Revisiting Technique Vlog on Elbow Guard, After Integrating Over the Years

[Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu]

I just voiced my #fight269 from the other night and it's truly amazing how much of what I'm covering in this Technique Vlog from 3 years ago was present in this fight. I wasn't thinking any of these things, I was just doing them, which is how I know I've integrated these elements through YEARS of working on and then with them.

If you're a patron, Chatchai, Karuhat, Sagat, and Samson are all influences on these thoughts. What's so amazing about this vlog though is how the point is finding flow, and my thoughts and associations in referencing them is exactly that flow. How do you block sp you're protected, but also able to steike out of it? Why do I use Chatchai's rhythm instead of the classic rocking? Because, to me, it feels good. High repetition is mentioned because I was doing thousands of elbows, which has its own Technique Vlog because letting go of "correct" to make space for feeling and sub-thoughtful adjustment is how you reach integration and not just discipline.

There's a lot here. If you have thoughts or questions after watching, please post here and I'd love to talk about this stuff. My fight video will be up very soon, where a lot of this was displayed... 3 years on. Be patient with yourselves, I know I'm not, hahaha.

 

 

[Nightshade]

Ya great guard, amazing against pretty much anything on same side besides the sneakiest of uppercuts and elbows.  
 

It’s also a nice option to jump back into if I’m hand fighting and feel like I just lost control of the hand fight and no longer can tell what exactly is coming at me.  

Also I’m pretty sure it’s possible to get a crisp jab, fist following in a straight line off this block if you drop the elbow super close to your ribs then launch.  
 

but yeah been using this thing pretty much since I started doing ‘Merican Mauy Thai lol maybe my ideas don’t work so well in Thailand?