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    CRASH THE GAP, THEN STRIKE WITH FULL BODYWEIGHT!

    Jan 12, 2021 2 minutes
    BY KELLY McCANN

    Maintain control of the other person and shove him away from you to build the gap. If you can’t push him away, push yourself away. Then violently jerk him back into your strikes — in other words, “crash it.” If you can’t, yank yourself into him, leading with a knee or elbow strike.

    If you don’t create gaps, your strikes end up

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