From: (BillMahoney68)
Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
Date: 25 Jun 2003 20:40:02 GMT
Subject: Re: kickboxing / mma - Overcoming Reach
Message-ID: 20030625164002.20119.00001693@mb-m14.aol.com

>om: Dan Winsor

>Eddie wrote:
>> What are some range type drills that i can work?
>
>OK, look, this is going to use up my entire quota for MA content in
>posts for like a year, but lessee:  First and foremost, ask your coach.
>He/she's seen you spar - I've not.  Second, I've more of a VMA (varied
>MA) background so some of the real MMA folks here can probably help you
>better.  ;-)  Its just that range has always been an problem for me.
>
>That being said, get a couple of people willing to work with you of
>varying heights.  Go light contact at first so that you can concentrate
>on the drill, not worry about getting clocked.  Now box, but evade with
>footwork only.  Play a game with yourself to see how close you can get
>to your opponent without him being able to hit you.  Make sure they know
>what you're after here so that they don't just back you into the ropes
>and beat you down.  What you're looking for here is when you're too far
>out of range to be effective, when you've closed but can still evade
>easily (and therefore eventually counter), and when you've committed and
>are at a disadvantage due to your shorter reach.  Eventually you'll
>probably want to add grappling to that but that isn't my forte nor what
>you're asking about.  Anyway, hopefully you'll begin to sense when
>you're right on the edge of your opponent's range and will be able to
>use that to your advantage.
>

Ill add a couple thing.
1 dont just walk into their ranbge to hit them, they will get off first.
Move, if the guy is moving around holes in his defense will appear , in other
words either for an instant he will not be in position top punch at the place
you are presently standing, it is then that you go in.
2 counter.
Dont give him a target by keeping your defense up, he will strike at you from
the outside using his reach, as his blow comes out move his target zone
inside(and preferably not straight in) so he misses and you are in tight to
him, able to counter.
3 clinch.
Drive him to the ropes, if he is lankiier then you are denser,a tight belly to
belly clinch is better for a smaller man. use your lower center to push him
around.WHEN YOU ARE LOCKED UP YOU CAN BOTH REACH EACH OTHER and the guy backed
to the ropes/cage has a disadvantage.

In MMA
Level change alot.Make him fear your shot even if you dont aim to shoot, if you
can catch him coming down to meet a shot when you have a strike going up to
meet his head you can hurt him.

Tags