What if textbook technique was holding you back?

The cold, violent technical genius of Yothin FA Group finally succumbed to the romantic, ramshackle brawling of Chiabkard. Here is a love letter to the right straight to the body.

Being cut from the UFC is often the death knell for a young prospect in mixed martial arts. The undeterrable Mason Jones went back to the drawing board and returned to the big show fighting better than ever.

Ruminations on the K guard, getting old, and doing the thing you love even as it hurts you.

After years of promising a library tour, we dive in with three of the more unorthodox old boxing texts from my shelves.

Yeonli Hernandez, Dany Bill, and Giorgi Malania

Style clashes are the lifeblood of combat sports, and few come more clear cut than that between IBF lightweight champion, Raymond Muratalla, and Olympic gold medalist, Andy Cruz. 

We take the chance to revisit the three golden rules of spinning techniques, and a few extras that work as well.

We examine a few of the great Lazarus stories of combat sports and try to put our finger on the factors that made each possible.