Short vs Tall: How to counter reach and height advantages for MMA and Muay Thai Training

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[mrkitanai1]

Stop giving people false hope! When discussing tall vs. short, it's not the techniques that will help the small guy; it's the ATTRIBUTES! That is, the smaller guy either has to be faster or stronger. This is how Pacquiao killed Margarito. PacMan was MUCH smaller; however, he was much, much, much faster. PacMan nullified Margaritos reach and size advantage. Speed kills. If PacMan wasn't as fast as he was, Margarito would have killed him.

[TakingItToTheMMAT]

@mrkitanai1 To have hope is to have faith. To have faith is to believe. Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're right. But those who believe they can't never could. Those who believe they can, just might.

[mrkitanai1]

@TakingItToTheMMAT Look at Ichiro Suzuki - small, but fast, and has a very strong throwing arm. Barry Sanders - small, but fast, strong, and superior balance. Darryl Green - small, but super, super fast. Spud Webb - very small, but has a mind-blowing vertical leap. Again, ATTRIBUTES, ATTRIBUTES, ATTRIBUTES!!

[TakingItToTheMMAT]

@mrkitanai1 I respectfully disagree. It's always nice to have God given tallent. And if you're a guy that hasn't been blessed with it and want to curl up in a ball and thow in the towel, don't let me stop you. But don't try and lead our followers down that dark path. That's yours for the taking. Technique is there to help anybody leverage whatever talent they've been given and it can overcome these so called "ATTRIBUTES". Larry Bird sends his regards.

[mrkitanai1]

@TakingItToTheMMAT Larry Bird may not have been blessed with many PHYSICAL attributes, but he was obviously blessed with ones that you cannot see - superb hand-eye coordination, dexterity, and proprioceptive awareness. He was blessed with instincts that no coach can teach - he simply knew where to be on the court. This made up for his lack of foot speed. I'm not saying that fundamentals are not important - they are; however, when all else are equal, the person who has the best attributes win.

[TakingItToTheMMAT]

@mrkitanai1 Helio Gracie FTW!

[TakingItToTheMMAT]

@soapywater The best way to learn how to read kicks is to hold the Thai Pads for your partners. You'll learn how to read tells.

[chrisgrinhard]

@marc14841 I believe that fighting is composed of ONLY 5 FACTORS: 1)speed 2)power 3)skill 4)stamina 5)durability if you have the advantage in 3 or 4 of these, YOU WIN MOST OF THE TIME. if you are shorter, test him out, don't attack full on like most "untrained" idiots. throw feint punches, observe his defensive responses,gauge your offense accordingly. I used to regularly spar with guys 5 inches and 50-80lbs bigger than me. I've tussled with guys(and arm locked) 130lbs bigger.

[viorcustom]

Marc pac-man 1,70 cm,and he dont have any problem,bruce lee 1,70cm too.against a 2.00 cm even 1.90 can be a problem sure but,1.80 1.85 can be posible,be small is good sometimes or not?my 1.70 is not a problem to my,whell i am a left handed too jeje left power,we have to be good whith our body,is what it is

[boxfan88]

@mrkitanai1 um no margo just sux how come he couldnt do shit against marquez he wasnt taller or faster or stronger

[marc14841]

its unfair but as a 5'6 guy i have to admit that it is difficult to beat a taller guy with same strenght ,weight and speed , let alone a taller guy who is quicker ,stronger and who weights more than me. I wish God granted me some more height i could have easily beat the shit out of those tall loosers who only win because of their height avantage. I am really strong , and quick but i dont have the height and weight to be really dangerous , i hate it.

[hellotoeverone]

this is really good. when ever iam sparring some one tall i alwase use this and it works!

[StraightfromdaMV420]

@mrkitanai1

I would say that tall people have their disadvantages at speed or strength mostly .

And i was doing 6 years of judo and there the reach of the arms wasnt important because if u grabbed it u could break it . Sry for my English btw .

[mrkitanai1]

@VietzRus I agree.

[VietzRus]

God giving abilities certainly go a long way when all else is even. Though I have to disagree when people say Pacquiao is not an intelligent boxer. He may not be the smartest of boxers out there , but his ring IQ is pretty good. Being a 8 division world champion takes more then just raw talent, Even a drop out like Tyson had good Ring IQ in his prime. Timing and setting up power shots walking opponents into corners and utilizing quick footwork require good boxing IQ.

[WestSideCoolidge]

@mrkitanai1 Very good advice and video man. Fighting is all about attributes....timing, speed, power etc etc

[Dosalt]

good advice here but I feel that you could get your ribs well broken too, by trying out some of these.