Love STRIKING ANALYSIS? Listen to "The Clinch" podcast here!

Hello martial arts fans and practitioners, we hope you listen to our podcast called "The Clinch." Hosts, Jimin Kim and Ricardo Jean-Pierre, analyze the technical aspects of stand-up martial arts from our kickboxing training experience. As die-hard fans, we analyze the technical artistry of kickboxing, muay thai, boxing and of course, mma. For grappling lovers, we tie how the concepts of Brazilian jiu-jitsu apply to striking.

Please feel free to leave your comments regarding the show. Also, shoot us any topics you would like for us to cover in future episodes. We hope you enjoy the show!

You can listen to the podcast on our website where you can watch along to the sparring matches we analyze on the show by clicking here. You can also listen to our previous episodes here.

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(We apologize to any listeners who are unable to download the podcast. As we have exceeded our bandwidth limit for January due to the large number of downloads, the podcast host will not allow for any more downloads this month. However, you can STREAM and listen to the episode in the links above. Please feel free to leave us a comment if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you).

The Clinch #11-Episode Timetable

1. Intro - 0:00
2. Sparring tips #1-striking creativity, killer instinct, having a poker face - 8:04
3. Correlations between BJJ and striking - 19:45
4. Sparring tips #2-using the jab, catching opponents circling with kicks - 31:13
5. Analyzing the technical differences between kickboxing and muay thai, our visit to the muay thai gym, The Wat - 35:47
6. Our experience kickboxing a Golden Gloves boxer, analyzing the concept of range, Silat and stickfighting, how styles make fights - 49:18
7. The effectiveness of muay thai leg kicks, leg kick angles - 1:11:38
8. Karate vs. boxing analysis - 1:24:45
9. Muay thai clinch counters, thai clinching a boxer - 1:28:46
10. How BJJ control translates to the thai clinch - 1:31:58
11. Karate vs. kickboxing analysis - 1:35:33
12. Closing the distance on a taller fighter with longer reach - 1:47:23
13. How martial arts speaks to some more than others - 1:54:06
14. Critiquing our striking progress after four months of training - 1:56:50
15. The importance of drills vs. sparring, Sparring Tips #3, striking training advice - 2:18:26