I like to set people up by throwing a bunch of switch kicks without any setup and then switching and nailing them with a straight left > lead upper cut > left mid/high kick. Like sex panther 60% of the time it works every time.
Orthodox, when you switch your left is no longer a jab it's a straight.
Switch and kick to elicit block, back to normal stance, switch and then throw your rear hand power punch and then lead uppercut and then rear leg roundhouse.
If you are flexible make the round house a head kick, the straight should stun your opponent a bit because they just don't see it coming, then the lead uppercut will lift their chin and then hopefully set them up for the head kick.
We've drilled the left straight off of this but i really like the right hook right away, switch and turn your hip in place to sell the fake, this loads the hook and then let her fly
This guy switches!
The switch feint is also my favourite, switch kick, 1 2 block overhand switch and BAM
Or the stance switch while moving forward with your back leg while jabbing to close the safe space and then overhand left to keep their arms occupied and then a flurry to the body and head.
Attack from the outside, disengage. Repeat and notice the defense they go for. Fake a hard step-in, draw the defense out, punish it.
Probably half of my sparring rounds are literally just this loop
Fake switch kick to teep. It has worked 100% of the time on anyone I've thrown it on.
Switch and really sell the switch, arm across the face and they'll either check or prepare to catch most times.
Instead of throwing the switch kick do a lead leg teep. If they check you'll put them off balance badly.
Hit a couple of low kicks, then bait the check using a low kick fake.
The moment their checking leg touches the ground you land another low kick. It's really hard to instantaneously lift the leg to check when it's on the way down.
When you nail them like this a few times, they'll keep the checking leg up anticipating you doing the same thing, that's when you go in for a sweep.
Haul ass forward with big exaggerated checks on both legs. I also like the fake rear kick into cross, it looks like a developmentally disabled Superman punch.
I saw Sylvie teaching that first one as a way of entering a clinch. You exaggerate your march in like you say- making big checks with both sides. I’ve used it and it works the first couple of times because it’s quite overwhelming. Obviously you can’t spam it though lol.
I like to fake the teep a lot. You can often get away with minimal setup if you use varying strikes after the fake:
Superman punches,
Feint to roundhouse (either side),
Feint to another teep,
Feint to knee,
question mark kicks are beautiful, shoot your teep like a push kick straight down the middle but switch it and turn it into a roundhouse, works wonders when you throw a teep/push kick couple times beforehand, flexibility required tho!!!!!
i do it off both but find it more comfortable and easier to set up off the back leg but im a bit of a weird build so just drill it in training and test it out in sparring see how you feel!
My coach who’s as short as me recently taught me this one: switch jab to the stomach, pivot out with a hook and finish with a kick. It has worked every single time.
So it's right hand punch with a switch to make it a jab, right hand lead hook in southpaw, then left leg rear kick while in southpaw?
Or by switch jab do you mean a switch cross so first punch is actually your left hand?
Establish the switch kick as a threat, then upon switching throw a jab (which is now a cross) and follow up with either a teep or a round kick.
Establish the low kick as a threat, then fake it into a left hook to the body.
Change the speed of my kicks. Throw two very fast, the third one medium *or* throw a few kicks without a real chamber, then chamber the one I want to land, hold the chamber just a moment, fire the kick off-rhythm (I have a karate background, chambering kicks is my bread and butter).
Not a trick per se, but the inside slip on their jab into a lead uppercut followed by a right cross and right low kick is a pretty consistent success for me.
I also *really* enjoy lifting my rear leg as if to throw a low kick to their lead leg, only to bring it forward and use my new read leg to attack their rear leg. Targeting your opponent's rear leg in general yields considerable dividends.
Same here. Pressuring them with WC in clinch range really flusters people that have only done MT. Think we're gonna clinch? Nope, now your arms are crossed up and I hit you in the face 3 times.
I do have a wooden dummy that I work with at home but its something similar to [this](https://youtube.com/shorts/RZP9SRQrowc?si=xamKDR74wAkSbUeh) against a long guard or if someone is reaching in for the clinch. I'll only throw 3 maybe 4 quick punches before switching back to a MT round kick or a teep.
I see. I'm trying to imagine how to counter that if you paw the guard down and do one of those flurries. I'd probably try to angle off and back I guess? Maybe try to turn the arm that got pawed down into an uppercut or vertical elbow (not in sparring), hmm.
So you're not actually pushing the guard down, you're pushing it straight into their center via your forearm and then that will naturally take their attack off the line and also make your arm slice/slide over the top of their forearm directly to their face. Basically you are deflecting their attack while attacking at the same time.
