There are many things you must learn to truly understand and to know what it means to be a MMA, or as it originally means, Mixed Martial Arts, or if it was only one person learning the technique, then you would say Mixed Martial Artist. There are also many steps that you must learn to master it, but if you are a very quick learner you won't have to worry. There are at least fifteen levels of the belts you have to go through. The minimum time to get to your black belt is at least a year or two, or in other cases, it can take at least eleven months
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Once you have mastered everything you need to know such as basic, then you start learning your next belt courses. You start leaning new stance kicks. For example, the “back leg round house”. You start the move in your side fighting stance. But here is always something to remember, you always stay in your left fighting stance with your left arm out when you are competing or are just sparing. The back leg round house is a technique used to kick higher or kick to the head when you are fighting your opponent or in a real fight on the streets. It helps give you the extra leg length in defense. After you have mastered the kick, you learn some of the basic arm block moves. For example, the arm bar. The arm bar is a restraint technique used when fighting to have the other person give up or in another case, to leave you alone.
I can’t name everything you need to learn in a belt or two, but once you have mastered every belt up to black, there are at least 3 degrees in a black belt. Once you have learned all 3degree belts, you can began teaching. If you want to start your own teaching academy or school for MMA, the college career choice you take gets you a Bachelors and masters degree. You must spend at least four years in college. The average financial aid package, meaning what it takes for them to help you take care of medical expenses if you get injured or hurt, is