Should Bodo Andreas get the khyber pass?

Super_Fly_Sam · Oct 14, 2010

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ok - basically its a walking attack - can be one step or multiple steps
(lets assume an orthodox stance)

diagonal punching - you punch with the opposite foot you step with. if you imagine steping fwd with the front foot as if to throw a jab but throwing the lead right. this is done without turning the hip into the punch. as the back foot moves up the left hand is thrown - and so on. done right you can launch across the ring throwing alternate punches without the hips breaking from 45degrees - i assume the name diagonal comes from fact hips stay at 45degrees - you would've seen Damian Hooper throw this alot - usually only as a single punch - in both the junior olympics and the comm games

parallel punching - is the opposite - same hand as the foot that steps. the trick here is not to let the back foot step in front of the lead foot. here the hips are almost square - hence the name parallel - you see Pacman throw this alot as he steps into his left hand - actually i;ll confuse things using a southpaw - what about carl froch - you'll see him step his right foot up when he throws the right and step the left foot into opponent as he throws the hook.

i hope you can picture it from the description - i'm sure i've made it totally confusing.

but wait there's more.

it can also be done backing up - but its the opposite - in that case diagonal is punching with the same foot you step with and parallel the opposite hand to step. it makes sense if you look at the position of the hips when you step-punch.

at the comm games - those oz fighters that tried to use it, did so as a frontal, lead attack. my feeling is it works best as a counter. the middleweight i train that has picked it up the best uses it after stepping away - usually laterally - from an attack and then countering with diagonal punching.

the powers that be in the amatuer association now have all this stuff taught in the trainers course so the kids coming up are across before they get taken into the AIS - so one can imagine its here to stay so long as Bodo is anyway
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Ok. I think i understand what u mean with the diagonal punchin.
I remember an old timer gettn me to punch into his hands and quickly showing me something like that where i punched with my left but step in with my right.

I full didn't know what he ment by it at the time as i was shown the more traditional way of standin and punchin so i guess more of a parrallel stance??

Just left foot forward (for orthodox) right back.. small step in with left foot if required to move into jab and to just pivot at the hips and bring my foot forward with the hips but keepin it behind my left foot when throwin a right. like how Tommy Hearns allowed his right foot to come forward with his hips when throw his right....

hahah did i confuse u too???

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