No Holds Barred Fighting: The Kicking Bible

Strikes for MMA and the Street

Mark Hatmaker

• Publisher: Tracks Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781884654428
• Year: 2008

One of the most feared and useful weapons in mixed martial arts (MMA) competition is dissected and discussed in this fully-illustrated guide to both perfecting and defending against the low kick. Many competitors view this technique as a single tool in their arsenal, limiting themselves when they could be taking this low-line method of attack and modifying it to fit far more kicking situations than those commonly used. This volume demonstrates how to expand the low-kicking arsenal, showing how a simple alteration in leg targeting can strongly challenge an opponent's defense, and how to hone low-line kicking power and speed so that rapid-fire low-line kicking becomes a powerful advantage. These techniques are prime for MMA competitors and anyone who wants to improve both their self-defense and competition skills with the best empirical information available.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Copyright
• Dedication and Acknowledgements
• Contents
• How to use the NHBF manuals
• Kick start
• 1 Stance
• 2 Footwork
• The Arsenal
• Kick defense
• 16 Kicking chain drills
• 17 Kicking conditioning drills
• Resources
• Index
• More titles by Mark Hatmaker
• About the Author