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Kicks are best thrown at the legs and the body. Head kicks are awesomely potent when they land but they need to be set up and can compromise your balance. They can be a useful tool for MMA but are best added after you have a solid base of more widely useful techniques.

Knees and elbows are the premier striking tools for demolishing an opponent. They are best used from a clinch or another hold rather than “free” and require you to be at close quarters. Knee strikes will normally target the body or legs, but you can pull an opponent’s head down onto a knee if you can get him under control. Elbows are normally thrown to the head but can target any other area within reach, especially on the ground.

An effective fighter makes good use of his environment. Something as simple as a good hard push becomes a lot more potent when you slam the opponent into something…

… and not only does it hurt, but it can open up the opponent for strikes if his arms splay out when he hits the wall.

Big throws are hard to pull off against a serious opponent, so it’s not worth training with them until your basic skills improve. But that’s a long, long fall…