Mixed Martial Arts / Vale Tudo
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has been around since man discovered the need to defend himself using various methods of combat. It was however the late Bruce Lee who made the movement more structured by creating a unique fighting style that combined everything from western boxing to karate to fencing. It was the renowned Lee that coined the phrase, "The best style is no style, the best form is no form," - you have to take what works from different martial arts and discard the rest.
MMA is the most complex form of combat known to man. When Royce Gracie shocked the world, back at UFC 1 in the 1990’s, everybody thought that BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) was the ultimate art of fighting. A style that could beat every other discipline of fighting. Many people thought that learning BJJ was enough to compete in the UFC. But with the growing popularity of the UFC and more and more talented fighters from different horizons coming to compete in the octagon, it was rapidly proved that BJJ was not enough. Fighters started to borrow skills from different styles and slowly invented the cross training art of fighting. Today, only a well-rounded fighter using a high elaborated cross training style can succeed in MMA. CombatCoaching.com HQ represents several top international competitive teams in South Africa.
Vale Tudo is the predecessor to MMA and has even fewer rules. As such it is well suited as a delivery system for realistic self defence.
Training is done against a resisting opponent in an "alive" environment to reap the benefits of functional fitness and personal growth in a friendly, fun and non-intimidating environment.
We train MMA / Vale Tudo as a martial art for self defense, and not as a sport, although many of the same training principles are used. MMA / Vale Tudo forms the foundation on which we build our Personal Protection approach.
Please note that Warrior Fitness is compulsory as warm up to the MMA / Personal Protection class.
MMA is the most complex form of combat known to man. When Royce Gracie shocked the world, back at UFC 1 in the 1990’s, everybody thought that BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) was the ultimate art of fighting. A style that could beat every other discipline of fighting. Many people thought that learning BJJ was enough to compete in the UFC. But with the growing popularity of the UFC and more and more talented fighters from different horizons coming to compete in the octagon, it was rapidly proved that BJJ was not enough. Fighters started to borrow skills from different styles and slowly invented the cross training art of fighting. Today, only a well-rounded fighter using a high elaborated cross training style can succeed in MMA. CombatCoaching.com HQ represents several top international competitive teams in South Africa.
Vale Tudo is the predecessor to MMA and has even fewer rules. As such it is well suited as a delivery system for realistic self defence.
Training is done against a resisting opponent in an "alive" environment to reap the benefits of functional fitness and personal growth in a friendly, fun and non-intimidating environment.
We train MMA / Vale Tudo as a martial art for self defense, and not as a sport, although many of the same training principles are used. MMA / Vale Tudo forms the foundation on which we build our Personal Protection approach.
Please note that Warrior Fitness is compulsory as warm up to the MMA / Personal Protection class.