So ive started training with my old karate instructor who is now holding MMA classes twice a week. I remember years ago I used to do boxing as well as karate and he would get the shits when Id use boxing in karate coz usually id beat the crap out of my sparring partners due to their poor defence (obviously beating the crap out of them as far as sparring is concerned).
So tonight we are doing some 'boxing drills'....im not impressed. We were doing a defensive drill where one of us is against the ropes and you have to defend yourself for 30 seconds without firing back with any offence. So im parrying a bit and using a shoulder roll coz I can see these guys punches coming from a mile away and after doing this drill twice no one can really hit me cleanly. WELL....apparently that isnt an acceptable form of defense because I was defending my body with one while my shoulder protected my chin and I was rolling away/with punches...the reason its not acceptable is coz APPARENTLY YOU CANT GET KNOCKED OUT WITH A BODY PUNCH (my instructors exact words ) .
Sparring with a muay thai fighter whos being very vocal about how good he is and everything im doing wrong. Hes in an orthodox stances so I move to my right, away from his power hand. WELL apparently that is incorrect too coz im moving towards his left leg (which would actually be the less powerful of the two legs due to the stance) and my instructor incourages me to move to my left Muay thai guy is verbally having a go at me coz hes done some backyard boxing and he did a couple of months of muay thai so he naturally knows better than me (did boxing on and off for over a yr, never had a fight so im not the best boxer ever but I know a little about what im doing). Im moving in and out of range using my jab....I get in trouble coz im moving too much. Muay thai guy says hes fighting soon so I should hit him hard...i refuse because its light sparring and its not the right thing to do without head gear and mouth guard. SO he hits me hard to the body and I dont get sucked into it so I just go light to his left side with a right rip and he says "you havent hit me any where where it could hurt me"....a right rip to the ribs..cleanly...isnt going to hurt.
I mainly going to this for the stand up, its good to learn some bjj and stuff too but this has me worried. Should I be?
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