the last bit of parrying that we have been focusing on the last few weeks, circling back around to a simple rear (right hand) hand palming/parry. This style of defense against left hand attacks relies using the rear palm in different manners and sometimes involved just parrying the attack in different directions.

1. defending the jab using the right hand palm catch. as they throw their jab i ‘catch’ it using the rear hand palm. sometimes even using the heel of the palm to deflect it depending on how hard they throw the jab. you can use the same style of defense with a simultaneous jab counter off of their jab too.

my criticism of this technique though is that it removes your rear hand guard towards the middle of your face to replace a target.

a novice or lazy fighter would be complacent about dropping their guard thus leaving them open to a left side attack such has a hook or worst case scenario a left head kick. I believe if you are diligent about keeping a tight rear guard this is a coo and easy counter. i would possibly follow up the attack with a hard right low kick.

2. right hand palm over cross review. easy and fun to do.

3. palm the jab down and counter with the left elbow, you can use the right hand to dragging them off balance and into the strike too.

4. palm over cross variation but instead of a cross you throw a right elbow. and that basically covers a plethora of different styles of parrying with different counters from different stances using your various muay thai weapons 🙂

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First of three instructionals on hand fighting/hand play advanced parrying techniques. This first one sets the groundwork on the theory behind the techniques as well as the first part of the series which focuses on the outside parry setup from southpaw. First half i just talk about my hand fighting insights, how i find it easier to hand fight or hand play from southpaw. When i say hand fight or hand play, i almost use those two terms interchangeably for the sake of laziness. To me they are basically the same, aside from the little nuances (handplay: keeping their guard occupied or controlling their arms/gloves, handfighting: position and grip jockying). Overall what i’m trying to convey is the sense of control. Anyways, second half i demonstrate the outside parry position and counters along with live sparring footage and application. Cool stuff!

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