For the last few weeks I've done nothing but focus on right jab/left straight combo. Trying to bring it out as quick as possible while still properly pivoting my foot and rotating my hip into it. I also combined this with fighting backwards while hitting the pads. Traded in sparring sessions for doing the combination on the bag. I noticed my left straight started to become stronger and have a bigger impact on the bag. Now I had my first serious sparring session today (Rest was mostly against girls because they had nobody else while I was working the bag<_<) in like a month against someone who used to counter me a lot. I removed hooks and uppercuts from my game plan unless I know 100% sure it will land clean and not leave me open. Anyway, not once was I countered. I kept distracting him with the jab which I now manage to throw at a constant speed and when he was so focused on my jab I threw a straight to the gut. Once he started anticipating that, I made the left to the gut a left to the head and just kept mixing up body and head. Second round he came out more agressive and I could just fight on the outside since I have a pretty big reach for my height. I got a bit too confident and tried fighting orthodox (I'm a southpaw) and got caught by a hook, whichj was the only big hit he got on me. Now I'm gonna work on improving my hook technique, I can generate a lot of power but my motion is way too wide, so it's really unpractical, any tips?
