Mixed Martial Arts For Dummies

Mixed Martial Arts For Dummies provides a full-color introduction to this combat sport that combines elements of boxing, wrestling, karate, jiu jitsu, muay thai, and judo. It also contains over 150 step-by-step photos illustrating proper technique. This title covers the sports rules and strategies and introduces fans and fighters alike to the elements of the authors training and fighting system, showing readers how to perform introductory MMA techniques.

Introduction. Part I: Welcome to My World (Of Pain). Chapter 1: Mixed Martial Arts: Past and Present. Chapter 2: Digging Deeper into MMA. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Your Training. Part II: Stand-Up Fighting. Chapter 4: Stand Up for Yourself and Strike. Chapter 5: Inside Fighting with the Clinch. Chapter 6: The Takedown: Getting to the Ground. Part III: Grappling: You Gotta Have a Ground Game. Chapter 7: Working from the Guard. Chapter 8: Flowing through the Eight Positions of Power. Chapter 9: Submitting to No One: Using the Right Submission Techniques. Chapter 10: Great Escapes. Chapter 11: Improving Your Ground Game: The Five Animals of MMA. Part IV: Becoming a Well-Rounded Fighter And Person. Chapter 12: Strength and Conditioning. Chapter 13: Training with a Purpose. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 14: Ten Ways to Improve Your Speed. Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Get Yourself Hurt. Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Prepare for a Fight. Appendix: Resources. Index.