How Alex Pereira KO'd Dustin Jacoby in Glory 14 - With Video Tutorial

Often times Martial Arts schools lean too far to one Direction or the Other. Either they throw you into the deep end before teaching you how to swim... By not teaching you ANYTHING about the basics... Or all they do is overload you with move after move after move... Never giving you the time to apply said basics and fully understand them in the first place.

Yet time and time again we see in nearly every MMA and Kickboxing match... its the proper application of the basics... that win fights... I like to think of it as the Science of fighting.

I am referring specifically today to the Alex Pereira/ Dustin Jacoby fight in Zagreb Croatia. With a smart rear knee to a lead hook, Pereira put Jacoby to the floor in what commentator Duke Rufus called "Kick Boxing 101."

Sometimes, Basics can get kind of boring. But Basics win fights, so to become truly talented you have to embrace the mundane of the easy and make them your own. Sometimes it is difficult to ignore the itch of the evolutionary desire to get in the ring and senselessly throw fists. But if that's the case, you have to ask yourself a question...

Do I want to FIGHT? Or do I want to BE a FIGHTER?

Be wary of gyms that throw you into sparring with out teaching you these basics... they're just taking your money. If you wanted to spar with a group of idiots you could have found a back yard full of beer drinking brawlers to swing at for free.

Here is a video Tutorial of how to Apply the knee to hook concept for yourself. And here is a link to our YouTube page for more Awesome Video.

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"Big Bang" Mike O'Laskey is an MMA Fighter and Coach With a Martial Arts School in Burbank California

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300: Rise of an Empire - Some Sword and Shield Action

300: Rise of an Empire is set to hit theaters this weekend. So we here at O'Laskey Martial Arts thought it might be fun to do a Tutorial video on some Sword and Shield drills to help you guys get into the spirit.

Often times people will view the shield a merely a defensive weapon... But the shield has offensive uses as well as active defensive movements that accompany the sword quite well as you will see in the video below.

Try these drill before you go out and see the movie! If you don't have fake swords, you can use Kali sticks... Even your kids Light Sabers (Yes, we know you've got them) Notice how tiring the drills can be...

Perhaps now you realize why everyone in Sparta seems to have perfect bodies.

"Big Bang" Mike O'Laskey is an MMA Fighter and Coach With a Martial Arts School in Burbank California

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12 ways to Know You're An MMA Fighter

"Cutting" doesn't mean the same thing to you as it does everyone else.

Regular Headphones don't fit into your ears.

People ask you to choke them out.

Or challenge you to wrestling matches in random social settings... and they get choked out.

You're suspicious of any blemish on your body.

Gym Rats mock Crossfitters and Crossfitters mock Gym rats... The important thing is you've found a way to feel superior to both...

Until someone mocks you in public for wearing "TapouT"... And you can't defend yourself, Because telling them you are actually a fighter feels MORE douchey... 

Doing cage work in class means every one at the next pool party is going to think you have a disease.

You've had to rationalize to both male and female friends how rolling shirtless with other dudes isn't gay...

Yet wearing tiny shorts and extra tight shirts is perfectly acceptable...

Going to the gym for you is not the same as for every other guy.

And the last way to know you're an MMA Fighter is because you've put it all on the line... and step into one of these...

Seems obvious... But there are people who train all their lives and will never see the inside of a cage. You are one of the brave few that doesn't ONLY train... but also fights... You applied your training... and you deserve the moniker of "Fighter"...

"Big Bang" Mike O'Laskey is an MMA Fighter and Coach With a Martial Arts School in Burbank California

1312 W. Magnolia Blvd
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UFC 170 Pyle Vs Waldbuger with Tutorial

Saturday was UFC 170. It's Main Card boasted Rousey and Mcmann, a fight that ended a tad unsatified. My favorite fight however was Pyle Vs Waldburger.

I went to the bar with a few students to catch the fight... And the tipping point for this particular bout when unnoticed by most. Even the commentators let it go by the wayside... Probably because, if I am remembering correctly... It actually landed on the back of the neck... Making it TECHNICALLY illegal. But because of the nature of the move, it was unavoidable.

Pyle used a spin elbow from a captured leg. It was THIS spin elbow that allowed him to capitalize and rain down punches from above that eventually led to a referee stoppage.

Here is a video I've created on how you can accomplish a similar thing to what Pyle did in that fight. Like it, Share it, Enjoy it!

And come to Muay Thai Class or MMA class at O'Laskey Martial Arts in Burbank! We have no Contracts and the Fairest Price in town! Yet enrollment is limited, Come on down now before we're filled to capacity!

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Sparring with the Superman Punch With Vid Link

The Superman punch it a move that is rather well known at this point. Anyone that has watched more than one UFC fight knows of its existence... and has probably even it a whirl once or twice. But the key to the superman punch oddly has little to do with having the coordination to accomplish the move, nay, I will say that the superman punch exists in the set up... rather than the move itself.

In the Video below we cover what it takes to set up the superman punch properly. As you will see, the idea is to use your kicks, consistently throughout the match, to cause your opponent to expect the kick in general. Once the "Ambiance" of the kick is created, you can then throw the superman punch. This causes the opponent to lower his guard in expectation of the kick, allowing the effectiveness of the punch to be at its highest.

Follow the link below and tell us what you think!

