Become 100% Confident in your ability to beat taller opponents

We need to be able to get in range fast.

The problem with fighting a tall person is that it’s much easier for them to reach you, but it’s much harder for you to reach them. That means if you don't offer any deterrence they can simply walk forward and continuously back you up. You must attack them at some point, but if you just step in and attack, they can easily see you moving in. They can intercept, or they can just step back out of range again.

You have to vary your entries to keep them guessing and make it hard for them to know what you're going to attack them with and when you will attack them.

But once you have all those different entries, you have to make them guess when you're going to come in, so you have to fake.

Your fakes can't just be a normal lead leg fake because there’s too much distance to cover after the fake. That fake doesn't really sell the fact that you’re going to attack because you’re still too far away. The solution is to change your fake. 

I will show you how in this course.

Once you’ve attacked your opponent, if you step back out they can just step forward and hit you with their long limbs.

That means you need to exit to the sides.

If we exit to the sides too often, it becomes predictable. 

Consequently, you have to start exiting going backwards again.

Remember that problem of getting hit when you went straight backward? Well, you need a way to exit straight back out that disrupts their counter attack.

Hint: there is an entire section on exits in the course as well.

Assuming you’ve done all of the above, you still haven't even started to move laterally. Otherwise, you’re still standing in front of the person. You need to add lateral movement into the mix.

However, when you move to the power (open) side, your footwork will be slightly different in order to stay on the edge of range.

When I move this way I need to be able to answer 2 questions:

(1) Can I attack?

(2) Can I defend?

In this course, I will show you how to answer “yes” to both of these questions.

If you attack with your head still directly on the punching line,  they can stop your entry with just one punch on the way in.

Even if you fake and use different entries, they can just stick a jab out or stop you on the way in.

Hence, you need to add head movement with your entries. Every entry you perform must allow you to move your head then attack.

If you get them moving backwards, you must make sure your feet are underneath you, so you can continuously attack them and make the most of the opportunity of getting on the inside against somebody taller.

This is their longest weapon. If you cannot deter the opponent from using the teep, they will just teep you everytime you jab. We address the teep in this course.