Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold
very glad to hear that it went well...the thing is this, you didn't panic when you got hit, avoided most of his right handed blows and even managed to give someback off of the misses. Have any new ideas about what to work on on the heavy bag? Like where your feet are in relation to each other and to the rest of you? About weight shifts as you slip that facilitate hard punches?
And why not spar this guy again? You KNOW a bit about him after all. Sounds to me like he came straight forward, pawing his jab and whistling his right, probably pretty square up, chin in the air. Did he follow the right with a hook or what? You found your wind to be deeper than his and took his best punch..
Try again with smaller tighter circles, to your right, wt to your back foot and left low. (you are moving away from his right, and should be in a semi-crouch; you want him to throw the right) Off his jab you can hook as you pivot right and rt foot lands, or jab from low bringing it up. This punch works if timed- as they all do I guess- properly because everybody has an instant with the chin wide open when throwing a right, no matter how well.
Take a chance at deflecting his right with your left shoulder- if he loops it you're mostly riding it over your head like an 'influence-block' in the NFL- and see the shots to land effetive uppercuts and rights of your own. As he throws a right bump that elbow with your left glove....
What I'm getting at is that the possibilities are endless and change with each new or different action, and they only way to learn is to try...While the exuberance is still there milk it because I assure you that there is nothing like it on earth- hearing a punch whistle past you and knowing it hurts because the last time it didn't quite get past but this time it did and, not only that, you managed to land one of your own that made him grunt or gap or back up...
Glad it went well my friend
So move circular to the right occasionally next time?
When he comes in, slip to the right as I throw a left hook to his head? Is that what your saying?

And as I crouch, with left shoulder covering chin, couch so if he throws a looping right?
I have a feeling he's going to throw a looping right next time. His trainers may tell him so, so that next time I slip, he'll hit me, at least I think?

And as he comes in with a right, throw a jab, from low?

I'll probably spar with him in a month. One of the people I trust (Uncle), someone who helped me a little bit, said I should wait a month before I get back with him. I think that is fair. By that time I'll be trained to look for that right.
In the meantime, I'll figure out someone else to spar with, next week HOPEFULLY.

But having my Uncle pop shots at me, while I try to block them, take them, or slip them at half speed, is good for me right now. Right now, I want to work on my blocking, since I'm okay at slipping.

Next time I think I need to practice a left hook counter, powerful 1-2, block the right, and uppercuts because I have a feeling he's going to try to get in very close this time. Last time I made it a distance fight with my footwork and jab, but this time
I have a feeling, since he never quit, he'll have the balls to try to get even closer next time. So I want to land an uppercut next time, if he tries to get in close.


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