@@TheNightblindness Depends on your fighting experience. if you've not done any training whatsoever then your fight or flight response will kick in (increase in adrenaline) however if you do have the training you tend to be calmer in such situations.
I spar with heavier fighters all the time so I end up being a counter fighter, but I find that I become the pressure fighter when I spar with people with the same weight as me. Thanks for the tips!
Video request: Would be fun to watch you do a breakdown of your toughest fight yet and show clips while storytelling about what made it so difficult, be it physical, mental, preperation, the fight itself, or all of the above.
You soak in from various styles and techniques, You plan and prepare in a really pragmatic way. You are like the Batman of kickboxing. Thank you this awesome videos. Could you come up with a video of your favorite combos and one's that would work in a real life altercation?
Video request: your origin story... what made an intelligent friendly seemingly well adjusted guy decide to make a living beating the shit out of people? (Not judging trust me)
Great stuff again coach. Request: Long shots -meaning long uppercuts and hooks. Boxer and Thai coaches always have me shadow or padwork with really short 90 degree hooks and close uppercuts but i see alot of successful fighters using much longer versions of these shots which seem to break the rules but work. Can you explain drilling them and proper arm leverage for long range punches?
Video Request: Your oponion on Wushu Sanda. What do your think of their style of kickboxing , if you already fought a sanda champion and so on \o Nice video as always !!
Hey Gabriel, been a big fan for a long time now. Your videos have helped me improve a lot and I have my first amateur mma fight in June so I’ve been taking your advice and getting that cardio up as much as possible! I love hill sprints because of how much I hate hill sprints 😂 but I was wondering if you have a workout that you do at home to simulate a HIIT session like sprints for when you don’t have the time or just can’t get outside to do sprints? Thank you so much! 🙏🏼👊🏼
Hey Gabriel! Love your videos and I’ve been studying up on how to defend against pressure fighters and long range fighters. I am still working on my cardio and fitness but I’m working on strategies for fighting someone with good distance control and over all better stamina. I’m decent at slips but tire out very quickly. Besides working on my cardio, how can I better strategize my fights to limit wasted movement?
Subscribing this channel is extremely beneficial. I love both fighting and english. So i need to develop my listening skill as well as my fighting skill.
Video request: When your oponent's defence + countering is on point, how to create openings? I find it to be the most frustrating experience for those who encounter such fighters for the first time. You're constantly getting countered, whatever you land doesn't seem to affect them. Time to readjust. How?
7:24 "No massive repercussions for pressuring forward and taking those shots" True unless your opponent times things perfectly and you walk into a shot!
Hey Gabriel, your videos and breakdowns are awesome. I told my lockdown sparing friend (smaller than me) to throw overhands when fighting a taller opponent. We are friends and help each other. Now when we spar he's using that against me very often and to be fair its helping him a lot and hes hitting way more (I really have a harder time see those coming which is good for him). He is also starting often with the overhand left. Before he was barely hitting me clearly. I wonder what I can do against them? Other than having a tight guard and after blocking starting my own attack I dont really have an idea how to deal with them/ nullify etc. Sometimes I try to back up, but timing does not work always. Sparing is getting quite wild and "uncontrolled" with these overhands. After 1 hour sparing it still adds up and I feel it my neck and head. What are the best things to do against the overhand left/right? Could you do a video on that someday?
Do you think that this kind of strategy apply to muay thai fight. 'cause if we look at the technic when you're putting so much pressure on your opponent that your gloves are touching him in kind of a classic boxing hand to hand situation, i'm asking if this would work with elbow involved which clearly represent a threat at close range.
experience is the only way to learn where the kick is going there isnt enough time between when the kick starts and lands for you to analyse and remember what you learnt in a video experiance is the only way. with blocking your options are check, parry, dutch block and evade (lean back or low/middle evasions). simple, im guessing your a beginner you should have all that down within 3-6 months of sparring
I have a question: some fighters say they prefer to kick with the upper part of the shin (closer to the knee) rather than the lower part when the opportunity is there, as they claim it does more damage. Any thoughts on this?
It probably does add a bit more power into the target to strike like that. The point of contact is closer to the origin of the force and less force is absorbed by the elasticity of the striking leg (striking closer to the instep will cause more force to translate into bending the leg on impact). Kicking and striking with the shin closer to the knee sacrifices range though. Probably might as well just do a proper knee if allowed in the discipline.
Interesting question, really you can pressure with both as fast twitch can pressure you with power and speed (like McGregor or Ngannou) but slow twitch can pressure you with pace and durability (Diaz or Colby)
@@kidbuu3306 yeah thats what i mean you can pressure anytime but people with slow twitch like max Holloway and Nick diaz can pressure for 5 rounds but ngannou and mcgregor gas after 2 or 3
@@kidbuu3306 you also have to be tough as a nail to be slow twitch pressure. just look at the best ones like colby, diaz brothers, ferguson, holloway etc. they can take some heavy shots and just continue going forward
