How good is MMA for street fighting? Are there more suitable styles for street fighting than MMA? Having studies martial arts for a number of years now and spent many many hours on the mats sparring, testing out techniques and refining what works and what does not, this post reflects my own humble opinion on…
One of the most common questions asked in muay thai is, “How Can I kick higher and harder?”. After reading this post you will have a full program that integrates all the required components to increase height and power in your muay thai kicks. Also you will be able to search and find different exercises…
MMA gloves are an essential piece of protection wear for both training and competing. For MMA, they are a must for competition, sparring and bag and pad work. Recently muay thai compeition on the ONE Championship has been fought with smaller MMA gloves. The smaller MMA gloves used for muay thai opens up the fight…
Looking for an MMA heavy bag workout to do solo at home or just outside of the gym? Then you will definitely find the MMA heavy bag workout detailed below useful to plug into your martial arts training. Or you can use this workout to get ideas for building your own MMA heavy bag workout.…
Which are the best striking martial arts styles in the world today? The answer is likley dependent on the individual and their intentions with martial arts. The best striking martial arts for you may just be dependent on your goals and striking martial arts available to you in your area to train. Whether you are…
The push kick or ‘teep’ as it is known in Thai is a simple, effective and important technique in muay thai. If you have seen the movie 300 you have seen this kick in it’s full glory. King Leonidas uses this kick to literally kill the Persian Emissary. Of all the techniques available to Leonidas…
Here at Fiji Muay Thai the main focus is learning and training muay thai and other martial arts from home and making use of high quality instructionals. Today, thanks to the internet you and I all have the opportunity to learn a variety of martial arts from great trainers, instructors and fighters. One such active…
Interested in how to learn BJJ at home? Is it even possible to learn BJJ at home? Here are 5 tips to get you going learning and training BJJ at home. You can definitely learn BJJ at home especially if you are a complete beginner. But if you want to reach blackbelt or compete at…
Here are 8 simple steps to help you learn MMA at home and you start home right away. Obviously the best way to learn and train MMA is to join a gym and get live instruction and train with other students. But this is not always possible due to location and access to MMA gyms.…
Muay thai as a well established foundation in MMA and a lot of reputable trainers with a muay thai background such as Duke Roufus and Firas Zahabi have had notable success in the UFC. Striking in MMA is always evolving and includes strong influences from kickboxing, boxing, Taekwondo and KArate. Muay thai in particular, is…
