If two orthodox boxers are fighting and Fighter A throws a left hook. Fighter B blocks it with his right hand, then shoots the right hand inside Fighters A left arm to his chin. Is there any inherent flaw to this? I recently started experimenting with it with great success, but I would like to know if there is something I should watch for.. or a flaw that hasn't been exposed yet with doing it.
Well.....every punch/move has a potential flaw. There's no such thing as a 'perfect' punch. If it works, incorporate it into your arsenal, and don't overdo it, otherwise the 'flaws' which undoubtedly DO exist will become exploited. Some obvious ones are - you miss the timing and the hook hits you because your hand is away from your face, or he feints the left hook and shoots his right to your chin. Every punch/combo has a weakness, every opponent will expose it once they know it's coming. So it's not about finding the perfect one. It's all about having an arsenal of different punches/combos, and knowing when to use them.
There are inherent flaws in everything you do offensively because your defence is automatically weakened every time you throw a punch. It is a matter of throwing the right punches and combinations at the opportune time when the openings present themselves and you are less likely to get counterpunched.
its a nice move! flaw could be if your opponent slips and counter in the same time with his right hand. So yes, like Ralph the Dog said, you are always open when throwing a punch, so every punch has its flaws. Its on your opponent will he use that or not (quality of an opponent).
That is more like what I was looking for.. The most likely ways someone is going to try to counter it themselves or if there was a huge error in doing it, and thus shouldn't under normal circumstances.
Why catch it on the glove first? Drop it inside his hook; the turn of your body as you throw the right hand takes you inside his hook. If you are still kind of new then catching it first probably helps with your timing, which I guess probably answers my question.
That's normally what it leads to once I get their timing down, internally rhythm of movement and such. Early in the fight though I tend to try to absorb their shots instead of countering before. I find it helps get their rhythm down faster and during that time is when I will block more, maybe that is a bit of a bad habit.
If they're throwing a hook at your head it's MUCH easier to block it and return a hook than a cross. It's also much more damaging because they're moving into it. Firing back with the right off a block is nice for countering the left to the body, but the hook is still better most of the time.
That is exactly what happened when I first thought of it. The guy had been going to my body.. and I thought to myself if I block it, I could just fire my right, right afterwards. He didn't throw to the body again, but I tried it with the next hook to the head and it worked brilliantly. I cant seem to land the left hook blocking, it either gets caught on their right hand or they move or slip. I do know of that, but this seemed to be a really good alternative.. because they dont have a hand to block with. Thanks, that is good to hear.
A couple things...The natural counter, when he throws a left hook to your body, is the right upper cut to his chin. Because when you block his hook to your body, you don't just brace up and take it. You roll inside it. You put your weight onto your left foot and your turn over it, which is exactly how you throw a right hand, be it and upper inside a hook to the body or a short right inside a hook to the head. Now, if you want to counter his hook with your hook, you do the same thing. Weight onto the left foot and turn over it as you pick up your right glove. You have turned inside his punch and then you drop your weight onto your right foot and crank your hook back at him. You turn and avoid his punch, load up your punch and, when you come back, he should be square at you. If he gets under your first counter off this move, go to the body on the next time around. Third time, dip your shoulder (left) but then bring the punch back across the top
