Biomechanics of Combat
An online course in movement biomechanics for martial arts and combat sports
Built by Ján Samuel Lupták + Martin Bosý
Most fighters train like barbarians, without understanding. You’ll learn where power in the body really comes from.
About the course
A course on how your body works in a fight: how it learns movement, where power really comes from, and why what you can do in training falls apart in a match.
What you’ll do
You watch short videos and train on a 12-week program. You learn to stand firmly on the ground, send power from the hip through the trunk into the hand, and keep moving when someone is pushing on you or when you’re tired.
What you need
A combat sport at least once a week. A space of 2 × 2 meters, a medicine ball and, for a few lessons, a partner.
What it isn’t
A collection of techniques. It’s a way of looking at your own movement.
Who teaches you
Martin Bosý isn’t the kind of coach who counts sets. He takes movement apart down to the physiology: how the body generates force, how it holds rhythm, how it connects things that seem unrelated. He came out of Fighting Monkey, co-led the Grappling Development project, coaches freestyle wrestling professionally under Jozef Lohyňa and has practiced Tai Ki Kung for years. He also holds a master’s degree in physiology and ethology. Today he’s one of the main coaches on our MMA team.
“He turned my whole understanding of fighting upside down. He sees connections where others see only separate things. To me, he’s Gandalf.”Ján Samuel Lupták