Quote Originally Posted by aZn Pugilist View Post
Hello, it seems I am having some sort of footwork problem at the moment. I am 5'6 160lbs so I'm not tall by any means. I don't know whether it's a timing problem or what, but I am having trouble getting to the inside so that I can get to the body. Any tips on how I can time the punches better so that I can evade them and get to the inside? Thanks
I'm a taller fighter, so can only go by what I see. One thing I see a very good sparring partner of mine do who is shorter, is he stands and stays out of range by using angles.

Let's say for eg. we are both ortho, he will stand about 1 full or 1/2 step out of center, to the right, always trying to stay there until he moves in. No matter how they circle and move, he stays there. It confuses the crap out of a lot of people as they are forever trying to adjust. As well he says it creates a lot of openings when they do try to adjust, to try to get him more squared up and hitable.

Moving in, well, he pretty standardly comes forward punching, moving from body to head. But I've seen him tear up some damn good fighters and left them baffled as to why. It was obv to me watching as I know it, but even then, it still works on me at times when we spar.