Training and Techniques
Published coverage, practical guides, and follow-up reads collected in one place.
Sharpen your practice with articles focused on skill development, drilling methods, and smart progressions across striking, grappling, and traditional disciplines. This section helps readers solve common training challenges, from improving timing and footwork to choosing effective solo drills, partner exercises, and class routines that match specific goals. It also supports decisions around intensity, recovery, and how to build technique without reinforcing bad habits. Whether refining fundamentals or breaking through plateaus, these pieces offer practical direction grounded in real training experience. Start exploring and find the approach that moves your practice forward.
Filming 50 Rounds of Sparring Changed My Boxing Faster Than Bag Work: The Jab Habit I Did Not Notice Until Week 2
The ugly part of sparring footage is how quickly it kills favorite excuses. A heavy bag will let a lazy jab feel busy for three straight rounds. Video will not.…
Judo Unleashed by Neil Ohlenkamp: A Clear Beginner Path or Too Broad Once You Start Randori
Some judo books try to teach the whole art from day one. Others do something smarter - they give a beginner just enough structure to stop drowning. Judo Unleash…
Kuzushi at Home: Resistance Band Drills to Sharpen Judo Off-Balancing
If you ask experienced judoka what separates a clean throw from a scramble, most will answer with one word: kuzushi. Off-balancing makes even a modest throw fee…
Countering the Low Kick Safely: Checks, Catches, and Step-Offs
I have watched many strong fighters crumble not from a head shot but from a steady diet of low kicks that shut down their stance. Early in my career, a veteran…
Double Leg Entries Without Telegraphs: Setup Chains and Finishes
I grew up in my father’s Shotokan Karate dojo, where telegraphing a punch was considered the first mistake you learned to correct. Years later, after Muay Thai…