slipping hands up or down?

[cocobeware]

when slipping punches is it best to keep hands up or down?

[Rocky Balboa]

Hands up, in case you slip a feinted straight and then eat a hook instead.

[salty trunks]

Hands up. Defense and shorter distance to go to counter your opponent.

[Andre]

when slipping punches is it best to keep hands up or down?

These guys are right from the general point of view and 90 % of the time.

Nothing is fixed in granite though.Theres always exceptions to every rule.
If you are countering with an uppercut because you slipped sideways and bodily to the outside of their arm; your inside striking arm wont be up.


Rare, but you can slip and control their arm with a glove on their elbow point and go over , under or around their arm with your other glove when they react, you need to be still moving to the correct position in those cases which is all part of the set up.

[The Fightfan]

HANDS UP !!! I can't stand some of these guy's who think it is cool and the Correct way to slip a punch. Wrong. The guy I always like to watch with this stuff is Winky Wright. He does everything with his hands glued to his temples. Slips,counters everything he does is textbook defense that's why he still hasn't been knocked out and been around forever without taking a serious beating. The only way to do damage is do what Paul Williams did or even Sam Soliman which is throw shitloads of punches. So please HANDS UP!!!

[Andre]

Not always ,nothing in fighting is that set in stone:

When slipping towards their rear arm I agree fully; you either cover up from it smother it or pin it down with a glove.

If you slip your head to the outside of their leading arm then there is no threat to your head, so your inner arm may as well be ripping up their opening.

If your gloves are nailed to your temples then they are always higher than your shoulders...that limits your reply shots.