Saturday, 31 October 2009

MMA and VT progression

The best way to get MMA sessions working is to do the hard, heavy, sweaty rolling first, then stand up and add back in the kb phase.

Also, a fighter will be tired and well into the fight at this point so it feels more like a real fight than a sparring session. The range closes down quickly as the 2 fighters are prepared to go to the ground and carry on there.

We'll drill Thai roll, VT chokes, and HKE, as a standard part of this session, as well as some functional throws and takedowns, see if they come out naturally in the matches.

One thing we did note was that the proer use of Muay Thai makes all the difference - just using the cross to cave the guard and hacking the leg changes the game dramatically. We'll drill for that as well.