Nice video and thorough explanation of the techniques. I've sparred with conditioned muay thai fighters and they can mix things up quickly. I've been fortunate to train with resisting partners for many years, so joint locks, throws and BJJ comes naturally. What I've seen in your videos is about the best demonstrations of ninjitsu out there. I'm here in Sacramento, CA. and I wish there were instructors that teach ninjitsu with the kind of training you give to your students. Nice job.

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Must try with Real Muay Thai Fighter. With respect.

Great teaching; I really enjoy the explanation and application of each move. Well appreciated.

I've watched a few videos from this instructor. He is very good. He is incorporating wrestling into his Ninjitsu techniques. Not pure. But intended to be effective. More instructors should follow his lead. We all have a great deal to learn from one another. I commend him.

Akban, love the video, love the techniques demonstrated and even more so how you linked them together as "if this one fails go to this one, and so on...", but I would love to see a video done, showing how you would deal with the knee strikes that would no doubt start coming in, if you didn't get to the half clinch quick enough.

We are glad that these videos are useful. Thanks!

Good stuff, great application of these throws from this position.

Thank God for people of reasoning. you sir are part of the small amount of people who are realist when it comes to fighting.

I allways get amazed by your videos...fantastic job..much Respect

I loved his Ganseki nage attack! Awesome application!

Hello, I am the moderator of the AKBAN academy on KZfaq. My teacher, Yossi Sheriff, the one who speaks at the video has been an avid Muai Thai student for many years. He always says that Muai Thai is the best MA he knows for striking. I re-watched the video again now, I found no derogatory remarks against Muai Thai - on the contrary, the opening technique that precedes every move has been a favorit Fairtex Muai Thai move from one of their camps.

Great art of discipline. Nice video.

thank you so much this series on clinching has really inspired me today!

OSSU! Great Technique Sheriff! People commenting negatively should take more time to reflect. Much respect to Akban, however as a ninjutsu black belt and MMA competitor, I feel that these particular techniques displayed are particularly good for certain circumstances within a street situation or any situation involving a jacket. Sweaty arms and wild Muay Thai full plume control pulling and pushing with knees coming at you from under and over to the crown of your head, should be taken into consideration. The gi gives more options and traction to grip. If there are no jackets worn in this situation, I feel the best defense is the simplest. Simply turn your waist with your shoulder pressing into your opponents elbow or forearm while raising your arm parallel to opponents shoulder or neck (Attack is suggested right away) will make the assailant's wrist lose grip. Quickly in one motion apply your desired follow up attack (crossed arm corid artery strike, chi no kata fudoken uppercut, upward chin push, ura gyaku, hon gyaku, musha dori, ganseki nagi, teep kick, overlapping elbow strike, counter muay thai clinch, sutemi waza, etc) take your pick, henka is limitless at that point. This is both a Thai and Ninpo technique fused by turning, arm raising and attacking at the same time.

Straight up man! I wish more bujinkan dojos had the same courage to investigate techniques like this.

Yossi! This is great work!! Well communicated, excellent video quality. Thank you!

Great instructional video! Thank you!

As the moderator of the AKBAN KZfaq channel, I can say at least one thing, I read you

How would you deal with the incoming barrage of knees though, because I seem to remember thats the immediate follow up of a clinch in MT

Inventive concept and design of clinch, excellent technically application. Great Sensei!

Beautiful and informative demonstration. Thank you.

Wonderful techniques Sensei I enjoy every video I've seen, thanks for posting them... You have my utmost respect & support, I will be sharing this technique tonight with my class...

great video,I have the following question tho:in judo I am not allowed to to uppercut the side of the body from the half clinch,would you be so kind to suggest another effective way to get out of the "his-elbow-on-my-chest-is-preventing-me-from-doing-techniques" situation?besides maybe poking my opponent with a thumb:o Thank you in advance

My teacher's teacher is Doron Navon Shihan. Before 1988 everybody in Bujinkan sparred. Hatsumi's book about Togakure ryu has many images of his students then sparring with boxing gloves etc.

