No Holds Barred Fighting: The Clinch

Offensive and Defensive Concepts Inside NHB's Most Grueling Position

Mark Hatmaker

• Publisher: Tracks Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781935937081
• Year: 2006

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.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Acknowledgement
• Contents
• How to use the NHB manuals
• Introduction
• 1 Clinch varieties
• 2 Clinch conditioning
• 3 It’s OK to disagree
• 4 Circling
• 5 Pummeling
• 6 Striking within the clinch offense and defense
• 7 Clinch takedowns
• 8 Countering clinch takedowns
• 9 Backcast — the money move
• Resources
• Index
• About the Author