Martial Arts Training

Closed guard BJJ is the position where you lie on your back with your legs wrapped around your partner's waist and your ankles crossed. From there you control their posture, break them down toward you, and set up sweeps and...

The teep kick is Muay Thai's push kick: you lift your knee, then drive the ball of your foot or your sole straight into the other person's midsection and push them away. It's used like a jab with your leg...

A heavy bag workout for beginners should start small: three rounds of two minutes with one minute rest, using only jabs, crosses and footwork. Over about six weeks you build to 30 minutes of mixed rounds and drills, adding power...

How to fall safely comes down to a few habits judo teaches on day one: tuck your chin, don't catch yourself on a straight arm, get low, and spread the impact across the big, padded parts of your body. You...

The best martial arts for women over 40 are the ones your joints can handle week after week. Tai chi and Wing Chun are the gentlest starting points, boxing and krav maga sit in the middle, and Muay Thai, BJJ...

BJJ basics for beginners come down to three things: knowing the main positions (guard, side control, mount and back control), knowing how to escape the bad ones with hip escapes and bridges, and learning a handful of simple submissions like...

Boxing combinations for beginners are short strings of punches called by number: 1 is the jab, 2 the cross, 3 the lead hook, 4 the rear hook, 5 the lead uppercut and 6 the rear uppercut. Start with two and...

Muay thai kicks for beginners come down to six basics: the teep (push kick), the round kick to the body, the low kick to the thigh, the inside low kick, the switch kick and the high kick. Almost all of...

Learning how to throw a punch correctly starts with a tight fist and a straight wrist, then power from your feet and hips instead of your arm. Every punch, from the cross to the hook and uppercut, follows the same...