I absolutely love that you craft your videos so that they are short and to the point. There's no over-explanations. Most of us who practice this art are visual learners, so this tutorial style is perfect. Oh, and the techniques are super effective... Thank you!
Haha had my first contact Muay Thai session on Monday and was getting absolutely rag dolled in the clinch. Gonna try and practice some of these when I go back. Thanks for the vid, brother. 🙂
Thai clinch is a great skill to have not only for sport but for self defense purposes as well,given attacker is unarmed of course. I was so amazed when a smaller girl was able to control me with this like a ragdoll, whipping me around in the gym LOL
Thank you for always making your videos downloadable sir. I appreciate it truly. With your vids i can practice my techniques even if there's no connection. Kudos!!
More great content! I've learned more than anything after years of doing muay thai is that almost all muay thai sweeps are most effective as a counter or timing based move instead of forcing it. Something that is done in combination with clinch fighting and knees. A lot of people when they first try these sweeps think that they're a single technique that they should enforce on their sparring partner but it's not. Even you show these techniques with some set up or counter move. Just my 2 cents.
Yeah your right, its all about set ups, timing, feeling it out, and re-attempting the sweep until you get it. It rarely works on a single shot! Thanks for commenting bro!
👏🤣 Loved the end. It reminds me of how me and my coach look sometimes. I am usually very serious in training. But when he sweeps me or tries to dump me on the mat, it just makes me laugh. We both have a passion for Muay Thai though.
I'm a way mire experienced fighter than Jeff, and I just want to say that this is a really good video. P.S. a lot of people think back breakers are dirty, so be careful with that one.
I always thought these sweeps are fundamentally very similar to Judo throws. Of course there are differences, the typical distance, gloves vs gi etc. Pretty sure they influenced each other and came out as the common place for striking and grappling
Great video! I would love to see some of these in more detail. I love sweeps, but I struggle with how and where to move as you sweep. I feel too off balance to execute them effectively
We use all of them in some variation in Judo too (and I guess in other wrestling arts they are also used). I guess efficient movement is universal. In Judo they are called (I guessed the name on the throwing princple used, I am no expert in this so feel free to correct me): 1. Sasae or hiza guruma 2. Deashi 3.Variation of Ura Nage (with leg hook it's a kosoto gari) 4. also Sase ? please correct me Thumbs up for being so a chill guy and loving MA without judgement.
Idk if its legal but the back breaker takedown becomes extremely efficient when you place you head under your opponents chin and forcing them to look up into the ceiling. We use it for no gi.
Dude thank you so much for all your tutorials. I've learned so much from your channel. if u can pls let me know whats the track name in the background playing from the beginning of the tutorial. keep up uploading and thanks again! OSS!
It’s decent for a certain level but you’re moving your feet far to sporadically, and with all the movement your upper body is doing ,it will mk it significantly easier to sweep you because it’s easier for your opponent to feel your body ...oh and the backbreaker I’m pretty sure is illegal, you can fall on top of them but you can’t bend their back like that until they “break”...
Since orthodox vs. southpaw is mirror image things that work against southpaw fighters will actually be exactly the same and work in the same way for the southpaw against the orthodox. I fight in both southpaw and orthodox myself and have experience of this :) The only difference is obviously the rear hand or leg will be the left and not the right but I'm sure you can work that out :) Great great work as always Jeff, always looking forward to your videos and I find them more helpful than any others personally as I have always had a style similar to yours - but obviously I bow to your superior knowledge and skill. Keep it up!
Yes, seen alot of illegal moves, go good in the ring, but mostly from saenchai and Buakaw lol.. I thought the back breaker needed hands above waist to be legal in muay thai.. I love the move so want to use it too :) love your work man. you are a humble machine. that is the best type of machines!
Thanks brother! Hmm, i would say the backbreaker works best against taller opponents, but I have found the backbreaker, the dump and quarter turn sweep has all worked well for me against taller opponents. The quarter turn sweep is hard if the opponent is much heavier though.
