Modern Self Defence: Mastering The Blend of Striking and Grappling Tactics
In a recent video released by the MMAShredded YouTube Channel, Jeff Chan, a renowned MMA practitioner, shares an insightful sparring breakdown that highlights effective strategies for chaining the martial art techniques. This step-by-step analysis of attack sequences provides important lessons on the evolution of modern self-defence via blending striking and grappling tactics. Jeff Chan’s training session focused mainly on grappling, a combat technique required to manoeuvre an opponent into submission via holds. The video starts with Chan’s transition from an overhand right feint into a southpaw stance, immediately grabbing the opponent’s lead leg for a Single Leg Takedown. However, his student defends effectively with a strong sprawl and kicks his leg back. This prompts Chan to transition into the body lock, only to have his student push his face away and defend. As his student tries an inside leg trip, Chan smartly transitions to the chin strap. After a series of quick transitions and deft manoeuvres, Chan sweeps his opponent off his feet and finishes with an armbar. The rapid-fire execution of mixed martial arts techniques demonstrates the fluid mixing of tactics, a quintessential aspect of modern self-defence. Chan follows another attempt at a double leg takedown by gradually transitioning to the mount position, showcasing one of the core principles of MMA and self-defence — the ability to change strategy according to the situation. Moving into the second round, the training session sees a mixture of strikes and grappling. An interesting sequence unravels when the student attempts a scissor kick, quickly countered by Chan shifting his head and executing a double leg takedown. Though his student tries to regain ground, Chan stays glued to his back, clinches his legs, and transitions to a Rear Naked Choke — demonstrating that combining strategy with speed and fluidity can be decisive in self-defence. The third round sees Chan and his student sparring with increased intensity. Amid the speed and dynamism of the match, Chan’s patient tactics stand out. He calmly waits for his student to make a slight mistake in attempting to throw Chan over, which is exploited to turn the tables and finish with a guillotine choke. The video is a testament to the fluidity and strategy of modern self-defence, showing how striking and grappling can be interchanged rapidly and effectively. It’s not just about throwing a punch or performing a grapple; it’s about knowing when to strike, when to grapple, and when to transition between techniques based on the opponent’s movements. Beyond technique, Chan’s video highlights the reality of training and learning self-defence: perseverance, dedication, adaptability, and the willingness to push your limits. Self-defence isn’t about winning every time you spar, it’s about learning and improving, knowing how to adapt on the fly, and understand how different strategies work together. Chan’s sparring breakdown not only paints an accurate picture of the modern self-defence landscape, and how it hinges on the ability to blend strategies, but it also serves as a testament to the educational power of resilience, patience, and practice. From practicing a sound defense to executing a swift takedown, it’s the mix of these aspects that offers a holistic approach to modern self-defence, where success isn’t measured merely by physical strength, but also mental agility and strategic thinking.MMA Block
MMAShredded is a YouTube channel owned by Jeff Chan, a professional mixed martial arts fighter from Canada. Featuring a variety of in-depth training videos and fight analyses, Chan aims to inspire and educate beginners and professionals alike by sharing his vast knowledge and hardcore training routines in mixed martial arts.
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Jeff ,how strong must some one must be to be a fighter striker and grappler
Also how do we improve our striking if we have a grappler physique
Its true Jefferson that its good to mix them up, but it becomes much easier to do when you properly train wrestling, cuz i dont wanna end up like a thug rose type of fighter who cant do a real takedown and can only do half assed takedowns off of a punch that mostly relies on the opponent being unskilled
Beyond impressed by this one! Ahhh!😅 Superb opponent with such a great sprawl! High energy level coming from you both but still really efficient. Also, the guy in the background just adds to it, love the energy and positivity. Excellent job.
Saying this was anything less than beautiful to watch would be an understatement. Everything flowed beautifully and you guys cardio was on point. I learned a lot from watching which I'm going to implement in my own technique and sparring.
I wish I could see you have one more fight with one
Good work, keep it up 🫡
Great job! Very intensive!!!
slick!
It's sad you don't fight anymore, you really able to do all mma
Holy crap that first sequence at 00:46 was counter after counter after counter… very cool exchange for both of you.
What a beast
Happy butt kicking Saturday 😁👍
I would love to see a follow up video of how much this guy improves in six months. Great stuff, Jeff!
Yo student pretty quick
Awesome exchange!
Good job i love your video from France
Minute 3.58 to 4.05 was really professional where you gave him a push to prevent the follow up attack and buy time for the counter.
Hard to tell, what to think about your physical program. References like Charles Poliquin and Paul Check definitely deserve to get looked up. Most things i can relate like the cable pull workout, these things seem bus rutten to do also. But rolling with the barbell at the ground seem strange to me, why not use the kettle bell like Pavel Tsatsouline or work further with the medicine ball?
Second thing is the jumping with two kettlebells, why? How high can you jump up from crouching with hands behind neck anyways? A lot of tae kwon do guys are doing maximum strength training this way then turning in the air and stuff, thus they have a pretty deadly kick without kettlebell. In kyokushin these guys are doing explosive things like push ups with clapping or short maximum strenght sprints too. Is this a modern thing? You seem to have plenty of space there to design your workout another way.
Thumb up 🎊
Good work
JEFFFF!!! WHERE U GET UR FIGHT WEAR FROM
This is awesome! I've been doing BJJ to complement my kickboxing and am still having trouble with the transitions. Super insightful vid!
I thought this was Bobby Green in the first couple seconds of the video lmao
One of your best breakdowns I've seen thus far. 🙂