Sylvie's Technique Vlog - Training Stiff arms and Shoves (15 min) (Patreon)

I learned this technique a very long time ago, and I've been "working on it" in a kind of vague background sense for as long, but sometimes that's how these things go. You learn something and it simply doesn't mean anything to you at that time. Eventually it matters, and then you feel it.  

Some of the stickiest points of using the hand on the opponent's chest are that your arm isn't strong enough, you aren't guarding your jaw at the same time (tuck your head, shoulder up like a long guard or punch), and slipping. Slipping is an issue when 1) you push without bringing your legs with you,  2) you push at the wrong time, or 3) your arm crosses your own body too much. So watch all those things.

What I find so cool about this technique at this time, why it's meaningful to me now, as opposed to when I've been learning it in the background for so long, is that I'm actually applying it both as the forward fighter - to stay close - and as a backwards fighter, also to stay close and not use distance itself as a defense. It's so badass. 

Watch how Yodkhunpon practices it on the bag and make that your intensive training. But then, work it into the pressure of sparring or padwork. You can see in this Tecnhique Vlog how different it looks practicing it on the bag versus using it in sparring (for me), and that's both fine and good, but ultimately it should start looking more and more like the bag version. I'm just a little pollywog in this process at the moment.

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Check out my other Patron-only technique vlogs:

#29 Training The Lead Side Only (16 min) 

#28 Training Through Fatigue and the Feet (15 min)

#27 Why You Should Slow Down on the Pads (17 min)

#26 Barefist Training vs Training with Bag Gloves (18 min)

#25 The Non-Switch Lead Kick (9 min)

#24 Getting on Your Toes (13 min)

#23 How to Use Bagwork in Thailand (17 min)

#22 Guard: Palms Facing Outward (17 min)

#21 Your Ambient Footwork (15 min)

#20 Jang-wa, Rhythm and Timing (15 min)

#19  Training Ruup & Composure  (13 min)

#18   Closing the Door in Long Guar (11 min) 

#17  Static Block for Balance (9 min)

#16 The Diamond Guard (20 min)

#15 Mental Gym, Beginning to Advanced Visualization (19 min)

#14 Getting the Right Hand In (13 min)

#13 Rising on Techniques (6 min)

#12 Control of the Kick (6 min)

#11 Body Position First (11 min)

#10 All About How I Recover (12 min)

#9 Creating Power and Distance At Close Range (9 min)

#8 Where Are Your Feet? Foot Position (9 min)

#7 Evolving in the Long Guard (10 min)  

#6 The Power of Eye Contact (10 min) 

#5 Dieselnoi's Lowkick in the Clinch (12 min) 

#4 Air Knees in the Corner (8 min) 

#3 Acceleration at the End of Strikes (10 min)

#2 The Kem Pivot (12 min) 

#1 Dealing With Fear, How to Cut it Out (13 min)

Remember you can browse the entire Muay Thai Library here

A great Muay Thai Library session to study is this one with the legend Wangchannoi teaching out the shove works with other strikes: 

watch and study it here