Boxing Entries

Smaller vs Taller Boxer...

• get eye level or lower
• High Tight Guard a la Muay Thai
• "Match Step". Don't circle, cut them off instead.
• Find Range find range (non step-in jab/right lead)
• Being second: Hit when they open up. or counter off first punch, any later they'll be out of range. Make their most frequent punch your entry (ie parry and counter on jab)
• Being first: keep it very tight, find range (non step-in jab), commit 100%, High guard -  go under it ( roll onto centre line), Low Guard go over it with a straight punch. go to body.
• Movement: Short Rhythm . Slips, Shuffles, Rolls and Ducks. Not Laybacks, you'll be out of range when time to counter.
• Danger: Left hand up going left,  right hand up going right or Pillars

Taller vs Smaller Boxer...

• Get eye level or lower
• Cross cover guard ( low lead hand)  makes landing that jab easy in all situations
• "Circle Step". Move into space,  you want options.
• Being second: Hit when they open up. Don't block and counter, they'll be out of range. Make their most frequent punch your entry ( ie parry and counter on jab)
• Being first: Find your range (non step-in jab) aim  at neck, commit 100% to keeping it long so their counters are out of range.
• Movement: Long Rhythm . Laybacks, Slips and Shoulders Not Rolls and Ducks. you'll have too far to drop so will lose sight of opponent and sap energy.
• Danger: Left hand up going left,  right hand up going right or Pillars

Fluid boxing

Got Si and Dan working entries last week. Forgetting front and back foot and just working on "being first" or "countering" in either position.

This week want to emphasis that 80% of the time you aren't actually looking for entries, you're staying "fluid". By which I mean non committal/ single attacks. So jab,  looping jab, lead left and right hooks, jab body, right straight to head or body, and lead left and right hooks to body to change angle. All of this fluidity will keep you opponent guessing so when you go for an actual entry you will have far more luck with it!

Dan Spar notes

Real basic strategy. For both front and back foot

If opponent is busy with his hands throwing punches look to counter off them (on the punch)

If your opponent is looking to counter you and you have to be first. keep a tight guard and throw 3 LONG shots, only step in on your first shot, plant your feet on the rest to ensure you land and he misses (like Liddell / Ortiz)

Pummelling notes Dan and Ben

You always pummel to get DUH

Palm in pummel is normal, weakest but fastest.

Palm out pummel is more forceful and ergonomic (like front crawl)

OH Whizzer if you can't pummel to create space (OH their UH, sharply twist into their shoulder and pull on their opposite lat, then pummel)

UH Whizzer , best used when you have DUH but can't loack hands. On head UH side reach up and grab their delt, this will mean relaxing hold on opposite side to lat. twist sharply into their armpit and pull their oppsite lat to upset balance then drive to get a grip in the space created.

Si spar 150415

Tried one basic idea which was very effective... Attacking the counter side.

Basically when sparring an orthodox it is the jab that is the main issue. The idea is to attack the left side of your opponent to encourage them to use their left hand to defensively rather than offensively.

So we used 2 combos the 1,1,2 aiming the jabs to the left side of opponent to make them block (reverse parry) with their left. And the 2,3/5  this works of course because the 2 is blocked with the left hand.

Guess we could try a 3,2 but this is not exploiting the same idea... We would be taking the shot with full cover. Which is more similar to another idea which was very effective, "counter guard". Applying pressure with full cover and countering ON the attack not after it with a 12.

Sparing Dan 140415

front foot

• leading with a right hand when he was looking for a a jab counter was good as it occupies his left hand with blocking rather than hitting.
• slipping left throwing left was quite effective
• turning shoulders so head was outside gait, and shoulder was inside gait was effective for single shots
• using Russian Jab was useful
• MMA guard being second was very effective, attacking ON their attack not after taking it!
• 112 stepping left was very effective, the double jab preoccupied his potential lead right with defence and setup the 2 well.
• Would like to try this (112) going right, the double jab aimed instead at his left hand, preocupping his potential jab counter with defense, and opening up a looping right .

MY LEFT GUARD IS TOO LOW!