Greg Jackson Mixed Martial Arts Core Curriculum
Greg Jackson, head coach at Jackson’s Martial Arts & Fitness Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, teaches essential MMA tactics and techniques for UFC-type competition and self-defense.
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Module 1 — Core Stand-Up Mobility: Positioning for Striking: Introduction
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Module 1 — Core Stand-Up Mobility
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Module 1 — Core Stand-Up Mobility
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Module 1 — Core Stand-Up Mobility
Upper body (side to side) for MMA
Forward movement
Backward movement
Side-to-side movement
Circular
Cut angle to left, right
Using feints or fakes
Stalking -
Module 1 — Core Stand-Up Mobility
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Module 2 — Core Stand-Up Striking
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Module 2 — Core Stand-Up Striking
With movement and partner — jab with movement, cross
With movement and partner — hook
With movement and partner — uppercut
With movement and partner — horizontal elbow
With movement and partner — front/rear knee
With movement and partner — front kick
With movement and partner — muay Thai ro... -
Module 2 — Core Stand-Up Striking
Stationary — jab
Stationary — cross
Stationary — hook
Stationary — uppercut
Stationary — horizontal elbow
Stationary — front/rear knee
Stationary — front kick
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Module 2 — Core Stand-Up Striking
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Module 2 — Core Stand-Up Striking
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Module 3 — Core Ground Mobility
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Module 3 — Core Ground Mobility
Seated forward shoulder roll
Seated backward shoulder roll
Standing forward shoulder roll
Standing backward shoulder roll
Shrimping
Sprawl
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Module 3 — Core Ground Mobility
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Module 3 — Core Ground Mobility
Partner — shrimp to guard
Partner — 90-degree cut drill
Partner — 180-degree cut drill
Partner — sit-out drill to take back
Partner — buck and roll
Partner — side to mount to side
Partner — sit-up guard
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Module 3 — Core Ground Mobility
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Module 4 — Core Ground Striking
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Module 4 — Core Ground Striking
From mount — scarecrow, elbow, round punch
Back control/rear mount, all fours — round punch, etc.
Side mount — short elbow, hammerfist, reverse elbow
Side mount — short elbow to crucifix
Full-guard — elbows
Full-guard — punching -
Module 4 — Core Ground Striking
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Module 4 — Core Ground Striking
Mount
Side mount
Half-guard
Guard
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Module 4 — Core Ground Striking
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Module 5 — Core Clinch
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Module 5 — Core Clinch
Positions — underhook, overhook, 50-50 (pummel), muay Thai clinch (neck wrestling)
Whizzer
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Module 5 — Core Clinch:
Inside trip
Outside lateral
Blocking takedown
Head snap
Single collar tie — punch, elbow
Knees in muay Thai clinch -
Module 5 — Core Clinch:
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Module 6 — Core Takedowns
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Module 6 — Core Takedowns
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Module 6 — Core Takedowns
Single-leg balance drill
Failed takedown to sit-out -
Module 6 — Core Takedowns
Single leg
Double leg
Defend single leg/sprawl
Level change
Spring load -
Module 6 — Core Takedowns
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Module 7 — Core Ground Techniques
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Module 7 — Core Ground Techniques
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Module 7 — Core Ground Techniques
Win on the Ground — Part 1: Position Hierarchy
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Module 7 — Core Ground Techniques
Mount — roll-off armbar
Back control — rear-naked choke
Side mount — Americana, kimura -
Module 7 — Core Ground Techniques
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Module 8 — Core Ground Techniques
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Module 8 — Core Ground Techniques
Guard — armbar, kimura, get-up extraction, etc.
Knee-split guard pass
Side-mount hand defense to shrimp to guard
Mount-position defense
Back-control defense (hand fighting — protect neck), then reverse -
Module 8 — Core Ground Techniques
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Module 9 — Tactical Integration
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Module 9 — Tactical Integration
Jab level change — entrance
Cross level change — entrance
Clinch, elbow to inside control
Punch to knee split
Fake pass to punch -
Module 9 — Tactical Integration
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Module 10 — MMA Tactics
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Module 10 — MMA Tactics: The Core of Fighting
1. Broken rhythm
2. Flank attack
3. Mongolian attack
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Module 10 — MMA Tactics
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Module 10 — MMA Tactics
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