Hot Martial Arts How-Tos
How To: Use the pressure points of the arms in self defense
The arms are the part of the body most used by Westerners in fighting. As a result, targeting and disabling an opponents arms is a great way to end a fight quickly without the risk involved in hitting an opponent's head. This three-part video details pressure points all over the arms and various ways of striking them in order to hurt and disable your opponent, ending your engagement with limited damage to both yourself and them.
How To: Finish a triangle if your opponent defends against it by hiding an arm in MMA
If you're trying to get a triangle on someone in an MMA or jiu jitzu fight and they hide their arm to try and relieve the pressure on their neck, they might think they are safe. They aren't. Watch this video to learn how to finish the triangle in this situation from Joanne and Hillary Williams of MMA Girls.
How To: Use the Vaporizer leg lock MMA move with Eddie Bravo
There are a lot of different leg locks out there, but this one might be the nastiest. It's called the Vaporizer leg lock, part of Eddie Bravo's BJJ system, and it looks like you could use it to snap someone's foot completely off with minimal effort. Watch this video to learn how to do it from Eddie Bravo himself and Joanne of MMA Girls.
How To: Escape a bottom pin by using an arm post technique
If your opponent in a martial arts match has pinned you on the bottom, you can use a special technique to escape. Frank Mir, a champion of Brazilian jiu jitsu, demonstrates the way to use an arm post to get out of the pin. Move your opponent over your center line and use your elbows to escape.
How To: "Thread the needle" in Jiu Jitsu (arm bind and choke)
Let’s try to thread the needle, as in give a choke hole. First get your opponent down on the mat facing upwards and sit in the mountain position. Hold your opponent's left hand with yours around his head to block him/her. Get your right hand through your opponent's left hand (needle in the hole) and push your chest towards the ground. This will put pressure on your opponent. It will help in your attack as well as defense techniques.
How To: Keep an opponent pinned
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt Octavio Couto Jr. is a real pro when it comes to fighting. He is going to be teaching you how to properly keep an opponent pinned down to the ground for a substantial amount of time. In this seminar, Octavio demonstrates a unique side control position known as the 100 kilo and a few other great moves to use in order to help you gain complete control over the person you are fighting. If you don't know what the 100 kilo is or how to do it, just follow this video a...
How To: Perform Shaolin Diamond Fist kung fu
Diamond Fist was developed by a Shaolin monk to help elderly monks practice Kung Fu in the monasteries; learn Diamond Fist history and movements in this free martial arts Kung Fu video series.
How To: Make your own martial arts Bokken Japanese sword
Rich Myers of Circle of Harmony Aikido and Rei-Mon Buki shows you step by step how to make and carve your own Bokken (Bokutou), including how to choose the proper wood, Custom designing the japanese sword, carving techniqe, and oil finishing.
How To: Take Your Opponent Down with Pressure Points
In this martial arts video tutorial, an instructor teaches you some of the pressure points on the human body. With these pressure points, you can take your opponent down without seriously injuring him, or by seriously injuring him. This is a great skill to have when you get into a fight.
How To: Wrap Your Hands for Muay Boran (Ancient Thai Boxing)
Muay Boran Muay Boran (Ancient Boxing) is an all-inclusive term for the ancient boxing arts of Thailand, from which modern Muay Thai was born. In the old days, fighters would wrap their hands with strips of twisted hemp cloth or hemp rope. Although it is commonly thought that fighters would dip their wrapped hands in broken glass, this is largely a myth. They did, however, dip their hands in water in order to harden the rope.
How To: Select a tonfa
This tutorial explains the history of tonfa and helps you get started by choosing the right one. Tonfa are Okinawan weapons.
How To: Defend Yourself Against Multiple Attackers
How to fight multiple attackers with 5 simple Wing Chun techniques that will help survive a attack by a gang of multiple attackers. These are some of the best tactics on how to fight a group of people while staying safe.
How To: Do Advanced Aikido Rolls
This is an advanced Aikido Ukemi tutorial which explains 11 different exercises seen and unseen. The tutorial includes detailed explanations of how to perform soft high falls from different techniques, various backward rolling tricks and other unseen ukemi variations.
How To: Defend Yourself Against an Attacker Choking You from the Front
Would you want to be able to defend yourself and your loved ones if someone were to physically attack you? This video will show you how to defend yourself against an attacker choking you from the front. It' the best MMA for self-defense, especially for a teenager.
How To: Defend Yourself Against an Attacker with a Knife
In this tutorial, we will teach you how to defend yourself against an attacker with a knife. It's the best MMA for self-defense, especially for teenagers.
How To: Apply a Joint Lock Like a Master
By Zech Browning Shihan of Gyodokan Martial Arts. Step 1: "Storm Within the Calm - Putting It All Together - Part 1"
How To: Wrap your hands for Muay Thai boxing
There are many different methods of wrapping ones hands when they are doing Muay Thai boxing. This clear, concise video shows a simiple method that you can try as well before you start your mortal combat. The emphasis on this tecnique puts wrist protection over knuckle protection.
How To: Wrap your fists Muay Boran style for Muay Thai boxing
Muay Boran is the ancient relative of modern Muay Thai boxing. This clear how-to video shows the correct method of wrapping your fists to prepare for a match or training.
How To: Scorpion kick someone in the face with Chloe Bruce
You may have come across Chloe Bruce in the past, but we're betting it was on the web, because if it were in person, you probably wouldn't be reading this right now. Because in a blink of an eye, she'd have her foot smashed against your face using her world famous Scorpion Kick, a difficult move for any martial artist to perform.
How To: Knee trap an opponent if your mount is countered by a hip escape in MMA
Counter the opponent who is using hip escape to dislodge from mount by transitioning to knee to trap. This demonstration by Hillary and Joanne of MMA Girls shows us how.
