Quote Originally Posted by Sharla
So just a couple of follow up Qs -

Is it really bad that I didn't register that the guy in the white shirt was a southpaw for the ENTIRE round? Do other people have that problem? Does it matter if i still see his openings etc?

Also can anyone tell me why I do that skippy movement when I have just moved back out of range - is it because I move too far back? Is it going to make me vulnerable to attack at that moment or slow me down - is it something important to eliminate?
Hey Sharla, glad to see you are still going well with your training.

I'm an armchair fan only so can't offer any training advice but if it makes you feel better I didn't notice he was a southpaw until I saw you mention it either

He seemed to be quite a bit bigger than you, compared to the other two anyway so it might well have been you were just focused more on not getting hit rather than examining his footwork.

I guess as humans we all do things on autopilot from time to time, I've lost count of the number of times I driven somewhere with absolutely no memory of how I got there whatsoever!

At the end of the day that's why you have a trainer to point things out to you that otherwise you might miss. I've never sparred or fought in my life but imagine that it's probably quite an overwhelming experience at first with a million and one different things to concetrate on. I'm sure over time as your own movements, timings etc become second nature you will be more able to take in everything that's going on and notice more what your opponent is doing.

Just takes practise and more practise I would imagine.

Hope the knee is holding up well, good luck with the rest of your training