[Floppycheif]

Great write up man, lots of great info. On a side not about teeps, if one would like to see them used effectively in MMA look no further the Bas "El Guapo" Rutten. He would knock people clean off their feet with devastating teeps, very cool.

[King Kabuki]

lol What didn't Bas knock people off their feet with? Teeps, open-hand Gung Fu strikes, the guy was just plain awesome. Good skill and a tinge of insanity go a long way.

[Brand Nizzle]

I need to read this so much. When I spar at kickboxing, I can NEVER get close to this guy, the top guy in the class, nationally ranked and all. He is like 4 inches taller than me and has realllly long legs, everytime I try to get in on him he just stuffs me with a side kick and it fucks me up. He is so fast and powerful with his legs, he gets like 5 kicks on me before I can blink. However, when he trades with me, I always get the best of it and end up either knocking him down or putting him off balance. I always ahve to take some punishment to get in and even if I can get in and fuck him up, he'd always win the point game.

[Gregster]

Twisted&Broken makes an excellent point. To whit: when advancing, starting with your rear leg and finishing with your front means you end up in a kicking stance. I was always taught that when moving in sparring, you should be moving from fighting stance to fighting stance. Every move starts from a good, solid stance and finishes the same way.

In that way, your punches have power, and you can kick quickly and instinctively, and in any case, you're almost never off your guard.

King Kabuki: good tips as always, and best of luck on any and all upcoming bouts. I wouldn't want to be the guy who faces you in the ring.

[blanko]

didn't bas say that he doesn' like to use the jab in mma? BTW, KK have you any MMA experience?

[stav]

I have also noticed that chasing your opponent with jabs as a "routine"can expose your ribs for a midsection roundhouse that can be nasty.
The jab is an excellent tool to close the distance but dont get to predictable and only throw jab after jab as a good kicker will capitalise on it.
I have stopped (tko) one fighter in my dojo on two occasions like this with a well placed midsection kick to the ribs when he got to repetative in his closing technique.

Mix it up fake some jabs and dissengage just to confuse your opponent and be aware of the exposed ribs when your throw the punches. One of the best defences imo is being aware of what an opponent can do to counter u.

What u think King Kabuki?

[King Kabuki]

BTW, KK have you any MMA experience?

When I used to teach just a regular Martial Arts class in Virginia, my specialty was that I invited students from all over the city, and cross-trained with other schools. So I had a couple of guys who were Karate students from a local Goju Ryu studio, a couple Boxers, a guy I taught Muay Thai, some guys I taught Gung Fu to (which was my specialty at the time), a couple Wrestlers from the local High School who wanted to round their skills. After a couple years of this my class became an MMA class for all basic purposes. I began to specialize (with the help of both my students and other instructors), not in changing a student's style, but helping them adapt it to be able to combat any other style. So we had days of just watching tapes, days of just grappling, days of just stand-up, etc.

This was pre-MMA as a mainstream sport. Mid-to-late 90's, so the UFC's were JUST beginning to become popularized. My class was only at all famous by reputation, and more infamous than famous because people thought we were crazy. NHB fighting was still outlawed in most places. So when they found out we trained usually outdoors regardless of weather conditions, and with minimal gear, full speed and power (though students had an honor system as to what they would and wouldn't go for they established on their own) we were immediately written-off as renegades, psychos who just wanted to hurt people, and not taken seriously by the numerous McDojos that littered our community.

I was invited to train at a school down here, I forget the name of it but it's the place Kimbo started training at. One of the guys who runs it comes in to my GNC and just had a debate with me about whether or not Sapp would knockout Royce. I was going to but decided to go Pro in Boxing instead.

[King Kabuki]

I have also noticed that chasing your opponent with jabs as a "routine"can expose your ribs for a midsection roundhouse that can be nasty.
The jab is an excellent tool to close the distance but dont get to predictable and only throw jab after jab as a good kicker will capitalise on it.
I have stopped (tko) one fighter in my dojo on two occasions like this with a well placed midsection kick to the ribs when he got to repetative in his closing technique.

Mix it up fake some jabs and dissengage just to confuse your opponent and be aware of the exposed ribs when your throw the punches. One of the best defences imo is being aware of what an opponent can do to counter u.

What u think King Kabuki?

I agree. This is why I stated that with the focus pad drill for jabbing, have your partner start to counter you. It'll alert you to where you're open. And also to circle, jabbing on a straight line back and forth = BAD. But using a jab our double-jab that's fast, snapping, lets you know where your opponent is and more importantly DECIDE where he is is an invaluable tool IMO.

[stav]

Super... thnx King. Myboxing technique is what i need to work in my fight game.

[phenomfan1529]

nice, great stuf again Kabuki.

your definetly my favorite mod