How To: Do The Rocker, a deep half sweep to pass to side control in MMA
Now this is an elaborate MMA move. It's called The Rocker, and involves three distinct parts: a deep half sweep, a pass, and finally side control. This video features UFC competitor and BJJ master Vinny Magalhaes demonstrating how to do the move
How To: Perform a cross collar choke in Jiu-Jitsu
Learn how to execute the cross-collar choke! This advanced jiu jitsu video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step walkthrough of the maneuver. For all of the details, and to get started incorporating this move into your own combat routine, watch the clip.
How To: Set up an opponent for the flower sweep in Jiu-Jitsu
Learn how to set up a guarding opponent for a flower sweep! This advanced jiu jitsu video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step walkthrough of the maneuver. For all of the details, and to get started incorporating this move into your own combat routine, watch the clip.
How To: Break down an opponent for the flower sweep in jiu jitsu
Learn how to break down an opponent when he's in a strong posture to make him susceptible to the flower sweep! This advanced jiu jitsu video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step walkthrough of the maneuver. For all of the details, and to get started incorporating this move into your own combat routine, watch the clip.
How To: Perform a heel-hooking guard sweep in jiu jitsu
Learn how to execute a heel-hook flower sweep! This advanced jiu jitsu video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step walkthrough of the maneuver. For all of the details, and to get started incorporating this move into your own combat routine, watch the clip.
How To: Stand and sweep from the deep-half (or z) guard in jiu jitsu
Learn how to move from a deep half guard to a standing position! This advanced jiu jitsu video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step walkthrough of the maneuver. For all of the details, and to get started incorporating this move into your own combat routine, watch the clip.
How To: Break guard position in Jiu Jitsu
In this tutorial, we learn how to break guard position in Jiu Jitsu. First, you will want to get into a position where you are over the body of the other person. Your arms should be held straight out so you are able to move and gain control over the other person. If their legs are around you, you can move your arms into place to block out their arms and lock in their head so they no longer have control of the situation. It may take you a few tries to get used to this, but there are ways to ta...
How To: Do an armbar variation if your opponent defends the armbar in MMA
The armbar is the classic submission in MMA, but that also means everyone is ready for it. In this video you'll learn how to do an armbar variation that starts when your opponent defends your normal attempt at an armbar. Clever girls.
How To: Apply harder shoulder pressure from half guard in MMA or jiu jitzu
If massive strength is not among your list of strengths as an MMA or jiu jitzu fighter, you need to learn ways to apply harder pressure from the half guard in order to pass better. Watch this video to learn some details that will help with this from MMA Girls Hillary Williams and Joanne.
How To: Sweep a standing opponent from the ground in jiu jitzu or MMA
If you're on the ground and your opponent is standing and trying to pass your guard, there is a way that you can instantly reverse the situation. Watch this video to see MMA Girls Hillary Williams and Joanne demonstrate a sweep for that situation that will instantly give you the upper hand.
How To: Heel hook an opponent after you've been mounted in MMA or Jiu Jitzu
When your opponent mounts you they probably think that they have an advantage. There are ways to counter it though, and in this video Hillary Williams and Joanne of MMA Girls will teach you how to get heel hooks in on a mounting opponent.
How To: Slip a hook in and take the back when an opponent turtles in MMA
Taking the back in an MMA fight is a great way to get ready for a rear naked choke and an end to the fight. Watch this video to learn a technique for slipping a hook in on a turtled opponent and taking their back.
How To: Use an inside trip variation wrestling takedown for MMA with Jon Fitch
Jon Fitch, one of the stars of UFC, has a long background in traditional wrestling. In this video Joanne of MMA Girls and he will teach you an a inside trip variation takedown he learned in college wrestling that translates well to MMA.
How To: Counter the omoplata three ways in MMA with Jon Fitch
The omoplata is a nasty submission, and being able to escape it is crucial to winning MMA fights against strong BJJ fighters. Watch this video to hear Jon Fitch teach you three ways to counter the omoplata from different stages of the move.
How To: Defend against a strong wrestler w/ a guillotine finish in MMA with Jon Fitch
If you're fighting a strong wrestler in MMA, finishing them off can be tough since their style is so defensive. Watch this video to learn how to get such a fighter into a guillotine finish when they have you mounted from UFC star Jon Fitch and Joanne of MMA Girls.
How To: Defend against a body lock with an ankle pressure submission in MMA
If someone has you in a body lock in an MMA fight, you're in serious danger of being rear naked choked. Watch this video to learn one way to defend yourself when body locked, by rolling over your opponent into an ankle pressure submission.
How To: Finish your opponent with a leg lock from the mount in a MMA fight
If you're in the mount in a MMA fight, you might have a slim advantage but it could all turn around at any time. Watch this video to learn one great way to get into a leg lock
How To: Setup a heel hook from guard in an MMA fight
The key to successful MMA fighting is to allow you opponent only one move, the one you want them to make. In this video you'll learn how to bait a guarding opponent into trying to sweep you, and how to set up a heel hook to use on them when they do.
How To: use a toe hold submission in an MMA fight
In MMA nearly every part of the body is fair game for attacks and attacking, even the toes. In this video Joanne and Risha of MMA Girls will teach you how to use a toe hold to submission an opponent.
How To: Do leg and ankle locks from guard pass in MMA with UFC fighter Kurt Pellegrino
If someone is trying to pass guard on you in MMA, there are lots of different ways that you can get them into an ankle or leg lock if you know how. In this video, UFC fighter Kurt Pellegrino will teach you several ways to get into different ankle and leg locks from a guard pass.
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