Strategizing Self-Defence: 9 Top Moves Against Aggressive Opponents
Honing self-defence skills requires consistent training and observation. Jeff Chan from the YouTube channel MMAShredded shares his tried and tested “Top 9 Moves to Deal w/ Aggressive Opponents.” Here’s a summarised interpretation of his approach. 1. Intercepting Lead Body Kick An incredibly basic move, yet supremely effective. This strike is all about leveraging timing and effectively using your body’s kinetic chain. The goal is to hit your opponent with a powerful left kick as they step towards you, halting their forward motion. The beauty of this tactic is that it works even when your opponent attempts to throw a punch, making it an excellent way to dissuade them from continuing their aggressive bout. 2. Hip Sweep This strategy is designed to counter aggressive opponents who persist in moving towards you. It involves performing deceitfully simple footwork, resulting in an elegant sweep that brings your opponent to the ground. The technique requires a masterful understanding of timing and balance to create an opportunity to intercept and disrupt your opponent’s forward momentum smoothly. 3. Intercepting Long Knee / Flying Knee As a more aggressive twist to the intercepting lead body kick, this technique comes in handy when dealing with opponents who refuse to respect your space or power. The long knee is just as effective; it’s just a tad closer. Successful execution includes making sure you point your knee towards the ground and heel towards your butt. The optimal connection point is your kneecap. To amplify this, you can transition into a ‘flying knee’ move, drawing your full force from both legs leaping into the air. 4. Inside Footsweep / Follow Up This manoeuvre stems from keenly observing your opponent’s foot placement as they approach you and then injecting a timely sweep to unbalance them. The trick is to hook your ankle onto the lower part of your opponent’s calf, kicking it to the right as you push their head to the left, ensuring your balance and control. 5. Carriage Block – Cross Perfect for when your opponent throws a left hook, this defensive move involves a quick step back and lean to avoid the brunt of the hook. Then you can counter with a cross straight down the middle, capitalizing on your opponent’s wide-open post-strike position. 6. Backing Up & Punching This strategy revolves around using tactical footwork to back up while jabbing, creating balance, distance, and outputting consistent damage. 7. Circling Out Rather than backing up, this manoeuvre entails creating angles and stepping off to your left, effectively bypassing your opponent’s line of attack. 8. Frame – Cross Here, you create a frame—a crucial tool in combat sports—designed to create space from your opponent. This technique involves a sturdy forearm defense followed by a potent cross. 9. Tying up – Exit Cross / High Kick The final move is a counter-act to overwhelming pressure from your opponent. It involves catching their punches, stepping aside, and finding an opening for a strategic cross or high kick. This tactic not only neutralizes the opponent’s assaults but creates opportunities for powerful counter-attacks. These nine moves address various challenging scenarios, enhancing the repertoire for dealing with aggressive opponents. Yet, one must remember the essence of self-defence is not merely about counterattacks or knockouts; it’s about promoting peaceful coexistence and respect for others. Nevertheless, these strategies are essential tools for anyone serious about learning how to defend themselves effectively.MMA Block
MMAShredded is a popular YouTube channel owned by Jeff Chan, a professional MMA fight trainer. The channel offers expert fighting tips, tutorials and live fight analysis. Chan has a dynamic teaching style, helping viewers to master complex MMA techniques. His videos are insightful and tailored for both beginners and seasoned fighters.
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I wanna see some of these moves used in an action film. Imagine if John Wick used these!
These aren't techniques..these are JEWELS!!!💎..Hespect!
Great content and also a phenomenal personal trainer 👊🏻
Are the sweeps legal in kickboxing, thaiboxing, muaythai, or just MMA?
Now I just need the top moves for a passive opponent.
素晴らしい技術解説ありがとうございます
REAAAALLLY appreciating that you shows how/when it DOESN'T work, and why.
Really helps figuring out the core principles at hand.
My personal favorite (as a low level fighter, though) is a push kick to the belly, when I feel the opponent is a second away from launching a forward-dashing storm/combos.
Then chain it with hop step side kick, very frontal-like too, to nail opponent's will to advance on me and break his/her rythm.
It gives me either the attacker's role back, or if opponent tries to side-step I'll start cross combos with my momentum/position, or at worst it will just give me time to catch my breath (which is how I use it the most, admittedly, at my poor gas tank level xD)
Love those combinations/swiss-knife tips xD
I really wish I would have seen this video sooner. I had this one dude walk up to me in the gym the other day with boxing gloves asking if I wanted to spar with him. He said light sparring too. So I was like "sure why not?" As soon as I put on the gloves and touched gloves with him, he started throwing haymakers and trying to put me to sleep. I was confused AF and he was like "you done?"
3:11 bro is fighting with a mf mop
Amazing how many people retreat with there hands down. That would nullify most of your moves. Your foot sweeps rock.
You forgot the lead or the rear teep Jeffery
Text book striking.
thanks, i liked your video
Beautiful sparing! You really flow 😉
from 7:15 cross exit. isnt that a nice place to trow an elbow ?
I have a question do you really think about doing these moves and combos during the match or its just your normal reaction because you have been training for a long time?
I’m far too aggressive a striker and saw myself getting hit with most of these.
Jeff is deff knows what he is doing. He is a true martial artist.
hey jeff, i know you get a lot of reccomendations but is there any way you could set a video up on "crucifix" defense, once you are in it, / how to not get caught in it. My coach tore me up for a whole round it felt like on bottom lol
Also, have excellent head movement.
And a great high kick. 😂
Great stuff – thanks for breaking it down! That frame move is sweet. 👌
Better variation of number 5:
As the hook gets thrown, step into it, intercept with your guard hand and fully blast a straight right or a smashing right elbow into your opponents nose (in combar or defense, never in sparring). That will most likely throw them into the ground either by the force of impact or by knockdown.
You’re an amazing instructor and crafty striker. I trained Muay Thai from age 11-17. My instructor were more traditional and not this creative. Now I’m 30. I’d love to pick it up again. Where is your gym located?
This is all gold. Assuming I can land some of these.
Amazing ! thank you for your explanation and sharing. It really help to understand and improve. you're a great teacher and fighter !
11:04 Chuck Norris? 😂
Solid vid, could do a seminar just with these techniques, muay fimeu style
That was Awesome
Can you do that all to dagestani fighters? 😅
1:18 🔥🔥🔥
Oh man thank you so much for this. I was concussed in Muay Thai by this one hyper aggressive guy at my gym and ever since then I have been going back and forth trying to figure out what I could have done within my skill set to have my space respected, very frustrating. Currently writing some of these to practice with in training thank you so much!
This si solid gold, thanks!. Greatings from Santiago, Chile.
I want to see you spar with the Freestyle Bender!
This techniques would obliterate me for sure.
imagine getting a knee on your balls trying to do the Hip Sweep💀💀
3:13 how was that man supposed to see anything coming 😅
I really love your
footwork how to train it
Excelent
I land that first one all the time and have even dropped aggressive ppl in sparring with it. It's really useful.
This is really, really informative. Especially because it comes directly from your sparring. Great moves and implementation, even when it only half works it takes you far.
Благодарю за выпуск, было интересно, thumb up 💫👍
Do Gracie barra gyms do striking? Just curious because I wanted to try their gyms out but also want to do striking 🤔