MMA, or Mixed Martial Arts, requires a balanced weight of combat skills, be it agility, power, or swiftness. Simply being strong and tanky won't win you a fight. Speed and agility are equally needed. MMA professionals train for long hours to develop their quickness for the ring. You need to be quick on your feet to strike vulnerable points and evade incoming offence. The speed at which your reflexes kick in improves with better agility. Your mind-body coordination is also enhanced, making agility training essential for your routine. Moreover, speed and agility don't just benefit your fighting ability but translate to ordinary life as well. Training these skills gives you balance and body control, proving its importance for all people, not just athletes. But why exactly should you work on speed and agility as an MMA aspirant, and what benefits would training bring?
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The famous saying ‘Thoughts Become Things’ highlights clearly that mindset can impact actions. Whether it is the will to learn a new language, musical instrument, or mixed martial arts (MMA), no outstanding achievement in life is an outcome of a limiting mindset. Thus to master MMA, the mind and body must be in harmony. We have all seen martial artists performing swift bodily movements and fancy attack combinations requiring extreme mobility and core strength. Fact is, the physical effort required meets our eyes very quickly. But what evades it is the other half of the martial arts expertise equation - mental effort. In ways more than one, succeeding in martial arts demands strength of spirit more than physicality. A huge part of developing a disciplined and focused mindset is choosing to accept these traits as a part of your personality. Further, at every opportunity life throws, act to those traits.
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