Mixed Martial Arts Training Tips

There are three important areas to focus on when training for mixed martial arts. In order to be good in MMA, you need to train the following areas and become comfortable and proficient in each. Here they are:

1. Your Ground Game.

This consists mainly of wrestling, with some submission training thrown in. Basically you need to choose a form of grappling to train and become decent at. Ju-Jitsu is a good choice, as it combines both grappling with submissions and is highly effective in mixed martial arts.

2. Your Stand up Game.

Here you have to train your stand up game which will consist of some form of a striking art, such as boxing or kick boxing. A good choice for your stand up game training is muay thai. This focuses on both striking and kicking, as well as clinching and knee strikes. It’s very effective for mixed martial arts.

3. The Cardio game.

This is extremely important and should be seen as a strong area of focus as a mixed martial arts training tip. You can be technically great at your ground game and your stand up game, but if your cardiovascular training is not good, then you can easily be beat by an average fighter who isn’t as well versed in the ground or stand up game as you are. That’s how important cardiovascular training is.

There are many forms of cardio that are highly effective. A good mixed martial arts training guide will put together an efficient and effective cardiovascular training routine tailored towards fighting, as well as providing optimal training methods for both your ground game and your stand up game.

Here is an excellent Mixed Martial Arts training manual which can take all the guesswork out of how to train in each area.

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Bill Paxton Kung Fu Fighting

He’s a respected actor and James Cameron’s good-luck charm, but can Bill Paxton help finally revive the famous Kung-Fu premise? 

Originally developed as The Warrior, with Bruce Lee in talks to play the lead, the adventures of Kwai Chang-caine, a former Shaolin disciple finding adventure in the wild west hit the screen as Kung Fu, with David Carradine playing the lead in the feature and the subsequent series which ran for three years. Carradine would also reprise the role for Kung Fu: The Movie opposite Brandon Lee, and the spin off Kung Fu; The Legend Continues which hit the screen in the early 90’s.

After many rumours and aborted attempts, it now it looks like the series may finally make the transition to the big screen with Bill Paxton (Aliens, Titanic, Apollo 13, Tombstone, Big Love) at the helm and behind thecamera –  with Legendary East producing the project. Paxton is working on the script with Black Swan co-screenwriter John J McLaughlin.

Paxton has said that his film adaptation will retain the original series plot while expanding upon and exploring the characters backstory including explaining “…how he ended up being orphaned, how he ended up at the monastery, how he was raised to be a Shaolin priest, and then how he had to leave under adverse circumstances.” He also says that he and McLaughlin have rewatched the original series to embrace its spirit but intend their version to have a more epic feel and higher production values;

 “The original ‘Kung Fu’ series was shot so cheap and so low budget. They used the old ‘Camelot’ set on the redressed back lot of Warner Brothers. They’d be shooting a railway camp and there might be 15 extras, and we’re going to have 10,000 men on a hill building a trellis. We’re going to be bringing a scale and a grandeur that the story should have always had, but because of budget and time they were unable to.”

“’Kung Fu’ is going to be more of a western, with violence… sort of like what the Coen Brothers’ ‘True Grit‘ was… as opposed to a lot of wire work. To me to do a big martial arts film – God, there are so many great ones, and believe me the Chinese do great ones… to me it makes more sense to make it a western with martial arts. What’s interesting about Caine is that because he’s a product of both worlds… even though he’s raised in China he comes to the West… by the time he goes back to China in the third act he’s picked up a bit of a Western thing. We’ve found some clever ways for East to meet West, and to resonate with the audience.”

There was an earlier proposed remake of Kung Fu in the works a few years ago with One Last Dance director Max Makowski at the helm, and while casting sessions were held in Asia for the project, it never seemed to move past the earliest stages of development.

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Martial Arts Star Returns

MIXED martial arts champion James Wilks returned to his roots last week to film for an upcoming documentary.

Film cameras followed his 
return to his Burton Lazars home as well as his visit to Melton Kyokushinkai Karate Club where he spent a few hours teaching the club’s current intake of pupils on Tuesday evening.

Melton Kyokushinkai gave James his first taste of martial arts as a youngster, putting him on a path which would one day take him to stardom on the other side of the Atlantic.

The 35-year-old, who 
emigrated to California in 2000, became big box office in the United States when he won The Ultimate Fighter show in 2009, and now hopes his investigation into food and nutrition will also interest cinema goers.

James has recruited 
acclaimed producer John Corry to make ‘Game Changer’ which has tracked his journey over the last two years as he looks into the world of nutrition among athletes.

He said: “A couple of years ago I got injured while training for a fight and wanted to use my time well so I started looking at my diet.

“I had previously trusted magazines and websites and thought I knew what I was doing. I had all of these black belts for martial arts, but I was a white belt when it came to nutrition.

“Part of what I’m asking now is whether we need all of this meat in our diets or if that’s something which is driven by advertising.”

James reluctantly took the advice of doctors and retired from MMA last year, but he is still involved in the sport and runs a gym near his home in Laguna Hills.

Before returning to 
California, James is due to fly out to Germany to interview their strongest man before tracking his world record 
attempt in Canada.

He will continue his research in America and hopes to 
complete filming on Game Changer and premiere it in London next year ahead of a worldwide limited release.

James added: “I love coaching so I have my own martial arts school in California.

“Once you learn something I think it’s important to pass it on to others which is what I’m also doing with the 
documentary.”

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