Our boxing gym shares a large building where MMA is in the back. We are staffed by professional former boxers, some hold former titles.

The MMA instructors are smart enough to send their students over to us to learn boxing skills. The problem with most other MMA, Karate and martial arts instructors are they teach the old forms of holding the hands and striking out. --which might work in a formal match, or if your breaking boards, or your opponent is giving you time to get your form, line up and deliver.... but will get your ass kicked on the street. They also do not fight for real...I mean get hit hard enough to draw blood or rattle your brain (which serves to motivate you to learn your defensive tactics and moves).

Run..don't walk and find a MMA instructor who truly understands that a real MMA match is a slug fest..and watching so many of these matches, I see the main weakness of most fighters is in the boxing...they box like they are on the school ground or at a tough man contest. It doesn't take much skill to get a man under you and pound his head into the mat. The real skill is putting him down with combinations, and watching him back away because he knows you can hurt him with punches. "cant take a person out with body punches??....I would love to get him in the ring and prove that one."

PS: One of our fighters demonstrated how he could smother those leg kicks quickly and deliver some devistating blows....and he was holding back.