Begin in an over-under clinch with your partner. This position is a neutral clinch. The idea is to work from it into a dominant clinch. A point is scored every time you either get behind your opponent to a rear clinch; bring his head down and secure a front headlock or guillotine;or lift both his feet off the ground. You will find it much easier to lift your opponent if you first succeed in getting under both his arms with your arms. This move gives great control over your opponent's lower back and hence his whole body; making the lift much easier. Your opponent will therefore not let you secure double under hooks, but he will instead fight hard to secure his own double under hooks. It thus becomes a grueling battle for positional dominance. Should your opponent lock his arms under yours, you need to move your hips back and get square to your opponent, then swim your arms back under his arms to recover your position. Failure to do so results in your opponent's crunching you down to your back.
The pummeling drill is physically exhausting and will get you in great shape for the tough work of upper-body clinch fighting. Nothing else can prepare you so well for the all-important struggle for positional control in the standing position.
You can also play a similar game with the neck clinch. The idea is to lock up a neck clinch on your partner and to keep your hands in position with both arms inside his arms, giving you inside control and, hence, a measure of dominance. Your partner will seek to beak your dominant clinch position by swimming his own hands, one at a time, inside yours. This move allows him to lock up his own neck clinch with his arms inside yours, thus reversing the dominant clinch. Each of you must try to prevent the other from maintaining the dominant inside-arm position.
For more on the pummeling drill, and for MMA Training, visit; MMA in Hoffman Estates/Roselle and Schaumburg
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