JRE Greatest Hits
Apr 7, 2023
UFC Bantamweight Mixed Martial Artist, Cory Sandhagen, teaches Joe Rogan the approach to MMA Striking, Stance,
managing distance and controlling range that helped in his recent fight against Chito Vera.
"I think that there's things that are happening in striking matches that are not very digestible. There's space, there's position and then there's your advantages. I hear people talk about rhythm all the time. Rhythm is just closing space, going away from space, closing space going away from space.
Space is key. Because, striking happens with your eyes. Striking is like we're playing this game, like āhey hit my handā and I'm moving it around. That's why switching stances work so well. We can get into that in a little bit. But, space is your reaction time. Because, striking happens with your eyes. Instead of grappling if someone's leaning into me, I have the proprioception to feel they're leaning into me, let me move like this. It doesn't happen with your eyes. In striking, it happens with your eyes. I see your punches come in I know to block. So, the more space I have and the better I can maintain and control space or manipulate space by closing it quickly or using it at the same time, you close I close where I could be twice as fast, the more success I'm going to have. So, for example, I just don't think that people are understanding space in a way where it's your reaction timeā¦"