week … my friends over there found it particularly useful to use after the first session … it made the second session for the day noticeably easier.

Unfortunately I didn’t have The Rotater available during my fight training, when I was doing two-a-days but I’m glad I have it now. Kira has found a great way to use The Rotater after many trials.

Anyway, after screwing around with it for a while we basically use it in the following way …

1. Passive stretch and hold all the main positions.
2. Stretch, hold and then add joint rotation (once again do this from all the main positions).
3. Stretch, hold and then add spinal twist (try with all the main positions).

These movements not only loosen up the shoulder, they give you an ‘early warning sign’ for potential problems BEFORE they happen.

I would suggest you invest in The Rotater. Big thanks to Chris (Scott’s business partner) for letting me try out The Rotater.

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The great thing about the internet is the wealth of information. Sometimes too much information, here is a round up of few sites that I find valuable and hopefully you will find use of them.

Find MMA Gym
This site is a great resource to those who want to start training MMA or need a new gym. What makes this site so great is the amount of information that you can find on it. You can look up MMA gyms based on zip code, city, or state. Once you type that in you get a nice list of gyms. Each listing features all the basic contact information of the MMA gym. There is also a very descriptive background, rating, and user comments area so you can get a better feel for the gym. There is also a section that goes over the Gym/School specialties (for example: grappling, stand up, mma).

Mixed Martial Arts
This website has a lot of information, such as MMA news and training articles. I use this all the time to look up records of fighters. Any person who actually fights will be automatically put into the database. You are able to modify your profile by verifying yourself via email.

Performance Workouts
This is a great resource if you want to throw together some sort of strength and conditioning plan. They show lists of workouts with videos according to: Strength, Stability, Power, Speed, Agility, and Flexibility.

What sites do you think are useful? Share them and tell us why!