One of the things that I harp about all the time (and I have no problem being obnoxious about it too) is that you don’t need to know all the moves in the world.
Quantity just doesn’t matter as much as quality, and quality stems first from a firm understanding of principles.
Hell, sometimes just making one small positional adjustment based on principle can prevent a whole host of issues.
In fact, check this out:
There are some people who get a little twinkle in their eyes and a surge of excitement in their hearts when you shoot for the underhook. They get almost giddy. And they frame and stall just waiting for that opportunity to strike.
Yeah, they’re rotten bastards through and through but what can ya do.
Within that transition, there’s a micro battle for position, and when its lost, all kinds of risks rear their ugly widdle heads.
Here’s a few:
- Robberies in broad daylight (You got the underhook and you’re feeling on top of the world, then boom, it’s gone and you’re getting smashed)
- Dangerous neck hugs (As you shoot for the underhook, their far arm goes around the back of your neck, then that hug starts to feel a little too snug… fast)
- Sneaky overhooks (Haha, it’s no threat. Everything’s fine. Then that arm slides in deeper and deeper until the figure four grips locks in and everything changes)
- Vicious clotheslines (otherwise known as the crossface that people all over the world love so so very much, as long as it’s being done to other people)
- Acrobatic shenanigans (As you get the underhook, they immediately backstep on you, forcing a different and dangerous position)
(Of that bunch, avoid those chokes like the plague. You don’t want to feel like a bunny rabbit around the abominable snowman. He might say that he just wants to love you, and hug you, and squeeze you, but only death awaits ya.)
Anyway.
For a technical and conceptual exploration of setting the underhook the right way, there’s a good place to go. It’s hidden behind layers of security with armed guards at every corner. But I just might know a way that you can slip in.
All the deets can be found right here:
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