As a boxer we have to defend our jab, we have to defend our defence, tricks like this are essential when coming up against a more skilled, quicker, stronger fighter, it gives us layers in our attack as well as needing layers in our defence as to not get caught out by feints and clever fighters. I have quite a few favourites and a lot for variation in terms of stopping/neutralising certain counter attacks to my jabs, i have favoured angles and primary defencive positions and positioning to ensure coverage or somewhere to go from as random a situation/combination as possible. Im interested in trading a few tips to see if anybody has any they would like to contribute in return, most of them arent mine, but ill give one that is, i know there are some clever heads on these forums when we put ego's aside i think we could all learn a lot from eachother. ill put a few down to start off and set an example of what i mean, then when some others post ill share more. Example, everyone or most know of simple defences to your jab such as defence to a counter overhand right is to jab high to the forehead, or jab the right shoulder, cover with the left shoulder while jabbing high and moving the head off slightly to the right for example to neutralise an overhand right counter to your jab, the last one is a very old one sometimes refered to as a classic block, another one for the hook off the jab or works well for a double jab is to simply jab the glove or the jabbing shoulder. Heres one for layers in defence, it works well with heavier fighters to avoid simply being feinted into position for a shot, or if your unsure, without too much dancing about. it seems to cover most scenarios from little movement, watch for overhands though. when in doubt about what shots are coming or whats happening, just bend your knee's/drop your ass and lift gloves slightly (just under eyes). Bending the knees moves your head, you have also moved the body targets, if youve moved the elbows in towards the solar plexus to raise the gloves your arms should now be covering where all the openings where before, its important not to lift the hands (pinch elbows together) too much yet to expose the body openings around the sides too much and you dont want your hands spent if you need them to cover up, parry or stop next, so hands not too high yet, they're there then if you need to get behind the left shoulder and right glove or raise a glove whatever. You can variate this position by turning the heels, your head will move, all the body openings will move and you will load up shots, this is how you should move your elbows to cover for body shots, dont actually move the elbows at the shoulder to cover primarily because then your open for a head shot off a feint or vice versa, turn the heels, bend knees, drop ass, use the legs to put the elbow where the shot was aiming, youve still got your handsd and shoulder and footwork to get you out of the way then, still got plenty of layers and yoube hardly done owt yet. aslong as you keep good posture by dropping the ass and bending knees, not just bending at the waist and bending knees then your footwork should be there. Cmon i know some of you guys are sitting on a few little gems you can afford to let go.:bbb
