Will John B. Muay Thai Clinch meets MMA Takedowns. How to set up wrestlings double leg from the classic Thai Clinch

Publication details not specified. — 5 p.No one can dispute the effectiveness of Muay Thai as a martial art. It has enjoyed a long and illustrious history and has emerged as one of the premier combative art forms of the modern world. Undeniably, one of the principle aspects that sets Muay Thai apart from most other traditional forms of martial art is it’s incorporation and development of fighting from the standing clinch; in particular, the use it makes of neck and head control. Only those living under a rock somewhere, can still deny the effectiveness of wrestling takedowns, particularly in the arena of modern day MMA. Again, this art form has been around, literally, for thousands of years. The grappling arts have always been with us, the fact is that they were seemingly put to one side for thirty years or so, when the modern martial arts boom hit the western world. But the idea of taking the opponent to the ground has always been there as a mainstream combative art form. What I would like to do in this article is to marry these two powerful ideas up; and get people thinking and training in new and interesting ways