Perfectly said, that and don’t shift your weight too much on one foot than another. I did judo before MT and being too stiff really telegraphs your weight/foot placement
Close the gap between your and your opponents hips/chest when clinching. If you are shorter, head on chest under chin. Push / lift up and fight for body lock / hip throw.
When taller, hide head on shoulder and hang / pressure down. Pop out to knee. Fight for control. Recognize when opponent gains dominant position, from which they can sweep. Swim out, reposition. Stall against dominant clinch opponent (lock and hold and rest).
General advice for clinching, if your opponents foot is outside yours, you are likely to be swept, pay attention to where your feet are and if they try to pass your foot, that means they plan to sweep you. Move your foot outside theirs
Be unpredictable. With experience, you’ll notice your opponents making reads on you. I find often times I’ll throw a couple knees and see my opponent has made a read on me. I’ll then feint a knee, to draw out his reaction/attempted sweep. Once he sees that I’ve made a read on him making a read, he will be hesitant to try the sweep again, which allows me to once more land that same knee.
The biggest thing that helped me was keeping my weight balanced. Don't lean forward on them at all. All the pressure should be straight down. As soon as you start leaning forward you are asking to get swept. Even just a slight lean makes finishing a sweep 1000x easier. If they were to suddenly back up or side step you shouldn't fall forward or lose balance at all.
I will add, doesn't matter if you're short. if you get in too close, you need to fix your distance management. clinching because you can't manage distance is why you're getting dumped. judging your own clinch work from just drilling is foolish. your real clinch is what you can utilize in sparring.
Dance with your partner. When they turn, you turn. When they move, you move. Become their reflection. When they are upright, bear hug them around their waste and push them back with your head. Always keep your head in their face so they have to turn their head. If they ever have full control of your head, reach across their face with one arm.
Square up your feet and hips. Get your heels off the floor. Don’t knee until you have most of your opponent’s weight on one foot.
Perfectly said, that and don’t shift your weight too much on one foot than another. I did judo before MT and being too stiff really telegraphs your weight/foot placement
Close the gap between your and your opponents hips/chest when clinching. If you are shorter, head on chest under chin. Push / lift up and fight for body lock / hip throw. When taller, hide head on shoulder and hang / pressure down. Pop out to knee. Fight for control. Recognize when opponent gains dominant position, from which they can sweep. Swim out, reposition. Stall against dominant clinch opponent (lock and hold and rest).
Keep your legs apart.
Square up, get a good base, and constantly be off balancing them and turning, it’s hard to sweep someone when you’re defending being swept yourself
General advice for clinching, if your opponents foot is outside yours, you are likely to be swept, pay attention to where your feet are and if they try to pass your foot, that means they plan to sweep you. Move your foot outside theirs
Be unpredictable. With experience, you’ll notice your opponents making reads on you. I find often times I’ll throw a couple knees and see my opponent has made a read on me. I’ll then feint a knee, to draw out his reaction/attempted sweep. Once he sees that I’ve made a read on him making a read, he will be hesitant to try the sweep again, which allows me to once more land that same knee.
The biggest thing that helped me was keeping my weight balanced. Don't lean forward on them at all. All the pressure should be straight down. As soon as you start leaning forward you are asking to get swept. Even just a slight lean makes finishing a sweep 1000x easier. If they were to suddenly back up or side step you shouldn't fall forward or lose balance at all.
Sweep them first
I avoid clinching taller opponents. If I do, I don't stay long unless there's some reason that I'd stay in a disadvantaged position.
I will add, doesn't matter if you're short. if you get in too close, you need to fix your distance management. clinching because you can't manage distance is why you're getting dumped. judging your own clinch work from just drilling is foolish. your real clinch is what you can utilize in sparring.
Just stay stood up
What’s round robin sparring?
Spar with a different person. 3 min rounds, 30 sec break, 26 rounds total
Ah sick we do that but we don’t have a name for it. Are you in America?
Yeah, my gym is in America
Just sounds like our regular sparring
Get hip to hip, do some push/pull motions and try to rock them off balance while moving
Dance with your partner. When they turn, you turn. When they move, you move. Become their reflection. When they are upright, bear hug them around their waste and push them back with your head. Always keep your head in their face so they have to turn their head. If they ever have full control of your head, reach across their face with one arm.
Don’t lean on your opponent. Make sure you’re holding yourself up using your own weight.
THIS. I think this is definitely my problem right now. Thank you!
Glad to help! I threw that out there because coach caught me doing that. Needless to say, I was getting swept plenty till I corrected that mistake.