📝Tip Sheet: Study of Slips - Open Stance
How to make slips work in mma, kick boxing, Muay Thai.
The way to make slips work in a sport that involves kicks:
Understand the stance matchup and where the standing leg of the kick is.
Don’t overuse it.
A general rule to follow is one slip followed by either exiting the pocket or clinching up to prevent further offense from the opponent.
In boxing some fighters can use 2-3 slips, but that is still dangerous since each subsequent slip in the pocket can damage the structure of the stance as well as position of the fighter.
Slipping to the Rear Side
Its best to look at southpaw vs orthodox match ups to really understand the dangers of slipping in a ruleset that involves kicking. The rear side kick from this stance matchup is very effective at punishing the rear side slip.