Thoughts and Observations
-Still feel you can get a lot more behind your jab. You're throwing it from the arm mostly, I want you to get your back heel raised a bit more and really drive off of that back foot. You don't have to advance, though certainly you have the option (and the step-jab will be your best weapon, you'll find), but really focus on the hard drive off of the back leg, the hip pop (imagine pointing your left buttcheek at your opponent), follow by violently torso rotation (pull your right shoulder shoulder - NOT HAND, SHOULDER - back. It won't compromise your guard, and a full extension will add pop and length to your jab), and really jabbing hard from the shoulder to capitalize on all of the momentum you've created. Don't kill it all by just snapping your arm out, you really have to shove that shoulder out to extend. This also cocks your body for the right hand in a very safe and sneaky way.
-Keep your guard while on the attack. Sometimes you'll throw an OHR or straight right and your left hand will drift down below your chin, even around mid-chest/waist level occasionally. A bit of drop is managable, especially when you're dropping your weight hard on your lead leg (as you did for the OHR @ 3:05ish), but still, glue your left hand to your eyebrow with your elbow tucked deeply as often as you can, because a short right hand could be a very painful counter (and if your opponent throws that counter right with his left in place, your OHR bangs off harmlessly while you lean forward into his reprise)
-Careful about leaning back. Sometimes you're throwing straight punches and leaning a bit heavy on your back foot, and even bending back at the waist. When you're "playing off of the back foot" (without a bend at the waist, avoid that for sure), it's a defensive thing, you're not supposed to be punching; in fact, the KEY to playing off of the back foot is to sit back to slip/block and then counter HARD by exploding your weight FORWARD with your attack. Even when you're sitting back in this position, your torso is upright if not hunched a bit forward, it's just the weight sitting hard on the back foot, and thus it shouldn't be overly noticeable. With straight punches especially, the weight is always moving forward forward forward, NEVER lean back while throwing a straight punch. Leaning back at the waist has a whole list of defensive liabilities too, so be mindful of that.
-If you're going to play with that lead hand drifting downwards, you might consider working a cross-guard with your rear hand in occasionally (not always though!!), and REALLY digging your chin into whichever shoulder is more comfortable. You can adopt a "shell" style modification without fully dropping that lead; leave it where it is if it's comfortable, but roll your left shoulder forward a bit and dig your chin back towards your right hand/shoulder area. This will create a very narrow gap that will thwart most gloves, and a minor roll (or tiny hand parry motion) will block a big majority of your opp's offense
-You're smothering yourself a bit sometimes. Not so much with your foot spacing, as your footwork is very advanced compared to your partners for sure, but with not fully extending your punches. Remember, your "range" is your full jab extension + one step backwards. Get comfy working the bag at a range where you have to step into your shots and extend to hit the target, then quickly exit that range back to your jab + 1 step. It's more tiring and more of a chore mentally than just plodding in and chopping away with severly bent elbows, but it pays off BIG TIME in the generation of POWA
-Rather than keep an upright turtle guard when you're on the receiving end of punches, try and roll with them. Trying to hold rigidly upright leaves your body reacting to his punches - he throws a left hook, your body folds a bit to your left, etc. You need to be confident and either meet his punch to set up a counter (i.e. he throws a left hook, tighten your guard hard and lean your upper body slightly into the hook, which will cock your right hand for an immediate counter suprise) OR to roll with it (sort of how you did at 4:36, but I'd like to have you hunched a bit mroe forward)
-Careful with leading with a body punch from any sort of range other than chest-to-chest. You are getting away with it because you severly outclass the guy, but it could be trouble if you do it with any sort of regularity.
-Saw a few nice slips, again, head movement is really coming along
-Watch the "triangle pull back" from the jab. Rather than a line straight back to a high guard, sometimes you will throw the jab, drop it then bring it back at a diagonal to your guard.
-More punches in bunches, less pot shots!
-Only big mistake in the footwork was muddying up your stance off of breaks sometimes. There is certainly an art to angling off the lead foot and doing a step-out angle off with your rear foot, but it's invaluable for keeping you in a position to maximize the effect of your counter and keep you grounded should you take any shots moving out (off balance = flash knockdowns = shooting yourself in the foot with the judges).
The Good
-Uppercut try was close a few times! Try working it off of a slip to the outside of his jab
-2body was money! Keep those pumping all day, that dude has a HIGH guard and a BIG body, you're only helping him by digging into it and pointing out such a glaring hole. Establish your body punches off of a high jab, then use it to set up your feints and open up the head. 1-1-2b-3 is a nice basic combo to work on him, then you can play with 1-1-2b, 1-1-"2b feint" (drop levels then explode up into...)-2head and the possibilities are endless.
-Happy to see some head movement, but something to practice. It's all about rythm... I can't dance for shit, but I can rythm all day. It calms you, keep your head in motion so it's easier to move (instead of from a dead start), and keep the opponent concerned about the minor angles you're creating, acting almost like a minor feint. If you can get some "mirror time", warm-up or cool down with some very light, easy shadowboxing. Your foot rythm is nice, good steady weight, calm, settled bounce, etc, just have to get that head/torso moving instinctively
-Rapid improvement as usual
-Very good feet
