Quote Originally Posted by YouKnowWho View Post
It's better to develop a good throw first (such as a hip throw - the mother of all throws). You then add

- striking skill before it as set up, and
- ground skill after it as follow up.

To me, that's the most logic path for kick, punch, lock, throw, ground skill integration.

Trying to develop

- hip throw in boxing ring (you have to worry about punch to the head),
- single leg in kickboxing ring (you have to worry about knee to the head),

are both difficult if not impossible.
Depends on which hip throw, because most of them exposes your back too much. I wouldn't consider throws the core of MMA, because grappling is not my main game. To a grappler it may be.

In our 90 min. MMA class, we do train these aspects of fighting, separately. But most important, it's geared toward MMA fighting and then combining them all together. The student is forced to address all aspects of fighting. While in BJJ only class, there are techniques trained that wouldn't be a good idea in MMA. Then there's the gi or no-gi problem. Same goes for MT class, usually geared toward standup striking only and susceptible to being taken down.