Tips on fighting an opponent who keeps turning you?

closedguard · Jun 21, 2014

pillowknuckles said: ↑

yes, first stage of cutting the ring off is to intercept your opponent's movement. He goes to your left, you go to your left and so on. Second step is to fire a shot with your right hand if he goes to your right, and left hand if he goes to your left (hence "do not circle into your opponent's power hand side"). Don't try to do it in the centre of the ring since there is plenty of space for your opponent to circle. If you can't hit him in the head, hit him in the body ("hit the body enough and the head will die"). Do not overextend, combine body - head. Shoot a guard oppening rear hand (right if you are orthodox). When you hit body enough, feint a shot to the body and hit the head.

Get on the inside,

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, shoot for the body and than head, duck on the exit and keep your hands high to prevent getting hit with a hook.
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brilliant!

JagOfTroy · Jun 21, 2014

Trying to picture the quote you have in bold but I can't make any sense of what he means by hiding your head behind the opponent's head.

The rest of it is good stuff.

Scorpion · Jun 21, 2014

PillowKnuckles said: ↑

Yes, first stage of cutting the ring off is to intercept your opponent's movement. He goes to your left, you go to your left and so on. Second step is to fire a shot with your right hand if he goes to your right, and left hand if he goes to your left (hence "Do not circle into your opponent's power hand side"). Don't try to do it in the centre of the ring since there is plenty of space for your opponent to circle. If you can't hit him in the head, hit him in the body ("hit the body enough and the head will die"). Do not overextend, combine body - head. Shoot a guard oppening rear hand (right if you are orthodox). When you hit body enough, feint a shot to the body and hit the head.

Get on the inside, hide your head behind your opponent's head, shoot for the body and than head, duck on the exit and keep your hands high to prevent getting hit with a hook.
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:good good stuff bro.

PillowKnuckles · Jun 22, 2014

JagOfTroy said: ↑

Trying to picture the quote you have in bold but I can't make any sense of what he means by hiding your head behind the opponent's head.
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I meant on this:

http://i.imgur.com/bd1Lx4C.jpg

One of his cheeks is protected, he can still see uppercuts coming, and the other cheek is in awkward position to hit.

closedguard · Jun 22, 2014

plus it's damn hard to hit the body with leverage from that position.

kiniumi · Jun 23, 2014

watch for the spin and counter. if hes spinning you hes leaving an opening

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