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Hi everybody I'm John Graden from the Martial Arts Teacher's Association. Faking is one
of my all time favorite subjects. It is something you must master as a coach and as a fighter.
A fake is an indirect attack and this is a great drill to really drive that idea home.
Joining me from Pro Star Mixed Martial Arts is Mr. Joe Brignoli. This is the rear shoulder
fake drill. Typically you want to have guys that are a little closer in height so that
it is a little more fair. In fairness to my friend Mr. Brignoli, alright here is the deal.
We are at the set point control. I cannot reach him and he cannot reach me. My job is
to close this gap and punch him in the shoulder. When you are doing this with your students
make sure they have their gloves on. This arm is lowered just a little bit and the shoulder
is the target for safety. I am going to attack him five times so from here I'm either going
to do a direct attack or an indirect, rear shoulder fake and fire. His job is to hold
his ground and punch me when I'm in distance so slow motion if I step across that line
as soon as he sees me and he fires on me he catches me on the way in. If I go indirect
attack I want to draw that out and I close half the distance with the rear shoulder,
he fires, thank you, and I rock back and as he retracts that punch, ***, I can step through
and fire mine. So here's how the drill works. We are going to do five punches in a row and
I will go really super back here to make it extra hard for myself, here we go. So I get
to move, he cannot move, and I want to recover, recover, recover, ***. He thought I was going
to fake like that and he didn't get it that time so there we go. There you go, that's
the idea so with your partner you are mixing up direct and indirect attack and trying to
sucker that reverse punch out of them so that you can counter. Try and keep your balance,
try and keep your composure and make sure that the defensive partner does not run away,
block or counter attack with anything but the reverse punch. I'm John Graden and for
more information contact me at johngraden.com.