Muay Thai Clinch – Developing World Class Fighters with Damien Trainor

This video includes:

• Clinch Prep 101. A complete sports specific framework for warming up and conditioning the neck prior to training in the clinch.
• Clinch Fundamentals. Use isolation drills to help develop a wide range of clinch fundamentals including posture, stance and fighting for position.
• Off-Balancing. Understand how to off-balance your opponent in the clinch using a wide variety of different clinch controls.
• Breaking the Clinch. Avoid dangerous positions by learning Damien’s system for breaking the clinch when facing stronger or larger opponents.
• Using your Head. Learn the correct head positioning and posture when working in the clinch, and how to use your head as an additional weapon when looking to dominate each position.
• Escaping the Clinch. How to avoid the clinch when facing opponents who favour the clinch and how to escape effectively when caught up in it.
• Clinch Variations. Mastering the clinch means you must understand each of the various clinch frameworks, including double unders and inside arm control.
• Sweeps, throws and trips. A multitude of different drills to help develop your ability to sweep, throw and trip in the clinch.
• Defending Knees. How to use different defensive systems to defend and counter knees in the clinch.
• Countering the Counter. Learn how to circumnavigate your opponents most common defences to your knees in order to avoid getting nullified in the clinch.
• Score BIG. Learn an assortment of ways to score highly in the clinch by locking opponents down and taking their back.
• Clinch Striking. Complete frameworks for using elbows and knees in the clinch, and how to use them to enter dominant positions.
• And more….