Combatives - Boxing & Stance - Breaking Bad Habits - MMA & CQB
Summary
TLDRIn this instructional video, Primal from Mask Tactical addresses common bad habits in stance and hand techniques for combat training. He emphasizes the importance of proper weight distribution, foot positioning, and the significance of using hip power for effective punches and kicks. Primal also highlights the need to correct these habits early to avoid long-term detrimental effects on one's fighting skills. The video serves as a guide for beginners and a refresher for experienced fighters, aiming to improve their stand-up and boxing abilities.
Takeaways
- ποΈ Proper stance is crucial for power in punches and kicks, with 25% of weight on the front foot and 75% on the back foot.
- π€ΌββοΈ Training at a general MMA gym might lead to stance-related bad habits due to broad focus, unlike specialized gyms like boxing.
- π The back foot should be turned straight forward for better balance and hip power utilization, avoiding the L-shape stance.
- π« Avoid crossing up legs when side-stepping to prevent being swept and losing balance.
- π Always aim for the face or body when throwing punches; don't be afraid to be aggressive in training.
- π€ Keep elbows in tight to protect the ribs and maintain a firm body to avoid being knocked off balance.
- π When throwing a jab, turn the wrist over and snap it, involving the hips for power, and always snap back to protect the face.
- π€ The straight right and left hook should also be snapped over for maximum impact, avoiding lazy recovery.
- π Correct hip movement is essential for knockout power, not just hand strength.
- π Stay on the balls of your feet for agility, bending the knees slightly but not squatting or staying straight-legged.
- π‘ Bad habits like improper stance and punch recovery are hard to break once ingrained, emphasizing the importance of early correction.
Q & A
What is the primary focus of the video script?
-The primary focus of the video script is to discuss bad habits in combat training, specifically in stand-up and boxing skills, and how to correct them.
Why is the stance important in combat sports?
-The stance is important because it determines your balance, power generation, and agility. A proper stance allows for maximum power in punches and kicks, which is critical for effective combat.
What is the recommended weight distribution in a proper fighting stance?
-The recommended weight distribution in a proper fighting stance is 25% on the front foot and 75% on the back foot.
Why should the back foot be turned forward instead of being turned to the side?
-Turning the back foot forward provides better balance, sets up the hips for better power generation in punches, and ultimately makes the fighter faster.
What is the common mistake made by beginners when throwing punches?
-A common mistake made by beginners is not snapping their punches over and dropping their hands down before bringing them back up to protect their face, which leaves them open to counterattacks.
Why should beginners not be afraid to aim for the face when training?
-Beginners should not be afraid to aim for the face because it is part of the training to prepare for real combat situations, whether in the cage or on the streets.
What is the recommended way to protect your ribs from kicks?
-The recommended way to protect your ribs from kicks is to keep your elbows in tight, which allows you to quickly check a kick with your elbow if one is aimed at your ribs.
Why is it important to correct bad habits early in combat training?
-It is important to correct bad habits early in combat training because once they are developed, they can be very hard to break and can significantly hinder the effectiveness of a fighter's overall game.
What is the speaker's background in martial arts?
-The speaker has trained in mixed martial arts for about seven years, with a primary focus on Jiu-Jitsu and kickboxing, and is an amateur fighter.
What is the significance of the phrase 'Make It Rain' in the script?
-The phrase 'Make It Rain' is used metaphorically to describe the speaker's confidence and success, possibly in combat or other areas of life, and is part of the closing statement of the script.
Outlines
π Morning Routine and Gym Session
The narrator wakes up feeling fresh, with the morning routine including handling bacon and a gun safe. He talks about attending a Jiu-Jitsu class at the gym and preparing for some extra bag work. The focus then shifts to discussing bad habits in boxing and stand-up skills that can negatively affect performance over time. Emphasis is placed on the importance of correcting these habits early to avoid long-term damage to one's overall game.
