MMA Curriculum

Scoring

• Judging Criteria http://www.abcboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/juding_criteriascoring_rev0816.pdf

Striking Techniques

• General Concepts
  • Finding your range
  • Taller Fighter Staying Behind your jab
  • Shorter Fighter Working inside and then create angles
  • Hand Positioning up when in range
  • Cutting off the Ring
  • Light Strikes then the Hard Strikes
  • Losing respect and getting respect back with Strikes
  • Continual Jabs then right hand  if they slip and there is no head movement back
  • Constant Head Movement with Strikes and Defense
• Punches
  • Offensive
    • 1,2,3,4,5,6
    • Feints
    • Slapping Hooks to setup the Straight
    • Jab High – Then Jab to the body and out
    • Jab High – Then Cross to the body and out
    • Strike to the Head and the opponent brings the head back – Attack the body
    • Overhand Vs Right Straight
    • Feint the Double – 2 or Overhand Right
    • Feint the Double – Gazelle 3-2
  • Defense
  • Defensive Punch Counters
    • Split – Jab
    • Split – Cross
    • Parry – Jab
    • Slip – Body Shot
    • Roll – Body Shot
• Kicks
  • Offensive
    • Opponent over commits the slip off the punches follow up with kicks
    • Front Kick to face off of wide guard 
  • Defense
  • Defensive Kick Counters
• Spinning Strikes
• Knees
  • Offense
    • Head and Elbow Positioning in the Clinch
    • Up on your toes in the clinch to knee
    • Straight Knees to Side knees
  • Defense
  • Defense Knee Counters
• Elbows
  • Offense
    • They put the arm down to block the knees switch to elbows
• Combos
  • Offense
    • LLK-2
    • 1-1-Spinning Back Kick
    • 1-1-Spinning Back Fist
  • Defense
  • Defensive Combo Counters
• Movement
  • Offensive Movement
    • Switching Stances
      • Throw Strikes as you switch Stances
    • When facing opposite foot opponent
      • Try to get the outside foot position
      • Jab when they are foot outside
      • Cross when YOU are foot outside
      • Shifts to get inside for Body Shots
    • When Cornering
      • Diagonal Movement Vs Horizontal Movement
      • Head movement when Cornering
      • Hooks and Kicks to keep them cornered
      • Hooks and Kicks Followed by the Opposite Straight punch
  • Defensive Movement
    • Switching Stances
      • Switch Stances as you evade strikes
    • When at their range
      • In and out
    • When Cornered
      • Don’t go Straight Back
      • Angle
      • Clinch
      • Dart Jab or Dart Cross
      • Switch Switch Angle
      • Control the side you want to go to then angle
      • Go back then Change Levels and Takedown

Slip then 2

Angle with your opponent Against the Spinning Back Kick – 2

Wrestling

• General Concepts
  • Did you wrestle before? No? Takedowns off the cage instead
  • Did you wrestle before? Yes? Keep your hands up and get tighter
  • Level Changes with Feints
  • T Position Hips in
  • Defensive Wrestling over Guillotines
  • Pummeling
  • Pummeling with Elbows
• Offense
  • Grab the Wrist – Armdrag – Single Leg
  • Single Leg
  • Double Leg
  • High Crotch
  • Inside Trip
  • Knee Tap
  • Single Leg off Knee
  • Single to Double
  • Spinning Strikes to Clinch
  • Run the Pipe Leg to the inside then to the outside hips in Double and turn the corner
  • In from Opponents overhand right – Hands tight
  • 1 Up from Level Change to Takedown
  • 1 – Fake the 2 – Level Change to Takedown
  • 1- 1B-Double ; 1-1B-1
  • Dart Jab and Dart Cross to Takedowns
• Defense
  • Push Away Takedown Defense
  • Push Away to Knee
  • Sprawl to Turtle Control
  • Sprawl to Standing
  • Sprawl to Side Control
  • Double Leg Defense – Push Head get back up
  • Control the Knee so they can’t step back and drive forward
  • Single Leg Defense Turn and Kick Out
  • Single Leg Defense – Punches
  • Single Defense – Push Head Leg Lift (Ouchi)
  • Catch Knee Takedown Inside
  • Catch Knee Takedown Outside
  • Opp Double Under Hooks – Head inside Defense
  • Head on the Same Side of the Hips off the Takedown
  • Get you Head and chest above their head and chest
• Submissions
  • 10 Finger Choke off Double
  • Marcelotine off Single
  • Guillotine to Guard
  • Whizzer Hip Toss to Choke
• Strikes
  • Pummel with Elbows
  • Pummel with Knees
  • Opponent has an underhook – Elbow with the same side

