How to Do The Muay Thai Clinch

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6 ай бұрын

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@hard2hurt 6 ай бұрын

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@davidguymon1673 6 ай бұрын

Not to be confused with the Taco Bell butt clench.

@SenseiSeth 6 ай бұрын

Woah late night release for Icicle Michael

@rudramajumder1949 6 ай бұрын

IcyMikesicle

@saure22 6 ай бұрын

What does that make you then Seth?

@redmetalpanda9051 6 ай бұрын

That's right, Sensei SethGodOfWarAndChaos

@simonrn8311 6 ай бұрын

Clearly Icicle Mikesicle

@MrJustinpatrick16 6 ай бұрын

RIGHT !! 😂 HE NEVER DOSE LATE NIGHT POSTS

@hard2hurt 6 ай бұрын

At 6:30 Natalia expertly saves you from a long tangent!

@alias0449 6 ай бұрын

Instructions unclear; my neck is broken from clinching

@hard2hurt 6 ай бұрын

That was fast...

@Elliot882 6 ай бұрын

@@hard2hurtwhen you post a video they start practicing mike.

@denisl2760 6 ай бұрын

well, it could've been worse

@MyZ001 6 ай бұрын

How did you break your own neck while applying the clinch😆

@daniellanczi-wilson9549 6 ай бұрын

"Apex of the skull du sac" is possibly my favourite Icy Mike line ever! As a fellow baldy, I'm definitely stealing that one.

@atomicalien4 6 ай бұрын

''we look like nasty dirt asses'' was a close 2nd.

@KyeCreates 6 ай бұрын

The best clinch is the hug my parents give me before i go outside. Its inescapable 😂

@MattSeakin 6 ай бұрын

Can they throw knees from that position though?

@KyeCreates 6 ай бұрын

@@MattSeakin Probably 😂

@MattSeakin 6 ай бұрын

😂@@KyeCreates

@IHateHandleNames 6 ай бұрын

Good details, as always. And getting snatched around like that is brutal in a long fight. It will wear someone out. Even without the knees, just jarring someone like that will take a little bit out of their neck and upper back after a while.

@DaveElwoodCutter 6 ай бұрын

Great video and very detailed. As a side note/anecdote: I found the open hands not to be as common as some "muay thai nerds" may wanna make us believe. It's often taught like that especially in the west (and probably the most common one in the west like you said) but most Thais I've seen and trained with will immediately go for a gable grip or another hand lock once they get both arms on the inside. Back during the golden age the open hands were more common as clinch was generally more of a flow while exchanging knees and elbows. Nowadays they lock up pretty quickly and refs separate fighters much quicker as well.

@whorton1978 6 ай бұрын

Can confirm. Just started muay thai and by the second class we were doing double collar drills. It is *extremely* hard to come up with a plan when you're staring at somebody's t-shirt while you're getting shaken around and kneed in the liver.

@SUP3RM4N_73 6 ай бұрын

"You can be learning this while we're doing this." 💯 TELL 'EM, COACH! 🤣

@jacobstewart2235 6 ай бұрын

You mentioned how to use this clinch in breifly another video a long time ago, and it really helped me get a lot better in this position. I'm glad to see it covered in more detail.

@amrey3628 6 ай бұрын

Awesome demonstration. Funny this notification got my eye when it did. I've been studying, practicing, training with Muy Thai ever since I found your channel a couple years ago. It sounds corny but you did motivate me to want to learn practical self defense. And, yeah that clinch is a headache and a half it somebody gets it on you lol. Congrats on the channel being so successful and all the work you do. Major respect and best wishes to you.

@gw1357 6 ай бұрын

Great stuff. Finding someone who likes to clinch to practice with is key. Then you can work on snaking between different clinch positions so that you're always one step ahead of the captured.

@DoodlesBee 6 ай бұрын

I agree

@hard2hurt 6 ай бұрын

Pretty ballsy move.

@Dbdilly 6 ай бұрын

Grabbing testicles is the best escape from this 😂

@cainabel2009 6 ай бұрын

lol, grab anyone testicles and you can bring the biggest guy to their knees unless you one off those guys who can take a kick to the nuts. There was a KZfaq video I saw were a guy had taken hundred of kicks to the nuts he had developed a nutsack that was incredible strong. The sack was so strong he could taken a kick from a 6 ft 5 man who was 300 pounds. Here is the video if you want to watch it just past it on youtube "World Record Kick to the Groin [Documentary]" With this guy grabbing his testicles won't do any good since he can literally take a kick.

