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As Sinister says, you put your hands up to attack, not defend.
As Sinister says, you put your hands up to attack, not defend.
As Sinister says, you put your hands up to attack, not defend.
Sorry my friend I don't agree at all!
Dont want to look like this or cracked skull....
Always best to have a reasonable high guard depending on the situation but guard the chin even if you jab left keep right up near chin to parry.......... but loose and ready...........always ensure fast release.
This is the way I was taught and works best always protect the center-line move to either side.
Its beginner mistake to drop hands to waist or to the side.....thats no guard at all!
Your Guard is your last line of defence, controlling distance and position is better than keeping your hands up.........if you need to constantly rely on your guard then you are not doing it right...
MMA gloves don't help......
Boxing gloves do not help either. Try "guarding" against someone that can punch
Arthur Abraham was a world champion many times over by largely doing just that (coupled with some serious power).
We teach an incredibly orthodox system where a high guard is absolutely necessary for it to be used successfully. There are other very successful coaches that teach something very different.
The simple answer is, if your coach produces successful fighters and you believe them, do what they tell you do.
First I somewhat get what you guys are saying, there is an element of defensive movement for a very short period of time that you can employ putting your hands down, but its still at high risk, your hands are down and exposed.
I don't mean to argue only to discuss, as this subject has come up many times in this Forums alone after doing a search using the search bar.
On the topic of hands many things occurs like sensitivity and reaction striking only when hands are above your elbows.
To illustrate Wing Chun is target specific to hand to hand sensitivity training keeping hands up that takes years to master perfectly watch Sifu Evangelos from Greece as an example:-
Then on boxing alone when bobbing and weaving ducking under punches like Mike Tyson the best in the world ever using the Pick-a-boo method hands are up ready to explode the hooks and uppercuts as a pro boxer......
Arthur Abraham was a world champion many times over by largely doing just that (coupled with some serious power).
We teach an incredibly orthodox system where a high guard is absolutely necessary for it to be used successfully. There are other very successful coaches that teach something very different.
The simple answer is, if your coach produces successful fighters and you believe them, do what they tell you do.
I really have no will to argue. I am not good enough to do so.
Just a few questions regarding the method. I do not really like to relly on the guard as heavy blows
mess up with my balance. How do you deal with that?
And how would you deal with someone like me that prefers to throw body shots. For example I really often do body jabs and crosses. And when fighting someone even slightly taller I d use a body left hook often too. What is the phylosophy of defending against someone like me? My coach advices on parrying body jabs to mess with the balance and distance management for the rest, such as jump back, jump forward and counter (think it goes as a pandelium strep in western language).