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Mixed Martial Arts: These Web Sites Will Knock You Out

Bruce Lee played around with the idea of mixed martial arts (MMA) and fused elements of kung fu, street fighting, and American boxing to create his own style, called Jeet Kune Do. MMA has skyrocketed in popularity since then, and the more recent success of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has spurred the formation of a number of different MMA leagues. As a result, the Internet is sprawling with MMA Web sites for news, commentary, blogs, forums, and equipment. This guide helps you make sense of it all and highlights the sport’s best online resources.

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Practicing Mixed Martial Arts

Do you have the urge to fight in an octagon with few rules and lots of painful submission moves? Want to see how the pros do that Half Nelson Neck Crank? This section can help you find the instruction needed to improve at the art of mixed martial arts.

Dulcinea's Insight

  • The best way to improve at MMA is through a martial arts school or instructor. Some of the sites mentioned in this section have directories for finding classes. The others will give you tips on performing and perfecting different moves but keep in mind that some of the moves taught in these Web sites can be very dangerous and should be attempted only with professional supervision.
  • If you want to improve at MMA, it usually entails brushing up on a few different styles of martial arts. Here we’ve listed sites with MMA instruction but the findingDulcinea Martial Arts Web Guide can also be of service.

Dulcinea's Picks

For MMA schools …
OnTheMat.com has a searchable directory of schools. Simply choose your location from the dropdown menu and the site provides a list of MMA schools in your area. Improve your skills with some tips from the “Techniques Database,” which includes a few short video segments.
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Fight Resource also helps you find an MMA school in your area; scroll down to find the search box in the middle of the page, below an ad. Each school is listed with basic contact information like address, phone number, email address, and Web site. Keep in mind that all of the schools listed don’t specialize in MMA; many are schools for specific martial arts that are used in MMA.
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For online instruction …
Grapplearts.com should be able to show you some interesting moves. This is a pretty extensive site, with “Techniques & Positions” and “Training & Conditioning” sections. If you want to learn how to perform, say, the “Ten Finger Guillotine” (which does not look quite as bad as it sounds), simply check out that technique. There’s also a school database so you can get the training you need to become an MMA fighter.
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MMA-Training.com focuses on preparing for a fight by learning moves and maintaining a good conditioning routine. This site could use more graphics and photos to demonstrate how moves are executed but the writing does a fine job of explaining everything. The lack of pictures shouldn’t prevent you from learning how to do the Bicep Slicer, for example.
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Bodybuilding.com teaches MMA moves and suggests some workouts for MMA conditioning. The pictures are pretty clear but they could use more written instructions to accompany them.
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For instructional DVDs …
World Martial Arts is one of the prominent producers of MMA training DVDs. The site offers DVDs on many different types of martial arts and MMA, all taught by well-known instructors.
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Island Entertainment Group sells instructional DVDs to improve your MMA skills in Muay Thai, boxing, general MMA, and more. Brief clips from some of the videos are available on the site.
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