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By working on the head and neck, you are attacking
in conjunction with elbows and knees. Play both
a vulnerable part of your opponent which affords
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not to depend too much on the knee and elbow
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knowledge; however, later they should be used
these positions, or do gentle sparring using clinches
freely.
Neck wrestling This is basic neck wrestling as used in Thai boxing, a great place to start your standing grappling because of its integration of knee and elbow strikes. The neck wrestling puts you in a position to either use these strikes or defend more effectively against them. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at the head control clinch. There are a Half-clinch
Side clinch
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number of methods you can apply here but the one I prefer is to put both of your hands on the back of
Side clinch and knee