How To Fight Multiple Attackers
Week #3
Clinch Defense and Such
Ok... it's good to be back!
This week I want to cover a bunch of clinch defense... so defense against your opponent's clinch, and also defense against random things that you'll see when 'playing the clinch game'.
The most annoying thing that you are virtually guaranteed to experience when clinching someone is the occasional very forceful attempt for him to fight up the middle. Sometimes people are strong, and without even having good technique, they can make it challenging for you to hang onto their heads.
As such, the following move, the "Clinch Reset" is perfect to stop what your opponent is doing to challenge your clinch, and reset the game.. so to speak.
When you need to... just push the reset button.
When you need to... just push the reset button.
Before I give you the most important clinch escape that you will need to learn, I have to show you what to do in any moment that you only have half of a clinch.
This is a position that you will see a LOT... so you better know what to do with it, or your clinch is going to suck.
This is a position that you will see a LOT... so you better know what to do with it, or your clinch is going to suck.
Now that the half clinch is out of the way...
Let's move on to a very important clinch escape, and movement pattern.
Parlaying off of your half-clinch defense, this video will tie together a specific series of choreographed moves to turn that guy's clinch into your clinch.
Parlaying off of your half-clinch defense, this video will tie together a specific series of choreographed moves to turn that guy's clinch into your clinch.
One clinch escape is simply not enough...
These are best done in combination, like the vast majority of martial arts technique. This would be the "power punch" in a clinch escape combination.
This is a more explosive escape option, great as a stand alone but even better when used in a sequence...
This is a more explosive escape option, great as a stand alone but even better when used in a sequence...
With those primary clinch escapes, you will get out of the vast majority of clinches, if you take the time to work on your form... or at least visualize your form.
While you're playing with those two, throw this experimental move in the mix:
This move is new.... so new that it was actually born while we were filming other clinch defenses. Try it out.
This move is new.... so new that it was actually born while we were filming other clinch defenses. Try it out.
Now this final clinch escape is the perfect tool to take your escape percentage from 96% up to 100%. In addition to regaining control of your opponent, it flows perfectly into an unstoppable knee to the body.
As a side note, this escape will practically guarantee a path into half clinch... if you do it correctly.
I realize that this is technically the 4th clinch escape that we're covering in this course... but I named this lesson long before this course came to be.
I realize that this is technically the 4th clinch escape that we're covering in this course... but I named this lesson long before this course came to be.
Now a week make up of nothing but defensive stuff would be no fun. In the interest of spicing things up, here's another essential part of the 'offensive' clinch game.
This move is a neck-cranking, forward-driving maneuver that will help you create space for a big knee. Add this to your collection and you will have 360 degrees of potential clinch control.
This move is a neck-cranking, forward-driving maneuver that will help you create space for a big knee. Add this to your collection and you will have 360 degrees of potential clinch control.
The final lesson this week is helps you to handle a scenario that you might encounter any time you throw a lot of knees against a fighter who can 'take' a strike.
You try to knee your opponent, and he catches your leg. It's good to get that leg back quickly, since having both of them is better than standing on one foot like an idiot.
You try to knee your opponent, and he catches your leg. It's good to get that leg back quickly, since having both of them is better than standing on one foot like an idiot.
And since we're talking about defense...
You might want to learn how to defend yourself against a knee, if you see one flying at your stomach!
This video is obviously going to teach you how to block knees. That's it.
This video is obviously going to teach you how to block knees. That's it.