Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
You allways circle to the power hand if you can and cut it off,it takes the jab hand out and leaves you with one hand to deal with,if you circle to the jab their just going to jab you back in to place and cut you off
ho my. I've often thought of this myself, circling towards his power hand. Then all it would take would be a simple slip of his straight right, and i'd be on the outside of his rear arm and he'd be defenseless. But for reason i had the idea that it would be a bad idea. Since everyone is always saying defensively for a southpaw, circling left is a good way to get your block knocked off.

I really need a better understanding of how to use my footwork defensively and offensively so as to cut them off before they do it to me. I find that when i feel im trapped, i get backed up too easily, instead of circling out and away.