MMA Student Level 1 Drills

Students: please use the following drills to work the material you learned in the MMA Student Level 1 technique course.

Affiliates: please use the following drills to build your MMA Level 1 lesson plans and classes at your school or in your group. The lesson plan templates are available in the affiliate support materials section. Note: These are not all of the drills. If you have your own drills that support this material, by all means use them!

These sections will expand as we film new drills as well. The goal is to give you many options to train the techniques and help you get your reps and develop your skill.

Module 1 Solo - Footwork
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Combination Solo Footwork Drills  
Module 2 Solo - Shadow Boxing
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Combination Shadow Boxing Drills  
Module 3 Solo - Shadow Wrestling
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Shrimp  
Unit 3 Back Bridge  
Unit 4 Hip Ups  
Unit 5 Hip Ups To Triangle  
Unit 6 Technical Get Up  
Unit 7 Sprawl  
Unit 8 Shot Walk  
Unit 9 Shoulder Roll To Guard  
Unit 10 Y Escape  
Unit 11 Sit Out  
Module 4 Focus Mitts - 2 Count Striking
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Double Jab  
Unit 3 Jab - Cross  
Unit 4 Cross - Jab  
Unit 5 Cross - Hook  
Unit 6 Hook - Cross  
Unit 7 Overhand - Lead Uppercut  
Unit 8 Jab - Overhand  
Unit 9 Rear Uppercut - Hook  
Unit 10 Jab - Rear Uppercut  
Unit 11 Cross - Lead Uppercut  
Module 5 Focus Mitts - 3 Count Striking
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Triple Jab  
Unit 3 Jab - Jab - Cross  
Unit 4 Jab - Cross - Hook  
Unit 5 Cross - Hook - Cross  
Unit 6 Hook - Cross - Hook  
Unit 7 Rear Uppercut - Hook - Cross  
Unit 8 Lead Uppercut - Cross - Hook  
Unit 9 Overhand - Lead Uppercut - Overhand  
Unit 10 Lead Uppercut - Overhand - Lead Uppercut  
Module 6 Focus Mitts - 4 Count Striking
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Jab - Cross - Hook - Cross  
Unit 3 Jab - Rear Uppercut - Hook - Cross  
Unit 4 Jab - Rear Uppercut - Lead Uppercut - Cross  
Unit 5 Jab - Jab - Jab - Cross  
Unit 6 Jab - Jab - Cross - Hook  
Unit 7 Jab - Cross - Jab - Cross  
Unit 8 Jab - Lead Hook - Cross - Lead Hook  
Unit 9 Jab - Cross - Hook - Overhand  
Unit 10 Cross - Hook - Rear Uppercut - Hook  
Unit 11 Hook - Hook - Hook - Hook  
Module 7 Thai Pads - 1 Count Striking
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Single Kicks - Right & Left  
Unit 4 Push Kick - Lead & Rear  
Unit 5 High Knees  
Unit 6 Skip Knees From Clinch  
Unit 7 Curve Knees From Clinch  
Module 8 Thai Pads - 2 Count Striking
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Double Kicks - Right & Left  
Unit 3 Jab - Right Kick  
Unit 4 Cross - Switch Kick  
Unit 5 Cross - Stepping Left Kick  
Unit 6 Jab - Rear Push Kick  
Unit 7 Jab - Right Knee  
Unit 8 Cross - Stepping Left Knee  
Module 9 Thai Pads - 3 Count Striking
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Triple Kicks - Right & Left  
Unit 3 Jab - Cross - Left Kick  
Unit 4 Jab - Cross - Rear Push Kick  
Unit 5 Cross - Hook - Right Kick  
Unit 6 Double Jab - Right Kick  
Unit 7 Jab - Cross - Left Knee  
Unit 8 Jab - Cross - Rear Straight Knee  
Unit 9 Cross - Hook - Rear Straight Knee  
Unit 10 Double Jab - Rear Straight Knee  
Module 10 Thai Pads - 4 Count Striking
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Standard 4 Counts  
Unit 3 Jab - Cross - Left Kick - Right Kick  
Unit 4 Lead Push Kick - Cross - Hook - Right Kick  
Unit 5 Jab - Cross - Hook - Rear Push Kick  
Unit 6 Cross - Hook - Cross - Lead Push Kick  
Unit 7 Left Knee - Cross - Hook - Right Knee  
Unit 8 Right Knee - Cross - Hook - Left Knee  
Unit 9 Jab - Cross - Hook - Right Knee  
Unit 10 Cross - Hook - Cross - Left Knee  
Module 11 Glove Drills - 1 Count Striking
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Introduction  
Unit 3 Pressure  
Unit 4 1 Count Striking Drills  
Module 12 Glove Drills - 2 Count Striking
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Parry - Parry  
Unit 3 Slip - Slip  
Unit 4 Parry - Duck  
Unit 5 Parry - Slip  
Module 13 Glove Drills - 3 Count Striking
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Parry - Parry - Cover  
Unit 3 Slip - Slip - Bob & Weave  
Unit 4 Slip - Slip - Cover  
Unit 5 Cover - Cover - Cover  
Module 14 Glove Drills - Kick Defense
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Check The Leg Kick - Outside & Inside  
Unit 3 Kick For Kick  
Unit 4 3 Kick Check Drill  
Module 15 Glove Drills - Clinch
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Tie Up Template - Front - 4 Positions  
Unit 3 Neck Pummeling  
Unit 4 Chest Pummeling  
Unit 5 Bicep Pummeling  
Unit 6 Wrist Pummeling  
Unit 7 Pummel To Arm Drag  
Unit 8 Pummel To Duck Under  
Unit 9 Leg Hook - Breaking The Grip From The Back  
Unit 10 Pummeling Summary  
Module 16 Glove Drills - Takedowns
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Standing Double Leg  
Unit 3 Full Shot Double Leg  
Unit 4 Single Leg To Run The Pipe  
Unit 5 Single Leg To Double Leg  
Unit 6 Snap Down From Pummeling Template  
Module 17 Glove Drills - Grappling
Unit 1 Outline  
Unit 2 Star Drill 1  
Unit 3 Step Over Mount From Side Control  
Unit 4 Knee Slide Mount From Side Control  
Unit 5 Trap - Bridge - Roll - Pass Guard - Mount  
Unit 6 Posture - Pass - Re-Guard  
Unit 7 Y Escape From Side Control  
Unit 8 Y Escape From Kuzure Kesa Gatame  
Unit 9 Y Escape Rocking Drill  

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