Combatives & Strength Training: Hack Away at the Unessential
My combative training is heavily influenced by StrongFirst principles – few things, but better, waviness of the load, continuity of training process, etc.
Example from our MMA lessons: Most of the time we work on the same drills in a “same, but different” way – jab, cross, hook, uppercut, overhand, low kick; Thai clinch, wrestling clinch; takedown from the distance and from the clinch; positional drills on the ground (mount, back mount, side mount, guard), ground and pound, and few very reliable submissions (rear naked choke, armbar, guillotine, Americana, Kimura, triangle choke).
