Ah, the age old problem. Fighting techniques are trained year round by millions of people. You would use fighting techniques like MMA and boxing for competition sport. The question is can these techniques be used properly for self defense as well? Let’s see what we can find out when we look at that exact question.

First, we’ll look at some of the more common fighting techniques. The common jab is the first technique. We now have two staple techniques, because the jab is usually followed up by a cross punch. Another common technique used in fighting is the round house kick. These devastating kicks can temporarily cripple your opponent when delivered properly. These are the three staple fighting techniques we will discuss.

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Today we’re going to talk about 3 of the most common martial arts in the modern world. Although this doesn’t include all of the martial arts, these are the 3 most practiced.   Kung-Fu is extremely popular for people looking for a more classical version of martial arts due to its large traditional basis.   Muay Thai and BJJ  are customarily used by MMA fighters.

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Muay Thai is from Indochina and it is a popular form of martial arts. Over the years, it has become very popular in the South Pacific. Today, modern Muay Thai is typically a ring sport where gloves that are similar to boxing gloves are used. Muay Thai is a common part of mixed martial arts training as well and many MMA trainers now use Muay Thai bags in their facilities.

The primary idea behind Muay Thai is that there are not two, not four but eight different places on the body that can be used to attack the opponent. Four of these spots are nothing more than a collection of savage hits below the elbow and knee, but four other spots account for the hands and the feet.

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The true origins of kickboxing date back on top of 2,000 years but although classed as a martial art, Kickboxing Tournaments are relatively fresh and the sport of kickboxing was started inside the US inside the early 1970’s. Lots of American Karate practitioners were sick of the strict controls placed on every traditional forms of martial arts tournaments and formed a break away group and thus kick boxing came into being using full contact kicks and punches that were formally banned inside martial arts competitions At that time many public were worried by the chance of high injury rates so protective clothing was added and safety rules were put into place. The kickboxing tournaments we see today vary in style and are closely related to their traditional martial art style.

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