Mental note: shin to shin hurts, even with pads, and kicking wrong and hitting someone's knee REALLY hurts.. so working out your distance s really important. Also when you have a lot of things to think about go SLOW and build that muscle memory first.
Isolation, perfect each element of the technique, then flow, then build speed!
Thai techniques:
isolating long guard - left arm out straight to cut across centre line, right arm across your face at 45 degree angle covering your right eye keep arm tight to your face, (kiss the bicep) and loose neck. look out along outstretched arm with left eye reverse for the other side.
we then used/held the long guard while "treading grapes" small little controlled steps
finally we added a crush/check (which ever side elbow was across your face you checked with that side knee/shin.
Partner drills:
Lead hit (jab, upper cut, hook etc), rear round kick - focus on distance, putting the hit in, stepping off line and putting a nice low line round kick in.
Rear hit (cross uppercut etc), lead round kick - focus as above
A: attacks with lead hit rear round kick, B: defence hits and crush the kick
A: attacks with rear hit lead round kick, B: defence hits and crush the kick
We then started to mix any hit (lead or rear) with any round kick (lead or rear)
Once we started getting used to reading the kick we then changed it to 2 hits (any combination, high/low, double on lead or rear etc) and then any round kick - the key to this is to put in the 2 hits which keeps the defender occupied then you have a better chance of landing the kick.
Feints:
jab, cross lead kick x 3... on 3rd combo (now partner is expecting the same) fake the lead kick and change to a read round kick.. balance is crucial to this so a great drill to work.
Cross hook rear round kick x3 - on 3rd combination step through with rear leg as you cross (right lead now) step through again as you through the hook (the hits hide the steps your now back in left lead but off to the side) and rear kick partners REAR leg.
variation: on the 3rd combination, fake the rear round kick (you have to sell it so they go to check/crush it) then skip step and through the rear round kick at their rear leg.
Putting it al together: 1 for one -A: does any hit (single or double) any round kick (lead or rear) and could include any feint. B defends. then B attacks A defends etc... note': the feints only work once you have got your partner expecting an attack or really buying into it.. putting in the hits helps with this.
knife flow:
feeding the 5 angles and defenders defangs and stabs
we did this flow in:
Hammer grip vs hammer grip
Hammer grip vs Ice pick
Ice pick vs hammer
Ice pick vs ice pick
Again footwork and distance are key to this and the feeder needs to reach and not feed short so that the defender really moves.
free flow 2 knives vs 1: feeder attacks with either left or right hand any angle and put pressure on defender. Defenders defang and stabs, moving all the time. Don't wait for next attack just keep cutting and moving.
later there were "odd men out" who would roam around attacking anyone so yoy had to be aware of more than one attacker at all times.
Great fun as always comments and questions welcome
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