Medals like in the Olympics? No Olympic competition would be too “tame” for what he does. He’s a Pro MMA fighter with significant experience fighting and winning in the cage. I don’t know what his record is but he’s very good in his weight class as far as I’m aware
I thought the back breaker was illegal? I forget who told me that but I heard it years ago, and have since only used it as a set up for wrestling in mma and grappling. Is it legal in sanctioned Thai rules?
You don't want to square up and trade blows with Thais. That's their specialty, they hit like trucks and can tank a lot of damage. Thais (at least from the Thai Muay Thai fighters) generally have a pretty static style, not much movement, reliance on blocks instead of mobility and dodging. Their favorite weapons are the terrifying roundhouse kick (mainly to the legs) and clinching with knees and elbows. So basically you want to try to outmaneuver them : be mobile, dodge, slip, use head movement and use your footwork to create angles of attack. Use your punches, since that's where you'll be superior (assuming you have good notions of western boxing, and that the opponent doesn't do western style MT). Try to use linear attacks : MT people have a tendency to train mostly circular strikes (especially kicks), so punching/kicking down the center is slightly easier (side kicks, axe kick, spinning back kick, ...). Thais have enormous kicking power, but their kicks are quite slow and telegraphed (relatively speaking). Chambered kicks (kind of Karate/TKD style), although a bit weaker, will work better for you (if you're good at it) than trying to beat them at their own game. Many quick, sneaky kicks instead of a few big slow ones. Thais are very good in the clinch, so if you wanna have a chance in grapple you should use your wrestling or BJJ or Judo takedowns to which they aren't very used. Obviously, pure MT don't do ground game, so if you're in MMA rules and that's your thing, it's a very good option. If your opponent does Dutch/western style MT, than what I said still holds mostly true, except that they generally don't do as much clinch/elbow work and use boxing more extensively. I'm no pro or expert though, so take my advice as a list of ideas from an amateur, not absolute truths.
Sorry for the late response, I never got the notification until Julien replied. I agree with what Julien said. Use in and out movement/footwork. Use a lot of hands as their stance generally gives them better ability to kick but weaker in the hands.
I recommend the quarter turn sweep and the backbreaker for shorter guys. It works really well if your shorter and especially if your the short bulky type. The backbreaker because your shorter to get the underhooks and the quarter turn if your strong. Although being shorter may get you in a shitty full clinch position for knees to the head easier, if you develop a strong neck, you can easily avoid it with strong posture. Hope this answer helps! How tall are you?
Thats no problem bro. I would try to master the backbreaker if i were you. A strong counter to someone trying to full clinch you, would be to get the double under hooks before your opponent breaks your posture with the full clinch!
Gracias jeff. From Uruguay. I have some problem in clich. Im 17-0 in kickboxing amateur and 0-1 in pro. Here in Uruguay. I want to be like you. Im 34 years old. I train so hard so much reps of the moves. Only with my body becouse i dont have gym only my background. Only repeat and repeat good tecniques and nobody can beat me yet. Do you wanna train? Jaja i send you a huge strong like clinch jaja. My inglish is so bad but i effort for understend you and learn from you. thank yo. I dont train this clinch work yet and i know it work jajaja
Very limited Judo, my takedowns consist more of wrestling techniques. I have 2-3 Judo techniques that I'd say I can land on a trained fighter. Are you a judo guy?
You can't hook the leg in Muay Thai? How about famous Saenchai sweep from southpaw stance? Seems like he always hooks leg under the ass for best sweep, you even showed example in your vid. Or you can hook like that? Thank you for the video, amazing content.
I absolutely love that you craft your videos so that they are short and to the point. There's no over-explanations. Most of us who practice this art are visual learners, so this tutorial style is perfect. Oh, and the techniques are super effective... Thank you!
Great! Thanks for watching Eric!
