Kickboxing and mma footwork

Footwork tactics

This blog is based on a Kickboxing / MMA stand up.

Have you ever sparred and thought “I should be picking you off, stand still” well if you have you need to be looking at how to control your opponent, depending on his or her height and whether you need to sit in the pocket (range between a kick and a punch) will dictate how you try and move your opponent to set them up.

Try and control the centre of the ring (which is tricky if you don’t have a fulltime academy) is what you tend to here from instructors, but what you actually need to do is control the direction that your back faces, by that I mean make sure your back is always aiming towards the middle of the ring, you don’t need to stand in the middle.

Your sparring will have major faults if you do not practice the following:

1. Shadowing

2. Slide

3. Drawing

4. Pocket

5. Stalking

6. Pushing

7. Fakeing

8. Tempting

9. Closing

10. Opening

All of the above are footwork tactics for stand up martial arts.

MSD Evolution will be having a seminar in the near future and all of the above tactics will be explained, drilled, practiced and used in a sparring format.

If you are interested in footwork tactics and would like to attend this seminar please contact us on the email below.


Team MSD

See you on the mat! 