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Sup guys. Been keeping up with the boxing training, want to start sparring slowly again. I feel like I keep improving and I want to test it out, but be sensible about it this time around.
Met up with a friend from school yesterday and did some drills and the like. We only had one pair of gloves because mine is literally falling apart. I gave him the gloves and we just did some play/shadow sort of sparring. Well, he was allowed to hit me but not the other way around obviously, but I kinda like this sort of sparring for working on things.
He's a novice, I'm teaching him to box a little bit for fun, but he is suprisingly good straight down the pipe. He's like 6'3-6'4, has a long ass reach (he plays basketball) and moves around a lot, so I have to work for it honestly. Pretty fun though, and I get to work on stuff I wouldn't normally, and give him pointers on how to try to stiffle my advances:
I have a hard time taking sharp angles when sparring (granted he is moving a lot and there's not a lot of space to trap him). I need to work on that. Also, I have a very hard time throwing and landing hooks unless the person is a) trapped against the ropes/cage or shells up in a highguard. I think I always practice very short hooks and that might be it. Also part of it is that I feel they are difficult to throw without trying to hurt my sparring partner. Have to play around with it.
Here's a bagwork vid I recorded a few days ago as well:
Footwork needs to be a little more tight, I definitely should do more footwork drills and use more time on it.
Any feedback, comments or otherwise interjections are welcomed. Cheers.
Met up with a friend from school yesterday and did some drills and the like. We only had one pair of gloves because mine is literally falling apart. I gave him the gloves and we just did some play/shadow sort of sparring. Well, he was allowed to hit me but not the other way around obviously, but I kinda like this sort of sparring for working on things.
He's a novice, I'm teaching him to box a little bit for fun, but he is suprisingly good straight down the pipe. He's like 6'3-6'4, has a long ass reach (he plays basketball) and moves around a lot, so I have to work for it honestly. Pretty fun though, and I get to work on stuff I wouldn't normally, and give him pointers on how to try to stiffle my advances:
I have a hard time taking sharp angles when sparring (granted he is moving a lot and there's not a lot of space to trap him). I need to work on that. Also, I have a very hard time throwing and landing hooks unless the person is a) trapped against the ropes/cage or shells up in a highguard. I think I always practice very short hooks and that might be it. Also part of it is that I feel they are difficult to throw without trying to hurt my sparring partner. Have to play around with it.
Here's a bagwork vid I recorded a few days ago as well:
Footwork needs to be a little more tight, I definitely should do more footwork drills and use more time on it.
Any feedback, comments or otherwise interjections are welcomed. Cheers.
Inb4 Just Bang/chin conditioning, @j123
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