But I agree with what pettus9 said, with only one difference, keep your hands protecting the ribs instead of the hips. Also, as I just read your description, you may or may not wish to disregard my comment. Try loosening up, you look a little stiff, and is the peek-a-boo the style you feel fluent with? If not, it'd be wise to change the way your arm positioning is that way slipping becomes easier and less tiresome.
See, this is actually form advice from someone who knows what they're speaking about. Much thanks, although I've changed a lot since this vid. I don't do peek-a-boo anymore, either.
If you wanna get good at defence you gotta work each individual defense with repetitions so it becomes fluid. Start slow.Then start stringing it together. This is not really that productive.
That doesn't make sense. Breaking it down individually is the opposite of stringing it together to make it fluid. This is starting painfully slow, actually. If it was any slower it'd be going backwards in time.
what i meant was u have to walk b4 you crawl. Learn to block the jab first till it becomes automatic. Then learn to block hooks and body shots till it becomes automatic. Once you get good at seeing punches coming you can start working on ducking and slipping. Practicing head movement will help with this. Perfect it so you get the movements in your body. THEN gradually put it ALL together. It doesnt happen overnight it takes time.
You don't block body shots or else your guard will come down. And it's more conservative of energy to be out of the way of an incoming hook or uppercut than to try and stifle it with a block. The only alternative would be parrying which is a more advanced skill. And you didn't mean those things because you didn't say them. You said one should be fluid by breaking it down, which is contradicting of itself, and that one should also start slow when this is already painfully slow.
You can block body shots and if done right your guard wont come down. More conservative of energy? Thats why you get in shape. You cant slip and duck everything. Even Pernell Whitaker and Floyd Mayweather block some incoming shots. And please dont tell me what I meant and didnt mean. OK? If you read closely I didnt contradict myself. Dont be so literal. When I first started at all.When I started, we spent a good 2-3 weeks working on footwork and jabs. Point is you have to put your time in.
No, there would be no way to do so without your guard dropping unless you were an insect and were multi-jointed. It'd be very poor methodology to try and block a bodyshot. And you don't get in shape to block hooks and uppercuts. That's being intelligent about biomechanics. If you can intercept it then great, but as a practice it's not encouraged. You did contradict yourself because you said one should be fluid by breaking it down, which is a self-defeating statement.
By the way, don't let my criticism of you discourage you from boxing. I certainly did a lot of similar errors (such as when you raise your foot during a cross) when I was at your stage. These are rectified over time.
Last Attempt: You seem to be set on the whole body shot thing. All I can say is watch boxing. You dont drop your arm you dip and slightly rotate your trunk. Being fluid is the final product, and the distant goal. Being fluid requires all the movements to flow naturally. For something to become natural, you have to repeat it over and over until it is a part of you. You perfect the individual skills so when you string them together there are no weak links.
Dipping your arm is dropping your guard, so you contradicted your previous assertion. If someone is going low enough for a body shot, I'm taking the brunt of it and going for his opening with my own offensive, not blocking. And breaking it down to perfect individual components is not being fluid. It's making it less fluid in order to do that in the first place. The ultimate consequence is cohesiveness, but breaking it down isn't.
And that's very good. You're bound to improve with that attitude.
fuck you put ur elbows on ur hips and put ur fists on ur jaw....slouch forward everything should be covered unless you are some kinda of freaky lookin retard
Sad your coach is throwing punches that will not hit even if you didn't slip. How is this going to help you improve?
kevingong 1 year ago
@kevingong Not my coach. He's a 16-year-old kid.
l3loodfist 1 year ago
looks like your dancing.get in a boxing stance dam........Better yet get yourself a coach
jesse3565 2 years ago
Personally, I'm a switch hitter myself, and I know this video's old, but how about trying to maintain a southpaw or orthodox stance?
sanshoryu 2 years ago
Definitely agree, there was no consistency in what stance I employed.
l3loodfist 2 years ago
You had the same problem I used to have.
But I agree with what pettus9 said, with only one difference, keep your hands protecting the ribs instead of the hips. Also, as I just read your description, you may or may not wish to disregard my comment. Try loosening up, you look a little stiff, and is the peek-a-boo the style you feel fluent with? If not, it'd be wise to change the way your arm positioning is that way slipping becomes easier and less tiresome.
