The following post was given to us by our friends at MarksTraining.com which is a great site to learn how to defend yourself when you are unarmed.

The video below is about how to get higher side kicks. The side kick is very popular amongst

karate and teakwondo practitioners. Muay thai, kickboxers and MMA fighters however tend not to use it as much, simply because they do not practise it as much as other kicks like the roundhouse and front kick.

If you have watched an MMA event you will have noticed that it is critical that an MMA artist must train their full body, in contrast to lifting weights weight that’s targets specific body parts like the chest, biceps. An MMA fighter wants to train the whole body. So as in boxing a great starter exercise is the jump rope for a warm up.   So while jumping rope you are working on cardiovascular endurance as well as my arms, legs, and like in this video you can also working on feet movement.  Next it is always great to do push-ups. It is a basic exercise and has been around forever for a reason since it is one of the best exercises.