π Importance of Stance in Fighting
The narrator emphasizes the significance of a proper fight stance, noting that training at different types of gyms can influence one's stance. A good stance involves having feet shoulder-width apart, with the lead leg forward and back leg behind. Weight distribution is critical, with 25% on the front hip and 75% on the back hip to maximize power in punches and kicks. The role of hips in generating power is highlighted, and the importance of staying on the balls of the feet and maintaining slight knee bends for agility is discussed.
πΆββοΈ Correct Foot Movement and Balance
The narrator addresses common mistakes in foot positioning and movement. Newcomers often turn their back foot to the side, which hinders balance and power. Instead, the back foot should face forward. Proper movement involves leading with the foot in the direction of travel to avoid being swept off balance. The narrator explains how to pivot and move efficiently to maintain balance and readiness in a fight.
π Correct Punching Technique
The narrator discusses proper hand techniques, focusing on the jab (one), straight right (two), and left hook (three). Key points include aiming for the face, turning the wrist over for power, and snapping punches back quickly to avoid openings. Maintaining a firm body posture and protecting the ribs with elbows are also crucial. Bad habits such as dropping hands after a punch are highlighted as areas to correct.
π₯ Training Experience and Final Advice
The narrator concludes by sharing his seven years of training experience in mixed martial arts, with a focus on Jiu-Jitsu and kickboxing. He acknowledges his amateur status but emphasizes the importance of correcting bad habits early. Viewers are encouraged to continue training and to join his community for more combative-related educational content. The video wraps up with a call to action to visit his website and engage with his content.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘stance
π‘weight distribution
π‘hip movement
π‘bad habits
π‘Jiu-Jitsu
π‘bag work
π‘combatives
π‘jab
π‘straight right
π‘left hook
Highlights
Introduction to the importance of correcting bad habits in stand-up and boxing skills.
Discussing the impact of training at different types of gyms on stance and hand-related habits.
Explanation of a proper fight stance: feet shoulder-width apart, legs staggered, weight distribution.
Emphasizing the importance of weight distribution for power in punches and kicks.
Advice on staying on the balls of the feet for agility.
Correction of common mistakes in stance, such as turning the back foot to the side.
Importance of moving in a way that avoids leg crossing to prevent being swept.
Discussion on the correct way to throw a jab, emphasizing the role of the hips.
Advice on not being afraid to aim for the face during training.
Explanation of how to properly throw a straight right and a left hook.
Highlighting the importance of snapping punches back to protect the face.
Mention of the difficulty in breaking bad habits once they are formed.
Introduction to the speaker's background in mixed martial arts and kickboxing.
Promotional mention of the speaker's website and tribe for more educational content.
Closing with a teaser for future combatives-related educational content.
End of the video with a humorous and casual tone, reflecting the speaker's personality.
Transcripts
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day what's up guys Primal here with mask
tactical today I'm out here at the gym
finished up a Jiu-Jitsu class and I'm
putting in a little extra bag work
tonight and while I'm out here I wanted
to go ahead and get into some combatives
Based training for you guys and talk
about uh a couple of different bad
habits that newer guys have when it
comes to stand up and boxing skills and
these are very crucial skills and very
bad habits that if left uncorrected for
a long period of time can do some very
devastating damage to your overall game
so let's go ahead and get into this and
I'm to show you guys how to correct
these bad habits and show you just
exactly what they are so don't go
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anywhere all right guys so the first
thing I want to talk about as far as bad
habits goes is going to be stance
related and there's a few different
elements here that we're going to talk
about but first off I want to just talk
about stance in general for a second
most people don't really know what a
proper fight stance is and depending
upon where you get your training is
going to highly dictate whether or not
you have these bad habits you could go
to a general all-encompassing MMA gym
you might focus on a you might go to a
uh a Jiu-Jitsu gym uh you might go to a
boxing specific gym now when it comes to
stance related things if you train at a
boxing gym you're typically not going to
have a lot of these stance related
problems or hand related problems for
that matter because you focus
specifically on one skill set and you're
less likely to develop these kinds of
bad habits but if you go to a generally
all-encompassing MMA gym they tend to be
so broad that they can misinform you not
