ESP RAW 218
The Black Box Project 5: Street-Dentist Whip
Hooks, Double-Down Double Wristlocks, Stab & Smoke Kicks, Flat Mattock
Attacks for Tomahawk & Eskimo Squats
Mark Hatmaker
Street Dentistry: The Whip Hook
· The Whip Hook as Counter or Fade-Away
· Most Hooks, particularly those heavily trained on bags, are digs or “lean-ins.” Ill advised as a reply hook.
· The Distance Profile
· Tripart Construction
· One: The 45-Degree Stance Reversal
· Two: “Leaving the Hand Behind”
· Three: Cracking the Whip
· Off-Hand Considerations: The Rear Hand Advance
Rough ‘n’ Tumble Kicking
· Definitions
· “Low Dog” or “Dirty Dog” Kicking for Rough ‘n’ Tumble
“Dogfights”
· “Kwip’u su’anir’u” which loosely translates as “smoke-kicking”
Two Short Caulks as Counter or Evasive Kicks
· “Stabbing” & “Smoking”
· Of the Two “Stabbing” is the Easier Skill
· The Power-Throttled Short Caulk [No-Clinch]
· Jab Drill Stabbing
· The Short-Caulk Smoke-Style [Sike-Built/Hip-Led]
· Jab Drill Smoking
Double Down Double Wristlocks & Catch-Grip Rips
[Vertical Mechanics]
· The Gambino Grip [aka The Godfather Grip]
· “Dust the Knuckles”
· The Ease of Entry vs. Standard Cross-Body Bottom Safety
· The Off-Hand Thumb Slice
· The Connecting Hand Position [Wrist Placement is Key]
· Connecting Arm Position [Crook to Twin Fossa]
· [Outside-In] The Single Gooseneck
· The Elbow Clutch
· Opening the Angle
· Advisory Against Acute Angles
· The Arch & Cross-Body Float
[Each of the Following has a strike that can be overt for street, hidden for devious purposes, or excised for competition.]
+ Hip-Switch/Knee-Inspiration
+ Stomp/Cervical Misalignment Step
+ Heel-Chops & Crooked Leg Scissors
+ Peel-Offs to High-Crotch Neck-Breaker
+ The Scissors Strike Keylock
Tomahawk: Flat Mattock Attacks
· Lumberjack “Rooting” Hack
· The Arc of the “Mattock” Attack with the Tomahawk
· The Backhand Mattock
· The Forehand Mattock [Obey the arc or you will “strip” yourself.]
· Grip-Spinning
· Downward & Upward Mattocks
Old School PT:
We will provide a single Historical PT Challenge per volume that you can
use to spice up training or benchmark yourself to. They all emphasize
minimum equipment in these “different” times.
Eskimo Squats
A tremendous explosiveness and lung testing exercise.
The Cheechako Version [for Beginners]
The Sourdough Version [Real Version]
Two Approaches
o Rapid Turnover Sprints
o The Long Haul