Mixed martial arts training with Fight Coach

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques from a variety of other fighting genres.

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While an experienced trainer is essential to prepare for an upcoming bout, aspiring fighters may also want to step into the practice ring with Fight Coach.

As HackADay’s Will Sweatman reports, the training platform, created by Cornell University’s Vincent Nguyen and Jooyoung Park, is built around Atmel’s ATmega32U4 microcontroller (MCU), an MPU-6050 6-axis accelerometer and a RN-41 Bluetooth module – all packed into a pair of boxing gloves.

“Fight Coach is a sensor that can be embedded into combat-sport equipment that can allow combat athletes to get a better gauge of their performance. By tracking the athlete’s movement and displaying it in real-time, Fight Coach can help athletes optimize their training,” Nguyen and Park explained on the project’s official page.

“In addition, Fight Coach is small enough to fit inside muay thai shinpads, boxing gloves, or even on your hand wraps. [Plus], Fight Coach records data from the fighter’s gloves so that it can not only be analyzed to improve performance, but also interact with the fighter in real-time.”

Currently, Fight Coach offer three primary modes of training: defense, damage and free-training, which is likely more than enough to help fighters hold their own in the ring.

Interested in learning more about Fight Coach? You can check out extensive documentation on the project’s official Cornell page here.

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