Westside MMA Options
Westside MMA has two distinctly different paths available for those who want to learn how truly combine different martial arts into a mixed martial arts curriculum. We firmly believe that Dutch Kickboxing, Filipino Boxing, Muay Bouk Muay Thai are foundational to developing a quality MMA fighter, so our fighters train in our first four levels of Muay Thai before moving into the MMA Submission Fighting Series that features Jiu-Jitsu and Silat submission finishes.
The Methodology
We believe very strongly that in order for us to do our best for athletes, we must have a strong base in Dutch Kickboxing, Filipino Boxing, and Muay Thai. In that regard, we have four levels for striking. Once students graduate from the striking levels, they learn how to combing striking with submission fighting. Our submission fighting takes a multi-faceted approach. We teach our students Muay Bouk Muay Thai and lead into American, Brazilian, and Filipino Jiu-Jitsu. Once they graduate from that, they can learn how to do Dutch and Maphilindo Silat for submission fighting. Using this methodology, our students will get well over 600 rounds of Muay Thai practice over the course of the full curriculum and over 400 rounds of submission fighting.
What are the training times?
In this calendar, the West-based students train in room 1301 at Normal West from 6am-7:02am. After that, students can get changed and ready for school and then go to room 109 to get caught up on school work or to be tutors for other students in the club. Seniors who have been with the program for years and are on the path to amateur competition will train on Tuesday and Thursday at Band of Brothers Martial Arts with certified instructors. Through this combination, students would have the option to do amateur MMA fights or amateur Muay Thai/Kickboxing fights.
What does a class look like?
Here is some combo work by Abe, who was in our Muay Thai Level 2 program at the time of the video.
Program Overview Videos:
What’s in each level?
We are proud to have created our own curriculum that establishes a system of building lesson upon lesson to give our atheletes the greatest chance to learn and succeed.
Muay Thai Progression - Level 1
Level 1 of the Muay Thai series sets up our foundation. Through 18 lessons, students will learn foundational concepts and combinations from Dutch Kickboxing, Filipino Boxing, and Muay Thai.
Learn to fight like this:
Muay Thai Progression - Level 2
Muay Thai Series Level 2 brings more complex concepts with Dutch Kickboxing, Filipino Boxing, and Muay Thai. We do much more Filipino Boxing offensive defense and we institute sparring in this level. We work on defensive rounds, as well.
Drills include the Ajarn Chai punch count (Scott’s Muay Thai teacher from Thailand and founder of the World Thai Boxing Association).
Learn to fight like this:
MMA Muay Thai Progression - Level 3
This class incorporates more advanced Filipino Boxing defense and dang near psycho level Dutch Kickboxing and Muay Thai combos.
Drills include the Ramon Dekkers 15 count and Scotty’s smoke rounds.
Learn to fight like this:
MMA Muay Thai Progression - Level 4
This class is the capstone bridge between our Dutch Kickboxing, Filipino Boxing, and Muay Thai into stand up submissions from Jiu-Jitsu and Silat. Sparring is included and at the end there is a test with Guro Scott Petri to be able to earn your Westside MMA Warrior Path Muay Thai shorts. In the Thai tradition, these shorts are earned, NEVER given.
MMA Submission Fighting - Level 1
This series seeks to blend Muay Bouk with entries, takedowns, and submissions from American Jiu-Jitsu, Filipino Jiu-Jitsu, and Judo.
Each lesson is set up regarding intensity in 6 lesson blocks. We start out slow to learn. Each lesson gets progressively more intense in the 6 lesson block until the last two lessons that are essentially going as close to live as possible. We focus on only two takedowns and three submissions for this 24 lesson unit. As Bruce Lee said, “I fear the man who has done 1 kick 1,000 times more than the man who has done 1,000 kicks 1 time.”
This class was developed at Gracie Barra Twin Cities with the help of Black belt Michael Hadden and Brown belt Toree Wolf Jiu-Jitsu practitioners.
MMA Submission Fighting - Level 2
This series seeks to blend Muay Bouk with entries, takedowns, and submissions from American Jiu-Jitsu, Filipino Jiu-Jitsu, and Judo.
Each lesson is set up regarding intensity in 6 lesson blocks. We start out slow to learn. Each lesson gets progressively more intense in the 6 lesson block until the last two lessons that are essentially going as close to live as possible. We focus on only two takedowns and three submissions for this 24 lesson unit. As Bruce Lee said, “I fear the man who has done 1 kick 1,000 times more than the man who has done 1,000 kicks 1 time.”
This class was developed at Gracie Barra Twin Cities with the help of Black belt Michael Hadden and Brown belt Toree Wolf Jiu-Jitsu practitioners.
MMA Submission Fighting - Level 3
If you like short bursts of violence with your friends, then this is your path. We use Muay Bouk Muay Thai concepts as a violent chaos opener to then go for takedowns and submissions as taught by Malaphilindo Silat expert Scott Petri.
As per the Jiu-Jitsu path mentioned above, we only cover two takedowns and three submissions in this 24 lesson unit and we focus on both Dutch and Maphilindo Silat techniques.
MMA Submission Fighting - Level 4
If you like short bursts of violence with your friends, then this is your path. We use Muay Bouk Muay Thai concepts as a violent chaos opener to then go for takedowns and submissions as taught by Malaphilindo Silat expert Scott Petri.
As per the Jiu-Jitsu path mentioned above, we only cover two takedowns and three submissions in this 24 lesson unit and we focus on both Dutch and Maphilindo Silat techniques.