Haha had my first contact Muay Thai session on Monday and was getting absolutely rag dolled in the clinch. Gonna try and practice some of these when I go back. Thanks for the vid, brother. 🙂
nice!! thanks for watching!
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You better change place to train 🤣
In Phuket right now and we worked on clinch yesterday - Very helpful video. Thank you, deep appreciation 🙏🇹🇭
awesome! keep it up!
@@MMAShredded I watch so many of your videos & I also know you have another trip to Thildand soon - from your emails
I love Thai sweeps.
Awesome!!
Ouuuuwwwiie
5:50 when youre having too much fun and you forget to go to the bathroom
hahaha
Best MT Clinch tutorial I've seen on YT yet. Short and structured with lots of examples. Movement before words. Thanks.
Thanks Kenkon!!
Thai clinch is a great skill to have not only for sport but for self defense purposes as well,given attacker is unarmed of course. I was so amazed when a smaller girl was able to control me with this like a ragdoll, whipping me around in the gym LOL
haha cheers!
The format of your videos is unlike any other channel, the best out there. The live examples, the narrative, everything works very well
thanks man :)
You are always giving us new things brother😊 love you brother,
Love you too brother!! Thankss for your best support!
Did so many Muay Thai dumps yesterday lol, thanks for everything you do and I really learn a lot from your real time sparring
awesome to hear brother, thank you!!
You can always come back to these tutorials. Great content!
:)
Thank you for always making your videos downloadable sir. I appreciate it truly. With your vids i can practice my techniques even if there's no connection.
Kudos!!
:) no prob
thanks Jeff, really great work, and having fun at the same time, I realise this post is old, but still very relevant. Hope you re keeping well
More great content! I've learned more than anything after years of doing muay thai is that almost all muay thai sweeps are most effective as a counter or timing based move instead of forcing it. Something that is done in combination with clinch fighting and knees. A lot of people when they first try these sweeps think that they're a single technique that they should enforce on their sparring partner but it's not. Even you show these techniques with some set up or counter move. Just my 2 cents.
Yeah your right, its all about set ups, timing, feeling it out, and re-attempting the sweep until you get it. It rarely works on a single shot! Thanks for commenting bro!
Amazing explanation as always Jeff!!
Thank you!!
Love the channel man. Thanks for providing such awesome content and techniques. Definitely earned a subscriber and I'm sending these to my teammates
thanks so much for your support brother!
one of my favourite channel, awesome videos keep em coming :)
Thanks bro!
Back Breaker is my favourite take down in muay thai:)
awesome!
You are a great UA-camr who actually cares and likes to interact with his subscribers... Amazing👏👏
thanks so much Noah!
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Thank you
Subbed. That's pure gold basics
Alright alright . ... time to put your moves to the test ..... improvize, adapt and overcome.... thanks for the vids
Thanks for watching bro! Let me know if you have any questions, i'd love to help!
Definitely do more stuff with the quarter turn
awesome! I was thinking of releasing a tutorial on that sweep first!
your video framework is perfect. Keep them coming. your videos are helping me advance.
Thats great to hear! Thanks bro!
Good vid. Straight forward, and clean. Showing the live clinch work was good.
thank you!
Your clinch game is just to strong my bro. I would love to see more of the Muay Thai Dump. I vote Jeff Chan for Bellator😉
Hhaha thank you Jaycee! Ok great thanks for the comment as always!
i have watched so many of your video's always something new to try out, great work keep it going man.
thank you brother!
👏🤣 Loved the end. It reminds me of how me and my coach look sometimes. I am usually very serious in training. But when he sweeps me or tries to dump me on the mat, it just makes me laugh. We both have a passion for Muay Thai though.
cheers!
@@MMAShredded Jeff, my coach is the one who suggested I watch your channel btw. 🙂
A real pleasure to watch . Thank you very much for sharing .
thanks so much for watching!
You are the one to be thanked ...!;) there will be a seminar in Montreal and probably Gatineau with Dave LeDuc in 2019, btw. Cheers !
