MMA Striking Drills - Dominating the Stand Up Game with Ryan Diaz

World renowned MMA coach, founder of Diaz Combat sports in Vancouver and former professional fighter Ryan Diaz knows only too well the need for MMA specific striking drills and coaching.  In this, his first ever full length instructional volume on the Warrior Marketplace, he goes through step by step, a whole manner of amazing coaching content, knowledge and drills he personally likes to utilise regularly with the fighters he trains - The Elbow Series, Working Low Kicks, Using Striking Frames, Switch Hitting, Defensive Switches, Clinch for MMA, Hand Fighting and Boxing for MMA.

MMA Striking Drills - Dominating the Stand Up Game with Ryan Diaz

Years ago, when the UFC first started out, fighters would typically train in combat sports such as Boxing and Muay Thai separately in order to work their striking.  Fast forward to present day and the game has evolved massively.  

MMA striking has now taken on so many different facets and nuances as a result of both the smaller gloves and rules set, it has become it’s a standalone system within its own right.  

This is something world renowned MMA coach, founder of Diaz Combat sports in Vancouver and former professional fighter Ryan Diaz knows only too well.  As a result, he formulated his own complete system of MMA striking drills to help those he coaches massively develop this aspect of their game.

Ryan Diaz

Ryan Diaz competed at an elite level for many years before retiring to concentrate on coaching.  His achievements include KOTC Bantamweight World Champion, AFC Bantamweight World Champion, Hook n Shoot North American Champion, 2 x PNW Champion, Fearless MMA Champion, Canadian Muay Thai Champion, Intercontinental Muay Thai Champion and ADCC veteran. Veteran of over 50 professional fights all over the world.

Places include Japan, Hawaii, Abu Dhabi, California, Florida, Philippines.  Events include ONE Championship, Strikeforce, Superbrawl, Hook n Shoot, TKO, KOTC, S-Cup (Shootboxing) Japan, Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling Championships (ADCC) and Shooto Japan.

He has lived and trained Martial Arts in Thailand, Philippines, Arizona and Las Vegas.  Coach to many professional fighters including current UFC, Bellator MMA and ONE Championship fighters.  He is also a co-owner of The MMA Lab (located in Phoenix, Arizona) with world renowned MMA coach John Crouch and UFC legend Benson Henderson.  

Here, for only his first time ever, he has filmed an in-depth volume of work showcasing his unique approach to coaching

MMA Striking Drills - Dominating the Stand Up Game

In it, he goes through step by step, a whole manner of amazing coaching content, knowledge and drills he personally likes to utilise regularly with the fighters he trains - The Elbow Series, Working Low Kicks, Using Striking Frames, Switch Hitting, Defensive Switches, Clinch for MMA, Hand Fighting and Boxing for MMA.

So, whether you are looking to take your own striking to the next level or want to develop further as a coach, you will find this volume of work indispensable.  

This video includes:

• Outside to Inside. Learn how to work from the outside to the inside range in MMA in order to become more effective with elbows.
• Elbow Stoppages. Understand how to put combinations and attacks together to maximise your chances of stopping an opponent with an elbow.
• Calf Kicks. Make calf kicks an effective part of your game by learning different ways to set them up, understanding when to use them and when not to.
• Low Kick Framework. Learn how Ryan uses his own personal system to chain off low kicks using both legs, whilst attacking from different angles.
• The Roof. Using frames in MMA creates multiple opportunities to break your opponents rhythm and land significant strikes.
• The Switch Series. A complete framework for using stance changes in conjunction with striking frames to become highly unpredictable whilst fighting or sparring.
• Super Moves. Add creative striking set pieces to your stand up game in order to mix between the fundamentals and flashy crowd pleasers.
• Defensive Switches. Learn how to use switches off the back foot in order to be dangerous even when on the retreat.
• Clinch. Learn Ryan’s clinch for MMA series by understanding how he works striking positional dominance in alongside the typical Wrestling and Judo frameworks.
• Hand Controls. A whole series of advanced hand control drills to help you learn how to hand fight at close range in order to take your close range striking to the next level.
• Chain Elbows. Learn how to use hand fighting to set up elbows and the code words Ryan uses with his fighters to prime set piece attacks.
• The Burger. The burger series takes the jab and works it as highly effective bait system for countering fighters at the Boxing range in MMA.
• And more….

Below is an extract from the volume.  This clip is from Video 3 - Using Striking Frames