Nuclearlandmine's journey to detonation V1: I hate douchebags

[Nuclearlandmine]

Originally Posted by whooty

Haha don't worry, I'm here to see if I can offer some help, not to start a long discussion with you about your style of boxing.

First off all, I'm not going to tell you to keep your hands up, if you can prevent getting tagged by using proper footwork and headmovement, that's fine. Esspecially as a beginner I encourage you to just use the style you think fits you best.

Second, which is why I asked, if you want to compete, you have to learn how to absorb proper blows. No boxer/mma fighter got great by just practicing technique and never get hit. So find a training partner who doesn't mind getting hit a bit harder, and spar with him. It'll teach you a lot about yourself and get you mentally a lot tougher. With my second suggestion, getting yourself tired, I simply mean pushing your limits. Get yourself so tired your almost giving up, and then set the clock at 5 mins and spar with a relatively fresh opponement who has better boxing than you. If you get trough those 5 minutes without quitting, then you can start entertaining the idea of competition.

If you I suggest you post a video of you sparring mma, cause I could help you a lot better on technique points with mma than I can with boxing as I'm a mixed martial artist myself. I've got decent mma standup but boxing is so much different from mma stand up.

I do spar MMA rules (or at least boxing with MMA gloves), it is the first 3 threads i think. The guy i sparred trained in Korean Top Team

[whooty]

Originally Posted by Nuclearlandmine

I do spar MMA rules (or at least boxing with MMA gloves), it is the first 3 threads i think.

I mean with takedowns, (light) ground and pound and submissions

[Nuclearlandmine]

Originally Posted by whooty

I mean with takedowns, (light) ground and pound and submissions

Yes. What did you expect? San Shou rules?

[whooty]

Originally Posted by Nuclearlandmine

Yes. What did you expect? San Shou rules?

Since you said MMA glove boxing. But I'll check those vids out then and comment here later

[Taptap]

I see some nice power in them hooks, keep it up.

[Discipulus]

Lookin' good Nuke. Your hands looked solid. Good rear hands and uppercuts, I'm liking your left hook a lot. Something I would suggest is to no just circle the bag, but attack and then pivot. Push the bag around and evade it when it swings back at you. To work your angles in such a way that you feel more comfortable using the footwork in your next sparring match, you'll need to practice in that way. So you can throw a 1-1-2 to get the bag moving back, throwing your punches while it's swinging away (to simulate a retreating opponent, or a still one who is waiting to exchange) and then after the 2 connects you step out with your lead and pivot to the outside of his left hand. In that safety zone, you will have forced your guy to reset, and you can throw some more punches.

Watch your head on that jab. I'm struggling with this as well--my face keeps wanting to come forward when I lower my elevation. Keep your chin down and try to feel yourself pulling your head away while you drop into the punch.

[Nuclearlandmine]

Originally Posted by Discipulus

Lookin' good Nuke. Your hands looked solid. Good rear hands and uppercuts, I'm liking your left hook a lot. Something I would suggest is to no just circle the bag, but attack and then pivot. Push the bag around and evade it when it swings back at you. To work your angles in such a way that you feel more comfortable using the footwork in your next sparring match, you'll need to practice in that way. So you can throw a 1-1-2 to get the bag moving back, throwing your punches while it's swinging away (to simulate a retreating opponent, or a still one who is waiting to exchange) and then after the 2 connects you step out with your lead and pivot to the outside of his left hand. In that safety zone, you will have forced your guy to reset, and you can throw some more punches.

Watch your head on that jab. I'm struggling with this as well--my face keeps wanting to come forward when I lower my elevation. Keep your chin down and try to feel yourself pulling your head away while you drop into the punch.

Alright thanks, i will try that. The bag wasn't really moving as much i'd like to be to practice some swift pivot. However i guess just circling around the bag according how the bag is moving is already good for the first attempt. If you notice, i never throw the lead uppercut lol, that's like my worst punch

I need to drill on the jab as well. I know how to do it, but it isn't ingrained as much as other punches (well except for the lead uppercut)

[Discipulus]

Same thing for me on the jab. Just needs more practice so that I stop slipping up when I get into a rhythm. Lead uppercut is a good punch for a southpaw, but the punches you are throwing look pretty tight in terms of form. You've definitely improved dramatically since your first videos, man. Keep it up.

Edit: And pushing the bag is one way to get it moving. But I've found the best way to work on the timing of your pivot is to basically walk the bag down with punches and then, when it reaches the end of its arc and is just about to swing back, you treat that like a counter punch and pivot to the outside.

[Nuclearlandmine]

Originally Posted by Discipulus

Same thing for me on the jab. Just needs more practice so that I stop slipping up when I get into a rhythm. Lead uppercut is a good punch for a southpaw, but the punches you are throwing look pretty tight in terms of form. You've definitely improved dramatically since your first videos, man. Keep it up.

Edit: And pushing the bag is one way to get it moving. But I've found the best way to work on the timing of your pivot is to basically walk the bag down with punches and then, when it reaches the end of its arc and is just about to swing back, you treat that like a counter punch and pivot to the outside.

I remember how i used to drill check hook while shadowboxing and the completely forget about it. Hmm i should drill it more. When it comes to sparring time, i will try to floor the douchebag with it.

[Bay Area]

Originally Posted by Discipulus

but attack and then pivot.

Especially since Douche likes to shell up and stay stationary, blocking his own vision. Hit his guard a couple times, then sharp pivot around him, attack the ribs, pivot again etc. TS' biggest mistake was standing directly in front of Douche while he has his guard in front of his face. As soon as you were done with your flurry, he would swing back and always catch you cuz you were right in front of him.

And will you pierce the bag with your jab? Those little arm bent love taps are bothering me. Get full extention, put your hip into it and cut that mo friggin bag in half yo. Like you are running a boar through with a spear.