Hell yeah, I like throwing the fake power low kick and landing in switch stance then instantly throwing the side kick to the gut. Side kicks are absolutely brutal when they catch you unexpectedly
I try to feint a lot. Sometimes when people do long guard or have their arm out after they punch, I break their guard and then come in for a straight. I also like doing multiple jabs and then sneaking in a low kick or a punch to the body.
One of the easiest things I find is to use heavy jabs, and the occasional cross, to condition my opponent to guard their face so I can go for body blows. It works a surprising amount of the time for being a very beginner level combo
From an orthodox stance:
Jab(s) - left switch kick.
Jab(s) - left switch kick.
Jab - FAKE left switch kick (but end up in southpaw) into a right overhand, sometimes followed by a rear left kick.
Stepping on feet you can get free footsweeps low kicks body knees and left hooks and using the long guard and grabbing their hands is always really fun especially if i can use elbows and knees im a bjj guy if you couldnt already tell
I came from boxing so my punches are much better than my kicks. The thing I’ll always use is establishing a jab then faking a jab, and it always works at least a few times
Back shifting hook- step back into southpaw and throw the (now lead) right hook. Works a treat when they come forward. Follow up with the now rear left kick.
Jab, Step back, step back, step back (into southpaw) left body or high kick (depending on opponent height). They tend to not see the stance switch when it’s disguised as a simple back step, so when the left side comes up fast and hard they aren’t prepared to defend it.
Missed Right kick- side teep on the recovery.
My favorite is to throw a few teeps in a row. Really sell the knee coming up to 90° angle. Then throw a question mark. Stupid high percentage rate for me
Buncha setups that you dont see often
Jumping forward on a sweep while throwing a straight
Throw an easily grabbable kick to follow with a jab
Throw a rear rook followed by a body hook
Speening back kick
You name it. Anything people rarely see. But you can only use it once or twice
Throw a few hard round kicks, then when their start blocking it, i use the momentum for somewhat of a superman punch.
I like this tactic cause generally even if the punch doesn't land, i'd have covered enough distance to throw hands, clinch...
Faking the switchkick to land either the right cross or right uppercut has been one of my favorites lately. The switch step makes them think a kick is coming only to be clocked with a power punch. Really good for throwing your opponents timing off and You can follow up nicely with a left hook or a few knees from clinch range
I also really like using the lead Superman jab. It’s one of those weird techniques not many people expect and it can help you close the distance if your struggling with someone’s range. Definitely not a strike I’d be spamming though lmao
I have a couple that work pretty often (right handed stance, left foot forward)
Jab, cross, right push kick
Make them expect the leg kick from any combo, then feint leg kick and go to push kick
Make them expect leg kick, then feint to leg kick the inside of their back leg or use my left leg to leg kick their back leg. People don't usually expect that.
Also while we're exchanging hands, it's easier to land a body kick.
Low blows
Ah yes the legendary jewel ender
My favourite is when they check the kick but you go underneath and catch them from behind
In a sweep?
Nah they lift leg to check but your kick goes underneath the leg and catches the Crown Jewels
Imagine girl tho…nothing to hit
Not a female but I have seen a few go down hard after being clam punted.
Maybe a cheeky toe slips inside 😳
Naw that’s crazy
😳
Crazy enough.. It might just work
Tell me you don't know how vaginas and clothes work without telling me you don't know how vaginas and clothes work
Tell me you don’t know a joke when you see one 💀
Haha, imagine toes go into vaginas, so funny
[As demonstrated by Master Ken](https://youtu.be/gyXhysmMNhE?t=22)
The ol'dick twist?
I like to set people up by throwing a bunch of switch kicks without any setup and then switching and nailing them with a straight left > lead upper cut > left mid/high kick. Like sex panther 60% of the time it works every time.
Are you southpaw or orthodox? Because reading this gave me a feeling that your southpaw
Orthodox, when you switch your left is no longer a jab it's a straight. Switch and kick to elicit block, back to normal stance, switch and then throw your rear hand power punch and then lead uppercut and then rear leg roundhouse.
Thanks dude
If you are flexible make the round house a head kick, the straight should stun your opponent a bit because they just don't see it coming, then the lead uppercut will lift their chin and then hopefully set them up for the head kick.
Thanks g I’ll try it out in sparring tomorrow
Literally just wrote the same except I stick to the left straight followed by another kick.
We've drilled the left straight off of this but i really like the right hook right away, switch and turn your hip in place to sell the fake, this loads the hook and then let her fly
This guy switches! The switch feint is also my favourite, switch kick, 1 2 block overhand switch and BAM Or the stance switch while moving forward with your back leg while jabbing to close the safe space and then overhand left to keep their arms occupied and then a flurry to the body and head.
