Striking Foundations
a.k.a. "The Basics"
Positioning
(How to stand and where to stand).
This video gives you all of the details that you need to have a solid stance.
You will be well protected and highly mobile, making it easy for you to attack quickly while remaining safe. I personally think that this video is hilarious as well.
You will be well protected and highly mobile, making it easy for you to attack quickly while remaining safe. I personally think that this video is hilarious as well.
This video gives you all of the details that you need to have a solid stance. You will be well protected and highly mobile, making it easy for you to attack quickly while remaining safe. I personally think that this video is hilarious as well.
Before even teaching you how to throw a punch, I think it's important that you understand how far away you are supposed to be from the guy you're trying to beat the crap out of.
The correct distancing builds power and increases your safety. This is an EXCELLENT video and you will have a better understanding of how to fight after watching it.
The correct distancing builds power and increases your safety. This is an EXCELLENT video and you will have a better understanding of how to fight after watching it.
Before even teaching you how to throw a punch, I think it's important that you understand how far away you are supposed to be from the guy you're trying to beat the crap out of. The correct distancing builds power and increases your safety. This is an EXCELLENT video and you will have a better understanding of how to fight after watching it.
This video could count as "mental positioning".
...so put your head in the right place.
This video will teach you about the physiology of fear and the best trick that you can use to control it. If you master this, you can dull the "fight or flight" response drastically.
This is a fun little drill that will get you good at pinning your opponents legs to scamper around them... but more importantly for our purposes, you will build snappy kick-throughs to slide into dominant positions.
Building Your Jab
(The straight punch from your 'front' hand)
These are the little details that make straight punches effective... and stop them from injuring you (the puncher).
This video clears up a couple of myths, and should be applied to any straight punch that you throw.
This video clears up a couple of myths, and should be applied to any straight punch that you throw.
These are the little details that make straight punches effective... and stop them from injuring you (the puncher). This video clears up a couple of myths, and should be applied to any straight punch that you throw.
This punch is pretty much the fundamental basis for any fighting style. You need this thing to crack people in the face when they get too close to you.
I use a number of high school prom metaphors in this video, and Casey and I threw together what we though to be some funny clips to represent that shiz... at least we think we're funny.
I use a number of high school prom metaphors in this video, and Casey and I threw together what we though to be some funny clips to represent that shiz... at least we think we're funny.
This punch is pretty much the fundamental basis for any fighting style. You need this thing to crack people in the face when they get too close to you. I use a number of high school prom metaphors in this video, and Casey and I threw together what we though to be some funny clips to represent that shiz... at least we think we're funny.
(Watch the roundhouse video first). This builds on the jab to give you a couple of solid two strike combinations.
You will need to watch the roundhouse and hook video if you really want to understand the most powerful way to utilize these lessons.
You will need to watch the roundhouse and hook video if you really want to understand the most powerful way to utilize these lessons.
(Watch the roundhouse video first). This builds on the jab to give you a couple of solid two strike combinations. You will need to watch the roundhouse and hook video if you really want to understand the most powerful way to utilize these lessons.
Building your Cross
(the straight punch from your 'rear' hand)
The cross is an essential punch that has both range and power.
It's the straight punch from the hand in the rear of your stance... the one that's further away from your opponent. This allows you to twist your body to add power to your cross, making it incredibly devastating.
It's the straight punch from the hand in the rear of your stance... the one that's further away from your opponent. This allows you to twist your body to add power to your cross, making it incredibly devastating.
Don't want to be bothered with jumping in for your heel hook? I don't blame you... if you do it like this, you might not have to.
Maximum Fiber Recruitment is a kinesiological concept that teaches your brain how to fire all of your muscle fibers instantaneously.
This generates instantaneous power and speed, making any of your strikes capable of immediate knockouts.
This generates instantaneous power and speed, making any of your strikes capable of immediate knockouts.
Maximum Fiber Recruitment is a kinesiological concept that teaches your brain how to fire all of your muscle fibers instantaneously. This generates instantaneous power and speed, making any of your strikes capable of immediate knockouts.
Here's some simple drills that you can do to build power in your cross.
Here's some simple drills that you can do to build power in your cross.
Building your Lead Hook
(the hooking punch from your 'front' hand)
This video is a true testament to the amount of form that goes into every single strike.
I love breaking strikes down into the finer details; that's how you build the most power. This video will give you all of the details that you need to throw a hook from the front of your body.
I love breaking strikes down into the finer details; that's how you build the most power. This video will give you all of the details that you need to throw a hook from the front of your body.
This video is a true testament to the amount of form that goes into every single strike. I love breaking strikes down into the finer details; that's how you build the most power. This video will give you all of the details that you need to throw a hook from the front of your body.
This video will teach you how to apply basic kinesiology (think of it like "Explosive Muscle Science") to your hooking punches... and give them an alarming increase in power.
This video will teach you how to apply basic kinesiology (think of it like "Explosive Muscle Science") to your hooking punches... and give them an alarming increase in power.
Building your Roundhouse Kick
(The most powerful kick in Muay Thai)
Look, this is a strike that requires focus on a number of details, but results in a ton of power. Execute these simple steps, and you will have one of the most brutal weapons in all of martial arts.
Look, this is a strike that requires focus on a number of details, but results in a ton of power. Execute these simple steps, and you will have one of the most brutal weapons in all of martial arts.
(Roundhouse Part 2) – This is an incredibly cool lesson that takes advantage of specific weaknesses within human anatomy.
This video probably could have been one or two minutes long, but its still effing important. It contains the secret weak point on a persons leg, tips on turning your shins into weapons, and tips on how to strike the weak point more consistently.
This video probably could have been one or two minutes long, but its still effing important. It contains the secret weak point on a persons leg, tips on turning your shins into weapons, and tips on how to strike the weak point more consistently.
(Roundhouse Part 2) – This is an incredibly cool lesson that takes advantage of specific weaknesses within human anatomy. This video probably could have been one or two minutes long, but its still effing important. It contains the secret weak point on a persons leg, tips on turning your shins into weapons, and tips on how to strike the weak point more consistently.
Building your Uppercuts
(and the concept of "Juggling Heads".)
Look, this is a strike that requires focus on a number of details, but results in a ton of power. Execute these simple steps, and you will have one of the most brutal weapons in all of martial arts.
Here you will learn the basics of uppercuts, the art of juggling heads, a few uppercut based combinations, and some important mitt-holding / heavy bag training details.
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