Why not Thai boxing?
Couture: I think Thai boxing fits with what Greco-Roman and clinch fighting do best: infighting. The elbows and knees are very effective tools at close range. BB: What are the essential skills and techniques you would cover? Couture: The fighter needs good balance and footwork. He has to be able to defend himself, use his hands and elbows to cover his head, parry punches, and slip punches, kicks and knees. He also needs to be able to throw a proper punch and execute good combinations of kicks and knees. From there, he should move into clinch range, where he works inside control, neck wrestling, trapping and ways to not only strike but also take his opponent off his feet. He has to meld wrestling with striking, especially from the open position. He can’t just go out with the intention of setting up his opponent and taking him down. It’s too obvious to work, too easy to counter. BB: Is that because fighters these days are too smart to fall into the traps that might have worked during the