@Joe_C. 6 ай бұрын

I've several times found myself inadvertently doing the muay Thai clinch on the drive home from eating some Pad Thai at 'questionable' restaurants

@victorhesseling1520 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Nice and clearly explainend. Can’t wait for the next one to come out. Greetings from the netherlands

@u45.- 6 ай бұрын

I've been waiting for no nonsense detail oriented clinch video like this for a while to complement my judo ashiwaza (foot trips) game as and potentially set up even a throw. The reason is because I'd love to incorporate knees and elbows in tty o my no gi judo and to be able to make this a really it need the kasushi (off balance) ! Thanks icy m.. .

@NemanjaNislija 6 ай бұрын

Check out Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu - just search her channel for "clinch". She's a professional fighter living and fighting in Thailand for like a decade now, training with a host of Golden Era greats. There's an hour-long video on clinch, which is also her specialty as a knee fighter.

@rabidrjmma1211 6 ай бұрын

Stood up and danced for joy seeing this in my recommended

@uncircumcisedcircus 6 ай бұрын

You should do a video exploring the benefits of kneeing an opponent in the head vs to the body. And id also mention the head position being important, so your opponent or training partner doesn't accidently headbutt you in the face.

@namphon 6 ай бұрын

Both points very valid and correct:)

@Joru0906 6 ай бұрын

I miss seeing Jay, where is the big guy?

@thepants1450 6 ай бұрын

Seth ate him

@unaffiliated-rants 6 ай бұрын

He got tired of being pepper sprayed and beat up with a wip.

@alexanderren1097 6 ай бұрын

Mike I know Karate Kata isn’t really your thing but I find it to be great timing that you made this video while I’ve been researching the real applications for the kata I started learning 20 tears ago. Turns out that Tekki Shodan (Naihanchi Shodan in some styles) is all about clinch fighting and the very opening move represents getting this exact clinch. The kata also has the under hook “Muay Thai” clinch too. Thanks!

@wearedisturbed 6 ай бұрын

Tekki shodan is never used in shotokan in kumite tho.

@alexanderren1097 6 ай бұрын

@@wearedisturbed Yes I’m aware. That’s why I’m no longer a member of any Shotokan organization. Most modern karate styles don’t understand the movements in kata nor do they apply anything in a practical way. That’s why I’ve been looking at Patrick McCarthy, Iain Abernathy, and others’ videos and other content on practical karate applications

@billyg.personaltraining 6 ай бұрын

Video requests Overhand right Sprawls Solo room clearing What it was like sparring Sanchai

@rudramajumder1949 6 ай бұрын

Agreed

@Squisky 6 ай бұрын

Oh Spiciest of the Iciest Mikes; please bring back the podcast my liege.

@fetube7750 4 ай бұрын

the look on her face when mike casual says: "we try to seperate their head from their body"

@_NguyenMinh967 6 ай бұрын

hey mike can you do a video about the monkey fist or the watch dogs2 thunder ball

@gnarlywagner8171 6 ай бұрын

The full plume is a reference to plume (frill) of a tuxedo

@briane9238 6 ай бұрын

Good stuff. I am decent at clinch and Dieselnoi helped me too. I thought you might miss something, but I have nothing to add.

@CyclingMartialartswithMusic 6 ай бұрын

You studied under Dieselnoi? Lucky you.

@briane9238 6 ай бұрын

@@CyclingMartialartswithMusic Just a bit and to hang out. Also Petchboonchu for clinch. I’ll be back to see those guys soon…it’s more just for fun and to hang now than hard training.

@CyclingMartialartswithMusic 6 ай бұрын

@@briane9238 i envy you. Those are my heroes. Dieselnoi, Petchboonchu, Yodkhunpon, Yodwicha and Thanadet. Clinch Masters. Haha. I know Im being too much here.

@briane9238 6 ай бұрын

@@CyclingMartialartswithMusic I know Yodkhunpon too. He is super fun to train with. Me and my buddy trained with him and he was always smiling and laughing. And he didn’t mind getting taken down…we were all playing like kids. The legends are all really cool.

