| Whether you want to learn mixed martial arts for the | | | | big time. You can go up against boxers and |
| street or for competing, there are universal skills that | | | | kickboxers, but if you have your take down and |
| cross over for each. It's hard to beat MMA training for | | | | ground game in check, you can easily dominate. |
| becoming a better fighter in the cage or on the | | | | Submissions. |
| cement. | | | | While on the ground, and even standing up, there are |
| There are certain skills you need, to learn mixed martial | | | | certain submission skills that are a must to learn. Both |
| arts properly. Just learning one aspect of the game is | | | | on the street and on the cage, submission techniques |
| not good enough. Here are three main areas of MMA | | | | will disable your opponent no matter the size, and |
| that you should focus on and train. These are highly | | | | cause them to give up the fight. There are all kinds of |
| effective for street fighting as well as cage fighting. | | | | submissions you can apply on legs, arms as well as |
| Skills needed to learn mixed martial arts and be | | | | various chokes. |
| effective on the street or as a competitor in the cage: | | | | Stand up. |
| Most fights go to the ground. | | | | You shouldn't neglect your stand up striking game by |
| Street fights usually end up on the ground quickly and | | | | any means. Even if you want to take someone down, |
| whoever happens to be on top tends to win. Unless | | | | you should still employ a few strikes to set them up, |
| that is you know what to do on the ground. If you | | | | soften them up and inflict some damage before the |
| have your ground game down (wrestling techniques, | | | | take down. Stand up techniques involve striking and |
| ju-jitsu skills), you win fights period. You can go up | | | | kicking, as well as employing knees and elbows. You |
| against a big, bad brawler, but if you know how to | | | | should definitely take advantage of knee and elbow |
| take him down (which you can do in seconds) and be | | | | strikes when you learn mixed martial arts. They are |
| effective on the ground, then you completely dominate | | | | very effective and can do much more jarring and |
| and destroy your opponent. | | | | impacting damage that a traditional arm strike or leg |
| The same goes for the cage. Competitors who don't | | | | kick. |
| know how to roll around on the ground, end up losing | | | | |