Khuen Khru Brian Yamasaki demonstrates some advanced counters to the Overhand Right. These technqiuqes can be applied to MMA, Muay Thai, Kickboxing or Boxing.
Great clip. I'm going to pass along these videos to my students, some of which are MMA fighters getting ready for upcoming amateur competitions. Speaking of Ajarn Chai, I learned the "overhand left as you step forward" counter from him at the Oregon Thai Camp in 1999.
In 2000 I saw Ajarn Chai teach the same technique with a right hand pat on your opponent's left hand to clear the line for the overhand left. That was at the Legends seminar. His stuff has always stood the test of time.
No it's not in the clip. It was a variation shown to me by Ajarn Chai at the 2000 Training with the Legends Seminar. It's a lot like the one he always shows as a counter to the jab + cross where you pat the cross down and immediately follow with your own cross. Hope that helps.
You sound very knowledgeable mr. Wizard. Where do you train and who is your instructor. I want to learn more about how you know so much about the fighting arts.
yeah not many people like to face that fact. i have been training muay thai for years and i can say that a solid kick to the head or elbow will mess you up. maybe not for a few years but it will catch up ive seen it happen to guys before. my advice is to have really good blocking that will save you most dont get cocky and try to slip and dodge everything thats thrown at you block if you not sure!
This video is awesome! I love these counters! May i respectfully inquire as to why you drop your lead hand after the hook? Is this for positioning yourself for followup strikes? maybe to aid body movement after the punch? I am sure there is a good reason for temporarily compromising guard after the hook. Thank you for your time Kru Yamasaki
Here's a question. If you throw a jab at him, and while your hand's extended, he throws an overhand right, going over the jab, how do you defend against it? Just tilt your head and have your hand up? That's the only thing I can think of...
if you use the john wayne one by pushing the bicep/shoulder, if you do it without gloves what would be best a punch to the bicep or just a hard shove? thanks for the great video!
Timing this is going to be super difficult. If you're off you're going to take a big one and if the opponent is fast he is going to pop you with the left.
Drill it over and over before trying it in sparring. Get used to "flinching forward", and it's as easy to time as moving back. If your timing is off, you're still protected because your hands are up. Cheers!
Good stuff! I usually step back just incase he throws a left hook. The worst scenerio with circling around is running into and kissen a left hook, just gotta becareful. I usually study my future opponent; if he is known to throw alot of overhands I would await to counter it by quickly stepping inside into the punch with my left guard up and land a right cross haymaker to the chin. That will be his NIGHT NIGHT TIME..Works for me! gotta have quick feet, reflex and hands.
Hey guys got a question, when you use the john wayne counter , i noticed that you were in position to throw a nasty cross? HotSkull07 just said; what if he follows up with a left hook or a straight left? so im just visualizing another scenario, if he throws a left hook right after the john wayne counter , you can quickly throw the cross? what is your opinion and advice ? i ask this question with respect.
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Throughout the years that i've been training and researching the science of martial arts i would occassionaly come across statistics or research showing the trauma and damage getting hit in the head can cause someone. Sometimes temporary and sometimes for the rest of their lives. This is really depressing to me since i love training but hate what a pontential blow to the head can do to me. Any thoughts on this? and how you would approach or even deal with this throughout your own training?
What do you think 'real fighting' is? It's patience! Patience and timing. For ring boxing, the elbow throw to chin or chest is an illegal move. BUT if the ref is weak, it will be used and hidden inside the move to clinch. Be aware. For boxing in the ring, cover-counter or side-step/counter may be best overhand defence. For full contact MA or MMA fights, Brian's methods here are money.
Ive got a knack for seeing and reacting to over-hand rights. Im big into boxing, and it is Very true that the fights you see on the streets, bars, etc, will start off with a wild, hateful over-hand right. Its there, and you know its coming, makes things a piece of cake to handle lol damned fools !
i would like to see anyone have time to do these counters in a proper fight where an overhand right is not telegraphed and thrown with full speed, more likely ur ass will just block the punch then ull counter with something else
I like most of your videos and really like the work you guys do, but this one was a bit disappointing. The guy isn't even throwing an overhand right properly (that's just a slightly looping punch) and so all the angles involved are completely off. You're better off with a sidestep or cross step with counters to the outside against a real overhand right.
There's a much easier respond to overhand right: duck and slide in the direction of the right arm and throw a kidney shot with your left hand and a straight right with your right hand. Anyone who has trouble countering this simple move has no boxing background.
i dont think you have time to closr all that distance with and elbow the overhand comes really fast and its a relatively long punch, you'd need to close in first then elbow the fuck out of their face
They should have Brian throwing the punch, because he's shorter than Brandon and so Brandon ends up throwing a looping right rather than an overhand. I think that makes it look less realistic. The overhand right is thrown with such commitment (more like abandonment) that if it misses, the guy throwing it is off balance with his head low and you might be able to take advantage of that if your footwork is good. I favor a diagonal step back to the right (doesn't have to be much, just enough to make him miss) with a quick counter if the opportunity presents itself. Like everything else, whatever methods you choose, just practice them not until you get it right, but until you can't get it wrong.
