ALLIANCE GREENVILLE PHILOSPHY AND TRAINING BLUEPRINT FOR MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

It is our belief at Alliance that Mixed Martial Arts sports competition should be approached by both the athlete and coach in a professional manner. It is a serious business and the preparation for competition should be approached as such. The core of our curriculum at Alliance is Brazilian Jiujitsu. BJJ along with our standup striking program provide an excellent foundation for competition in mixed martial arts. There are many benefits to training in martial arts and many of those benefits can be achieved by training 2 or 3 times a week. Many people train in either BJJ or standup as a hobby, however, we must emphasize again that we do not look at mma competition as a hobby. It is our belief that in order to compete in MMA you should be more than competent in both or you must be at a very high level at one or the other. Once you have a solid foundation in BJJ and standup we will then be better able to incorporate specific training for mma. Again this training is to be performed in a professional manner. There are two major concerns as far as mma competition goes. First, is that you are well prepared so that the risk of injury is greatly reduced. I cannot think of a much worse scenario than being the coach of a fighter who is badly injured because the fighter entered a fight he was not prepared for. Second, when you compete under the Alliance name you represent yourself, the school in Greenville, and the Alliance as a whole. This means a lot to us and we do not want anyone fighting that is not adequately prepared. It is one thing to lose a fight but is is an entirely different to lose a fight because of unprofessional preparation.

So, what do we mean by professional preparation. As of right now that preparation consist of five components.

1) Brazilian jiujitsu

2) Standup

3) Strength and Conditioning

4) Nutrition

5) Specific mma training

To be well prepared you need to incorporate all five components. You should be training six days per week if you are serious.

YEAR ROUND TRAINING FOR THE MMA ATHLETE

1) Brazilian jiujitsu (3 or more sessions per week)

2) Standup (3 sessions per week)

3) Crossfit (2- 4 sessions per week)

4) Nutrition (monitoring diet and eating clean with details to be discussed individually)

5) Competition in BJJ or kickboxing tournaments

For a beginner it will normally take between 1-2 years of consistent and committed training before you can expect to be well prepared to fight.

MMA TRAINING CAMP

1) BJJ (3 sessions per week)

2) Standup (2 sessions per week)

3) Crossfit (2 sessions per week)

4) Nutrition (specific for the individual)

5) MMA specific training 3-5 days per week

The minimal time for training camp is eight weeks maybe longer depending on the individual. This training will require either long training sessions or preferably 2 sessions per day on most days. If you are not willing to prepare this way then we do not consider you serious about being a MMA fighter.