Eckesis 2 years ago
See, this is actually form advice from someone who knows what they're speaking about. Much thanks, although I've changed a lot since this vid. I don't do peek-a-boo anymore, either.
l3loodfist 2 years ago
there is no point this guy won't listen to anything i don't even know why he asked
pettus9 2 years ago
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sleepyj37 2 years ago
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sleepyj37 2 years ago
If you wanna get good at defence you gotta work each individual defense with repetitions so it becomes fluid. Start slow.Then start stringing it together. This is not really that productive.
sleepyj37 2 years ago
That doesn't make sense. Breaking it down individually is the opposite of stringing it together to make it fluid. This is starting painfully slow, actually. If it was any slower it'd be going backwards in time.
l3loodfist 2 years ago
what i meant was u have to walk b4 you crawl. Learn to block the jab first till it becomes automatic. Then learn to block hooks and body shots till it becomes automatic. Once you get good at seeing punches coming you can start working on ducking and slipping. Practicing head movement will help with this. Perfect it so you get the movements in your body. THEN gradually put it ALL together. It doesnt happen overnight it takes time.
sleepyj37 2 years ago
You don't block body shots or else your guard will come down. And it's more conservative of energy to be out of the way of an incoming hook or uppercut than to try and stifle it with a block. The only alternative would be parrying which is a more advanced skill. And you didn't mean those things because you didn't say them. You said one should be fluid by breaking it down, which is contradicting of itself, and that one should also start slow when this is already painfully slow.
l3loodfist 2 years ago
You can block body shots and if done right your guard wont come down. More conservative of energy? Thats why you get in shape. You cant slip and duck everything. Even Pernell Whitaker and Floyd Mayweather block some incoming shots. And please dont tell me what I meant and didnt mean. OK? If you read closely I didnt contradict myself. Dont be so literal. When I first started at all.When I started, we spent a good 2-3 weeks working on footwork and jabs. Point is you have to put your time in.
sleepyj37 2 years ago
No, there would be no way to do so without your guard dropping unless you were an insect and were multi-jointed. It'd be very poor methodology to try and block a bodyshot. And you don't get in shape to block hooks and uppercuts. That's being intelligent about biomechanics. If you can intercept it then great, but as a practice it's not encouraged. You did contradict yourself because you said one should be fluid by breaking it down, which is a self-defeating statement.
l3loodfist 2 years ago
By the way, don't let my criticism of you discourage you from boxing. I certainly did a lot of similar errors (such as when you raise your foot during a cross) when I was at your stage. These are rectified over time.
l3loodfist 2 years ago
Last Attempt: You seem to be set on the whole body shot thing. All I can say is watch boxing. You dont drop your arm you dip and slightly rotate your trunk. Being fluid is the final product, and the distant goal. Being fluid requires all the movements to flow naturally. For something to become natural, you have to repeat it over and over until it is a part of you. You perfect the individual skills so when you string them together there are no weak links.
sleepyj37 2 years ago
Also if anything your "criticism" makes me more amped to go to the gym and continue to perfect my skills.
sleepyj37 2 years ago
Dipping your arm is dropping your guard, so you contradicted your previous assertion. If someone is going low enough for a body shot, I'm taking the brunt of it and going for his opening with my own offensive, not blocking. And breaking it down to perfect individual components is not being fluid. It's making it less fluid in order to do that in the first place. The ultimate consequence is cohesiveness, but breaking it down isn't.
And that's very good. You're bound to improve with that attitude.
l3loodfist 2 years ago
fuck you put ur elbows on ur hips and put ur fists on ur jaw....slouch forward everything should be covered unless you are some kinda of freaky lookin retard
pettus9 2 years ago
Elbows do not go on your hips, that doesn't make any sense.
l3loodfist 2 years ago
Nice job man. i have the same problem as well, when I slip i still tend to lean my head back a little. i need to work on just bending at the knees.
vietgangstas359 3 years ago
keep it up man
yeah as the other guy said, try bending your legs
i know how hard it is to do this, but practice makes perfect!
d0minicz 3 years ago
Yeah, my first thought upon viewing this was that I shouldn't practice backpedaling like that. Thanks for the critique.
l3loodfist 4 years ago
need to dip by bending your legs more. and try not to lean the head back, you'll get drilled that way
wallyworld8 4 years ago
He was, but at the same time, trying to hit lighter than full force. I'll try to get him to commit more next time.
l3loodfist 4 years ago
Very agile. Was he actually trying to hit you? It appeared he was holding back sometimes. Still, you have great movement, especialy for your weight.
Emevas 4 years ago
that guy in the back was checkin you out for a quite a while. you shoudl give him yer numba hahaha
loveunhindered1 4 years ago