{"id":4623,"date":"2016-05-16T18:27:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T18:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?page_id=4623"},"modified":"2016-05-16T18:27:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T18:27:31","slug":"thai-clinch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/technique-directory\/wrestling\/thai-clinch\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Clinch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To establish the thai clinch, cup your hands, one on top of the other, on the crown of your opponent&#8217;s head (where his bald spot would be).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4625\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/thaiclinch.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4625\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/technique-directory\/wrestling\/thai-clinch\/thaiclinch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/thaiclinch.jpg?fit=460%2C319&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"460,319\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"thaiClinch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;http:\/\/www.global-training-report.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/thaiclinch.jpg?fit=460%2C319&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4625\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/thaiclinch.jpg?resize=460%2C319&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"thai clinch\" width=\"460\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.global-training-report.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.global-training-report.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Using your BACK muscles &amp; biceps, squeeze your shoulder blades together and curl your arms to break the guys posture and bend his head forwards.<\/p>\n<p>Place your head tightly to the side of his head, so he can&#8217;t punch you or push your head away<\/p>\n<p>Step back and snap his head down to land a knee or set up a guillotine.<\/p>\n<p>You can set up a double leg (or single) takedown by snapping the head down, then shooting as your opponent tries to posture back up<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qdcQYP-jjSQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=46&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can land elbows from the clinch, and set up foot sweeps by stepping forwards and to the side, then pulling your opponent&#8217;s head down and to the side.<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip &#8211; in MMA, when your opponent&#8217;s is busy pummelling for underhooks, grab the Thai clinch<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thai Clinch Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As soon as someone put one hand on your head, shrug it off, or push on the armpit to defend and prevent getting in a thai clinch.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TuNSVdHQvGY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=21&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To stop your posture being broken, shrug your shoulders as high up as possible, tense your neck, and thrust your hips forward (like at the top of a deadlift).<\/p>\n<p>Try and re-pummel so you have the Thai clinch yourself &#8211; thread your arms inside his, one at a time<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t repummel, reach around his clinch and grab the back of his head, step forwards between his leg so he can&#8217;t knee you.<\/p>\n<p>If his clinch is extremely strong, try establishing double underhooks.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4VgKQQrPo6g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=108&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tip &#8211; if you&#8217;r eating knees to the body (which happened to me in a fight), if your posture isn&#8217;t completely &#8216;broken&#8217;, throw your own knee up to block the incoming knees.<\/p>\n<p>Tip 2 &#8211; The elbows are generally a good place to attack if you&#8217;re stuck in any position. \u00a0You can drop your level and pop the elbows up by pushing them up, but this is pretty risky. 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