Showing posts with label Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Jordan Morgan Scores Big Win to Put Nederland on the MMA Map
Nederland
fighter Jordan “The Sniper” Morgan helped bolster the local mixed martial arts
scene with dominant win last weekend.
Morgan dominated fellow Texas fighter Gabriel Reynaga en route to a
unanimous decision win earning a 30-26 score from one judge at the El Orgullo
del Valle show in Pharr, Texas on March 16.
Morgan
came out firing and dominated the first two rounds with his superior boxing and
Muay Thai. Morgan put an exclamation point on round two when he staggered
Reynaga with a high kick followed by a slam.
“That slam reminded me of an early Matt Hughes dominating his opponents
in the UFC,” said Patrick Head, the head trainer at United MMA located in
Nederland, Texas.
In
the third round Morgan showcased his ground game by almost finishing the fight
by heel hook. “His opponent was saved by
the bell,” Head said.
“I’m
different than a lot of other fighters,” said Morgan, who began his mixed
martial arts career with an 8-1 amateur record before turning pro. “A lot of fighters push a thuggish persona,
but I’m just a guy that works my butt off in the gym.”
“He’s
a very hard worker and an excellent fighter.
Coaching Jordan can be like playing a video game because he listens so
well,” Head said. “We were confident for
this fight that Jordan had a much better ground game than his opponent since he
has been in our Brazilian jiu-jitsu program for several years. The goal was to showcase his boxing for this
fight. We put him in the hands of our boxing coach, Francisco Monroy, and the
results speak for themselves.”
After
this win, Morgan looks to be back in the cage as soon as possible. “He walked away from this fight uninjured, so
he’s ready to go,” Head said. Possible
future fights for Morgan could be in the Legacy Fighting Championship
organization that promotes fights in the Houston area.
In
the growing Texas mixed martial arts scene, Morgan gives most of the credit to
his gym and its trainers. “My trainers
back me 100 percent. In addition to
regular classes, they stay after and put in extra time with me until I get the
technique right.”
“It’s
the little details that separate the good fighters from the great, and my
coaches at United MMA are down in the trenches with me making sure I’ve got
those details down,” Morgan said.
United MMA is one
of several gyms in the area advertising mixed martial arts, but not all gyms
are equal according to Patrick Head.
“Most gyms in our area advertise themselves as mixed martial arts
schools, but when you look closely, they only specialize in one area. United MMA has talented instructors in
different disciplines who are passionate about teaching along with the best
facilities between Houston and New Orleans.”
“If
you want to learn mixed martial arts, come down to United MMA,” Head said. “We’ve got two huge training rooms with
matted floors, heavy bags and a boxing ring, and we offer a 30 day free trial
with no strings attached. If you walk in
the door, you’ll want to be a part of our team.”
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Why Quality Instruction is Crucial When Choosing a MMA School
Patrick Head March 2013
People choose to train mixed
martial arts for a variety of reasons.
Some take the sport very seriously and want to participate in
competitions and perhaps even become professional fighters someday, whereas
others see the sport simply as a fun way to stay in shape. If you are in the latter category and are not
very serious about participating in the sport on a competitive level, you might
mistakenly assume that receiving quality instruction is not important in your
case and that all you really need is a teacher who knows just enough about the techniques
to make the sport fun and physically challenging.
The truth is, however, that picking
a gym with high quality instruction is crucial no matter what reason you have
for wanting to train, and this is mainly because lower quality instruction
often carries with it a much higher risk of injury. If you have ever seen mixed martial arts matches
on television, you know that the sport can be very violent and even dangerous
if it is not properly controlled. Although training mixed martial arts at a gym
may not be nearly as dangerous as participating in professional fighting, students
at MMA gyms still run a high risk of getting injured if their instructors do
not properly inform them on how to stay safe.
Quality MMA instructors can almost completely eliminate this risk of
injury by making sure that students understand how to perform moves slowly,
carefully, and with minimal force so that no one gets hurt, but less qualified
teachers may be comparatively negligent in this area.
Mixed martial arts is the most
extreme combat sport a person can train in, and it requires knowledge of a
multitude of different martial art disciplines.
Students who practice this sport are required to learn how to fight
effectively both from standing and on the ground through utilizing striking,
grappling, and takedown techniques. Low
quality gyms will often have one person teaching in all of these different disciplines
even though they are only experts in one of them, and this is definitely not an
ideal situation from a risk management perspective. For example, if an instructor is an expert
boxer but is teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in spite of the fact that he is not
very well-versed in grappling techniques, he will be slower to notice when a
student is performing a move that is going to injure her partner, and he may also
neglect to teach students the important safety techniques that are associated
with this sport such as the proper way a person should land when an opponent
throws them to the ground.
