? about the philly shell and defending the straight right

I am not sure you should be trying to deflect straight rights with your left shoulder. :huh The shoulder is to stop the left (jabs, hooks) and right straights to the body. The rear hand parries (stuffs) and blocks hooks and straights. (Plus head movement.)

Why not just slide your glove to the point where your thumb is on your for head and block/parry? Roll and slide the rear hand a bit forward. If he keeps throwing? Bend, step out, jab (set up), throw the uppercut.

Maybe I don't get what you mean?

 

You need to play less fightnight

 

ass hole :yep

 

philly shell was the name given to the shoulder roll and/or half guard in the game fight night!

it was not invented in Philadelphia.

 

Exactly my thoughts

 

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Next thing he'll be asking why his opponents stamina doesn't go down fast enough with bodyshots and why there is no slow mo when he makes someone miss.

 

c'mon guys he rephrased the question and it's stated a lot better now, and he can't help it if he knows the fight night name if he's new to the sport. To answer the question or at least offer my two cents: it's like anything in boxing, practice makes perfect. If you lack quick reflexes or the means to effectively use that style of defense then your coach, if he's any good at his job, should be constantly pushing you to use a full guard or solve the problem however he sees fit. Regardless of how you choose to defend yourself or throw a punch, the only way to get a feel for it is to train and spar and learn the ins and outs of it. I'm sure people who use the shell caught plenty of punches tweaking their game 'til it either worked for them or they dropped it for a different guard.

People like PBF, Sweet Pea, RJJ and Ali are gifted athletes and anomalies in the sport of boxing, and if you try to learn to box by only studying them then you're in for a hell of a time.

 

Blocking punches with your shoulder takes a great deal of skill and timing. You'd be better served learning the fundamentals then the 'shell'!

 

:rofl:rofl

 

but its practice which makes it perfect imo

i was taught how to fight conventional but when i was against the ropes one time i realized i couldn't see much when i blocked, so i started practicing the shoulder roll, obviously the first few times it didn't go too great but once i got the hang of it i was able to counter with over hand/straight rights much easier than i ever could with a full guard.

 

If you need to ask questions about fighting out of a half guard, you are probably not experienced enough to be fighting out of a half guard.
I know that sound like a dickish thing to say, but it's true.

Learn the basics inside out first! Then start experimenting and studying less orthodox methods. You'll develop an eye and a feel for what works and doesn't.

 

i feel like pointing out that he never said he's fighting with a half guard, it sounded like an idle curiosity he felt like asking about.