@official_liberal_chungus7825 6 ай бұрын

Hey mike can you do a how to do saenchai's cartwheel kick he does

@hardydownunder 6 ай бұрын

Always love your content Icy Mike. tho where is Cliff? miss his scary smile haha

@jackstretch-jones1430 6 ай бұрын

@Natalia, Try gripping the skin of the under arm with the thumb an 2nd knuckle of 1st finger

@brownsey1 6 ай бұрын

Funnily enough, my instant reaction was, that is a muay thai clinch, wtf!!! But then, yeah, took a split second to think, and you're right. The "traditional" idea of a muay thai clinch is rarely utilised by pros. You see the back of the neck clinch in amateur fights a lot, and it usually descends into a sh*t show, but the pros control the arms through underhooks and overhooks etc., to land knees.

@gw1357 6 ай бұрын

Someone once explained to me that it's called the "plum" because you're holding the guy's head in front of your face the way a monkey holds a plum when he eats it. Elbows bent and down, two hands on the plum, close to your face, etc. Protecting the plum so another monkey doesn't take it. I have no idea if that is remotely accurate, but I thought it at least made some intuitive sense.

@someirishkid9241 2 ай бұрын

I don't remember where I saw this, and I haven't been able to find anyone talking about it, but I was under the impression that it's not actually the English word 'plum' at all, it's a Thai word that's pronounced more like the English 'plume'. Idk what it actually means, though.

@andredubbs4854 6 ай бұрын

Please do a video on how to get to the clinch

@kevindiaz8583 6 ай бұрын

Can you make a how to counter knees and Muay Thai clinch video next !

@jolier1313 24 күн бұрын

How do we get into and out of the clinch now?

@EggShen905 6 ай бұрын

She puts one hand under her own face and grabs over your bicep from the inside, then repeats on the other side. She then uses this brace the push up on her own forehead and force your grip open, or stop you from pushing down.

@cerberuscombatmma 5 ай бұрын

I like this channel, but Mike literally said never do a neck tie. 😂😂😂 A neck tie is one of the best clinches (Interlocking the fingers).

@june2friday 6 ай бұрын

Wow

@Jay-ho9io 6 ай бұрын

Dude this is disrespectful. You can't put "skull de sac" *and* "angle of moment" in the same video. I'm trapped between which deserves the most recognition.

@atomicalien4 6 ай бұрын

i enjoyed ''dirt asses''

@noahlinhart1344 6 ай бұрын

Just curious: Where'd Jay go?

@thagrifster594 6 ай бұрын

Why did this video take so long. Great info.

@Sprite7778iron 6 ай бұрын

Mike do you think thai clinch is good for self-defence?

@lucasfelipe-ze5sy 6 ай бұрын

In my opinion, it is awesome, but you should have some grappling skill just in case the other person knows grappling

@ahmedalp3531 6 ай бұрын

Learn bjj. Muay thai techniques are good for it but clinch is not

@ancientdarkness3102 6 ай бұрын

@@ahmedalp3531it is, Its very effective if the opponent aint a greco Roman or a freestyle wrestler or a judoka or a grappler. But against most strikers and oc untrained people it works just fine

@lucasfelipe-ze5sy 6 ай бұрын

@@ahmedalp3531 The "Muay Thai clinch" was used successfully many times in UFC against excellent jiu jitsu guys. Anderson Silva is the best example

@dannydagerous 6 ай бұрын

hi mike

@heartofsteel8808 5 ай бұрын

How to get out of it , please

@4-a-e 6 ай бұрын

Stupid question how do know if you're the winner of the rev gear gift card?

@Rai3 6 ай бұрын

I think of this position like mount in jits. Not even the best clinch position, like how back mount is better, and a lot of grapplers feel better in top side control than mount.

@MB-wp2px 6 ай бұрын

When you close the lid and your opponent is trying to escape, it's a great opportunity to compliment them on their shampoo.

@NickPilmeyer 6 ай бұрын

"Skull-de-sac" 🤣

@kevinmurphy5878 6 ай бұрын

Based

@BMO_Creative 6 ай бұрын

Yeah man! a Muay Thai clinch is any clinch while doing Muay Thai! LOL

@g8trg8tr30 6 ай бұрын

Mike, as a shorter dude, don’t you prefer the top of the head underneath pressed against their jaw/face then gable grip to close it clinch? Equally as hard to escape from, less effort to get, easier to make and take space with the hips AND it turns their head sideways so they don’t have access to much of their strength anymore PLUS they literally cannot move up or down. I don’t like this one pulling people down to that finishing posture is hard+they have access to my lower back and legs with their arms. The only downside is it fucking hurts on your training partner. Am I just too stupid or am I onto something here?

