How Do I Become An Mma Fighter From Scratch?
by mmafan on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 | 7 Comments
I have no fighting background at all. I have no moves and know little to nothing about MMA.
Ok so here it goes:
1st off if you can find any type of martial arts or fighting class… TAKE IT! This will be a wise investment.
Before you start any kind of fighting or technique however, train. Get yourself physically ready for the grueling training sessions that you will put yourself through. Try this for the first week every day:
3 Sets of 30 push ups
4 Sets of 50 Sit Ups
4 Sets of 30 Squats
3 Sets of 40 Burpies
45 second wall sits 2 times
Jog/Run/Walk 15-20 Minutes/Day
Alternate speed, make a majority of your time walking time
Believe it or not try doing like 5 yoga poses per day and do them each for 1 minute, do your best to get the most balance focused poses
Do about 30 minutes of stretching each day
*The main key here is to wear yourself out completely to the point where you are sweating hard.
Increase the sets by about 3-10 each week
-Eventually, after about 3-6 weeks of this you will be able to start training.
Look these specific techniques and moves up online:
Jab
Hook
Arm Bar
Leg Bar
Choke Hold
Triangle Choke
Heel Lock
Guillotine Choke is my fav.
Buy some sort of life size dummy and just practice how to exacute these moves. It’ll seem dumb or even pointless at times, but trust me knowing the basic helps.
If you would like more advice from here, hit me up sometime.
Hope this all helps
How old are you? Do you have athletic background of any kind? How much time do you have to work with? What kind of shape are you in?
Step 1: Hone your body (Summer-Fall)
Start out training with calisthenics 15 minutes a day. Add 5 minutes per week until you are able to work out an hour a day and still have energy without being sore all the time. This should take 2-4 months. Really focus on your stretches, keeping your heart rate up, and using your own body weight.
Step 2: Strengthen and Condition your body (Fall)
You should now be in pretty good shape, you should be strong, and you should have good endurance. Amp it up with some tougher cardio workouts and bring in the weights. If you’re doing a lot of cardio, general power lifting program is probably better than a bodybuilding program because you’ll get stronger, spend less time in the weight room, and fatigue your body less. After 8-10 weeks of steady progress, you should see about a 2-5% increase in strength if you’re an athlete or around a 20-50% increase if you are sedentary.
Step 3: Start with the Basics (Fall-Winter)
Sign up for lessons at a martial arts school that has other individuals with similar goals as you. Sport martial arts such as boxing, judo, wrestling, etcetera are going to be more beneficial than self defense focused styles since you want to compete in a sport.
Step 4: Transition to MMA (next Summer) After you are in shape, involved in martial arts, and have a since of accomplishmen from achieving so much in 2009-2010, then start looking for an MMA club to coach you along with your goals.
Do whatever you can to inform yourself. watch movies that are similar to MMA. watch and try to imitate what you think would help. training, moves, anything. workout at a gym, to improve your strength, run to stay in shape, and practice kicking and punching as best you can. i hope i helped. GOOD LUCK!!
find a place train move to blackbelt and do bjj and u rele have to b quite young like if u were 19+ i would give up the dream u havent started early enough sorry 10-16 would b ideal starting age make sure u dont hae any health conditions sum leagues dont even let people with asthma in and dont think the ufc is the only fight league strikeforce ufc wec wfc soo many local ones
find an mma gym. You will be surprised at how common they are…I guarantee there’s one near you. They’ll train you and help you get into the local league fights, then if you’re good, you can move up to pro
Run. Diet. Lift. Plyometrics. Learn a solid ground game and one solid stand-up discipline. Work hard. Hard work beats talent and makes dreams come true.
Go to a mma gym and start learning.