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Here’s a quick combination that you can try out on the bag. Jab, cross, left hook, Left body punch, Right low kick, The first two shots are to raise your opponents guard. If the arms are in front of the face to defend the jab, cross then this means they are open for the hook. If they defend the hook then this means they open for the body punch...if they defend the body punch this means they probably would have squatted slightly to do so which means it’s a good time to kick the leg....or they’re really stupid and everything lands which would be perfect. You can catch the full video of 5 killer bag work drills over on the @warriorcollective’s YouTube channel. ------------------------------------------ #kstarlegacy #drillsbuildskills #muaythailife #muaythaifighter #muaythai #thaiboxing #trainorstips #mma #ufc #bellatormma #champions #inspiration #muaythaistrikers #boxing #sports #motivation #fitness #wrestler #judo #fighting #fight #kickboxing #bjj #jiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #mixedmartialarts #kickboxing #martialarts #oldbury #birmingham

A post shared by Damien Trainor (@trainor103) on Aug 29, 2018 at 1:12pm PDT

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INCLUDES FIGHT FOOTAGE! Here’s a very quick and easy combination to help set up a powerful low kick. One of the key things to remember is to get your opponent to put their weight on the leg you’re trying to kick. This means it will make it tricky for them to defend it. I start the combination with a straight jab, cross. This is to get them concerned about their face, they may parry the shots, or they may simply cover up. If they cover up then this means they open for the hook, if the hook lands brilliant, if not don’t worry as you’ll still get the desired effect even if blocked. As the hook connects (as long as it’s hard) it will knock your opponent slightly to the side pushing their weight on to their left leg....and bingo! The perfect opportunity to land that low kick! If you watch the fight footage you can see my opponent raise his leg as he was anticipating my leg kick. However, me throwing the hook forced him to put his leg down which enabled me to land my desired strike. For more boxing and low kick combinations check out my tutorial Muay Thai 5 padwork combinations to set up power low kicks on the @warriorcollective YouTube channel. You can also grab my two full length instructional video series Fighting concepts for world class striking & The Fight Game - Strategies for World Class Striking from the link in my bio. ------------------------------------------ #kstarlegacy #drillsbuildskills #muaythailife #muaythaifighter #muaythai #thaiboxing #trainorstips #mma #ufc #bellatormma #champions #inspiration #muaythaistrikers #boxing #sports #motivation #fitness #wrestler #judo #fighting #fight #kickboxing #bjj #jiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #mixedmartialarts #kickboxing #martialarts #oldbury #birmingham

A post shared by Damien Trainor (@trainor103) on Mar 28, 2019 at 5:33am PDT

BODY SHOT MECHANICS: If you didn’t guess what I was demonstrating in my post a couple of days ago then here’s a quick visual break down. If you’ve followed my career then you’ll know that this is my favourite technique. What you have to remember when it comes to punching is that a majority of your power is generated from your legs, not your arms. The video highlights some of the basic movements I prefer to use when throwing this technique. The first reference point is to make sure that you’re giving yourself adequate leverage in the legs. From here you’d dip towards your opponent and push your opposite (from punching side) shoulder forwards. This enables you you to generate more power, along with getting closer to the target to be able to land the punch. Finally, with all your weight on your leg (in this case the lead) you drive up while locking your elbow joint into a right angle position with your palm facing you as you punch. When I throw the punch I’m aiming diagonally across my opponent’s body as if I’m going for their opposite shoulder. Other coaches/trainers may prefer a different method of throwing a body punch but this is how I like to throw mine.....and I haven’t done too bad with this method ? ------------------------------------------ #kstarlegacy #drillsbuildskills #muaythailife #muaythaifwighter #muaythai #thaiboxing #warrior #mma #ufc #bellatormma #champions #inspiration #muaythaistrikers #boxing #sports #motivation #fitness #wrestler #judo #fighting #fight #kickboxing #bjj #jiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #mixedmartialarts #kickboxing #martialarts #oldbury #birmingham

A post shared by Damien Trainor (@trainor103) on Jul 16, 2018 at 12:29pm PDT

BASIC KNEE MECHANICS: Here’s a very quick drill to help perfect your knees. Two common mistakes when kneeing are either kneeing straight up and not getting your hip behind the knee or pulling your shoulder back as you throw the knee thus taking a percentage of your body weight the wrong way. It’s important that when you do a right knee, that your right shoulder stays in line with your hip making sure that all your body weight is going forward. If you look at the start of the drill you’ll see that your feet are shoulder width apart and your arms are fully extended in front of you. Keeping your knees facing forward I want you to lean back and touch the back of your opposite knee while keeping the other arm stretched out. This will make you push your hip forward while keeping your shoulder in line with your hip along with not pulling your head back. Before you knee always step with the opposite leg on to the ball of your foot (even if not traveling forward, just step on the spot) this will help add to the power as you drive off the floor. In Thailand they’ll get you to throw your arm back (similar to the kick) two things with this. One: While doing this your shoulder must stay in front but due to language barrier there’s a high chance that the practitioner will start pulling his shoulder back as he throws his arm. Two: As I’ve stated in a previous post if you ask the trainers what to do if they start punching you while you’re kneeing, they’ll generally say keep your arm up....thus for me and my personal preference I’d say keep your arm up, it also helps keep your shoulder forward. In my opinion many MMA fighters and kickboxers don’t knee proficiently, this is due to many things but the main ones for the MMA guys/girls is they have so many things to master that they couldn’t just spend hours on this and for the kickboxers, it’s a weapon that isn’t used often in bouts due to the no clinch rule....but if mastered is a very formidable weapon. Give this a try and see how you get on. ------------------------------------------ #trainorstips #kstarlegacy #drillsbuildskills #mma #mmastriking kickboxing #muaythai #thaiboxing #ufc #bellatormma #champions #inspiration

