Muay Thai Clinch - Developing World Class Fighters with Damien Trainor

Damien Trainor is a multiple times World Muay Thai Champion, former professional fighter and world renowned head coach/owner of K-Star Legacy Gym in Birmingham, England.  In this, his first ever instructional volume completely dedicated to helping people develop their ability to clinch effectively, he goes through step by step, a whole manner of amazing coaching content, knowledge and drills he personally likes to utilise regularly with all of the fighters who train at his gym - Clinch Fundamentals, Off-Balancing, Breaking the Clinch, Using your Head, Escaping the Clinch, Clinch Variations, Clinch Sweeps & Throws, Defending Knees, Countering Defence, Avoid Bad Positions, Elbows in Clinch, Effective Knees, Clinch Entries, Clinch Vs Punches, Clinch Vs Kicks, Clinch Tricks, Body Lock Details and Clinch Pad Work.

Muay Thai Clinch - Developing World Class Fighters with Damien Trainor

Damien Trainor is a multiple times World Muay Thai Champion, former professional fighter and world renowned head coach/owner of K-Star Legacy Gym in Birmingham, England.  An instructor who has a huge social media following, and for good reason, people in the know all around the world are keen to stay up to speed with the constant stream of amazing coaching tips he puts out.  

As an Elite fighter he has put in countless hours training the Muay Thai clinch in the gym, both here in the UK and in Thailand. This experience, coupled with his extraordinary coaching ability, has allowed him to develop a complete, systemised approach to dominating the clinch at any level of competition.  

Damien Trainor is one of the most popular instructors ever featured on the Warrior Collective Youtube Channel having received over 3,000,000 views across the instructionals he has kindly contributed to the resource.  

Here, in his seventh full length instructional, he showcases his complete training system when it comes to developing the Muay Thai clinch

Muay Thai Clinch - Developing World Class Fighters

In it, he goes through step by step, a whole manner of amazing coaching content, knowledge and drills he personally likes to utilise regularly with the students and fighters he trains - Clinch Fundamentals, Off-Balancing, Breaking the Clinch, Using your Head, Escaping the Clinch, Clinch Variations, Clinch Sweeps & Throws, Defending Knees, Countering Defence, Avoid Bad Positions, Elbows in Clinch, Effective Knees, Clinch Entries, Clinch Vs Punches, Clinch Vs Kicks, Clinch Tricks, Body Lock Details and Clinch Pad Work.

So, whether you are looking to take your own personal game to the next level or want to develop further as a coach, you will find this volume of work indispensable.  

This video includes:

• Clinch Prep 101. A complete sports specific framework for warming up and conditioning the neck prior to training in the clinch.
• Clinch Fundamentals. Use isolation drills to help develop a wide range of clinch fundamentals including posture, stance and fighting for position.
• Off-Balancing. Understand how to off-balance your opponent in the clinch using a wide variety of different clinch controls.
• Breaking the Clinch. Avoid dangerous positions by learning Damien’s system for breaking the clinch when facing stronger or larger opponents.
• Using your Head. Learn the correct head positioning and posture when working in the clinch, and how to use your head as an additional weapon when looking to dominate each position.
• Escaping the Clinch. How to avoid the clinch when facing opponents who favour the clinch and how to escape effectively when caught up in it.
• Clinch Variations. Mastering the clinch means you must understand each of the various clinch frameworks, including double unders and inside arm control.
• Sweeps, throws and trips. A multitude of different drills to help develop your ability to sweep, throw and trip in the clinch.
• Defending Knees. How to use different defensive systems to defend and counter knees in the clinch.
• Countering the Counter. Learn how to circumnavigate your opponents most common defences to your knees in order to avoid getting nullified in the clinch.
• Score BIG. Learn an assortment of ways to score highly in the clinch by locking opponents down and taking their back.
• Clinch Striking. Complete frameworks for using elbows and knees in the clinch, and how to use them to enter dominant positions.
• And more….

Below is an extract from the volume.  This clip is from Video 5 - Escaping the Clinch

Find out for yourself why Damien Trainor is one of the most sought after Striking coaches in the world, purchase your copy of Muay Thai Clinch - Developing World Class Fighters today!!

Below is the order we recommend his volumes are watched in.

1. Muay Thai Training - Developing World Class Striking
2. Solo Training - Bag Work for World Class Striking
3. Muay Thai Clinch - Developing World Class Fighters
4. Muay Thai Bag Work - Developing World Class Striking
5. Fighting Concepts for World Class Striking
6. Muay Thai Sparring - Developing World Class Striking
7. The Fight Game - Strategies for World Class Striking

Here, you can also learn more all the other exceptional exceptional Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Boxing, Karate and Taekwondo Instructional Volumes featured on the Warrior Collective!