Sparring with Destruction Techniques (With Video)

Destruction Techniques

Let’s talk Destructions. Destruction techniques have been recently on the minds of those in the fight community. Mainly due the the UFC fight Weidman vs Silva, where Silva broke his own leg throwing a kick. But usually destruction techniques aren’t that drastic, or that spectacular.

The word “Destruction” is really just a synonym for “Offensive Defense” . The idea, is to block a kick in such a way… that it make your opponent disinclined to throw another one. So let’s shadow box these motions so that we can properly apply them on the pads.

Shadow Box

The first move we will focus on is a foot stomp. Much like a muay thai teep, you raise the leg up in a semi straighten fashion. Stopping your opponents oncoming rear leg kick, preferably on the knee joint, but anywhere in that general area will suffice. After that your going to drop that leg into the cross followed by the hook and then the cross again. Ending with a mid-level, double rear leg kick yourself.

For your second combo, we are going to do a cross over leg sheild with that rear leg. Intercepting your opponents rear leg kick. This defense has a verisimilitude to what we saw in the Silva Weidman fight. But we’re going to add a separate element which is using the same defending leg, to foot stomp or side kick the inner knee area of your opponents front leg. This movement will generally cause you to finish in my case a south paw lead, opposite of that which you started with. Now you will end this combo with a mid level kick with the opposite leg, stepping though to the stance you’re accustomed to, summing it up with a cross, rear elbow, rear knee.

Pause this video, and practice this a few times before moving on to the pad work section.

Pad Work

So let’s apply this now to the pads, you can use focus mitts like we are using here. Or Thai Pads if you want to put more sting into your mid-level kicks. Either way I will suggest shin guards for both feeder and puncher. In order to keep you from limping for accidental shin collisions.

Praxis Work

Now lets work practical application in sparring. these move here can be pretty detrimental. I dont suggest using them in sparring unless you guys are going easy enough as to not harm each other.

Apply counter move like this in sparring is hard, because they are a reaction to your

opponents attack. So you have one of two choices… Wait until he kicks, or get good at what we call “Baiting”. Baiting, just as it sounds is putting yourself in the position that which your opponent want to kick you. Which of course in turn is exactly what you wanted to begin with. So first thing you need to do, is frustrate your opponent by staying in his kick range. If he feel he can punch you, we won't risk a kick. But if you maintain a distance where kicking is his only option, he has no choice. Also, get into a front heavy stance. One that looks like that front leg of yours is difficult to get up and move out of the way of his kick. These two activities in conjunction, will give you the best chance in baiting him into a kick. Once the bait is set, it’s time to catch a fish.

Mike O'Laskey
O'Laskey Martial Arts
Burbank Ca. 91506
www.olaskeyma.com

Work your Spin Backfist into Shadow Boxing and Sparring (With Video)

Spin Back Fist

Mike O’Laskey here at O’Laskey Martial Arts in Burbank California for this installment of your Kickboxing combo of the week!

In this weeks installment we are going to explore a good application of the spinning back fist.

Now the Spin back fist is a coveted move when it comes to Martial Arts and Fighting. Not only because its effective… But lets face it… it pretty frickin cool.

The thing with a spin Back Fist… it that any halfway co-ordinated 5 year old in a tu-tu can spin around and extend their arm. The key here is effectiveness, through execution. So let get started!

Practice:

The best application I have found to successfully landing the Spin Back Fist in any Martial Arts, Kickboxing or MMA match starts with footwork. Usually, with your Jab, you want to step into it… Putting your whole body into the punch. So keeping that mentality in mind… Instead of stepping straight forward. I want you step at a 45 degree angle towards your open side. This would be your right if you have a standard stance… or your left if you’re a southpaw. This action now cuts your rotation from 360 degrees. To ideally more or less 180 degrees. This is going to allow your spin action to happen faster… With less movement to telegraph.

So the first Combo we will Drill… Is a double Jab, to the spin Back Fist. Move Forward on the First Jab with that lead leg and on the second jab, instead of moving forward, take that 45 degree step with the front leg we were talking about earlier. and that is where that spin backfist is applied.

Doing it this way, Disguises the arrival of the spin back fist in the best way I have personally found. So lets drill it on the pads a few times.

Now this lead jab step can be used in any combo that which the jab can be safely applied. So lets give you one more combo… a Tad bit longer. Jab, cross, Hook, Cross, Hook. This time, as the hook comes… you’re going to take that ever so important 45 degree step to set up the Spin Back fist.

Application:

Now that you have the movement down… lets talk about how you can actually accomplish this is sparring. I find that this often works the best when you have limited your opponent retreat. If he has his back against the cage or against the ring. Often times if there isn’t something limiting his retreat… he can run back faster than your spin moves you forward or at least move back enough to do a slight sway back with his head, causing you to miss entirely.

So imagine his back is up against the wall, Unable to move backwards his only options as far a movement goes will be left or right to escape. Now, any halfway competent coach or martial artist is in most cases going to tell you that you are going to want to escape by moving AWAY from the power hand. So as your opponent moves in this case, my left his right to escape what he thinks will be my cross… He walks unexpectedly into my spin back fist. So I will double jab in, baiting his evasion. As he moves is where my spin takes place. Its fast, its unexpected… and most importantly it works.

Ending:

Thanks you for watching my spin back fist tutorial. Subscribe for new combos every week. Try this out in sparring, and post the videos in video response section. And let me know what you think! Like this video, and tell me how YOU implement the Spin Back Fist or what you would do differently. I’m always looking good information. Until next week. I’m Mike O’Laskey with O’Laskey Martial Arts in Burbank California. See you next time.

O'Laskey Martial Arts

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Burbank Ca

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