He seems to teach long impractical combinations e.g. cross, hook, double roundhouse, teep, spinning elbow, jumping knee and throws in lots of flashy impractical stuff like spinning back kicks, leaping elbow, etc. Can someone here confirm if this is how most of his classes are or was he just being flashy for the youtube videos?
That's his trademark. All classes have long combos which he calls, "easy". lol. They aren't staged either- usually a staff member just walks over with the camera and takes footage during class.
I don't think they are impractical because (my opinion) it helps build balance, fluidity, technique and emphasizes combinations. Also, the combinations almost start the same way:
cross, hook, check kick...
block punches, check kick...
cross, hook, lean back, right kick...
left teep, right teep, skip left teep...
etc...
Btw, I never seen him teach a spinning back kick or a jumping knee... He laughs when we do spinning back kicks during sparring.
He does teach spinning elbows and leaping elbows though- which are traditional MT moves.
Also, clinching is taught as part of the sparring class.