Peripheral Vision & Elbows

[DiPoet]

So its just a matter of preference or does focusing on the elbows allow you more time to react than the shoulder. Basically I'm asking which would give me more time to defend looking at the shoulder or elbows? I'm asking this for all sorts of strikes with the arms, jabs, uppercuts, hooks and elbow strikes.

"They are close in tricks you can adapt into a telephone box style battle without grabbing you can disrupt them ad make them adjust so you get an opening."

Some examples of that would be great.

[Andre]

When you are sparring see what works for you.

There is no, this is better or that is better ,that was the point in writing it.

Im all for the elbows for the given reasons. Its where I block,I have the knees in vision too, it is the oppositions balance point controls.

I think shoulders are a fair focus for just boxing though.

There are down sides to only looking into the eyes.

Something to try when in close is dropping your glove into a elbow or your elbow down to meet a wrist to dissipate the power in their shot and follow that arm as it retracts back to the target. Same side same shot.

[Scrap]

Up till now, Ive never been Hit by a pair of Eyes