r/MMA_Academy

I'm white belt and have not seen a single person recording their training session which makes it awakrward for me to open up my phone.

do you guys record and for what? and how normal is it to record in your gym? do coaches like the idea of recording sessions or not?

What does being an athlete mean to you? I want to hear from adults across the lifespan about their athletic identity.

 

I am looking for people who:

• Are 25+ years old (no upper limit!)
• Identify as an athlete
• Currently train/practice for a sport
• Competed in the past year OR plan to compete next year

 

👉 Take the 15-20 min. survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/AthleticIdentity

 

Contact: Derrik Motz, PhDc (derrik.motz@uottawa.ca).

 

uOttawa REB Approval: H-02-26-12017

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Wanted to ask for an advice: M 31, no martial arts background of any sort and no sport background as well (not counting chess). Recently discovered the world of MMA and actually was surprised by depth and variety of this sport. Started watching and decided to try to approach it.

I started taking BJJ classes, private lessons no-gi, already doing it for 3+ months, was pretty hard and exhausting to do proper warm-up first but now it’s much easier. But most importantly I enjoy it. Started taking group sessions as well, however it’s gi. Have to remind myself that in this type of sport you progress only through sparrings.

I have a good job and obviously I do not covet to become even close to professional fighter and afford private lessons if it’s required (doubt that I can), however, It is important to be good at everything that I undertake somewhat seriously. I do want to try MMA and want the “prudent” path (I want to have a proper base to start), so my questions are:

1. Will it be overwhelming/redundant to do at start no-gi and gi at the same time?

2. What striking discipline will be the most beneficial to undertake? I was thinking about Muay Thai

3. Am I overthinking and should just sign up for MMA straight up? (As I said I really want to have at least some sort of fundament)

On free trial we were allowed to do MMA sparring, and I heard typically that allowing beginners to spar is a big red flag

*for kickboxing class*

So I'm asking here to see if in this specific context it applies aswell, I don't have experience or no much so I figured I'd ask here

Me and 2 others beginners were here aswell and coach said we could spar, he was watching us and said to just work on the combos we taught and only boxing no kicking, also light jabs and crosses etc nothing morelike taps.

Does the red flag "sparring" apply to this scenario or no?

FYI theirs active ufc fighters in my gym and coaches have lots of experience ​

I've seen a few conflicting opinions so I have a few question as to how to cut weight the easiest

in all cases weigh in is on saturday

1. Steady decrease until weigh in or sharp drop

so for example 2 gallons wed, 1 gallon thu, 1/2 gallon friday

VS

2 gallon wed 2 gallon thu, 1/2 gallon friday.

I've seen figures like greg doucette say the second option is better while others say the first. IMO the second option makes sense

2. cut all sodium on thursday vs friday?

3. start sweating it off the day of or the day before?

4. what to eat after weight in

straight petaliote + salt or with water? simple carbs?

thanks

I've been training MMA for just under a year. However, i trained in BJJ and (Muay Thai as a hobby) for some years before that. This MMA gym im currently at the coaches seem to be somewhat interested in me and have overall been somewhat nice to me to the point where they are interested in me fighting and making my ameteur MMA debut. However i dont know if this gym is for me:

1. Snakey behaviour, i know snakey behaviour is common in life however i see it a good amount in this gym. The better fighters in the gym talking bad about previous/current members and being nice to their face

2. Hard sparring, i like hard sparring to a degree i think its necessary if you want to fight however in this gym ive seen 2 of the best members of the gym lose their cool in sparring and absolutely batter others without saying that they are going hard and i have even seen them do it too a few beginniners. This is somewhat common to the point where the coaches know that its gonna happen and have to constantly tell them to relax.

3.I struggle to fit in, i always have struggled school, work,other martial art gyms but eventually, I've managed to fit in somewhat but at this gym i just can't seem to do it it seems like alot of the better members are kind of like in their own friend group with the coaches too which is understandable but most of them just seem to not care unless you have some sort of value to the team like a good sparring partner, competing for the gym,etc. I have met a couple pretty nice people but they dont come to the gym enough for me to see them

4. Its a solid gym! I dont want to make the gym seem like absolute shit they have some really good fighters, and i can definitely still learn a lot at this gym however i just dont think its a fit for me.

5. I Feel like im being rushed to make my ameteur mma debut, Ive heard alot of people feel this way but genuinely against the actual fighters in the gym I dont really 'win' rounds often or prove to myself at all that im ready to perform infront of a crowd in a sport such as MMA.

I want to compete in Ameteur MMA eventually (just turned 21) however there are no other mma gyms near me and to be honest this is probably the best gym in terms of MMA success. If i moved gyms i was thinking about competing more in bjj and maybe having some boxing/thai boxing fights in the mean time.