Thank you very much for sharing! 💐💐
:)
Great video. I love the Muay Thai dump most!😄
Sweet! Thanks for your comment!
Simple, only a few techniques, both slow with commentary and real-spar speed... I like it, I think I might watch more of your vids :)
awesome thanks!
Thanks you very much, for me this video is a good mine!!!!
:)
3:30 back breaker
I like the quarter turn sweep and the muay thai dump.
thanks for watching!
I am follow you from Egypt.. Good coach💞
thank you!!
Mais um vídeo muito bom. Seu jeito de explicar os movimentos sao ótimos, continua assim sempre. Seria legal se você fizesse um App para Android e Ios.
Thats awesome!! Definetely gonna use these
great!
Great video on clinching!
thank you!
I really needed to learn this sweeps and throws.. I may good at striking distance. but damn im so weak at clinching :3
this is really amazing
thanks for watching!
I'm a way mire experienced fighter than Jeff, and I just want to say that this is a really good video.
P.S. a lot of people think back breakers are dirty, so be careful with that one.
Great video! Thanks man!
thanks for watching!
Awesome stuff Jeff
Thanks for the support A1Leeroy!
Great like usual. OSS!
Thanks for the support brother!
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haha!
Bro! Stop it!! You are killing it with them videos! 👊💪
LOL Thanks totalx! Got some more exciting videos coming soon!
Gable grip is palm to palm no thumb. Not over the back of the hand
juste discovered your channel! great job!
Awesome! Hope you subscribed and hope to read more of your comments!
Love this thank you so much bro 🙏
thanks for your feedback :)
I always thought these sweeps are fundamentally very similar to Judo throws. Of course there are differences, the typical distance, gloves vs gi etc. Pretty sure they influenced each other and came out as the common place for striking and grappling
Haha. Non nak muays never felt the pain of a sharp chin driven deep into your collar bone lmao. Good stuff. Miss it
haha thanks for watching!
always good video! keep on
thanks for the ongoing support! I will keep on!
really nice clinch sparring.
thanks!!
Great video! I would love to see some of these in more detail. I love sweeps, but I struggle with how and where to move as you sweep. I feel too off balance to execute them effectively
Great, thanks Clay! I think I am going to release a video on the quarter turn first! Stay tuned!
Gotta love clinching, lotta fun
always good stuff bro
thank you bro!!
Good video! Thanks!
than you!
Awesome Sir I need to practice more clinch
thanks for watching bro!
My two favorites are the back breaker and the push pull.
nice!
Very helpful
thank you!
At 6:05 that is what you call HappilyEverAfter toss. Learning a lot from you man 😂
HAHA, thanks for watching
MMAShredded no man im the one brimming with gratitude. Seriously PLSSSSSSSSSSS keep it up, big fan and avid watcher right here
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I wish I could train with you! You are a great teacher
thanks bro, id love to train with you one day!
We use all of them in some variation in Judo too (and I guess in other wrestling arts they are also used).
I guess efficient movement is universal.
In Judo they are called (I guessed the name on the throwing princple used, I am no expert in this so feel free to correct me):
1. Sasae or hiza guruma 2. Deashi 3.Variation of Ura Nage (with leg hook it's a kosoto gari) 4. also Sase ? please correct me
Thumbs up for being so a chill guy and loving MA without judgement.
nice!
Wow, thank you
thank you for watching!
Idk if its legal but the back breaker takedown becomes extremely efficient when you place you head under your opponents chin and forcing them to look up into the ceiling. We use it for no gi.
Hey jeff!! Can you make a video of how to reverse a clinch or how to get out of from a bad position?
ill see what I can do!
The muay thai dump is similar to the far elbow floating drop from greco roman
thanks for watching!
Looks good Jeff
Josh Palmer!! Whats up!! Heard your doing a seminar in Ottawa soon!
