The Thai Clinch is a powerful position in stand-up MMA fighting that enables the fighter to deliver strikes, inflict damage and assert control in the fight while controlling your opponent's body, head and neck. The Thai Clinch enables the fighter to control the fight. And, as you well know -'Control is the 'name of the game' in Mixed Martial Arts fighting and Muay Thai boxing.
Both fighters want control in any situation. However, only one fighter can be in control at any one time and in the stand-up game, the Thai Clinch is the best way to maintain control for the longest period of time.
The Thai Clinch is achieved by wrapping your hands, hand over hand, behind your opponent's head and pulling his or her head downwards and into your chest. Once in the clinch, you are then free to impose your will and strike your opponent's head and body with your knees. This makes the Thai Clinch a very powerful fighting skill and one that every MMA enthusiast needs to master.
reaching up to clasp an opponents head with both hands at once, opens you up for strikes to the body and strikes to the head. However, there are several ways to get yourself into this dominating fight position without needlessly exposing yourself to counter strikes and injury.
One such fight strategy is to punch your way into the Clinch.
This is achieved by delivering uppercuts to your opponent's body to force them to draw their arms and elbows together in front of them. Then, while your fight opponent protects the body, you can then feign another series of uppercuts -but instead -reach up behind the head and clasp your hands around your opponent's neck. You are now in control. You are now engaged in a Muay Thai Clinch.
Countless hours of sparring and studying are needed to become proficient in any fight skill and Punching your way into a Thai Clinch is no different. Practicing these methods with multiple training partners in sparring will give you the confidence and skill needed to then employ these strategies in real MMA fight situations.
If your Thai sparring and MMA training facilities are limited, there are a multitude of training videos and learning materials available to help you, your training partners and coaches to better understand these techniques.
Even though Muay Thai is an ancient sport, learning is a never-ending pursuit and new fight techniques are always evolving and developing out of old standard fighting practices. Using video is a great way to both learn new fighting techniques and evaluate your current fighting style.
Learning various methods and strategies in your training and MMA sparring will help both your fighting technique and expand your Thai fighting skill set.
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Both fighters want control in any situation. However, only one fighter can be in control at any one time and in the stand-up game, the Thai Clinch is the best way to maintain control for the longest period of time.
The Thai Clinch is achieved by wrapping your hands, hand over hand, behind your opponent's head and pulling his or her head downwards and into your chest. Once in the clinch, you are then free to impose your will and strike your opponent's head and body with your knees. This makes the Thai Clinch a very powerful fighting skill and one that every MMA enthusiast needs to master.
reaching up to clasp an opponents head with both hands at once, opens you up for strikes to the body and strikes to the head. However, there are several ways to get yourself into this dominating fight position without needlessly exposing yourself to counter strikes and injury.
One such fight strategy is to punch your way into the Clinch.
This is achieved by delivering uppercuts to your opponent's body to force them to draw their arms and elbows together in front of them. Then, while your fight opponent protects the body, you can then feign another series of uppercuts -but instead -reach up behind the head and clasp your hands around your opponent's neck. You are now in control. You are now engaged in a Muay Thai Clinch.
Countless hours of sparring and studying are needed to become proficient in any fight skill and Punching your way into a Thai Clinch is no different. Practicing these methods with multiple training partners in sparring will give you the confidence and skill needed to then employ these strategies in real MMA fight situations.
If your Thai sparring and MMA training facilities are limited, there are a multitude of training videos and learning materials available to help you, your training partners and coaches to better understand these techniques.
Even though Muay Thai is an ancient sport, learning is a never-ending pursuit and new fight techniques are always evolving and developing out of old standard fighting practices. Using video is a great way to both learn new fighting techniques and evaluate your current fighting style.
Learning various methods and strategies in your training and MMA sparring will help both your fighting technique and expand your Thai fighting skill set.
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