Krav Maga - Elbow #3 (Defensive Components)

The most neglected aspect of the Horizontal Elbow Strike Backward (Elbow #3) is the defensive components to the strike. This video explains what the defensive components are. In addition, it shows how this correlates to the "Knockout Game" and how it protects you from various choke attempts. Finally, it teaches two variations of these defensive components for taller students who are striking a shorter target.
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Transcript:
"How you doing? This is Randall with KravMagaTraining.com. And in this video I'm going to discuss the horizontal elbow being delivered behind you or what's commonly referred to as Elbow #3 in the Krav Maga system of elbows.
In particular with this elbow, I'm going to discuss the defensive components or aspects of this particular elbow. Now, with this particular elbow most beginner students don't have too many problems with it. However, the most common thing that I see that is neglected with this particular elbow is that defensive aspect of it. And let me discuss what that is.
So, the bad guy is behind me, extremely close to me. I realize that, I look over my shoulder, realize their face is there, 'boom', I hit them. But the defensive part is my shoulder is supposed to be up nice and high. I take my chin, bury it down. Keep my hand nice and close. And you can see that I have created, if I was to do this elbow towards the camera, you see how I'm protecting my face and my jaw from a potential strike as I am rotating towards the attacker, delivering that elbow. That's the defensive component to the strike. Now, this is what most beginners tend to do. They're so focused on just the elbow itself, the offensive aspect of hitting the pads, they tend to do this. Notice how my chin is up nice and high, my face is wide open, I'm just asking to be hit back by the bad guy. So not like this. Like this. So, in addition to the shoulder coming high, keeping the chin low, and the elbow high, one thing I like to do is I like to bend my knees a little bit and get a little bit lower. Because if you stand real tall, it's a little bit harder to keep all that defensive parts in check. If I crunch down a little bit as I deliver the strike, I'm going to be a lot safer. So, that's a really key point to make sure when you're practicing it, you're training partner, if they're holding the pad for you, if you have a training partner, ask them to keep an eye to make sure you're keeping your chin down, your shoulder up. If you're being a little lax about that, they should remind you to do that..."
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