I sparred a guy way taller than me and heavier but athletic. Fast hands. I head trouble in the beginning too as I rarely fight bigger guys. My tips: - Head movement all the time even if no strikes are thrown by him. Makes it harder to be hit by jabs. Not to Excessive. Just dont be completely static. - if you slip dont just stand where you are or worse step back, but slip with a small STEP FORWARD(!) to get into your punching range/ pocket. This is a game changer! If you just slip and dont improve your distance you are still in the range where he can hit you, but you can't hit him. So you've won nothing beside not get hit in this exchange. It takes a lot of courage at first to step into your bigger opponent, but once you do, you notice that you take away his straight punches like jab/ and cross and finally can land your punches. I prefer overhands in longer distance and once in pocket adding hooks and uppercuts. Once I'm in the pocket I don't break up until he does and just annoy him to death, so he does think twice throwing his long range shit. Remember once you are in the pocket you have the advantage as you can hit him but he can't hit you. - use fakes/feints a lot. I found faking a jab and anticipating his counter jab (which I dodge slip) to counter it. Think of it this way: In that split second where his jab is at full extension and he starts to retract his arm, you have the opportunity to come forward with an attack by yourself without the fear of the jab (besides double jabs or some other rare stuff). So for example: 1)Fake Jab 2) dodge counter jab from opponent 3) step forward + throw an overhand Cheers.

Thanks for the tips! I'm one of like 3 girls at my gym and always have to spar guys bigger and taller than me, sometimes it's really no fun.

A reminder for self because goldfish memory. Technique 1: step in left , head off centerline (outside his jab towards right) and counter jab. Technique 2: step in right, head off centerline and counter rear upper cut up the middle. Technique 3: step in right, head off centerline and counter overhead jab. Technique 4(only when opponent tired / leaving hand out): step in left , head off centerline (inside his jab towards left) and counter overhand right hook.

The overhand left is perfect for me because though i stand orthodox, my left is my power hand, great video.

Its tough fighting taller people. I am only 5 foot 1 but i love sparring againest taller people because its so challenging

Very good! The next vídeo How to fight taller opponents - kicks, please!

All fun and games until your opponent takes a step back..

If they’re tall and know how to jab then it gets mad challenging

I'm 176cm and just had my first muay thai session and was sparring against some one who was 192cm you can say I was struggling

I had a friend who was 178cm , and he fought with a 198cm guy in his pro debut. As unfair as it may seem, they're both in the same weight division. His problem was the guy kept clinching him for knee strikes. And he can't hit him at all when he got clinched. His opponent kept repeating this many times, and my buddy couldn't do anything about it

That was very helpful! Thank you!

Dang this is what I need... I just spar with someone taller than me n I had a hard time with ranges so I was only goin for body shots n low kick...

Thanks for the tips my professor always putting me with taller people. So now I know what to expect. Keep up the good work!!

this is good, but if your opponent smells your game he'll throw a 1-2 and you will get punished. sucks being short.

It’s different when fight faster.

I´ll try this tomorrow on sparring. I have a sparring partner that is taller, and is difficult to me to figure him out.

This is cus damat'o style my favourite ❤❤

Very useful, thanks!

very nice man!

Great

Nice video man

Surely when u step right to counter they would step back body kick to ur left side nah?

this is all dandy unless elbows are incorporated..

ok but I'm a southpaw... wouldn't stepping in the same way while throwing punches (some, not all) from the side you're talking about would be very difficult in my case?

Btw a lot of Muay Thai schools where I live feels a bit gangster/rough is it like that in most of Europe?

In real hard spar or real fight, experienced taller always keen you when you try to do things in the video, so just run first if you can😂😂

This might fast observation and attack

I find leg kicks are good

I'm trying to figure out where 6 downvotes came from.....

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My first smokers next week against a guy with a 7in height advantage

No footwork dont ever bring your feet together stay on your heels dont be flat footed no head movment and counters on point but to land these counters and slip more efficiently you must have better footwork

haha yes we CAN tell

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Lol he can do the same with better efficiency, and after jab he can give a nice kick and than kneee

Bro the tall guy is like 90% legs lmao

Man dude your really small! But that just means that this stuff should work very well for me. I train muay thai. Been doing so for a long time. Ive been having trouble getting inside on one of my training partners whose a couple inches taller than me(Im 6'0) but significantly heavier(has about 60-70lbs on me). He has good teeps and uses his jab well and it can get annoying. Thanks!

Decent vid this bro but you definitely can tell your smaller though 😂