Coach Jackson Interview

By John Fullilove, jacksons.tv 

jacksons.tv: What is the relationship between martial arts and MMA?

Coach Jackson: Well MMA is kind of the competitive version of martial arts; so MMA gives us a laboratory in which we can find out what techniques are more effective, what techniques are sometimes effective and what techniques are not very effective at all. So, you got a situation where you can think of moves or come up with ideas or do things that are actually at work in this laboratory called the cage. So, you get to test out your hypothesis and see how it works. It’s the competitive end of martial arts. Martial arts to me encompasses a lot, weapons, non-weapons but for us it’s mostly non-weapons.

Coach Jackson's Top Books

Coach Jackson Reviews his top Hand to Hand Combat Books for jacksons.tv

The three best books every written for hand to hand combat, in my humble opinion are, in the following order: 1) Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) by Miyamoto Musashi, 2) Art of War by Sun Tzu and 3) Strategy by Liddell Hart.     

Getting Fighters to Fights

jacksons.tv: Is the first step for a fighter signing the contract and who is usually involved with the signing?

Past, Present and Defintely Future

 Interviews with Chris Luttrell (16 Years with Jackson) and Chad LeMoine (14 Years MMA Training both with Greg Jackson and with a Greg Jackson Black Belt)

By John Fullilove, jacksons.tv 

 Chris Luttrell is an Albuquerque Police Officer and 16 year student of Greg Jackson. He provides a unique first hand account of how Jackson's was created and has evolved.

jacksons.tv: How long have you been with Jackson's?