A post shared by Damien Trainor (@trainor103) on Aug 16, 2018 at 9:54am PDT

Awesome performance by @csagym’s @dustinortizmma today on the @ufc Calgary event. Well done mate ?? Going over some of the finer points of head kicks and along with head kick defence at the fight team practice at @csagym Repost @csagym with @get_repost ・・・ The AMAZING @trainor103 going over Left Kick Options; Step vs Switch, Targeting for the kick Body vs head, proper blocking technics and more during today’s Fight Team Practice ... Giving Away Gold!!! ------------------------------------------ #kstarlegacy #csavstheworld #defence #drillsbuildskills #muaythailife #muaythaifighter #muaythai #thaiboxing #warrior #mma #ufc #bellatormma #champions #inspiration #muaythaistrikers #boxing #sports #motivation #fitness #wrestler #judo #fighting #fight #kickboxing #bjj #jiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #mixedmartialarts #kickboxing #martialarts

A post shared by Damien Trainor (@trainor103) on Jul 28, 2018 at 3:06pm PDT

INCLUDES FIGHT FOOTAGE! Is this tutorial I go over one way of nullifying an aggressive clinch fighter. Generally as the clincher pushes forward they’ll be trying to force you back. Due to this we are going to use the ropes to help us maintain stability. From here we’ll push our arms over the top of theirs as they come to grab. This stops them being able to reach your neck. At the same time you raise you lead leg in a kneeling motion making them run in to your knee. After that you push and force your leg in to their grain making it difficult to knee. The offensive attack we’ll use here is the elbow. You run your rear arm down theirs, once you reach their wrist you pull their arm down and fall forwards to initiate an elbow attack.....and boom we have contact. ------------------------------------------ #kstarlegacy #drillsbuildskills #muaythailife #muaythaifighter #muaythai #thaiboxing #trainorstipsandtricks #mma #ufc #bellatormma #champions #inspiration #muaythaistrikers #boxing #sports #motivation #fitness #wrestler #judo #fighting #fight #kickboxing #bjj #jiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #mixedmartialarts #kickboxing #martialarts #oldbury #birmingham

A post shared by Damien Trainor (@trainor103) on Aug 1, 2018 at 9:36am PDT

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INCLUDES FIGHT FOOTAGE. Here is a quick defence and counter against the left front kick/teep. To save having to think too much, I always use my left arm to defend against this attack. It’s not wrong to use your right arm, it’s just a personal preference for myself. After catching the kick it’s important to move the leg away from the front of your body. This is so your opponent can’t kick free from you. Once you’ve caught the kick, it’s important to step deep as you initiate the kick while using your free arm to push back against your opponents chest....and presto! We have a downed opponent ? footage taken from when I was over at the world famous @csagym in the States ------------------------------------------ #kstarlegacy #drillsbuildskills #muaythailife #muaythaifighter #muaythai #thaiboxing #trainorstips #mma #ufc #bellatormma #champions #inspiration #muaythaistrikers #boxing #sports #motivation #fitness #wrestler #judo #fighting #fight #kickboxing #bjj #jiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #mixedmartialarts #kickboxing #martialarts #oldbury #birmingham

A post shared by Damien Trainor (@trainor103) on Mar 4, 2019 at 2:03pm PST

REACTION DRILL AND FIGHT FOOTAGE: you may have seen some of my students in past videos doing a repetitive defence and counter drill. Think of it as being similar to Mr Miyagi teaching Daniel San the wax on wax off move without Daniel realising what he's doing. The idea of these style drills is to develop efficient reactions that become second nature to the practitioner. Now remember, the chances of this exact sequence (or any of the combination drills I do) happening in a contest is minimal. However, segments will occur and without realising you will have developed great defensive or offensive skills that will help you in your training. Check out my YouTube channel for the full video and explanation of this specific drill. ------------------------------------------ #kstarlegacy #drillsbuildskills #muaythailife #muaythaifighter #muaythai #thaiboxing #warrior #mma #ufc #bellatormma #champions #inspiration #muaythaistrikers #boxing #sports #motivation #fitness #wrestler #judo #fighting #fight #kickboxing #bjj #jiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #mixedmartialarts #kickboxing #martialarts #oldbury #birmingham

A post shared by Damien Trainor (@trainor103) on Jun 27, 2018 at 9:49am PDT