Cage

• General
  • Getting the hips flat
  • Getting Wrist Control
  • Underhook High
  • Head Positioning
  • Opp has Head Control – Push Face Away
  • Opp has Head Control – Circle Arms
  • Control the Choke hand and keep your back on the cage when getting up
  • Controlling the bottom leg when they try to stand up
  • Controlling the bottom hand when they try to stand up
  • Head Positioning when opponent is seated 
  • Head positioning with elbows
  • Control the legs from the top
  • Use the legs for hook sweeps from bottom
  • Turning at the warning track
  • Drawing them in and turning them at the cage
• Takedowns
  • Single Leg – Run the Pipe
  • Single Leg – Leg Lift
  • Double Leg – Lift Person
  • Double Leg – Run to the side
  • Ankle Pick
  • Single to Double
• Takedown Defense
  • Pummel Underhook and Turn
  • Single Leg Counter – Switch
  • Double Underhook Defense – Pull the head down
• Striking
  • Bicep Control to Knee on Cage
  • Bicep Control to Elbow on Cage
  • Kneeing Against Cage – Push Hips
  • Opponent won’t give you the underhook, elbow same side then pummel 
  • Have a shallow underhook with opponent against the cage elbow same side 
  • Snap Down – Full Nelson – Knees

Ground

• General
  • Staying on top don’t fall back
  • Not crossing the centerline with Strikes
  • Getting to half
• Open Guard
  • Top
    • Stepping in on downed Opp
    • Throw Legs to Overhand
    • Straight Ankle Def from Standing
    • Heel Hook Defense from Standing
    • Standing 2x Under Pass to Side
    • Standing 2x Under Pass to Turtle
  • Bottom
    • Technical Standup
    • Kick to Technical Standup
    • De La Riva to Up Kick
    • De La Riva to Single
    • De La Riva to Ankle Pick
    • De La Riva Overhand Defense
    • De La Riva Overhand to Guard
    • Sickle Sweep 
    • Imanari to 50/50
    • Imanari to Heel Hook

• Half Guard
  • Top
    • Wrist Control from Top Half
    • Defense against Knee Shield
    • Kimura from Side
    • Half Guard Pass to Kimura
    • Suzuki Armbar from Half
    • Head and Arm from Half
    • Defending the Guillotine from Half
    • Phantom Choke
  • Bottom 
    • Ranges with Knee Shield, Regular and Deep Half
    • Offensive Knee Shield
    • Kimura from Half Guard
    • Kimura Sweep from Half Guard
• Closed Guard
  • Top
    • Stepping up one leg from Inside the Guard for Power Strikes
    • Body Body Head – Guard
    • Over Top Elbow
    • Uppercut from Guard
    • Hammerfist to Elbow
    • Elbow to Thigh to Overhand
    • Elbows to Sternum
    • Fake Open Guard to Overhand
    • Fake Open Guard to Elbow
    • Vera Wrist Control Strikes
    • Guard Pass Knees In Strike
    • Toreando pass and Strike
    • Strike Double Under Pass
    • Knee Pin Guard Pass Strikes
    • Colorado Pass
  • Bottom
    • Overhook and Knee on the Back
    • Deep Underhook
    • Triangle with Arm Hooked
    • Armbar with Arm Hooked
• Mount
  • Top
    • Grapevine
    • Leg Lace from Hip Escape
    • Head and Arm Choke
    • Push Arm Elbow across to strike
• Side Control
  • Top
    • Knees – Both Legs Up
    • Push the Head and Elbow
    • Side to Knee on Belly
• Mount
  • Top
    • Push the Face
    • If the hold – Chest Strikes
• Back
  • Outside
    • Back to Belly Down
    • Head Control and Wrist Control
    • RNC
    • Short Choke
    • Armbar
• Butterfly
  • Top
    • Butterfly Pass Chest Drop
    • Butterfly Knee Pinch
• Turtle
• Front Head
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