Superman Punch Vid Here

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Sparring with Destruction Techniques (With Video)

Destruction Techniques

Let’s talk Destructions. Destruction techniques have been recently on the minds of those in the fight community. Mainly due the the UFC fight Weidman vs Silva, where Silva broke his own leg throwing a kick. But usually destruction techniques aren’t that drastic, or that spectacular.

The word “Destruction” is really just a synonym for “Offensive Defense” . The idea, is to block a kick in such a way… that it make your opponent disinclined to throw another one. So let’s shadow box these motions so that we can properly apply them on the pads.

Shadow Box

The first move we will focus on is a foot stomp. Much like a muay thai teep, you raise the leg up in a semi straighten fashion. Stopping your opponents oncoming rear leg kick, preferably on the knee joint, but anywhere in that general area will suffice. After that your going to drop that leg into the cross followed by the hook and then the cross again. Ending with a mid-level, double rear leg kick yourself.

For your second combo, we are going to do a cross over leg sheild with that rear leg. Intercepting your opponents rear leg kick. This defense has a verisimilitude to what we saw in the Silva Weidman fight. But we’re going to add a separate element which is using the same defending leg, to foot stomp or side kick the inner knee area of your opponents front leg. This movement will generally cause you to finish in my case a south paw lead, opposite of that which you started with. Now you will end this combo with a mid level kick with the opposite leg, stepping though to the stance you’re accustomed to, summing it up with a cross, rear elbow, rear knee.

Pause this video, and practice this a few times before moving on to the pad work section.

Pad Work

So let’s apply this now to the pads, you can use focus mitts like we are using here. Or Thai Pads if you want to put more sting into your mid-level kicks. Either way I will suggest shin guards for both feeder and puncher. In order to keep you from limping for accidental shin collisions.

Praxis Work

Now lets work practical application in sparring. these move here can be pretty detrimental. I dont suggest using them in sparring unless you guys are going easy enough as to not harm each other.

Apply counter move like this in sparring is hard, because they are a reaction to your

opponents attack. So you have one of two choices… Wait until he kicks, or get good at what we call “Baiting”. Baiting, just as it sounds is putting yourself in the position that which your opponent want to kick you. Which of course in turn is exactly what you wanted to begin with. So first thing you need to do, is frustrate your opponent by staying in his kick range. If he feel he can punch you, we won't risk a kick. But if you maintain a distance where kicking is his only option, he has no choice. Also, get into a front heavy stance. One that looks like that front leg of yours is difficult to get up and move out of the way of his kick. These two activities in conjunction, will give you the best chance in baiting him into a kick. Once the bait is set, it’s time to catch a fish.

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Work your Spin Backfist into Shadow Boxing and Sparring (With Video)

Spin Back Fist

Mike O’Laskey here at O’Laskey Martial Arts in Burbank California for this installment of your Kickboxing combo of the week!

In this weeks installment we are going to explore a good application of the spinning back fist.

Now the Spin back fist is a coveted move when it comes to Martial Arts and Fighting. Not only because its effective… But lets face it… it pretty frickin cool.

The thing with a spin Back Fist… it that any halfway co-ordinated 5 year old in a tu-tu can spin around and extend their arm. The key here is effectiveness, through execution. So let get started!

Practice:

The best application I have found to successfully landing the Spin Back Fist in any Martial Arts, Kickboxing or MMA match starts with footwork. Usually, with your Jab, you want to step into it… Putting your whole body into the punch. So keeping that mentality in mind… Instead of stepping straight forward. I want you step at a 45 degree angle towards your open side. This would be your right if you have a standard stance… or your left if you’re a southpaw. This action now cuts your rotation from 360 degrees. To ideally more or less 180 degrees. This is going to allow your spin action to happen faster… With less movement to telegraph.

So the first Combo we will Drill… Is a double Jab, to the spin Back Fist. Move Forward on the First Jab with that lead leg and on the second jab, instead of moving forward, take that 45 degree step with the front leg we were talking about earlier. and that is where that spin backfist is applied.

Doing it this way, Disguises the arrival of the spin back fist in the best way I have personally found. So lets drill it on the pads a few times.

Now this lead jab step can be used in any combo that which the jab can be safely applied. So lets give you one more combo… a Tad bit longer. Jab, cross, Hook, Cross, Hook. This time, as the hook comes… you’re going to take that ever so important 45 degree step to set up the Spin Back fist.

Application:

Now that you have the movement down… lets talk about how you can actually accomplish this is sparring. I find that this often works the best when you have limited your opponent retreat. If he has his back against the cage or against the ring. Often times if there isn’t something limiting his retreat… he can run back faster than your spin moves you forward or at least move back enough to do a slight sway back with his head, causing you to miss entirely.

So imagine his back is up against the wall, Unable to move backwards his only options as far a movement goes will be left or right to escape. Now, any halfway competent coach or martial artist is in most cases going to tell you that you are going to want to escape by moving AWAY from the power hand. So as your opponent moves in this case, my left his right to escape what he thinks will be my cross… He walks unexpectedly into my spin back fist. So I will double jab in, baiting his evasion. As he moves is where my spin takes place. Its fast, its unexpected… and most importantly it works.

Ending:

Thanks you for watching my spin back fist tutorial. Subscribe for new combos every week. Try this out in sparring, and post the videos in video response section. And let me know what you think! Like this video, and tell me how YOU implement the Spin Back Fist or what you would do differently. I’m always looking good information. Until next week. I’m Mike O’Laskey with O’Laskey Martial Arts in Burbank California. See you next time.

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