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Shot a short how to video on the jab-left hook combination for you guys.

For more tips on the individual punches and their footwork please check out my MMA Boxing DVDs: Fast Feet or Fast Hands

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Those who think power punchers are born, not made, are idiots. I am my own example of that. I think my sister used to have more power than me…now I got a right hand that’ll move a tank.

There are plenty of technical pieces to the punching power equation such as: footwork, rotation, weight distribution, the delivery, and even a strength & conditioning component.

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As someone who wants to just box in a mixed martial arts match I’m most susceptible to the single leg takedown. A boxing stance is typically more bladed than the average striker or grappler’s stance—which in turn puts the front leg further out there for the taking.

I’ve squared my stance off to my opponent a little more AND worked to improve my single leg takedown defense in case my lead leg gets snatched up.

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Continuing on the obvious theme of this blog, boxing for MMA, if possible we want to stay on our feet and out of the clinch. But as you may have noticed, almost every fight ends up in the clinch at one time or another.

Our goal here is to break out of that clinch to resume boxing.

Your opponent’s goal is to dirty box, grab a dominant muay thai clinch hold, or pummel for double underhooks to put your ass on the mat.

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Our first priority is to stay out of the clinch entirely if we want to box for MMA, but many a time we’ll be matched with someone who’s adept at getting us into one.

So it’ll be important to know how to escape a dominant clinch hold as a way to avoid that potential worst case scenerio.

Here the Rua brothers demonstrate just that…take a look.

This video fits in nicely with what we do here on this blog—teaching you guys how to stay on your feet, and out of the clinch so you can just box in an MMA setting.

I came across these instructors because a gentleman from their gym Striker Fight Center contacted me for a listing in our MMA gym directory…I found their instructional videos to be rather informative, they should make more!

Check it out.

Coming off a loss to Mike Pyle at UFC 120 this past weekend doesn’t change the fact that this kid knows how to fight.

Here’s a quick video of John mixing some offense, and defense with some counters.

This video is a continuation of One way to land the 1 2 3 Combination

So if you haven’t watched that video yet, please do so this one makes more sense to you.

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Here are two drills that are taken from my Fast Hands: Boxing Strikes for MMA DVD. The first one is a 17 punch combination that’ll get you accustomed to throwing all the different punches you have available to you and the second one combines your punches with MMA appropriate footwork and defense.

Below the video you’ll find the specific movements written down for you so you can print it out, take it to the gym, and practice.

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Out of any training tool I could recommend to you there is no better way to practice than the use of situational sparring.

I’m sure you can guess what it means, but for clarification I’ll explain what it is for you.

Situational sparring is essentially real sparring with limitations. The idea is to practice only a couple things at once. For example, before the round begins you’ll designate certain punches or cer… (Read more)