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Grappling Across Sports
Clinch work, takedowns, pins and submissions, and how identical positions are scored and finished differently under each grappling ruleset.
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Grappling Across Sports
Intermediate
The Clinch in Muay Thai, Wrestling, and MMA
The clinch looks similar in every sport and functions completely differently in each. Posture, grip height and what you intend to do next are what separate them.
Grappling Across Sports
Intermediate
Takedowns Across Rulesets
The mechanics of a takedown barely change between sports. What changes is what happens when you land, and that should decide which takedown you choose.
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Every combat sport, explained next to the others.
A sequence for someone starting from nothing: understand the landscape, learn the fundamentals that transfer everywhere, then specialize with the rules and safety knowledge already in place.