Adult Programs / MMT Intermediate
Use Your Tools
Basics fill & Sharpen your toolbox. Intermediate is where you learn to use it: combinations, setups, and landing your strikes on a partner who is moving and hitting back. Open to members ranked up from Basics by a coach.
The path
Where you are, and what's next
Basics
You've filled the toolbox and a coach has ranked you up. You don't leave it behind.
Intermediate
Combinations, setups and partner drilling, then sparring after 25 Intermediate classes. You learn how to land what you built.
Both classes
Basics keeps your mechanics sharp. Intermediate puts them to work. You need both.
Advanced
The fight team's class. Full contact and fight prep, for members who compete or train with those who do.
Intermediate doesn't replace Basics
We don't rebuild mechanics in Intermediate. There's no time for it, and that's not what the class is for. Your stance, your kick and your guard get sharpened in Basics.
Once you're ranked up, train both every week. Basics keeps the tools sharp. Intermediate teaches you what to do with them. Skip Basics and your mechanics slide, and everything you build on top of them slides too.
What you'll work on
Applying the strikes
Same strikes you learned in Basics. Now the question isn't "can you throw it?" It's "can you land it on someone who doesn't want to be hit?"
Combinations
Chaining the strikes from Basics together so one flows into the next. Punches into kicks, kicks into punches, finishing on the right side.
Setups
Feints, tricks and traps. Using one strike to open the door for another, and reading what your partner gives you.
Partner drilling
Drilling on each other, not just on pads. Real distance, real timing, a real body in front of you.
Sparring
Once you've logged 25 Intermediate classes, sparring class opens up, and you're encouraged to come. Technical and coach-supervised. The goal is to try things and land them clean, not to win the round.
Also in Intermediate: defending elbows and knees, the part Basics leaves for later.
Moving up
Advanced isn't the next box to check
Intermediate classes open sparring, not Advanced. Sparring is part of Intermediate. Advanced has no class count at all.
Of consistent training is where Advanced really starts. By then you should be good where you're at, not just eligible on paper.
Advanced is for people who want to compete. If that's not you, Advanced isn't for you, and that's fine. Basics and Intermediate are a complete way to train for years
How it works
Common questions
How do I get into Intermediate?
Hit 25 Basics classes, then talk to a coach or the front desk. A coach ranks you up when you're ready.
Do I still need to go to Basics?
Yes. Intermediate doesn't cover mechanics. Train both every week.
Is the sparring hard?
No. Sparring opens after 25 Intermediate classes, and it's controlled and supervised. It's for practicing what you drilled, not for winning rounds.
When can I go to Advanced?
Advanced has no class count. It's the fight team's class, and it usually takes one to two years of consistent training, wanting to compete, and a coach's call.
What gear do I need?
Gloves and shin guards. Add a mouthguard once you start sparring.
I don't want to fight. Is Intermediate still for me?
Absolutely. Intermediate is where training gets fun. Competing is only what Advanced is built around.
You've got the tools.
Now use them.
New to MMT? Start with Basics.