Martial Arts Defense: Counter Fighters

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Hi everybody I'm John Graden from the Martial Arts Teacher's Association. When I'm watching or coaching one of my fighters or I'm watching a fight I want to determine initially is this guy a lead off fighter or is he a counter fighter. And it is not every single clash and it is not all they do but most of us have a tendency. I tend to be a counter fighter. In other words I tend to let the person attack and then make them pay for their mistakes on the way in. Other people are more aggressive and they like to lead off. We're going to talk today about how to fight somebody like me which is a counter fighter. The counter fighter tends to let you lead first and then try and counter you on the way in. So joining me from Pro Star Mixed Martial Arts is Mr. Joe Brignoli. As a counter fighter, let's say he's a good counter fighter, take a little step back please. So I would just hypothetically I'm going to step in and fire his head with a forehand strike. As a good counter fighter he is going to let me come in, drop down and hit me right in the ribs with a wrist punch. That's no fun. So after doing that a couple of times I realize he is a counter fighter so my job is now to move and then fire. It's either fire and then move or move and then fire. This is what I mean. I know he likes to hold his ground and counter attack me. I don't want to take a full step in and get counter attacked any more. So what I would like to do is stick a little faint or a little fake or a little draw step, something to draw his counter out. So maybe I throw a little shoulder fake and as soon as I hit this line he fires his counter, but I did not over commit so now I become the counter counter fighter and I make him pay for his counter. I bait his counter out. This is the strategy very simply again is move then fire, I move he fires his counter and then I counter his counter with my techniques. So against the counter fighter, move first, draw the counter, and you become the counter counter fighter. I'm John Graden and for more information contact me at johngraden.com. Thanks.

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