Excerpt from Spladdle Forum's The Epic Clinch Thread:
Introduction
I have generalized the clinch into a Fibbing Clinch & a Grappling Clinch. Generally speaking you are either holding and hitting or working for a takedown/sub. BOTH begin with the base camp philosophy....posture, facing, spacing, breathing, head position, etc. Let's merge these. With ANY tie up, you can either grapple or fibb. What do both have in common? Tie ups. So in essence, there is one clinch (tie ups).
Fundamentals
Forehead position: Notice I don't say HEAD POSITION....if you say head position, fighters will use the top of their head.
Your forehead position is CRUCIAL for defense AND offense. EVERY position has to have a congruent forehead position (or more accurately a wedge).
Introduction
I have generalized the clinch into a Fibbing Clinch & a Grappling Clinch. Generally speaking you are either holding and hitting or working for a takedown/sub. BOTH begin with the base camp philosophy....posture, facing, spacing, breathing, head position, etc. Let's merge these. With ANY tie up, you can either grapple or fibb. What do both have in common? Tie ups. So in essence, there is one clinch (tie ups).
Fundamentals
Forehead position: Notice I don't say HEAD POSITION....if you say head position, fighters will use the top of their head.
Your forehead position is CRUCIAL for defense AND offense. EVERY position has to have a congruent forehead position (or more accurately a wedge).
- Forehead to forehead (defensive)
- Forehead to temple
- Forehead to under the ear (pocket)
- Forehead to sternum
- Forehead to ribs or stomach
