Please plan on extremely long days as there is a lot of material to cover in a short period of time. We strongly recommend traveling on separate days from the actual seminar days. C.O.M.M.A.N.D. will not be held liable for any participant that does not plan their travel dates accordingly and arrive late or leave early before testing is completed. It is imperative that participants attend every hour of the course in order to have the optimal chance of passing.

Techniques You Must Know for Both Certification Courses:

Takedowns:

Ankle Pick, Arm Drag, Body Lock Takedown, Double Leg, Duck Under, Fireman Carry, Flying Scissor Takedown or Leg Scissor, Harai-Goshi, Head & Arm Toss or Head & Arm Throw, High Crotch, Hip Toss, Inside Trip, Iranian Lift, Knee Pick, Knee Tap, Lateral Drop, Osoto-Gari, Outside Trip, Pile Driver, Power Bomb, Sei-Onagi, Single Leg, Sprawl, Suplex, Switch, Tai-Otoshi, Uchi-Mata, Whizzer

Submissions:

Americana or Key lock, Anaconda Choke, Ankle Lock, Ankle Lock from Back Control, Arm Triangle, Armbar, Bar Arm Choke,  Bicep Slicer/Lock, Bulldog Choke, Calf Slicer or Calf Lock, Can Opener, Cobra/Ninja Choke, Crucifix Neck Crank, Darce Choke, Double Armbar, Double Wrist Lock/ Kimura, Electric Chair, Eziquel or Front Choke, Face Crank, Gogoplata, Guillotine Choke, Head & Arm Control Shoulder Lock, Head & Arm Control Straight Arm Lock, Heel Hook, Inverted Arm Bar, Inverted Heel Hook, Knee Bar, North-South Choke, Omaplata, Peruvian Neck Tie/De Souza, Rear Naked Choke,  Front Naked Choke, Reverse Triangle Choke, Rolling Knee Bar, Straight Arm Lock, Toe Hold, Triangle Choke, Twister, Von Flue Choke, Windshield Wiper Choke

Positions:

Back Control, Back Control from Turtle, Butterfly Guard, Clinch, Closed Guard, Crucifix, Double Underhooks, Half Guard, Half Guard Lockdown, Judo Side Control, Mission Control, Mount, North-South, Open Guard, Overhooks, Plum or Muay Thai Clinch, Posture in Guard, Quarter Guard, Rear Mount, Side Control, Turtle, Underhooks, X-Guard

Sweeps:

100% Sweep, Double Ankle Sweep from Guard, Electric Chair Sweep, Elevator or Butterfly Sweep, Half Guard Escape to Single Leg, Hip Heist, Old School Sweep, Scissor Sweep

Kicks and Strikes:

Axe Kick, Front Kick, Jab, Left Hook, Leg Check, Overhand Right, Push Kick, Right Cross, Round House Kick, Side Kick, Spinning Back Fist, Spinning Back Kick, Spinning Elbow, Stomp, Uppercut 

Certification Information for Referees:

This course is extremely difficult and NOT recommend for those not familiar with MMA. In addition, participants should be in good physical condition.

As a prerequisite to the class, please familiarize yourself with all of the techniques listed as you will be required to identify and name the takedown, submissions and positions that are being demonstrated during testing.

There are three sections of testing for certification; you must pass all three sections in order to be certified. The first section is a technique test where you will watch a DVD with all of the moves listed above. You must pass this test with a 90%. The second test is a written test and requires 90% to pass. The final test is a practical application test where you will be critiqued on your ring and cage control, knowledge and implementation of the rules, application of fundamental skills (such as movement and positioning) along with many other requirements. This part of the testing is based on a scoring system with a total of 45 possible points. You must receive a 36 or higher to pass. COMMAND has a stringent passing standard due to the nature of work being performed. In addition to your responsibility to uphold the professionalism of Athletic Commission’s, your competencies not only affect a promoter’s reputation but most importantly, a fighter’s livelihood and possibly even their life.

Achieving a passing score through the course will allow your name to be put on a certification list that is available to all athletic commissions. It needs to be clearly understood that passing the course does not entitle you to a license from any state athletic commission or any guarantee of work as a MMA referee or judge.

Certification Information for Judges:

There are three sections of testing for certification; you must pass all three sections in order to be certified. The first section is a technique test where you will watch a DVD with all of the techniques listed on this site. You must pass this test with a 90%. The second test is where you watch a five (5) round fight and score each round giving a critique on how you scored each round. The final test is a written test which covers all of the Unified Rules and the Power Point presentation and requires 90% to pass. COMMAND has a stringent passing standard due to the nature of work being performed. In addition to your responsibility to uphold the professionalism of Athletic Commission’s, your competencies not only affect a promoter’s reputation but most importantly, a fighter’s lively-hood.

Achieving a passing score through the course will allow your name to be put on a certification list that is available to all athletic commissions. It needs to be clearly understood that passing the course does not entitle you to a license from any state athletic commission or any guarantee of work as a MMA referee or judge.