My instructor also uses more hip rotation than what is shown in that clip.The capo is hips forward which gives it a bit extra pep. (ok this could also be a front kick i cant tell for sure.)
The Karate "Chop" and other "underrated" technques?
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Muay Thai curve knee:
Basically, you open your hips away from your opponent while raising your knee, then rotate your hips inwards so that the side of the knee joint impacts the target. Generally this is used from the clinch, so you will also pull your opponent into the strike.
Ah, not one I've looked at before. I'll give that some experimentation when my hip heals up.
The main reason for it is that it allows you to attack at angles and ranges where the straight knee is being blocked or stifled.
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My favorite sparring technique is a sweep to a back fist. You sweep their leg by quickly hooking their achilles with your foot and then hit them with a back fist. The sweep is always a great distraction and the back fist often catches them off guard!
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I LOVE THAT!!! The sweep is one of the most underrated techniques ever! It's easily one of the best things I learn from switching to Muay Thai to Shotokan!!
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Various techniques go through phases of popularity. When Pride was a viable MMA organization, folks were impressed with the power of the slap, Bas Rutten being a prime example. The slap has fallen out of popularity since then.
The "leg twist" can be an underrated technique used in wrestling.
If your opponent uses his right leg to twist on your right leg, it's very hard to get out of it the moment that your right knee is bending to your left.
If your opponent uses his right leg to twist on your right leg, it's very hard to get out of it the moment that your right knee is bending to your left.
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The 'karate-chop' aka knife-hand strike aka EOH (edge of hand) strike is exceptionally effective. The term 'karate-chop' probable comes from Hollywood. Knife-hand strike from many karate circles and EOH from WWII Combatives (Fairbair, Applegate, Sykes, Nelson and O'Neill as a few examples). In fact, the EOH along with the chin jab are a staple of WWII combatives.
I've used this strike effectively while on-duty against numerous violent and out-of-control felons and it's simple and effective. My main target area is the side of the neck, sometimes referred to as the brachial plexus in some circles. Other good target areas are the temples, under the ear, behind the knee, kidneys, under the nose and of course the throat. The angle you find yourself in when attempting the strike determines the target area.
Some schools advocate thumb in while WWII combatives teaches thumb out. Either can and is effective.
One does not necessarily need to strike from an arcing motion. A short, linear motion can also generate quite enough power to be effective. Of course positioning and target area are vital to success.
This can/is used to set up further techniques such as unbalancing the attacker setting them up for a fall/throw/grab.
Never lose your love for sweeps. Ever. And don't stay stagnant on what you already do, explore more sweeps.
You can turn a throat grab into an elbow strike on the head any time you want to.
Interesting. I've never thought of a throat grab as collar control, but as a choke (which nobody but Darth Vader does with just one hand). Hmm...are you talking about a grip behind the neck, then?
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Front of the neck. Just not arm out straight like a gumby. And head wrestle. And arm control with the other hand.
A bit foreign to my approach, but I think I'm picturing what you're describing. I need to experiment with that a bit, see how it feels when someone uses the neck that way and how it affects transitions to technique. I'm hoping to drop by my old school this week. Maybe a chance then, depending what they're working on.
I've got this, Grab the collar bone, push, or strike on the Jaw with the other hand, thing I have been meaning to try, but I would sooner, downward heel palm smash, or finger tip strike down, and behind the collar bone, before I would chop at it. I just see a broken metacarpal, with a chop, but I am delicate.
I've got this, Grab the collar bone, push, or strike on the Jaw with the other hand, thing I have been meaning to try, but I would sooner, downward heel palm smash, or finger tip strike down, and behind the collar bone, before I would chop at it. I just see a broken metacarpal, with a chop, but I am delicate.
My friend actually used fists in a chopping motion .....actually I guess it was more of a hammer fist.
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I've got this, Grab the collar bone, push, or strike on the Jaw with the other hand, thing I have been meaning to try, but I would sooner, downward heel palm smash, or finger tip strike down, and behind the collar bone, before I would chop at it. I just see a broken metacarpal, with a chop, but I am delicate.
You can hook the collar bones from a full nelson. I have tried it and never really managed to make it work.
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No problem there, it is also highly effective. Whether as a chopping motion or a whipping motion (where the hand acts like a wet dish towel).
For an example of the ax hand;
WWII combatives
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