@chrisjordan6432 6 ай бұрын

small detail that im not sure actually makes a real difference. I was always taught to rotate my hands so that my fingers are pointing at my face.

@texanborn7747 3 ай бұрын

Towards the end of the video you ended up kneeing while in the clinch…when you said not to. I think it’s useful

@hard2hurt 3 ай бұрын

You're confused.

@texanborn7747 3 ай бұрын

@@hard2hurtI was, my bad. My A.D.D. Got caught in the window of not paying attention. Sorry Sir.

@humptydumty6629 3 ай бұрын

He is literally Saul Goodman 😂

@malkomalkavian 6 ай бұрын

What do you do with your hands?

@Rai3 6 ай бұрын

Work inside their arms.

@dirtpoorchris 6 ай бұрын

The way ur doing it looks more like a heads wrench and twisting the head might be fatty illegal in most sports. You can face check and choke but I don't think you can wrench the neck.

@I_Magni_I 6 ай бұрын

Ummm how would you defend a double or single leg take down ? In that position. I’ve never really tested that type of clinch . I guess you'd just try and sprawl but thay get a good head start if your not expecting it .

@hard2hurt 6 ай бұрын

Same way I would defend if they did a backflip with me still holding on

@I_Magni_I 6 ай бұрын

Yes belittle my simple question. You should thank me I’m giving you a video idea…..

@atomicalien4 6 ай бұрын

what the fuck are u on about?

@someirishkid9241 2 ай бұрын

@@I_Magni_Iyeah, Mike has... Extremely low patience for 'what if they did this' questions, probably because they're so common and kind of rarely asked in good faith. Asking those kinds of questions in the comments of his videos is a pretty surefire way to get a dismissive answer. To actually answer your question, though, the answer is that the position itself should be a defence to the takedown. He mentioned that the clinch should be secure enough that they can't move their head up, left, right, or crucially, *down*. If your opponent can't get their shoulder to your hip, they won't be able to make a real, threatening takedown attempt.

@denizwieteck 6 ай бұрын

it's called Muay Plum /Plam because that's how the Thais call it, Plum means wrestling/ pummeling ... all gribs u showed are part of Muay Plam, best advice was don't lean your head towards your opponent, always head up, shoulders back, knees slightly bend, legs parallel and on the balls of your foot, the double collar tie is the best position you could get but a skilled fighter won't allow u to get it, in my opinion best hand position is grabbing my wrist and my thumb of the other hand on the back of ya head, my head under the chin, strong arm pulling down with forearm on your shoulder or let's say between shoulder and brest, palm facing towards me that's very important, also it's very important to grab the back of the head not neck if you do it with both hands, with one you grab the neck on the opposite side for example using left hand your fingers are on the ride side the other hand is controlling the left arm of the opponent... love your content Mike keep it up... greets from Germany (+20 years in Muay Thai) 😁✌🏼🙏🏼

@jedmcdonald4695 6 ай бұрын

Would you advise to not do this outside of sport? It seems high risk because it occupies both your hands and the opponent has full access to the belt line with both hands. Sorry I tend to be knife centric

@unaffiliated-rants 6 ай бұрын

Once youre in the clinch you dont just stand there. The knees work and elbows work too, as well as trips. Muay thai fighters are more dangerous in the clinch then on the outside. You do not want to get full power knee into your ribcage. Its game over.

@swerv8809 4 ай бұрын

4:29 she saw her maker

@AntonioNoll-lw2rg 6 ай бұрын

Hey I think they should change it to for the white belt get not give away of the sparring aspect but make it farther away like put them under the lemon tree basically you know when everybody's Barney they're the learning how to use the move on a training partner but also the train far is not going to 100 and 85 mi an hour is just going five of his BJJ baby the instructor if he has like five new students than five or on a tree and as he gets more and more students you know when I'm on the living tree and then a year down the line or two years down the line the test for the blue belt by then they're already know every position in Jiu-Jitsu and they should be able to defend a blue belt or a purple

@user-jx2gw4cn2j 6 ай бұрын

Have you seen the keychain extension whip? You need to do a breakdown of that. Thats right up your alley.

