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Self-Determination Theory Of Motivation For Mixed Martial Arts
Motivated students are required in every martial arts academy as it will drive them to want to improve. While multiple theories of motivation exist, one that has been extensively studied in education settings is Self-Determination Theory....
Learning Musical Improvisation to Improve Your Martial Arts
Master jazz musician Clark Terry had a unique approach to musical improvisation, specifically jazz improvisation and many other topics. His style of learning musical improvisation is one we can explicitly apply to our martial arts...
Proper Etiquette To Being A Good BJJ Training Partner
Brazilian jiu-jitsu isn't a sport that you can practise effectively or entirely on your own. Being a good BJJ training partner by building and maintaining social connections with your fellow teammates will make your experience in the sport and...
Kano Jigoro As Educator & Founder Of Judo
Kano Jigoro lived his life as an excellent teacher and athlete and left a legacy as the founder of Judo. He would start university in 1877; wanting to learn a martial art, he looked for Jiu-Jitsu teachers who would take him on as a student. He...
Setting SMART Goals for Martial Arts Training
SMART goals are a commonly used framework when talking about goal setting and achieving your goals. Now it's important not to think of smart goals as the only way to set your goals because it's merely one framework that you can potentially use. But...
The Three-Stage Model of Skill Acquisition For Mixed Martial Arts
The skill acquisition process in martial arts is an incredibly complicated topic with multiple competing theories, each with its own body of research backing them. A simple way to look at this process describes three separate stages of skill...
A Brief History Of The Kimura Lock Technique
History Of The Kimura: The following is a guest post written by Vlad Koulikov & Javier Palomo Kimura ... If you’re into Jiu-Jitsu, grappling and MMA you might have heard that word once or twice. For those who do not know, it’s an arm lock (or...
The Importance of Sleep While Cutting Weight for a Fight
In this Guest Post From Dr Ian Dunican, He looks at the aftermath of UFC 233 where Tony Ferguson suffered an injury resulting in a missed bout and how it relates to the requirements of combat athletes to sleep while cutting weight. Although bouts...
Grappling Playlists for BJJ, MMA & Wrestling Training
A selection of genre-specific grappling playlists for striking & strangling during your bjj, wrestling or mma training workouts. All put into spotify playlists! 80's Montage Metal Ready to go over the top, win the day, prove them all wrong and...
