Mark Hatmaker. No Holds Barred Fighting: The Clinch

San Diego, California: Tracks Publishing, 2006. — 224 p.: 750 photos. — ISBN: 1-884654-27-4."Offensive and Defensive Concepts Inside NHB’s Most Grueling Position".With its complete focus on a single fighting position, this handbook unsparingly examines the clinch. In the clinch, the no-holds-barred combat techniques of striking and grappling meet, posing new challenges and calling for new strategies. With these detailed explanations of each aspect of positioning in the clinch, fighters can set up their own clinch takedowns and beat those used against them in the ring. The unique striking tools, protection strategies, and takedowns the clinch requires are explained for both offense and defense, moving smoothly between each fighting element to maximize advantage. A clinch situation is an inevitability in NHB fighting, and this reference gives fighters the most complete education in turning the clinch to their advantage.How to use the NHB manuals.Clinch varieties.
Clinch conditioning.
It’s OK to disagree.
Circling.
Pummeling.
Striking within the clinch: offense and defense.
Head clinch striking offense.
Head clinch striking defense.
Collar and elbow striking offense.
Over-under clinch striking offense.
Clinch takedowns.
Head clinch takedowns.
Collar and elbow clinch takedowns.
Over-under clinch takedowns.
Trip takedowns.
Flying mares and arm throws.
Hip throws.
Headlock throws.
Arm drags and go-behinds.
Body lock throws.
Whizzer throws.
Duckunder throws.
Countering clinch takedowns.
Counterthrows versus the go-behind.
Backcast — the money move.
Backcast counters.
Rear backcast counters.
Resources.