High repetitions working the basics, breaking it down step by step then getting more flow. Been a while since we worked clinch so some good reminders and an introduction for many others.
Clinch Drills:
Worked off of a jab entry.
1) Waslik (scoop) the jab, crash in with elbow towards head (cover your head as you do this and drive forward, their head is at the end of their arm you don't even have to look!)... don't get too caught up with "scooping" the jab most important part is to get it off line (like the long guard) so you can crash in , you can scoop the arm as you crash in closer... after the elbow crash use that arm to check your opponents rear hand while you other hand hits the neck while going for a single clinch (using blade of forearm..top half of arm closer to hand).. then go into double arm clinch.
2) Waslik (scoop) the jab, then crash in with hammerfist and pulse... then continue into the clinch as above.
Defender tips: Once you are in the clinch bend knees to drop low and get your lead leg touching their thigh so you are bringing your hips in and next to theirs. This starts to make it hard for you to be manipulated and jams up their arms to stall an elbow form hitting you (you can also get one of your arms over their clinching arms to help defend)... drill this so that you are trying to do this as soon as the clinch is on you.
Adding knees (break defence):
Either entry above, defender gets hips in close as described above. Clincher pushes one elbow forward, hard, and pulls hips away at same time creating space. Then do 3x skipping knees (straight forward.)
Round knees:
After a couple of straight knees add some round knees (aimed at ribs) to get this motion imagine standing with feet shoulder width apart. skip to the left (bring your right foot to you left foot, then swing you knee out to side and then forcibly back to the centre (lifting knee up over 90degrees and trying to bring it down as you bring your knee across, hitting with the inside of your knee) to skip right you bring your left foot to where your right foot is first.
Manipulating balance:
Entry into clinch as above, break defence and go straight into a round knee, make sure your kneeing leg lands forward, pivot on that leg and using your momentum and your arms like a steering wheel, slightly twist neck, and bring them around into follow up knees.
Clinch tips: never go for clinch with both hands, one at a time. Hand high up on back of head one hand on top of other, pinch your elbows in tight squeezing their head and driving elbows into clavical, use hand to roll head down. This will make neck sore quickly if not used to it or haven't done for a while, so put it on a couple of time but also lighten it up, once you have started to get the feel for it you can then add resistance etc. use the drills to develop sensitivity, to be able to get the clinch on, to stop the clinch and to quickly react if the clinch is on. Like all drills, these are only "moments" in a fight, extended for learning but will be over in seconds so worth taking the time enhance sensitivity and responses.
Pad round
felt like forever but maybe only 4 mins?
jab, cross, evade charging pad older by pivot left or right, then over hand uppercut.
Knife flow (a bit like numerada counter for counter:
In ice pick grip.
Isolating "defences"/movment then blending them adding another "defence" each time.
1) straight down middle feed - dagger pass (make sure you move whole body)
2) slight angles (e.g. A1) - shield cover (literally liting your other hand to block like a shield
3) off straight or angle feed - parry the hit and feed back a backhand horizontally (defender then paks the hit down and feeds back the same hit.
4) off straight down you do a shield block then roll over (wave and hack) pushing into body
5) add hubud (again better when its a tight narrow hit rather than a wide feed.)
mixing it all up adding each one to the mix as we practiced it till it became a little more "live" we all got stabbed we all smiled but we gradually got stabbed less!
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