Learning Ground Work in MMA

Video Transcript

" On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Angel Perez with Champion Martial arts in Miami, Florida, and today we're going to teach you mixed martial arts techniques. Okay. In mixed martial arts, as you may well know, or maybe you don't, there are lots and lots of grappling techniques, especially on the ground. Submissions are very important; ground control is very important, in mixed martial arts. We're going to go through a couple of that right now. I'm going to get into the guard; my opponent will get inside of my guard, inside my knees. If he brings his hands up a little high, he's in very, very big danger right now. All I have to do is grabbing onto his arm, rotate my hips, and bring my legs up to his shoulders -- double arm-bar, right there. He's tapping out with his leg, as you see, because his arms are totally useless. There's nothing he can do there. So at all times, avoid bringing your hands up high around my shoulders. This is the proper position -- the proper defensive position. If he brings them up high, again, I will control his arms, bring my legs up and arch."