I practice Goshin Jitsu, and we share techniques with a Ninjitsu black belt from another school. I like alot of your techniques. I will show your clinch technique to my Sensei next course. Thank you for your well explained video. With respect, I wish you a nice day.

Neat stuff, cool to see all the different approaches and options. Thank you

Very Good Explained … The different angles helped to understand that ✌️😎

Just wondering if I see technichal absorbtion from Krav Maga, Systema, and Silat in what you're doing? Thanks, great video's.

Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Warmest regards from Bolivia. My utmost respect for you and the Akban School and its members :)

Wouldn't distancing yourself while in a half clinch give them a better knee shot or a kick?

Excellent lesson! Thank you.

very nice knowlegde, i did grow up with muay thai. and we got similiar ways to free from full clinch but there are to many steps.. Primitive + functional should be the way and should explain what i mean.

Excellent video!

out of ninjitsu, bjj, and thai, which do you find most effective?

nice. but the thai clinch is done by controlling the back of the head not neck. can this same demo be applied with that in mind?

Well let's be fair guys as a MMA practitioner myself, I believe all techniques have a place in the arsenal, granted being specific movement, spacing, timing, and advantageous circumstances there's an unlimited number of variations and possibilities any technique could happen, and the most obvious would be 2guys really fighting for that dominant clinch position, you'd have to deal with breaking their foundation before considering anything else, but I believe every technique is just another option, and if practiced well any one can do it, also everyone will do it slightly altered to their own style as well. So it's really user based just an option

I see a lot of movies and "staged" fights where where someone gets the "thai clinch" on the other guy and begins a volley of knees. The guy being kneed blocks with what looks like both arms , almost as if hes letting the guy knee his palms. A good example if near the end of the first "Never Back Down" movie. Near the end of the last fight scene Jake blocks the knees in this fashion. Does that actually work?

I love this ❤️ style practical and application for real life.

Thanks for your perspective here, Tony, AKBAN channel moderator

This would work really well against an opponent standing still and not striking back. All martial arts have effective and ineffective techniques. But there is a massive difference to light sparring in a dojo and a full contact fight. Everything changes when stress, fatigue and pain is introduced to the body.

Very clear directions, i like it

i understand that training with a compliant partner would help build proper technique, but do you guys train with a fully mobile and resisting partner? because its actually quite hard to throw a person. especially if he is resisting.

Channel moderator here. We all do Muai Thai. With respect

I will never diss a martial art as long it is practical. Again nice vid.

More to come. Train safely, my friend

We view the situation exactly the same. Thanks!

how do you do kuruma nagare(wheel flowing)

I never saw a proper thai clinch lock here. Try it on someone who really knows Muay Thai!

lovely stuff

I beg to differ, Sir, and this short conversation between us is the proof. Keep training, my friend

Thanks, Nick

All martial arts has good techniques depending on the situation but since you're so confident, can you please explain some of the techniques that makes Krav Maga so unique and superior compared to other martial arts? Also, does KM have any method that can counter the clinch? Or is there technique that will never get you caught in a MT clinch?

This isn't a full muay Thai clinch. Plus how will he counter when he's wagging him left and right along with knees to the face or body, ribs etc and elbows to the side of the head or face?

My instructor, Yossi, always says he learned his English from Arnold Schwarzenegger :)

You can try searching Google for: "AKBAN Ninjutsu portal". You can then look for any ground / grappling / weapon techniques. We, in AKBAN, sincerely hope there are enough techniques documented to satisfy your curiosity. You can then google: "Ernesto Hoost in AKBAN" for a brief look at what thoroughness means.

Nice Clear video!!!1thanks for sharing!!!!!!!

Some interesting ideas. I love the combination of judo with MuayThai. Judo offers some options outside the rules of Muay Thai that people typically may not expect so it makes the clinch game much deeper and complete.I will explore some of these with my students.

