Siding up pt.1 L-Position

Death by a thousand pokes what fencing taught us about defense.

As body armor developed so did swords change from long and heavy to paper thin. Blades needed to be acute and bendable to pierce through the cracks and crevices of body armor. L-position is where both ankles are aligned together on a straight line. Weight is equally distributed over the center, the front foot points to 1 whilst the rear foot points towards 3.

This position allows us to push forward from the rear leg casting the body weight forward to pushing backwards on the lead leg. From the orthodox stance the lead shoulder points at the opponents center giving him less than 50% of our body to target. From this position we move into the mayweather closed guard. Which is done by turning the lead foot to 3 just as the rear foot points to 3. The closed guard has done two things in boxing. First this stance is in the grey since no hitting on the back is allowed, neither turning back to the opponent allowed. The closed guard secondly closes all direct contact with the abdomen.

This how mayweather is able to fight without receiving massive body shots. In part 2 we will cover slipping.

 

The weight should be over the center or on the right foot since the rear foot iniates the movement. Flèche is an aggressive offensive technique where the fencer transfers his weight unto the front foot and extends the arm. the rear leg starts the attack, but the ball of the left foot provides the explosive impulse to drive the fencer forward.

U.K. Boxer Lennox Lewis is said to be one the best in history used this technique to jab.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MPJMn7izjOM

 

Foot note... Dealt With mentioned a stretching movement in kinetic linking. Stretching is accomplished when you push off the ball of the left foot. This is kinetic linking. Remember to push off the right foot first.