THE SECONDS BETWEEN

Transitions & Scrambles

The unstable moments where position is undecided, and the habits that let you arrive on the winning side of them.

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Winning Scrambles and Transitions

Scrambles are decided by who commits to a direction first and who keeps their head higher. Both are trainable, and neither is about strength.

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Mixed martial arts explained as one sport, not three stacked on top of each other.

An order of operations for building the three areas so they reinforce each other. Progress when the current stage survives light resistance from a partner, not when a set number of weeks has passed.

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