Dude thank you so much for all your tutorials. I've learned so much from your channel. if u can pls let me know whats the track name in the background playing from the beginning of the tutorial. keep up uploading and thanks again! OSS!
I can't remember which song it is exactly but its from Ross Budgen! Check out his channel, hes great! Thanks for the support bro.
6:28 only replayed 3 time XD
It’s decent for a certain level but you’re moving your feet far to sporadically, and with all the movement your upper body is doing ,it will mk it significantly easier to sweep you because it’s easier for your opponent to feel your body ...oh and the backbreaker I’m pretty sure is illegal, you can fall on top of them but you can’t bend their back like that until they “break”...
I can definitely use this on the dude I’m sparring
awesome!
Love your Videos. More takedowns please!
Thanks broo!
Yeah boi. Fun.
thanks for watching!
I suck at clinchung, but i gonna try one of those, thanks!
Awesome, update me if you got any questions!
Can you make some videos about southpaws?
I got a video coming out on my best methods/strategies/tips on defeating a southpaw fighter! Stay tuned bro!
Thanks for that but i am a southpaw fighter can you give some tips.
Since orthodox vs. southpaw is mirror image things that work against southpaw fighters will actually be exactly the same and work in the same way for the southpaw against the orthodox. I fight in both southpaw and orthodox myself and have experience of this :)
The only difference is obviously the rear hand or leg will be the left and not the right but I'm sure you can work that out :)
Great great work as always Jeff, always looking forward to your videos and I find them more helpful than any others personally as I have always had a style similar to yours - but obviously I bow to your superior knowledge and skill. Keep it up!
Thanks mindripper for answering Debarjya's question exactly the same that I would have!! Thanks for your support bro, im glad my videos help you!
Read mindripper's comment! Thanks bro!
Most places wont allow back breaker
true
great video!! can we have some more footwork videos like the one about dillashaw?
Yes! I have that already on my list of videos, but have not had a chance to come up with a good video on it yet! Thanks for the reminder!
Still learning Thai boxing
*And I'm a happier man for it!*😆
amazing!!
@@MMAShredded Yep! How'd you get into training!
to me it looks like the back breaker often turns out to low to be legal...?
hmmm im not sure, I havn't had a problem with it in my competitions yet.
Yes, seen alot of illegal moves, go good in the ring, but mostly from saenchai and Buakaw lol.. I thought the back breaker needed hands above waist to be legal in muay thai.. I love the move so want to use it too :) love your work man. you are a humble machine. that is the best type of machines!
Thanks so much bro!
Top top top top
Great idea to add bloopers. What sweep works against taller opponents?
Thanks brother! Hmm, i would say the backbreaker works best against taller opponents, but I have found the backbreaker, the dump and quarter turn sweep has all worked well for me against taller opponents. The quarter turn sweep is hard if the opponent is much heavier though.
Muay thai dump & the counter to the back breaker! More detail por favor, sil vous plait
thank you!
Does this guy have any medals? He seems knowledgeable and in shape.
Medals like in the Olympics? No Olympic competition would be too “tame” for what he does. He’s a Pro MMA fighter with significant experience fighting and winning in the cage. I don’t know what his record is but he’s very good in his weight class as far as I’m aware
Wery helpful video👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting bro!
MMA Shredded 👍👊
Many people say the back breaker is illegal is that true?
I thought the back breaker was illegal? I forget who told me that but I heard it years ago, and have since only used it as a set up for wrestling in mma and grappling. Is it legal in sanctioned Thai rules?
Nice
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Does the backbreaker sweep work on taller opponents (if they're weaker)
Friend, i know you may be a formidable Thai fighter, but do you have tips to how defend against Thai? Strategies against Thai?
Like a Thai fighter from Thailand? I have a video of me getting elbowed in the face against a Thai fighter HAHAH..
