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Elbow Sandwitch: Nick Denis KO’s Joseph SandovalFiled Under: UFC

Elbows from the clinch are no joke.

Just thought I’d leave this here.

Tags: elbow strikes, muay thai clinch, Nick Denis

Muay Thai Clinch WorkFiled Under: Instruction, Resources

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Note: This article was written by one of my students, Garland Hummel. In my MMA class up at the University of Utah, I asked my students to write a short paper, and his is excellent. He used a number of books at videos as reference (some of which I’ve interspersed in the post), along with his Muay Thai training. He goes over some basic and advanced clinch work and considerations. With his express permission, I present,

The Clutches of Siam: Gross Prummb/Clinch 101

By Garland Hummel

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Tags: clinch fighting, clinching, muay thai clinch, plumb clinch, thai clinch

Learning Basic PummelingFiled Under: Instruction

Learning to pummel, or in other words, learning to break clinches/holds and gain your own dominant position while standing is very important. When you get tied up by an opponent, he’s going to be working his game plan – which probably includes brutally kneeing you to the face dozens of times. Since this isn’t part of your plan, learning to pummel is a good idea.

When you first start into clinching and pummeling with a partner, go easy. If you’ve never sparred with guys who wrestle by tying you up like this, your neck will be very sore the day after. To strengthen your overall clinch and pummeling performance, workout the neck with proper back bridging. NOTE: It’s very important to do this correctly by bridging with your forehead on the ground, pushing your nose to ground instead of bridging on the top of your head – see Matt Furley’s book Combat Conditioning for more detailed instruction.

Here’s a vid with fighter Yves Edwards showing the basic plumb clinch and pummelling.

Here’s a video of Daniel and Jenny working the pummel for several minutes. Watch how they work the head, push off from the hips, and use angles to break out. Copycat what they do to train your pummel and clinch. Flow from one tie up to the next, just grappling. Later you incorporate practicing strikes, but for now, just get the motions down.

Pummeling: Stand-up grappling 3/18/07 Jenny and Daniel

If you want more info on pummeling, consult either Randy “The Natural” Couture’s book Wrestling for Fighting or this devilishly under-priced Amazon.com download, Learn to Fight and Win with Randy Couture . Between the two, they cover all sorts of neat stuff – single collar ties, takedowns, advanced  pummeling, ect. I’ve gone through both, and their filled with awesome stuff. Randy is a fighter who knows his stuff and pummels really well.

Tags: clinch, muay thai clinch, plumb clinch, pummel, pummelling, wrestling

Adavanced Clinch Attacks: KneesFiled Under: Instruction

Previously posted are two of ESPN.com’s MMA for dummies videos about the Muay Thai clinch. Since the readers of SLC MMA are no dummies, we’ve amped it up a notch with some advanced techniques from the plumb clinch.

Tags: clinch, knees, muay thai clinch, plumb clinch

Natural Combination: Elbows and Knees from the Thai ClinchFiled Under: Instruction

Kenny Florian instructs on the Muay Thai Clinch and two attacks from this position, from ESPN.com’s MMA for dummies. This is type of clinch is also called the plumb clinch.

Tags: clinch, elbows, knees, muay thai clinch, plumb clinch, thai clinch