not that they don't know what they're
doing or your coach is wrong or bad but
they they tend to be all-encompassing so
when you get really broad with your
training like that you tend to miss
critical skills that make you very
proficient at a specific skill set so
when we're talking about stance a good
stance is feet shoulder withth apart and
you're going to stagger your legs your
lead leg is going to be out front and
your back leg is going to be in the back
obviously so what you want to do here is
put about 25% of your weight on your
front hip and 75% of your weight on your
back hip so what we're doing right now
is getting our weight where it needs to
be and your weight being in the right
spot is very critical to being able to
have maximum power in your knockout
punches and maximum power in your kicks
because where does our power come from
when we're throwing punches and kicks
it's all in our hips the vast majority
of our power comes from our hips hips we
can get some great power in our kicks
and our punches without using our hips
don't get me wrong you still are very
powerful with your hands but the true
knockout potential comes from utilizing
your hips and getting your hips involved
in your movement so if I'm throwing a
straight right hand I'm not just
throwing it like this I'm turning and
pivoting my hip over to get that true
knockout power in there and pretty much
every punch that you throw is going to
utilize a little bit of your hip
movements whether it's a straight right
or a left hook there's several different
things that come into play whenever
you're talking about hips and they're
involved in kicks as well as punches so
25% of your weight on your front foot
75% of your weight on your back and what
this does is it allows you to be Snappy
on your front but keep your power where
it needs to be which is in that right
hip or the left if you're unorthodox so
if you're traditionally staned you're
going you're going to have your power
right here and you're going to stay
agile on the front leg just that 25%
gives you the ability to stay Snappy
when you're moving you can pop up and
check kicks if they're coming at me with
an outside leg kick all I got to do is
pop up and check that kick and I promise
you checking kicks doesn't hurt you
nearly as bad as the person kicking you
does so don't be afraid to check kicks
so we're checking or you know if while
you're being really Snappy on that foot
you might want to pop it up and do an up
KCK or you can come in and do a straight
push kick it just depends on what you
want to throw and how the fight's
developing
so front foot 25% uh hip I'm sorry and
75% on your back hip the next thing is
you want to stay on the balls of your
feet you're not Tippy Towing but you're
not staying flat footed you're right in
the middle okay Bend to the knees not
weight you're not squatting and you're
not staying straight legged a lot of
people will stay really stiff right here
or they'll Crouch too low right here in
the middle just bend to the knees just
slightly and you're staying on the balls
your your feet and this allows you to
stay active and move really agile if
that's even a word um so the next thing
I want to talk about is your back
foot for whatever reason whenever people
just start out they tend to think that
this gives them a sense of balance but
it's a false sense of balance so what
they do is they turn their right foot or
their left foot again if you're
unorthodox they kind of create this L
shape so your front foot is facing
forward and their back foot is facing
out to the side what you want to do is
turn that back foot straight forward and
what this does is gives you better
balance it sets you up to utilize your
hip power better in your punches and
ultimately makes you faster because if I
have to Pivot my back foot to get my
power into my right straight if I'm if
I'm back here like this it takes more
time to cover that kind of real estate
to really pivot it over and get that
power behind my hand versus right here
and I'm just pivoting over slightly okay
um the next thing I want to talk about
is where how you move right some people
will when they side step they'll do a
lot of this and cross up their legs and
what this sets you up for is somebody's
going to time this and as soon as they
see me cross up this leg right here
they're going to take my front leg and
sweep it out from under me and I'm just
going to fall on my ass so in order to
avoid that you always want to lead
towards the direction you're going to to
so if I'm stepping right I'm not doing
this okay if I'm stepping right here's
what I'm
doing same thing to the left side right
I'm leading with the same foot that I'm
going towards pulling the opposite one
behind me now same thing works if you
want to Pivot if somebody's come you
know pressuring me and they throwing
punches at me I might want to Pivot and
cut an angle and hit them with a hook so
if I pivot I'm right here I'm just doing
that I can pivot with both
feet Okay so
whichever direction you're going you
might go back right stepping back just
like
that
forward forward stepping with the foot
that you're coming from