Another reason that training at a
low quality gym is not as safe as training at a gym that prides itself in having
high-quality instruction is that lower quality gyms tend to attract a less
dedicated crowd. When this happens, the
gym obtains a number of members who saw violent UFC fights on television and
have decided that they want to try to inflict that kind of damage to others
themselves. These individuals are not
really interested in learning techniques, and their aggression and lack of respect
for the sport will likely result in injury to their training partners. A gym with quality instruction will quickly
teach these individuals that practicing mixed martial arts requires discipline
and respect and is not about just beating people up. Any dojo that is worth training at will not
allow people who refuse to respect their partners on the mat so that the safety
of their students will not be compromised.
To find high quality MMA instruction in the Nederland, Texas area,
please check out our website at www.unitedmmafight.com.
Choke the One You Love - A Southeast Texas MMA Gym Brings Families Together
Nederland, TX, Feb 04, 2013 — In today’s fast-paced world, achieving family unity can be difficult. With so many distractions working to prevent parents and children from connecting with each other on a meaningful level, it is very important that families make a conscious effort to spend time together by participating in activities that everyone can enjoy.
At a new MMA gym in Nederland, TX there is no better activity for bringing a family together than Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In most sport activities such as soccer or football, a parent can only coach or cheer for their children from the sidelines, but in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu they can actually get on the mat with them and learn and train techniques together.
Participating in a physical activity with your children is a great way to bring your family together while promoting healthy lifestyle choices, a benefit that cannot be overemphasized here Southeast Texas, where obesity rates are well above the national average. While a Dad may look to lose weight, his son is excited to learn a submission he saw in the last UFC. Meanwhile, a Mom is learning real life, self-defense.
Family members and training partners learn to be very reliant on one another to improve their skills. The kicks and punches that are taught in other martial arts can be practiced on bags or even in the air, but a majority of the grappling techniques taught in Jiu-Jitsu cannot be performed without another person.
As participants move up in skill level, they begin to teach test one another, and they are constantly pushing each other to perfect their techniques. Working directly with one another to advance their skills creates a unique bond between family members as they advance through the sport.
Anyone who trains Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu will tell you that this amazing martial art is more than just a sport; it is a way of life. The philosophy of respect, self-control, and perseverance that you learn on the mat extends naturally into all other aspects of your life making you a more considerate and cooperative human being. By participating in this sport, children and their parents learn how to depend on one another and help each other grow. This mutual reliance is what being a family is all about, and this is why Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is such an effective activity for promoting family togetherness.
Patrick Head opened United MMA in August 2013 in Nederland, Texas. United MMA offers classes for MMA, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Boxing. Patrick Head is a Gracie Barra Black belt, 2008 Pan American Champion, 2009 Bronze Medalist in NOGI World Championship, and has 18 Years of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training.
At a new MMA gym in Nederland, TX there is no better activity for bringing a family together than Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In most sport activities such as soccer or football, a parent can only coach or cheer for their children from the sidelines, but in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu they can actually get on the mat with them and learn and train techniques together.
Participating in a physical activity with your children is a great way to bring your family together while promoting healthy lifestyle choices, a benefit that cannot be overemphasized here Southeast Texas, where obesity rates are well above the national average. While a Dad may look to lose weight, his son is excited to learn a submission he saw in the last UFC. Meanwhile, a Mom is learning real life, self-defense.
Family members and training partners learn to be very reliant on one another to improve their skills. The kicks and punches that are taught in other martial arts can be practiced on bags or even in the air, but a majority of the grappling techniques taught in Jiu-Jitsu cannot be performed without another person.
As participants move up in skill level, they begin to teach test one another, and they are constantly pushing each other to perfect their techniques. Working directly with one another to advance their skills creates a unique bond between family members as they advance through the sport.
Anyone who trains Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu will tell you that this amazing martial art is more than just a sport; it is a way of life. The philosophy of respect, self-control, and perseverance that you learn on the mat extends naturally into all other aspects of your life making you a more considerate and cooperative human being. By participating in this sport, children and their parents learn how to depend on one another and help each other grow. This mutual reliance is what being a family is all about, and this is why Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is such an effective activity for promoting family togetherness.
Patrick Head opened United MMA in August 2013 in Nederland, Texas. United MMA offers classes for MMA, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Boxing. Patrick Head is a Gracie Barra Black belt, 2008 Pan American Champion, 2009 Bronze Medalist in NOGI World Championship, and has 18 Years of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training.
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