Greg Jackson, head coach at Jackson’s Martial Arts & Fitness Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, teaches essential MMA tactics and techniques for UFC-type competition and self-defense.
Upper body (side to side) for MMA
Forward movement
Backward movement
Side-to-side movement
Circular
Cut angle to left, right
Using feints or fakes
Stalking
With movement and partner — jab with movement, cross
With movement and partner — hook
With movement and partner — uppercut
With movement and partner — horizontal elbow
With movement and partner — front/rear knee
With movement and partner — front kick
With movement and partner — muay Thai ro...
Stationary — jab
Stationary — cross
Stationary — hook
Stationary — uppercut
Stationary — horizontal elbow
Stationary — front/rear knee
Stationary — front kick
Stationary — muay Thai round kick
Seated forward shoulder roll
Seated backward shoulder roll
Standing forward shoulder roll
Standing backward shoulder roll
Shrimping
Sprawl
Sit-out
Partner — shrimp to guard
Partner — 90-degree cut drill
Partner — 180-degree cut drill
Partner — sit-out drill to take back
Partner — buck and roll
Partner — side to mount to side
Partner — sit-up guard
Partner — spin top drill
From mount — scarecrow, elbow, round punch
Back control/rear mount, all fours — round punch, etc.
Side mount — short elbow, hammerfist, reverse elbow
Side mount — short elbow to crucifix
Full-guard — elbows
Full-guard — punching
Mount
Side mount
Half-guard
Guard
Back control/rear mount
Positions — underhook, overhook, 50-50 (pummel), muay Thai clinch (neck wrestling)
Whizzer
Double underhooks
Inside trip
Outside lateral
Blocking takedown
Head snap
Single collar tie — punch, elbow
Knees in muay Thai clinch
Single-leg balance drill
Failed takedown to sit-out
Single leg
Double leg
Defend single leg/sprawl
Level change
Spring load
Win on the Ground — Part 1: Position Hierarchy
Mount — roll-off armbar
Back control — rear-naked choke
Side mount — Americana, kimura
Guard — armbar, kimura, get-up extraction, etc.
Knee-split guard pass
Side-mount hand defense to shrimp to guard
Mount-position defense
Back-control defense (hand fighting — protect neck), then reverse
Jab level change — entrance
Cross level change — entrance
Clinch, elbow to inside control
Punch to knee split
Fake pass to punch
1. Broken rhythm
2. Flank attack
3. Mongolian attack
4. Gemini twins