MMA Shredded i mean strategies for people that have other striking fighting style defend against thai
You don't want to square up and trade blows with Thais. That's their specialty, they hit like trucks and can tank a lot of damage. Thais (at least from the Thai Muay Thai fighters) generally have a pretty static style, not much movement, reliance on blocks instead of mobility and dodging. Their favorite weapons are the terrifying roundhouse kick (mainly to the legs) and clinching with knees and elbows.
So basically you want to try to outmaneuver them : be mobile, dodge, slip, use head movement and use your footwork to create angles of attack.
Use your punches, since that's where you'll be superior (assuming you have good notions of western boxing, and that the opponent doesn't do western style MT).
Try to use linear attacks : MT people have a tendency to train mostly circular strikes (especially kicks), so punching/kicking down the center is slightly easier (side kicks, axe kick, spinning back kick, ...).
Thais have enormous kicking power, but their kicks are quite slow and telegraphed (relatively speaking). Chambered kicks (kind of Karate/TKD style), although a bit weaker, will work better for you (if you're good at it) than trying to beat them at their own game. Many quick, sneaky kicks instead of a few big slow ones.
Thais are very good in the clinch, so if you wanna have a chance in grapple you should use your wrestling or BJJ or Judo takedowns to which they aren't very used.
Obviously, pure MT don't do ground game, so if you're in MMA rules and that's your thing, it's a very good option.
If your opponent does Dutch/western style MT, than what I said still holds mostly true, except that they generally don't do as much clinch/elbow work and use boxing more extensively.
I'm no pro or expert though, so take my advice as a list of ideas from an amateur, not absolute truths.
Sorry for the late response, I never got the notification until Julien replied. I agree with what Julien said. Use in and out movement/footwork. Use a lot of hands as their stance generally gives them better ability to kick but weaker in the hands.
Would you recommend shorter guys to fight for sweeps inside the clinch, or would you rather have them find a way to escape?
I recommend the quarter turn sweep and the backbreaker for shorter guys. It works really well if your shorter and especially if your the short bulky type. The backbreaker because your shorter to get the underhooks and the quarter turn if your strong. Although being shorter may get you in a shitty full clinch position for knees to the head easier, if you develop a strong neck, you can easily avoid it with strong posture. Hope this answer helps! How tall are you?
Well, I'm 5"3
Thats no problem bro. I would try to master the backbreaker if i were you. A strong counter to someone trying to full clinch you, would be to get the double under hooks before your opponent breaks your posture with the full clinch!
MMA Shredded Thanks for the tips!
Anytime bro! Feel free to ask anytime!
Gracias jeff. From Uruguay. I have some problem in clich. Im 17-0 in kickboxing amateur and 0-1 in pro. Here in Uruguay. I want to be like you. Im 34 years old. I train so hard so much reps of the moves. Only with my body becouse i dont have gym only my background. Only repeat and repeat good tecniques and nobody can beat me yet. Do you wanna train? Jaja i send you a huge strong like clinch jaja. My inglish is so bad but i effort for understend you and learn from you. thank yo. I dont train this clinch work yet and i know it work jajaja
I know you do muy thai and bjj, but have you ever done judo?
Very limited Judo, my takedowns consist more of wrestling techniques. I have 2-3 Judo techniques that I'd say I can land on a trained fighter. Are you a judo guy?
IsnT Jew Jitsu just a substyle of JUdO technically ANYways? I mEan no One couLd name more then 5 MoVes in Bjj thAt isnt already FoUnd in Jewdo
You can't hook the leg in Muay Thai? How about famous Saenchai sweep from southpaw stance? Seems like he always hooks leg under the ass for best sweep, you even showed example in your vid. Or you can hook like that? Thank you for the video, amazing content.
yeah you can hook like that when it is a kick/leg sweep!
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Thanks bro
Nice video, but what are the most muscles that are used in the clinch?
I would say your lats, some biceps/forearm, core and neck!
MMA Shredded Thanks!
anytime bro!
I do Muay Thai just for self defense and self confidence
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The back breaker is 100% illegal in muaythai.