Pad work and take down drill

This drill is used to add a little more contact to attack and defence movement drills. In this case the attacker initially throws a straight punch attack at the defender who then counters and attempts to move into the attacker either outside or inside the guard and then perform a take down to neutralise the attacker. If the attacker finds the defender inside their guard and open to further strikes then these should be delivered at one third power until the defender executes a take down or escapes the guard.
The defender must move correctly to gain a position where they can effect a take down. The safest position is outside the guard but moving inside the guard offers many opportunities to perform a take down. However not performing a decisive take down quickly, or lingering in the opponents strike zone gets punished with strikes from the pads.
Pad work and take down drill