so that's pretty much going to do it for
stance related issues if you notice you
have you've got those bad habits start
correcting them on the spot and the
biggest thing about these bad habits is
that back foot being turned to the side
if you turn that back foot forward front
both both feet towards the enemy at all
times that's how you want to be both
feet towards the enemy at all times this
is a very hard habit to break and it's
probably the most crucial out of all the
ones that I just mentioned so let's go
ahead and get into some hand related
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things all right guys so now we're
getting into hand related things and
basically what we're going to talk about
here is your one two and three your one
is your Jab
your two is going to be your straight
right and your three is going to be your
left hook and reverse that around if
you're unorthodox so what we want to do
here a lot of people you know they'll
throw their punches kind of kind of like
that they go down and a lot of people
when they're first starting out are
really afraid to aim for the face
they're afraid to hurt somebody in
training for whatever reason they're
just afraid to aim for the face always
aim for the face this is what we're here
for we're training to go to war whether
it's in the cage or in the streets so
you're aiming for the
face or the body right you can still get
in some body shots but you're not aiming
for the chest or the arms or anything
like that when you're just starting out
I promise you a lot of new guys are very
afraid to come at you so the first thing
is to not be afraid to aggress and be
you know to let loose a little bit but
the first thing I want to talk about is
what how the how you actually want to
throw a correct jab so utilizing your
your stance that we just talked about
right you're in a good fighting stance
traditional boxing is going to tell you
to keep your elbows in and that's not a
bad thing to do elbows in hand up here
by the ear hand down here by the nose
and you're staying close and tight
you're staying firm don't be loose right
here because if you're loose somebody's
going to punch your glove and they're
going to punch you in the face with your
own glove and that's always embarrassing
so stay Resolute your whole body should
be firm somebody shouldn't be able to
push you and knock you off balance they
shouldn't be able to punch you in the
love and hit you in your own face you're
staying firm elbows in tight and the
reason your elbows are in tight is to
protect your ribs right from kicks so if
somebody's going to throw a kick at me
at my ribs all I got to do is bend down
to the side like this I'm going to check
their kick with my elbow so when it
comes to punches what you want to do is
turn your wrist over you're not turning
it like that you're not punching
straight out like this you're you're
turning your wrist over and snapping it
okay so it's bam B and you're getting
your hips involved again you want to
step into it and kind of bang get that
power same thing with the right turning
that over and getting that real power in
that punch
okay so you're
snapping and that's one of the bad
habits that I see people don't really
snap their punches over so and every
single punch that you throw is kind of
going to be the same way minus your
uppercuts so your jab you're snapping it
over you're straight right you're
snapping it over and another bad habit
that I see a lot when it comes to this
and this is what allows me to really get
in and knock people out sometimes is
they go they throw their punch and then
they get lazy and kind of drop it down
before they come back up to the to
protect their face so what you want to
do is throw that punch but snap back
really fast snap straight
back straight back to protect your face
because if you don't and you throw that
out out there and you go lazy and bring
it back up like that you're giving me a
split second of opening right here on
your face to lob a punch right in there
and that's a devastating Punch If it
connects
so snap back every
punch
okay and that's pretty much going to do
it I'm not going to really get into you
know how to throw punches correctly from
all you know every single punch I just
wanted to talk a little bit about a few
bad habits that I see a lot when it
comes to newer guys uh and a lot of
experience guys I see this a lot with
guys that have been training for 3 to
four years they still do this stuff a
lot because they were never corrected on
the spot in the beginning and like I
said once you develop these bad habits
they are very hard to break so I'm no
expert guys I've trained for about seven
years now mixed martial arts primarily
Jiu-Jitsu and kickboxing I'm an amateur
fighter so take my advice for what you
will but I'm in here every day training
getting getting the actual experience
experience and this is what I see uh as
far as bad habits goes with everybody
else so till next time guys thanks for
watching I hope this prepared you stay
tuned for some more combatives related
educational content get signed up on the
website and join our tribe I'll see you
guys in the next
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