Bonus Session 6: Yodkhunpon Sittraipum Front Side Attack | 77 min (Patreon)

Simultaneously held a Lumpinee and Rajadamnern title (rare).  Aptly named "The Elbow Hunter of 100 Stitches" by the Thai press.

This is a bonus session with Yodkhunpon, “The Elbow Hunter of 100 Stitches.” He’s a natural Southpaw and works with me in this session on a system that uses the left side almost exclusively, but from an Orthodox stance. So, you’re right handed, you stand right handed, but you use your lead side to tag the opponent’s open side and close distance over and over until you set up for one power-side grenade: usually an elbow. 

I loved working with Yodkhunpon like this. Not only is the system a brilliantly simple approach that I can absolutely see executing throughout an entire fight, but it feels good. It closes distance without leaping through space or rushing, it’s defensive and offensive, it’s hunting and stalking, and it makes sense. Because it’s so simple you’re going to be seeing a lot of repetition, but it’s in the form of actually doing the system in context of sparring. So you get to see it working and I try to bring out the details in my voiceover commentary. I hope you all enjoy it - I had tons of fun. 

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Other Yodkhunpon sessions in the Library Archive:

#9 Yodkhunpon "The Elbow Hunter" pt 1  - Slicing Elbow (37 min) watch it here 

Simultaneous Raja and Luminee title holder at 118 lbs, Yodkhunpon was one of the most feared elbow fighters in Thailand, and in this session he teaches the looseness and spacing that made his lead elbow such a viscious weapon. He also shuns the traditional rocking chair knee, and instead teaches a powerful stand-in crossing, open-hipped knee that compliments his elbows up top.

#15 Yodkhunpon "The Elbow Hunter" part 2 - Escapes  (48 min) watch it here 

Part 2 of my session with one of the most feared elbow fighters of the Golden Age, Yodkhunpon Sitraipom, The Elbow Hunter of 100 Stitches. Lots of fine details in this one, escapes from clinch locks, turns and catches. Best is his floating, gentle style that also holds such violence.