any tips? It’s a little hard to reach their head
It depends on how they fight.
If they know how to use there height, you need to press forward, get inside, possibly take them down. WHat kind of fight are you talking about, street, mma, boxing, wrestling? It all depends. One thing, just don’t stay at there comfrotable range. Always take the opponents fight away from them.
“Monkey steals peach” Dude! If you can’t reach the head, go for what most guys think with. 
Shaolin Dude, you know me so you know that what I have to offer isn’t worth much, but try to work your way inside (easier said than done of course.) To echo bodhitree’s point, many times, taller guys get used to their reach advantage and don’t feel as comfortable close up.
kick em in the knee cap bring em down to your height. ha ha
drive forward im 5 , 6 so almost anyone is taller then me just go straight at them. My genreal with long armed people get to the elbows seems to be my range and tere uncomfortable. Once your there jumping knee upper cuts thats if you just want to hit the head but theres more to a person the4n there head bigger target area. happy hunting
The easiest way that i have found is to deflect their 1st or second strike then rush them and get in close once in close you have nulified there height and reach advantage stay close to them and fight as normal
I find it extremely daunting if I were to fight a big guy. I wouldn’t want to catch a punch in the face so I would want to rush in to reduce being hit by a full swing. But then I have the problem of getting bear hugged or if they use their strength up close with grabs/throws.
In the end if the head is high then shoot out a finger strike to the throat and drop them with that. Also try a lower leg bumping kick and take off their knee cap so you can work around to their sides.
How the hell did luke skywalker take our the walking heavy armour, he screwed up the legs!
craig
we just do regular kickboxing in my school. this dude is like almost a foot taller than me.
Shin, knee, thigh kicks, body shots.
PR
taller bigger
well all above posts are correct esp the infighting advice however the infighting is only good if you have superior skill. All other situations call for what my master has taught me is the mainstay of SEVEN STAR praying manits. “go to his 45”
45 45 45 45 degree attack" Go outside but stay in contact do not break contact slide out around the punch and rush to his 45 with relentless attacks. he will not recover his balance due to natural feet position. all who know the first punch in Bung Bu already know one method. if not just experiment and watch out for elbows meanwhile use yours like there is no tommorrow.
Agreed sifu darkfist, the beginning of bung bo is most effective. Like you mentioned, the positioning of this move allows you to really catch them in an awkward position. I personally prefere using the outer gate when fighting people, if you stay low and drive in fast to their organs and weak points you can take them down effectively.
In wingchun the use of an outer gate right tan sou followed by a left pak sou when being hit from a straight punch is also a great way to get that angle and rush in.
Sifu Darkfist - the 2 moves after ‘catching the cicarda’ in the beginning of bung bo…do you personally link these from the 2 moves before, or do you use them as separate applications to simply charge down your opponent from head on. Im only interested as I have seen different takes on the application to this.
Craig
bung bu
i dont want to highjack this thread and thats exactly what this question will do lol so meet me in northern praying mantis.
Sure, go to the 45… but a) it’s very difficult getting to the outside of a longer armed guy safely and turning his corner if he doesnt want you to, and b) open that gate and control the inside of his arms on your way in (eg bouncing off his bicep with a tan-hook-elbow).
Anyway, my advice is the flying headbutt!
If its a real life situation, pick up a stick if you can.
And strike the city full of sinners as if you are God…
I fight a taller person the exact same way I fight a smaller person. I try to cover or deffend my easy targets while I try to exploit their easy targets.
Taller person: They have reach on their side so I try to close the gap and get in close to take their legs away. I cover up high so they don’t pound on my head. I go for low kicks, body shots and that wonderful upper cut. Among other things.
Smaller person: I use a lot of over the head hammer fists to get them thinking high and then follow up with a kick to the body. Among other things.
Taller people generally have the advantage of reach. When this is the case, the only thing that will help you is footwork. You have to be able to move inside of their range. Once you get inside, work their body, make use of hooks, knees, elbows and uppercuts and make angles on him - don’t stand in one place. Think about tyson in his prime. He was short for a heavyweight. He used superior footwork to get inside of everyone. Now, watch him today - he can’t get inside anymore and he gets killed. footwork is key.
darkfist has the right idea, but I disagree that once you take his 45 and attack that he will not regain balance. There are no absolutes in fighting. Ideally, you don’t want him to regain, but realistically, he very well may. you can’t always retain contact either.
Knee seizing.
Do not give in to their physical intimidation through their body langauge, tone of voice, or bravedo.
YOu must stand your ground yet be relaxed and not too threatening. Often a bully know’s his prey…
Stepping in is good as long as you occupy his hands/feet from not damaging YOU while you are counter attacking Tall guy.
Remember not every tall guy is the same. Some may actually be very efficient in fighting and what not.
Never anticipate but adapt and accept the possibilities both negative/positive.
Totality
I dont have much combat experience on the street, but my step dad was always knocking people out on the street when I was younger. He was black, angry, 6’5", 250 pounds, he was a 4th degree black belt in ishinru, and also had training in other arts like Kune Tao(I think this is how its spelled).
I will say this, for everything there is a complimentary. If someone is trying to intimidate you, you can bend with their intimidation encouraging their arrogance and helping them to get ****y. When you are thinking about everything(All your tools), and if you have the total approach to combat, there is ALWAYS a way. If you have some sort of segmented approach to combat(Style), you will have your limitations, especially when going up against someone larger than you. Against someones larger size, you have your own size as an advantage. The smaller size should be looked at as a complimentary advantage to the larger opponent.
You need to practice your techniques in a real life situation of course and you have to be practical. Here is some practical advice. Like I said above, you can always trick your opponent mentally or confuse them by encouraging something that will give you an advantage(THeir own arrogance). In conquering adversity, you must first bend with it. Play as if you are intimidated by him, and apply your fighting skills in this way for a short time, then you can instantaneously and swiftly change your tempo and your gameplan and utilize your speed for some explosively hard shots. Use ALL YOUR MIGHT! Remember, emotional content is necassary. When expressing a technique, especially against a giant, you need emotional content. Make the committment and punch through his face when he thinks your weak.
Mike Tysons powerful punching techniques improved because of the emotional content involved. What would have been a regular technique, became completely anger fueled. You wanted this same devastating power, but without the anger. And you have to erupt at the correct moment. The power that you have, your opponent should not believe in.
whether or not he is adept at infighting doesn’t matter. If you are at the reach disadvantage, you MUST get inside in order to hit the guy. consequently you have to make angles and move in. You don’t have to occupy his hands and feet either. There is no need to chase limbs. Rather, you avoid them. I’ll refer again to tyson in his prime for that one.
If you make angles, where his limbs are are of less importance also. when he punches, if you slip to the outside, you just zoned off most of his weapons. Angles and footwork.