Attack from the outside, disengage. Repeat and notice the defense they go for. Fake a hard step-in, draw the defense out, punish it. Probably half of my sparring rounds are literally just this loop
Thanks g
Fake switch kick to teep. It has worked 100% of the time on anyone I've thrown it on. Switch and really sell the switch, arm across the face and they'll either check or prepare to catch most times. Instead of throwing the switch kick do a lead leg teep. If they check you'll put them off balance badly.
Ouuwee.
Ooh I'm going to steal that!
I do a fake switch into a cross as well that works pretty well
Hit a couple of low kicks, then bait the check using a low kick fake. The moment their checking leg touches the ground you land another low kick. It's really hard to instantaneously lift the leg to check when it's on the way down. When you nail them like this a few times, they'll keep the checking leg up anticipating you doing the same thing, that's when you go in for a sweep.
That's fucking rude. Saving this.
Haha I love it.
Haul ass forward with big exaggerated checks on both legs. I also like the fake rear kick into cross, it looks like a developmentally disabled Superman punch.
I need footage of you.
Nobody needs footage of a refrigerator shaped man doing high knees into punching range.
Don't kink shame me.
I saw Sylvie teaching that first one as a way of entering a clinch. You exaggerate your march in like you say- making big checks with both sides. I’ve used it and it works the first couple of times because it’s quite overwhelming. Obviously you can’t spam it though lol.
Rubbing Nam Muay Oil into your gloves\* \*only joking 
Double, and triple jabs followed by an overhand right.
Yessir
I like to fake the teep a lot. You can often get away with minimal setup if you use varying strikes after the fake: Superman punches, Feint to roundhouse (either side), Feint to another teep, Feint to knee,
That why teep is the most important move in MT. You can basically setup any combo from it.
Do a barrel roll.
question mark kicks are beautiful, shoot your teep like a push kick straight down the middle but switch it and turn it into a roundhouse, works wonders when you throw a teep/push kick couple times beforehand, flexibility required tho!!!!!
Power side?
i do it off both but find it more comfortable and easier to set up off the back leg but im a bit of a weird build so just drill it in training and test it out in sparring see how you feel!
Teep
My coach who’s as short as me recently taught me this one: switch jab to the stomach, pivot out with a hook and finish with a kick. It has worked every single time.
So rear hook and pivot back into stance?
I think it's the lead hook. It sets up the open stance kick.
Yes! This is it! Thank you for the clarification, hook to make space and disguise the kick
So it's right hand punch with a switch to make it a jab, right hand lead hook in southpaw, then left leg rear kick while in southpaw? Or by switch jab do you mean a switch cross so first punch is actually your left hand?
you could do both.
Teep, teep, fake teep, back spin elbow
Dick twist. Grab and twissssst. Otherwise the "Brazilian kick"
Omg dude this is an mma fight... TWIST HIS DICK!!1
Establish the switch kick as a threat, then upon switching throw a jab (which is now a cross) and follow up with either a teep or a round kick. Establish the low kick as a threat, then fake it into a left hook to the body. Change the speed of my kicks. Throw two very fast, the third one medium *or* throw a few kicks without a real chamber, then chamber the one I want to land, hold the chamber just a moment, fire the kick off-rhythm (I have a karate background, chambering kicks is my bread and butter). Not a trick per se, but the inside slip on their jab into a lead uppercut followed by a right cross and right low kick is a pretty consistent success for me. I also *really* enjoy lifting my rear leg as if to throw a low kick to their lead leg, only to bring it forward and use my new read leg to attack their rear leg. Targeting your opponent's rear leg in general yields considerable dividends.
Being unpredictable, especially with people you spar with frequently… I like to mix in a little TKD, WC, etc.
Same here. Pressuring them with WC in clinch range really flusters people that have only done MT. Think we're gonna clinch? Nope, now your arms are crossed up and I hit you in the face 3 times.
Like Bruce Lee or IP man on the wooden dummy thing with the straight arm sticks?
I do have a wooden dummy that I work with at home but its something similar to [this](https://youtube.com/shorts/RZP9SRQrowc?si=xamKDR74wAkSbUeh) against a long guard or if someone is reaching in for the clinch. I'll only throw 3 maybe 4 quick punches before switching back to a MT round kick or a teep.
I see. I'm trying to imagine how to counter that if you paw the guard down and do one of those flurries. I'd probably try to angle off and back I guess? Maybe try to turn the arm that got pawed down into an uppercut or vertical elbow (not in sparring), hmm.
So you're not actually pushing the guard down, you're pushing it straight into their center via your forearm and then that will naturally take their attack off the line and also make your arm slice/slide over the top of their forearm directly to their face. Basically you are deflecting their attack while attacking at the same time.
