With the recent shift from alert level 3 to alert level 2, some restrictions have been eased. We have been allowed to extend our bubbles to friends and family. And with this, life has taken a step closer to normality. As a result, training can start back up… This is going to be interesting.
Read MoreWith COVID-19 putting a hold on many sports around the world, some of you got a taste of what life was like prior to the widespread popularity of MMA. For those of you that did not know the world before MMA, this is how we got our fix.
Read MoreFor those of us who train MMA, the main focus is to upskill and become more practiced in making fewer mistakes. You are constantly trying to beat the people you train with. However, for those less competitively inclined, there are many more benefits than getting better at MMA.
Read MoreWrestling is a massive part of MMA. It allows a fighter to keep it standing or to take it to the ground. However, not many people in MMA have wrestled. This is especially true in New Zealand. This is due mostly to the inaccessibility of wrestling, particularly if we look at somewhere like the States. As a coach here in NZ, I see what I call the common mistakes when wrestling in MMA.
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