Thank you Sir, Keep training

Seems to work well on compliant training partners who don't know how to do the muay thai technique properly O_o

Hi, I am the AKBAN KZfaq channel moderator, My name is David. As you can guess I am from Israel and like most AKBAN guys I have been doing mainly Ninjutsu, but also MT and Judo

what if i tell you those are muay thai techniques? (or at least muay boran)

Hello i'm so wonder to now the meaning of AKBAN can you pls tell me

This video is very practical thank goodness. When I see the words ninjutsu I think fantasy warrior but this here is some good stuff.

what exactly does that mean?

nice demonstration, do you have a video demonstration against low kicks as well?

this is awesome

Something to show my own students. Nice.

Looks simple and effective

Sure thing, Thanks for the kind words. I'll tell my instructor. Keep training my friend.

Where did you study Muay Thai? I'm trained through Ajarn Chai and we do not clinch like this at all. We always grab them by the back of the neck, pull them in, clench, and then our heads are essentially side by side with our head resting against the clinch. The only way to escape is with a throw, clinch reversal, or popping the elbows. The head is completely trapped at the neck. This also allows us to easily sway them back and forth.

Solid, good dynamics, that make a lot of sense. If I were a Gladiator slave back in the day, it would be lucky if I were to have this man as my coach. ;)

Looks like a sound technique have to see how it will work in jujitsu tomorrow. I'm just wondering why the opponent would not try to take his back when he goes to the half clinch from the outside.

At last, a nak muay that understands that the clinch opening is standard. As for the rest of the techniques, we think they work ok in our sparring, many of us are MT partitioners. But of course, many of the technique we allow ourselves in sparring are not legal in an arena. Respect

I applaud your respectful manner. B'hatzlacha.

Thank you my friend, I'll tell this to my instructor. If you can, please share this also online. Keep training.

That depends on what you define as Ninjutsu. You can google: "AKBAN Ninjutsu" to see how we define it.

The technique to open the clinch is Muai Thai. The reason the clinch is loose is so that you can understand the technique. When we want to impress with our combat abilities we make other kinds of videos

I'll pass it on to my instructor, thanks!

awesome well that shows us all the standards that are reflected in the qualification process of this style.

Thanks!

What, you mean in the ring where it doesn't matter?

sir do u have a branch in philippines?

Moderator here. All of AKBAN veterans are Muai Thai practitioners too. This is not a fight, this is a tutorial. Try these techniques before showing disrespect

Sir, we, at AKBAN, reserve the right to not answer anyone whose respect and manners are below those of a child in our dojo.

Can ninjutsu be fused with Muay Thai techniques ?

this is nice!

Thanks! We are constantly updating our wiki and these sparring series. You can subscribe to this channel and follow our effort. Like they say on my local bagel factory: "it's coming".

also what about elbows in the clinch>?

Alright, I'll see what I can do. I'm VERY good and can be extremely strong with weapons as well. Mainly swords (even heavy swords), and partially knives. Particularly pocket knives. If there are any recommendations IF I were to own one, what would it be? Thank you, sir. *Bows* :)

Very carefully explanation. Thank you. Osu.

It's so funny how so many people are hating. He is doing a demonstration, the same way BJJ instructors demonstrate techniques. Look at Gracie Academy and see they ALSO demonstrate in slow motion to emphasize the subtle movements that make transitions most effective.

awesome techqniues! thank you for sharing :)

You are right. If you look at MT fights, you'll see the correct posture, you described, deteriorating in no time into something with more space. It is taking advantage of this space that is described here

Thank you my friend. I will tell yossi. I think the video photographer did a great job too.

That is good to be aware and acknowledge these things. Do you consider your ninjitsu training to offer a superior form of street self defense? Is this its' only or primary focus? If not, what is its' focus?

It is very nice.Do u know if there is Akban or know someone that teach Ninjutsu in Brasil ? thanks

is that badr hari?

I myself am a ninjitsu practitioner at Falcon Martial Arts academy of Florida. I honestly can say these methods do work. Though, we mix bujinkan ninjitsu with kali escrima and jeet kune do. My teacher has sparred with people from plenty of different backgrounds, even a very skilled U.S. marine in our class and has never lost a fight. The thing is these techniques do work, except the techniques you see in most video are the beginner techniques. The ones we use in a fight you literally cannot see