Anyone who has spent significant amount of time in mixed martial arts, competing or coaching, knows that judo, even though is one of the best bases physically for mixed martial arts, rarely sees application in competition and televised fights.

My head coach Firas Zahabi taught us this technique that incorporates a classic hip to from judo but the reason it is so effective is because it doesn’t necessarily matter if you end up finishing the throw, in fact you are that doesn’t work!

The technique works by, expecting your opponent to block the throw by using his arm to base and not get thrown on his back. When that happens, his hands are now on the ground that he is a grounded opponent, all there’s left to do is turn to face him and get head and arm control Turtle position, which is dominant in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and martial arts.


From there, a fighter can go into any of his favoured submission finishes from turtle. I will release a video very soon about my favourite submission series from the turtle position. [ones that are directly applicable to Mma].


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