guys before we get to the long guard get this episode completely underway i want to take a moment and talk about athlon rub this is the thai limit that i only use now i used to use the one that came from thailand but guess what filled up with dyes not as healthy for you as this one this one is fda approved has all sorts of fantastic stuff in it if it's something you guys are interested in utilizing you can take the link down below save NUMBER_TOKEN try it out i guarantee you you will love it the smell is amazing and it's just helped me so much keep my body going on those rough days when everything hurts all right now that i'm linimented and warmed up let's grab a pair of gloves here and let's start talking about this long guard so first let's break down the technique of the long guard there are a number of ways to execute it the main thing that we are trying to do if i'm facing towards you guys is to get one arm straight out but first thing the arm that stretches out we have to be very aware that we're not just throwing it out like a punch we have this shoulder nice and high this is going to protect the side of my head you can see i go from here i raise it up also the palm is going to be the part that comes and controls our opponent we are basically putting a stiff arm out to stop them from being able to come down the middle with any shots and stop their body from being able to move forward if i get my palm into somebody's shoulder chest face they are not within range for uppercuts and hooks and if my arm is right down the middle i'll block all the straight punches so we understand now what this arm is doing what is this arm doing well this one you have two options number one i stick this arm out this one comes right to there this is protecting my head to the side this is what we saw superbond use very recently in his fight he would just come right up the middle like this sometimes when we see bukhow execute he comes like this elbow is protecting the side of the head but he also gets the top or the forehead of the face completely blocked as well so you can either come to here or to here either one is fine i like utilizing both just kind of switch in the moment now let's talk about what our leg does because we could very easily just post up in either direction and just keep our feet on the ground but we can also lift up and get our leg checking when we get our leg up and we check we've closed off any low kick attacks that are going to come at the same time we've protected most of the head and we've started maintaining a range between our opponent and ourselves it's very difficult to get combinations going on somebody when there's a long guard in your face or at least for the average person we will be talking about the weaknesses of this very soon but if you are interested in trying to utilize the long guard the first thing that you can really make sure you do is if somebody is attacking towards you just take a little step back as you take your step back you time sticking out the long guard i shift my weight to my back foot i go to my long guard position and a lot of times like i said i will elevate my leg now from here for a moment i'm in a very safe position i
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN guys before we get to the long guard get this episode completely underway i want to take a moment and talk about athlon rub this is the thai limit that i only use now i used to use the one that came from thailand but guess what filled up with dyes not as healthy for you as this one this one is fda approved has all sorts of fantastic stuff in it if it's something you guys are interested in utilizing you can take the link down below save NUMBER_TOKEN try it out i guarantee you you will love it the smell is amazing and it's just helped me so much keep my body going on those rough days when everything hurts all right now that i'm linimented and warmed END_SPONSOR_TOKEN