Options to defend a flurry of punches

[@bryantaylor7137]

As someone with extensive combat training and experience with real violence of various flavors (real and with partners from multiple disciplines), I can't see the benefit of charging blindly at an opponent like this. And I've never seen nor landed that neck-hook swing around on anyone who wasn't just standing there for my own demo. There is a cover and smother method that can work if you have the grappling skills to back it up, but this isn't that. I would recommend learning some boxing and wrestling before selling this as any sort of effective method.

[@lesnacke]

would elbow blocks work? like dustin poirer guard, or the 52 something prisoner guards? fuck their hands up

[@AlphaUrbanKravMaga]

First of all you're not blindly charging in. You're strategically moving inside the wild swinging arc of the punches. Taking away the maximum power and range of the punches whilst keeping yourself in balance. If you has you've said "had extensive combat training experience with real violence" you'll know real violence is not a consential exchange of violence where you tap gloves and then spar. Violence happens in an instant. In this scenario there's usuall some dialogue before the caveman brain dump which usually leads to impediments of speech and then thier swinging wildly. When someone's swinging wildly you need to close the distance to take away the power of the end of the fists. The elbow cover comes straight from Muay Thai. I had client who used this when someone aggressively swung a few punches at him outside a night club. He covered drove 3 points of the elbow aggressively into the guys face leaving him flat on the ground. If you're shorter guy impact into sternum can also be enough on it's own to finish the fight. It's not a hook to the neck. I explicitly explained that in the video. It's a reverse slap to the facial structure. The jaw and face has a lots nerve endings and moving parts which allow you to control the top of the head.

[@AlphaUrbanKravMaga]

@lesnacke You can use the O’Neill cover. I show this variation right at the end of the video. Will do another in the future breaking down this guard a bit more.