Originally Posted by
anerlich
However, his guard does not extend out from the body like the rhino guard does. His two main guards are the "shell", where you basically have both hands on the hairline at the front of the head (open hand if no gloves, fists if using gloves), elbows down and with a tight structure, very similar to Rodney King's "crazy monkey" defence. This structure is very strong, and to my mind superior to the rhino guard as it gives no chance for the guy to knock your hands back into your own head, pull them down or attack them with grappling moves. Standing, it is easy to move the elbows slightly to block any head shot, and even some body shots. You basically just charge at the guy until you get both forearms on his chest and then are in clinch range with your head on the guy's chest. The guard easily then converts to over/underhooks, body locks, arm and neck ties, etc.