Alright, finally getting in here.
First, Bandito. It looks like that natural counter-puncher mentality is his undoing sometimes, as he spends a lot of time waiting and waiting for the perfect opportunity to attack, and throwing single shots. It seems like the further he gets from the initial counter, the more he feels like he's leading, and he loses confidence.
Looking at the Haney session, he got a little mesmerized by that stiff jab of Haney's, and sort of stood around waiting for it. That's not a terrible thing for a counter puncher, but he wasn't doing anything to make the jab come when he wanted it to. Early in the first round he was feinting and changing levels, but Haney got him to stop pretty quickly, and held onto the initiative himself.
You told him to go for the 1-2 as a counter, and I think that really helped him, though it took him a while to feel comfortable trying it. The reason is that, with Haney always going first, he had more than enough time to plan his attack, get in, and then get out. Seems like Bandito has it stuck in his head that he needs to defend the first attack and THEN counter, when I think it might be really beneficial for him to throw a few "stops" in there as well--hitting Haney AS he steps in with the jab. I have great faith in the catch & jab for finding the distance, but Haney was getting so confident just lunging forward with that jab, it might have helped Bandito to simply change levels and stick his own jab in the guy's belly.
He's definitely at his best when he plays with level changes. At 2:02 he got low, and when Haney started to get low with him he popped up with a really nice left uppercut. There's another pretty little sequence at 10:12 when he gets Haney to overcommit and lower his head, and drills him with two uppercuts in a row. He's also a lot harder to hit when he stays low. The problem is that he keeps popping up mid-combo and working his feet out of position.
I guess the biggest thing that stood out to me with this session is one that you mentioned yourself: confidence. Joseph just didn't seem to feel very confident. He would stand there and think "how am I going to stop what he wants to do next?" when it would be better to MAKE something happen that he already feels confident countering. Maybe it's just my "do-er" mentality talking here, but it always helps me to have a go-to move in mind. So when I get flustered are catch myself planning too much and not doing enough, I can always go back to a simple stop jab until I can get back into my rhythm.
As for the session against Corey, there's obvious improvement there. It doesn't seem like Corey packs quite as much pop in his jab as Haney did in his, but then Corey also seems to be a lot better with his combinations, and just has more tricks to deal with.
It didn't start off so great. At 0:40 Bandito came in way too tall and walked right into a jab, but he warmed to his work pretty quickly. I liked the little hop-step hook that he fired off the roll at 0:58. Corey was asking for a short right over the top to follow that up, but you mentioned that yourself. Once he gets his combinations going I think Bandito will feel a lot more confident in his counters, but it's going to take some focus on staying low and moving his feet carefully before he feels comfortable.
Sharp contrast between his two hooks at 5:24 and 5:32. The first one was brilliant. Great weight transfer, and I'm sure that's exactly what you're going for with him, since you mentioned earlier in the thread that you wanted to get him punching while pulling his head back. There was no follow-up to that shot, as you noted from the corner, but the very next sequence kind of indicates why: Bandito throws one punch, pops up tall, and gets hit with a counter. And then he keeps throwing with his knees unbent and his feet square. It just seems like he's going to struggle with putting those combos together until he can get himself to not only GET low, but STAY low, even when throwing four or more punches together.
The confidence in the Corey session made Bandito especially coachable, which I liked to see. One highlight was when you called for "head position!" at about 9:42 and he listened, and then immediately capitalized with two punches. He obviously sees the openings when they're there, and when his foundations feel sound, he feels confident enough to really go after them, with beautiful results.
13:20 was fantastic. I loved the way that he stayed connected to Corey as he backed up. That's a level of forward-fighting that I haven't seen in any of Joseph's other videos. And then, in the last thirty seconds of the session, suddenly his right hand was landing all over the place. It's funny, because he lands that right almost every time he throws it, but he doesn't seem to feel confident in throwing it. It looked like he finally felt comfortable and fell into his rhythm at the end of the session, and his right was sending Corey's head back over and over. That's a really strong indication of just how much potential he has.
I'll come back later with some notes on Samurai Pete.