Skip knees are rapid-fire alternating knee strikes thrown from the clinch. Left, right, left, right. You're not loading up on any single shot here. You're overwhelming your opponent with volume and angles while they're already broken down.
The key mechanic is foot replacement. One foot replaces the other in position as you alternate knees. Stay on the balls of your feet the entire time. Flat-footed clinch knees are slow clinch knees.
But the real detail most people miss is the push-pull. Scott hammers this cue in the gym constantly. You're not just holding your opponent's head in one place and throwing knees into their body. You push their head away from you, then pull it back into the knee as it comes up. Push, pull. Push, pull. That timing is what turns a knee that scores a point into a knee that ends the round.
Use different angles to find exposed areas. Body, head, inside the thigh. Your opponent can't defend everything when the knees are coming from multiple directions at that pace. And because you've got their posture broken down, they're stuck reacting instead of countering.
One mistake I see constantly: guys throw skip knees with their hips back. Drive the hips forward as you pull the head down. That hip drive is where all the damage comes from. Without it, you're just tapping them with your kneecap.
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