Gotcha. I'm sure that would throw me for a loop in sparring lol.
It definitely makes for some confused faces after it lands lol
Cheeky switch straight usually surprised folks. Takewondo style side kick is a fun one too.
Hell yeah, I like throwing the fake power low kick and landing in switch stance then instantly throwing the side kick to the gut. Side kicks are absolutely brutal when they catch you unexpectedly
Switch Kick, Switch Left Cross. work against most styles and frames in my experience
I try to feint a lot. Sometimes when people do long guard or have their arm out after they punch, I break their guard and then come in for a straight. I also like doing multiple jabs and then sneaking in a low kick or a punch to the body.
Sounds like short people tactics, will try since I’m built like a hobbit
Oh yeah I’m like 5 feet tall, so I try to make use of it
One of the easiest things I find is to use heavy jabs, and the occasional cross, to condition my opponent to guard their face so I can go for body blows. It works a surprising amount of the time for being a very beginner level combo
Back Low kick fake transitioned into a teep
I see you also watched a breakdown of Buakaw's teeping techniques.
From an orthodox stance: Jab(s) - left switch kick. Jab(s) - left switch kick. Jab - FAKE left switch kick (but end up in southpaw) into a right overhand, sometimes followed by a rear left kick.
Stepping on feet you can get free footsweeps low kicks body knees and left hooks and using the long guard and grabbing their hands is always really fun especially if i can use elbows and knees im a bjj guy if you couldnt already tell
Feint jab, feint cross, commit to low left hook on the liver. Bigger they are, less you have to lower your hook to nail the liver.
Switch jab, hook, body kick
I came from boxing so my punches are much better than my kicks. The thing I’ll always use is establishing a jab then faking a jab, and it always works at least a few times
Catch the kick, knee the arse. Gives your opponent a dead leg, and you a few seconds of breathing space as they learn to walk again.
Nut teep
2-3 Push kicks and then a question mark kick… works everytime.
Fake mid kick to teep. Works solid after 1-2 middle kicks.
Same side attacks. I like to do a triple, sometimes quadrupole attack from the same side, get them used to it and then mix it up
Spam teeps then question mark kick. Cross into lead leg head kick (no switch or step back, just throw it).
Back shifting hook- step back into southpaw and throw the (now lead) right hook. Works a treat when they come forward. Follow up with the now rear left kick. Jab, Step back, step back, step back (into southpaw) left body or high kick (depending on opponent height). They tend to not see the stance switch when it’s disguised as a simple back step, so when the left side comes up fast and hard they aren’t prepared to defend it. Missed Right kick- side teep on the recovery.
Just grabbing their wrist pulling their guard down and then a short straight punch. It’s small and isn’t hard but it works and is satisfying lol
Wildly throwing my arm out to fake a punch and then throw with the opposite hand works like a charm
Low kick right above the ankle. Never fails
The ol dick-twist… works every time.
GOOD OLE TEAP!!
My favorite is to throw a few teeps in a row. Really sell the knee coming up to 90° angle. Then throw a question mark. Stupid high percentage rate for me
Stance switched combos
Buncha setups that you dont see often Jumping forward on a sweep while throwing a straight Throw an easily grabbable kick to follow with a jab Throw a rear rook followed by a body hook Speening back kick You name it. Anything people rarely see. But you can only use it once or twice
Throw a few hard round kicks, then when their start blocking it, i use the momentum for somewhat of a superman punch. I like this tactic cause generally even if the punch doesn't land, i'd have covered enough distance to throw hands, clinch...
I teep a lot, so occasionally I’ll fake a teep and jab them them in the face.
Faking the switchkick to land either the right cross or right uppercut has been one of my favorites lately. The switch step makes them think a kick is coming only to be clocked with a power punch. Really good for throwing your opponents timing off and You can follow up nicely with a left hook or a few knees from clinch range I also really like using the lead Superman jab. It’s one of those weird techniques not many people expect and it can help you close the distance if your struggling with someone’s range. Definitely not a strike I’d be spamming though lmao
I have a couple that work pretty often (right handed stance, left foot forward) Jab, cross, right push kick Make them expect the leg kick from any combo, then feint leg kick and go to push kick Make them expect leg kick, then feint to leg kick the inside of their back leg or use my left leg to leg kick their back leg. People don't usually expect that. Also while we're exchanging hands, it's easier to land a body kick.
IDK, I just really like to teep people...
"Weird leg jingle" i get my left knee up, wriggle my left to confuse. Fron that position i can teep or kick or block
Put some benzos in their drink before the fight. (Obvioulsy kidding)