When my couple clients returned for their third hour of Mixed Martial Arts Personal Training, we focused on a critical but often challenging position: the half-guard. This lesson built on their previous session, where we explored half-guard fundamentals on open ground. This time, we took it to the wall, or cage, to simulate real fight conditions where movement is limited. The goal was to sharpen their ability to defend and attack from half-guard when space is tight and option

When it comes to MMA, the ground game often decides the outcome of a fight. After training my client for seven years through various MMA Personal Training sessions, we recently focused on the ninth lesson of his course, which zeroes in on ground fighting. This lesson was crucial because it covered fighting from the guard position—a fundamental skill that every MMA fighter must master to control the fight and create opportunities to win.