Rich Alten's Accelerated MMA Training Systems

Science: The method of discovering how things really work by analysis, experimentation and testing of all variables.

Organization: The assembling of a body of knowledge in a systematic way to encourage progressive learning.

Art: A skill or craft that requires a personal commitment of time, practice and study to achieve mastery.

Refinement: The purification of all concepts, skill-sets and techniques for the sole purpose of finding the best method of clarity and execution.

What this means is in order for a martial arts to be considered a system it must be a total, complete structure. It has to cover all areas of interpersonal combat. This includes hand to hand combat, weapons safety, confrontation management, psychological training as well as being able to function in any environment. Also, it must be easy to learn and apply and adaptable to anyone. In other words the techniques, tactics themselves have to be of enough diversity to use virtually in any arena and situation.

This is method is not a style, nor a series of moves made up from various fighting styles and woven together, but merely a systematic purpose to achieve a goal.

~Rich Alten

Accelerated Mixed Martial Arts Training

WHY A.M.M.A.T is DIFFERENT?

What is a patchwork system?

example of a patchwork system:

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Most MMA gyms don't present their curriculum with a base or starting point for their athletes to work from. In other words there's no foundation. MMA gyms focus solely on teaching a limited pool of techniques from styles such as Mauy Thai kickboxing and Jiu-Jistu as their primary form of marketing products. Basically coaches and instructors are selling the public all of the same trendy techniques or moves in a patchwork system that doesn't hold any Science, Organization, Art and Refinement. this what I call the s.o.a.r philosophy. Trust me I started out my training and career the same way. The end result with this approach is it only confuses the athlete and offers a very limited amount of technical knowledge with no organization of tools to work with. This why I follow and refer to the s.o.a.r philosophy to begin with.

Rich Alten's A.M.M.A.T (accelerated mixed martial arts training) is a vast system of detailed comprehensive principles, concepts and skillsets that rise above the traditional mixed martial arts styles, techniques and training regimes.

A.M.M.A.T is a method that was created on the correct applications of physics and bio mechanics to build a solid base, in which a structured organized body of sub systems for martial arts skillsets was formed. There many sections of martial arts and interpersonal combat skills that are often overlooked in today's mixed martial arts schools. This is a dynamic method of science and an organized structure designed to maximum students performance and fighting skills in the quickest ways possible. Individuals who train in the Accelerated Mixed Martial Arts programs will develop a stronger foundation and understanding to both the technical and tactical applications of using science and strategy to create a synergistic athlete.

A patchwork system is a body of incongruous techniques composed from miscellaneous combat styles in which are practiced in a setting without any organized structuring. These are usually techniques which are considered favorites chosen from styles directly opposite in nature, that seem to draw the most interest due to their origin and history. With this being said patchwork systems usually are created because by a person due to their background of numerous styles in which he/her took interest in the most.This then is preceded by teaching a pool of random moves with no method of discovering how things really work or purification of finding the best method of clarity and execution. Their is no base or foundation of origin that connects these styles and the techniques manifested from them together to enable progressive learning. This ultimately results making an incomplete system. In other words lets say you were going to craft a shirt from scratch? You take scissors and you cut a sleeve from one style of a short sleeve shirt, cut a sleeve from a long shirt, then cut a collar from another. Finally you take a needle and thread and sew everything together. You try it on and realize the seams don't line up, there's gaps in your stitching, and it doesn't even fit right when you put it on! Why? You look back and realize you went about making this shirt with no methods of direction in place.

Lets take a couple styles to further understand a patchwork martial arts system. Take Mauy Thai vs Taekwondo for example and lets analyze both styles kicking preferences for simplicity. I'll start with Mauy Thai kicking. This style uses concepts of kicks, usually (roundhouse, stomping kicks) that focus mainly on delivering maximal power by swinging the entire leg without chambering the knee, This is executed from a stance conceived of being very stable and from close ranges, offering very little mobility to evade counterattacks. Their goal is to primarily stand in front of their opponent and trade kick for kick offering destruction to any vital target. While at the same time a Mauy Thai fighter is trained to intercept incoming attacks on their shins and forearms to cause pain and damage to their opponent by a war of nutrition. Their defense is not to evade and counter but to fight fire with fire until they KO their opponent.

Now lets' take a look at Taekwondo's kicking approach. This style uses many types of kicks (sidekicks, front kicks, wheel kicks, jumping kicks, 540 kicks) unlike Muay Thai does. It also uses stances that are utilized for initiating speed and mobility from long ranges. Again this the opposite object of Muay Thai. Taekwondo' objective is to usually deploy a counter attack concept. They would prefer you initiate the action and they attack you with a flashy speed kick when their opponent is in midst of recovering from being gout of position. Taekwondo uses a chambering of the knee concept to execute a quick snapping kick with minimal amount of commitment. While Mauy Thai generates kicks through full body rotation like swinging am axe. Taekwondo also uses stances in which allows a fighter to close the distance very quickly allowing them to score a sudden shot while evading and escaping easily. Some might argue Taekwondo is criticized for having no power in their kicks.

Can you see the difference in these two different styles philosophies? Now if we take these two styles which are opposite in their approach and try to combine the stances and techniques within a fighters mind and body you we'll begin to see how there is no organization of which kicking techniques and methods of attack the fighter should use in the moments of a fighting scenario. How does the fighter know when to use Muay Thai tactics and when to switch to Taekwondo tactics? There's no foundation unifying the gap between these two styles methods together, other than the fighter who is just trying random moves he was taught based on the coaches interpretation.

RICH ALTEN'S

WELLNESS And PEFORMANCE SYSTEMS

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