@gotredeemed 6 ай бұрын

That's not a Beacon, it's a heliport. Thanks.

@simonbut8062 6 ай бұрын

“You motor boating SOB” lol

@manuelzapata1192 6 ай бұрын

👍

@alexbdagger 6 ай бұрын

I can't wait for the what to do with your hands video.

@cainabel2009 6 ай бұрын

0:23 I Know what you thinking - nope that's not I was thinking I was thinking she's so beautiful and I love to be the one hugging her..... you know for practice purpose only lol. All jokes aside that was good because in movies that what they use. Great that you showed us the correct way.

@WtfIsLigma 6 ай бұрын

That's just creepy bud

@cainabel2009 6 ай бұрын

@@WtfIsLigma Clearly you never heard of a joke. I even stated "All jokes aside"

@someirishkid9241 2 ай бұрын

It being a joke doesn't make it not creepy, mate.

@cantap9566 6 ай бұрын

❤🙏👍

@perceptioninception2739 6 ай бұрын

@hard2hurt 6 ай бұрын

Maybe.

@neilturner3305 6 ай бұрын

Motorboat 😂😂😂

@isaacosterreicher4028 6 ай бұрын

Oooooiiiiiweeeeee

@factsondeck1552 6 ай бұрын

I need a sparing partner like that 😂

@tbone6203 6 ай бұрын

Was talkin to my bro who was a co at a fed pen- he said same shit u showed - i asked him did they teach u that shit he said he watched the og old dogs on the yard- martial arts training no - prison fig it out quick n fast no yt no training just shit that works

@megamanx766 6 ай бұрын

Anderson Silva annihilated Rich Franklin with this technique.

@1234Daan4321 6 ай бұрын

3:57 why is that the best one?

@Rai3 6 ай бұрын

More leverage and the sharper side of your forearm.

@1234Daan4321 6 ай бұрын

@@Rai3 thanks

@JasonLaveKnotts 11 күн бұрын

No.

@mastra9065 6 ай бұрын

Cant the clinched person not just throw punches to the body?

@Rai3 6 ай бұрын

Punches to the body versus knees to the body is a bad trade.

@nicholasneyhart396 4 ай бұрын

Yes, but that is a desperation technique.

@crossfitmolokai 6 ай бұрын

"Plaam" is the Thai word for wrestling...

@hardcorecampinggear 6 ай бұрын

Seems like she'd have some pretty knarly rib shots, no?

@tpolo2050 6 ай бұрын

Not if he’s keeping u off balance by turning u…then he’ll be shooting knees so more than likely ur hands will be occupied trying to block and eventually u will get swept from clinch

@denisl2760 6 ай бұрын

She could punch, but if you're trading punches for knees its a losing battle.

@thefightknight5881 6 ай бұрын

Why shouldn't we interlock fingers for the thai plum?

@atomicalien4 6 ай бұрын

its gay

@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 6 ай бұрын

I think mike should probably have someone else to show the clinch escape. Lol.

@ThePaper1 6 ай бұрын

Mike! You never get someone in a clinch after they laid their edges. That's just disrespectful 😥

@pubjitsuguy8596 6 ай бұрын

Triangle - she needs to press her head into your chest and double leg u pushing forward fast and hard before you can turn her. Don’t you think thats a really dangerous street move? Maybe ok if just trying to control but not hurt a drunk

@pubjitsuguy8596 6 ай бұрын

The triangle of head on chest two hands behind legs. Three control points I mean sorry

@Rai3 6 ай бұрын

Could work if they suck. But the forearm frame on their collar is a line of defense in wrestling. You’ll see that with wrestling collar ties. So they have to clear that in order to shoot. That frame should be active and your hips should be back, but if you suck they can do a lot of shit to you. They could even just pry your face away if you suck.

@BoSijuwade 6 ай бұрын

I only watch the videos she’s in. She’s so beautiful to me

@4xdblack 6 ай бұрын

You don't want to ruffle too many feathers in one video? That's a lie...

@John.Doe-OG 6 ай бұрын

Mike, you need to get some color on those ghastly legs. They are neon white.

@253MC 6 ай бұрын

Love all your students/demo partners, but Natalia is definitely my favourite. I think it's something about her sweet looks and personality but also being a total badass who could beat most of our asses 😅