No Holds Barred Fighting: The Clinch Offensive and Defensive Concepts Inside NHB's Most Grueling Position

by Hatmaker, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781884654275
• ISBN10: 1884654274
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-28
• Publisher: Tracks Publishing

Summary

With its complete focus on a single fighting position, this handbook unsparingly examines the clinch. In the clinch, the no-holds-barred combat techniques of striking and grappling meet, posing new challenges and calling for new strategies. With these detailed explanations of each aspect of positioning in the clinch, fighters can set up their own clinch takedowns and beat those used against them in the ring. The unique striking tools, protection strategies, and takedowns the clinch requires are explained for both offense and defense, moving smoothly between each fighting element to maximize advantage. A clinch situation is an inevitability in NHB fighting, and this reference gives fighters the most complete education in turning the clinch to their advantage.

Author Biography

Mark Hatmaker is the author of Boxing Mastery, More No Holds Barred Fighting: Killer Submissions, No Holds Barred Fighting, and No Holds Barred Fighting: Savage Strikes. He is the founder of Extreme Self Protection, a research body that compiles, analyzes, and teaches unarmed combat methods. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

How to use the NHB manuals	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(2)
1 Clinch varieties	9	(10)
2 Clinch conditioning	19	(6)
3 It's OK to disagree	25	(2)
4 Circling	27	(2)
5 Pummeling	29	(14)
6 Striking within the clinch: offense and defense	43	(39)
6.1 Head clinch striking offense	44	(14)
6.2 Head clinch striking defense	58	(4)
6.3 Collar and elbow striking offense	62	(3)
6.4 Over-under clinch striking offense	65	(17)
7 Clinch takedowns	82	(76)
7.1 Head clinch takedowns	83	(4)
7.2 Collar and elbow clinch takedowns	87	(15)
7.3 Over-under clinch takedowns	102	(56)
7.3.1 Trip takedowns	103	(10)
7.3.2 Flying mares and arm throws	113	(6)
7.3.3 Hip throws	119	(6)
7.3.4 Headlock throws	125	(6)
7.3.5 Arm drags and go-behinds	131	(10)
7.3.6 Body lock throws	141	(6)
7.3.7 Whizzer throws	147	(5)
7.3.8 Duckunder throws	152	(6)
8 Countering clinch takedowns	158	(16)
8.1 Counterthrows versus the go-behind	169	(5)
9 Backcast — the money move	174	(43)
9.1 Backcast counters	203	(6)
9.2 Rear backcast counters	209	(8)
Resources	217	(2)
Index	219