Mixed Martial Arts
Southern Fitness & Martial Arts Centre now has 2 profesional MMA instructors onsite with close support by Elvis Sinosic & current UFC competitor Anthony Perosh, who oversee our classes from Sydney, & do regular seminars in our gym.
Gokhan ‘the pitbull’ Turkyilmaz is a profesional MMA fighter who is currently trained by UFC champ and veteren Brian Ebersole, turk is in control of our current MMA fighters and aspiring competitors.
To qualify for MMA, with NO previous experience, you must train in our BJJ class, and Muay Thai class for 3 months, twice per week. If you have previous experience in martial arts this will be taken into account, and you will be invited to participate in our MMA class based on your skill level.
We will offer special class discounts for those willing to commit to this training schedule to make it financially viable. You can do less though your qualifying time will increase.
Friday - 5.00pm – 6.30pm
Please enquire for more details.
More About Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the combat sport in which two competitors attempt to achieve dominance over one another by utilizing a wide variety of permitted martial arts techniques. These techniques generally fall into three categories: striking (punches and elbows, kicks and knees), grappling (clinchs, takedowns and throws, ground fighting), and finishing holds (joint-locks, chokeholds). Victory is normally gained through knock-out, submission (one fighter concedes victory to the other by tapping the mat or his opponent with his hand), or stoppage by the referee, the fight doctor or a competitor’s cornerman. Previously MMA was also known as “NHB” for “No Holds Barred”, but this term is now technically retired; it is no longer an accurate description of the modern competitions which utilize a list of rules necessary for the fighters’ safety.
MMA is also used to describe any hybrid style of martial arts which incorporate techniques and theories from several different martial arts. This especially applies to MMA styles which incorporate a mixture of ground fighting, stand-up striking, and takedowns in their training. However, hybrid martial arts are not addressed here, only MMA as a “realistic, few rules full contact fight sport”.
As a result of these sporting events, martial arts training and the understanding of the combat effectiveness of various strategies have changed dramatically over the last ten years. While the early years included the widest possible variety of styles (everything from sumo to karate), modern fighters often train in a mixture of only three styles: amateur wrestling (focusing on clinches and takedowns and position dominance), submission wrestling (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Sambo) (focusing on submissions and positioning on the ground), and kickboxing (Muay Thai) and/or boxing (focusing on striking). These three distinct styles coincide with the “phases of combat” theory, which suggests that fights can be broken into three distinct phases, each requiring completely different skill sets: stand-up fighting, clinch fighting, and ground fighting. According to the theory, a fighter’s best strategy is to determine the phase in which he has the greatest advantage over his opponent and then to influence the fight to take place in that phase.
Some well-known MMA organizations are the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships
