Until I finish the finishing touches on part two, I'll give you a maneuver to work on until then.

I call it the Psychic dodge.

There's no better way to doing defense than knowing what your opponent will do, even before they even know, this is a maneuver that will make your opponent do something 95 percent of the time, they have no other choice.

Start from your normal or southpaw stance, once your opponent throws the jab, immediately duck under it, but with your body staying in stance, by bending forward, if you do this correctly, you give your opponent no choice but to throw the rear cross, but since you know that already, so basically, lean the opposite way while taking a step to the side of your front foot, while bending your upper body away from the rear cross that's coming, you have successfully dodged their 1 2 combo and are on the other side of them, they may even be off balance.

This takes practice.  This move was made famous by Pernell Whitaker.

And it takes practice.

Notice you have forced your opponent to throw a punch they didn't want to throw, and you knew it before then, try it, and see how often it works. Remember, you must bend forward and slip a little under the jab while shifting your back leg forcing them to throw the rear cross, because you've closed some distance, and lean away from it to the opposite end.  Failure to do so, will get you hit by a jab, if they decide to double up. Also make sure your back is facing the opposite end where they threw the first punch, have your back facing the hand opposite the one they threw with.


Practice this until part 2 is completed.