So you can no longer use your hand to smother an opponent in a clinch. What do you guys think of this? It's not inherently dangerous, so is it a dangerous path to go down to ban a technique because it's inelegant and seems a bit dirty?
So you can no longer use your hand to smother an opponent in a clinch. What do you guys think of this? It's not inherently dangerous, so is it a dangerous path to go down to ban a technique because it's inelegant and seems a bit dirty?
"The man who stands for nothing is likely to fall for anything"
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wait...
are you saying no pushing your palm to the face when in the clinch?
or are you talking about more of a head chancery where you push the back of their head down?
or are you talking more about the "chloroform" position in kidnapping scenes in movies, where you cover the mouth and nose in an attempt to restrict oxygen flow?
Neither of the first 2 is a good loss in the clinch.
The first is a nice way to get out of bad clinch position- you put your palm across their face and push back, which allows you to free your head from being double clinched.
The second is how knees are landed.
I could see the third one having it's uses.
I don't like it when techniques get taken out.
-Jack Dempsey ch1 pg1 Championship FightingWhat would happen if a year-old baby fell from a fourth-floor window onto the head of a burly truck driver, standing on the sidewalk?
It's practically certain that the truckman would be knocked unconscious. He might die of brain concussion or a broken neck.
Even an innocent little baby can become a dangerous missile WHEN ITS BODY-WEIGHT IS SET INTO FAST MOTION.
nevermind if it is legal in MMA competitions. Does it work in combat? I am far more interested in what will save my life and those of my students on the street over what might get me disqualified in a sporting event.
Let's not lose sight of why it is we do what we do. Otherwise, MMA will eventually go the way of Wu-Shu or Pro Wrestling.
(ok, maybe not so soon, but still...)
It's option 3. It's a good way to wear down your opponent in an upper body clinch, and keep his attention while you set up something else. Randy used to use it a lot.
"The man who stands for nothing is likely to fall for anything"
www.swindonkungfu.co.uk
Which MMA rules? Do I take it you mean UFC?
its safe to say that I train some martial arts. Im not that good really, but most people really suck, so I feel ok about that - Sunfist
Sometime blog on training esp in Japan
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
-Jack Dempsey ch1 pg1 Championship FightingWhat would happen if a year-old baby fell from a fourth-floor window onto the head of a burly truck driver, standing on the sidewalk?
It's practically certain that the truckman would be knocked unconscious. He might die of brain concussion or a broken neck.
Even an innocent little baby can become a dangerous missile WHEN ITS BODY-WEIGHT IS SET INTO FAST MOTION.
So what was the reasoning for its removal?
And is this something that could be expected to carry over and effect the use of smothering in the gaurd?
-Jack Dempsey ch1 pg1 Championship FightingWhat would happen if a year-old baby fell from a fourth-floor window onto the head of a burly truck driver, standing on the sidewalk?
It's practically certain that the truckman would be knocked unconscious. He might die of brain concussion or a broken neck.
Even an innocent little baby can become a dangerous missile WHEN ITS BODY-WEIGHT IS SET INTO FAST MOTION.
-Jack Dempsey ch1 pg1 Championship FightingWhat would happen if a year-old baby fell from a fourth-floor window onto the head of a burly truck driver, standing on the sidewalk?
It's practically certain that the truckman would be knocked unconscious. He might die of brain concussion or a broken neck.
Even an innocent little baby can become a dangerous missile WHEN ITS BODY-WEIGHT IS SET INTO FAST MOTION.