Main question

Im moving away in a year and a half should i stay with this gym or just go my own way from the gym and compete in seperate martial arts

*Repeat*

I have met some good people im not saying i dont get along with everyone however they seem to go or they simply just dont come in to train enough for me to see them.

Sorry im not a writer.

As an 18 year old, I tried kickboxing in 2011 and liked it, but was too gassed after my first session and felt unconfident and didn't come back. At 22, I tried three boxing gyms, and two of them threw me into sparring amateurs on my first lesson, and I got knocked about and had to get an MRI.

I didn't come back to combat sports until last year: when 3 events happened:

1. Dating a girl with a violent ex-boyfriend. Wanted to feel more confident in case he wanted to confront me.
2. Was confronted by two men at a pub. They didn't attack physically (I'm stocky; one mentioned that), but I felt I wanted to be more confident.
3. Got confronted after an acting lesson by an furious acting teacher. He was about 6 foot 3 and 210 pounds and got in my face pointing at my chest and yelling, and blocked the door when I tried to leave. I'd had a few boxing lessons so just smiled at him and backed away; palms up, but I still felt I needed to know how to defend myself.

So - I started training kickboxing, boxing and MMA at the ripe age of 32, at a good gym, and have for about 8 months now. I love the feeling you get after finishing a hard session - like you just won a battle and all the demons are driven away and the skies clear, just for a moment. I feel the cost, and discipline in avoiding a fight, and am calmer, more confident and don't feel any need to prove myself or my masculinity.

What made you start training?

I’ve fought a total of 4 times now

3 times 10 years ago recently started training again have been at it close to a year training 7-10 times a week doing 2 a days when I can!

I took a fight but had 3 opponents pull out had to take a kickboxing match just to compete I have sponsors already who all had bought tickets to watch me fight! Took a fight against a younger opponent it went all 3 rounds split decision and he ended up getting the win the crowd thought I had won the last 2 rounds but that’s not the point!

Now my coaches who I train 99% focused on mma think I should take 6 months off train and get in the card later in the year!

I got the ring rust off got the nerves out of the way and now have this fire to compete again. I feel like if I’d got my beat or tko’d id understand the time off but I took no damage. I hurt my own foot in an exchange first round fought through it and still got a split decision.

The point I’m making is I’m not super young anymore I want to be actively fighting and taking risk I’m wanting to go professional in this so I don’t want to be fighting 1-2x a year I want to fight as much as I can every year.

So I’ve only done bjj and my takedown system in that tends to be underhook and Russian ties. Are Russian ties usable in mma? Is it just rare to see easy entrances or is it useless? I have always seen that Anderson Silva clip. Getting collar tie is probably rarer. Could grab it off the overhook. Any thoughts? I’m doing some technical mma sparring tmrw and thinking what best gets carried over. Or if I got a whizzer do I instead do Uchi mata or Harai goshi.

It’s officially been a month since I got back into MMA I’m down to 294 pounds and am no longer just food for the higher belts I survive rolls and make submission attempts and come just barely short every time at finishing them my striking has improved properly and reaction speed drastically I’ve begone to be able feel what I’ve called killer intent before people strike and apply the right movement to counter all my coaches say I’m a quick learner and am progressing fast will update again next month

Hi y'all I'm new to the MMA world. Don't watch UFC much but I'm trying to get into it.

I only know some legends like Connor M, Rhonda R, Khabib kinda... Would love a run down of some icons I should DEF know. Or iconic stories/rivalries.

Just a lot to dig into and it's cool to hear from the community.

I’ve been adapting my jiu jitsu for mma recently and was curious about how to adapt back attacks for mma. When doing regular jiu jitsu i usually like to use the straight jacket system to get rear naked chokes or rear triangles. So far while doing my mma rounds my main method of attacking is getting a cross grip with the non-choking arm and then throwing punches with my top arm to open up an opportunity for a submission. Doe anyone else have any other strategies I can use to get submissions from the back while doing mma rounds?

Trained no gi bjj for 3 months and then started doing only the mma grappling classes which is alot of bjj/wrestling, should I do a bjj competition ? Its been over a year now.

Coach says if I want a beginner mma fight he wants me in atleast 2 bjj comps and 2 kickboxing matches.

I do well enough in kickboxing, and i'm getting my blue belt in bjj.

National MMA championship is getting organised this weekend and considering i do kickboxing my bjj coach asked me if he should sign me in, i said F it why not ?

I compete in both bjj and kickboxing, but my first time in mma i had to pull out because of a shoulder injury, so this is m'y first time ever in small gloves and a cage except training.

What should i keep in mind ? How should i approach things compared to the other martial arts? Should i expect to get hurt more with the mma gloves etc.. ?