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Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey View Post
Good thread,it got me thinking. Im orthodox,and from a life time of doing things right handed,I do indeed pick up things faster out of my right eye then my left.If you come to my right side,I slip better because I see it sooner. Its not even guard and stance,I just see it quicker. Its not even eyesight because I have 20/20 vision,but now that you mention it,I do pick things up faster if its coming from the right then my left.
Hadnt given it too much thought before,I just thought it was an assumptive
I see right hands coming much better. I really need to keep my right hand glued to my chin, but I can lower the left guard from time to time to bait a right cross. In drills, I work on ducking the hook all the time, but when it comes down to actual sparring, I don't see the hook coming in time to duck it. If I don't keep the right up, I get nailed. I just don't see the hooking coming that well. Even jabs, it feels very unnatural to slip them to the left and I catch/parry them more than anything. I'm much better at slipping to the left or even countering with my left after blocking a right.

I never though about how my eye dominance played into all this. Definitely a cool thread.
I keep a way tighter defense to my left then to my right.I just loose track of shots coming from that side if Im not paying enough attention. It may be hand eye co-ordination or it may be a sight thing. But Ive allways dealt with it by keeping my left side defense as tight as possible.
Good thread regardless
Which is exactly how I feel about my right side defense. I almost totally reliant on keeping my right hand in position to catch jabs or block hooks I don't see. When I counter against a hook, it's always a righthand AFTER the contact with hook. I just don't see them coming soon enough to duck it and the the right off smoothly. Against a right, I feel like I have so many more options because I can slip cleanly in addition to blocking or shoulder rolling.