Finnegan's Wake
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Really cool, man
You were still arm-pumping the jab at times, but considering that monster right hand it set up, who the fuck am I to complain?
The reason you're leaning back is that you're smothering your range a bit. If you're at a proper punching distance, you will feel very comfortable throwing the weight forward and keeping that hunch-shouldered posture, ready to react and defend. If you're too far forward, you can't get your proper posture while still leaving enough room to swing, so you're leaning back to compensate. It's just a matter of getting comfortable with your ideal range, which will come when you get that jab fully extended and using the hip and shoulder shuck to add some range and pop. If you're arm-pumping it, though, you're going to cut your range and start smothering yourself.
Happy to see some body work but don't lead with it unless you're fighting in a phone booth or clinch situation! That guy was shitting his pants from the opening bell, but a competent counter puncher will make you pay for that. A little trick: a stutter-step jab sets up a 3b nicely; rather than just leaping with the 3b, drive hard off the back foot, pop buttcheek forward, shuck shoulder as you normally would for jab, but angle yourself off with the drive slightly diagonally to the left, in a position you'd normally be after slipping a 2 to the outside. It's actually throw in "mid-air" for the nanosecond that you're "in flight". The weight will end hard on your front leg, and the exact moment that it does you throw it violently back onto your rear leg and rip that 3b. From here, you can follow up with the right hand and thread together a combination, or angle off, as you're already off-center, you'll make him whiff his counter. It's really frustrating when your opponent can blind you with a jab, pound some vigor out of you with a 3b, then make you whiff a counterpucnh. You feel totally incapable of anything
Might want to change up your head movement a bit. It's good that it's there, but you're a little teeny-bop bouncy and back-and-forth. Try and mix in patterns and variations, and play with your rhythm or you may be timed. Also, don't be afraid to back off and use a little more subtle motion sometimes else you'll burn unnecessary energy... though it doens't seem to be a problem when you're a conditioning beast who KOs their opponent in the first round. The idea is to have your head a moving target sometimes, and other times jsut to have it MOVING at all because it's easier to roll into a more dramatic slip once you've seen the punch coming if you're already moving rather than going from a dead stop.
Great job overall I'm just being a dick over little things. Enjoy your time off and message me for any boxing-related stuff you need, schools been a bitch but I'm always lurking around
You were still arm-pumping the jab at times, but considering that monster right hand it set up, who the fuck am I to complain?
The reason you're leaning back is that you're smothering your range a bit. If you're at a proper punching distance, you will feel very comfortable throwing the weight forward and keeping that hunch-shouldered posture, ready to react and defend. If you're too far forward, you can't get your proper posture while still leaving enough room to swing, so you're leaning back to compensate. It's just a matter of getting comfortable with your ideal range, which will come when you get that jab fully extended and using the hip and shoulder shuck to add some range and pop. If you're arm-pumping it, though, you're going to cut your range and start smothering yourself.
Happy to see some body work but don't lead with it unless you're fighting in a phone booth or clinch situation! That guy was shitting his pants from the opening bell, but a competent counter puncher will make you pay for that. A little trick: a stutter-step jab sets up a 3b nicely; rather than just leaping with the 3b, drive hard off the back foot, pop buttcheek forward, shuck shoulder as you normally would for jab, but angle yourself off with the drive slightly diagonally to the left, in a position you'd normally be after slipping a 2 to the outside. It's actually throw in "mid-air" for the nanosecond that you're "in flight". The weight will end hard on your front leg, and the exact moment that it does you throw it violently back onto your rear leg and rip that 3b. From here, you can follow up with the right hand and thread together a combination, or angle off, as you're already off-center, you'll make him whiff his counter. It's really frustrating when your opponent can blind you with a jab, pound some vigor out of you with a 3b, then make you whiff a counterpucnh. You feel totally incapable of anything
Might want to change up your head movement a bit. It's good that it's there, but you're a little teeny-bop bouncy and back-and-forth. Try and mix in patterns and variations, and play with your rhythm or you may be timed. Also, don't be afraid to back off and use a little more subtle motion sometimes else you'll burn unnecessary energy... though it doens't seem to be a problem when you're a conditioning beast who KOs their opponent in the first round. The idea is to have your head a moving target sometimes, and other times jsut to have it MOVING at all because it's easier to roll into a more dramatic slip once you've seen the punch coming if you're already moving rather than going from a dead stop.
Great job overall I'm just being a dick over little things. Enjoy your time off and message me for any boxing-related stuff you need, schools been a bitch but I'm always lurking around
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Zop gives himself to you for your birthday
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Happy Birthday dude!!!
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thought these two are appropriate:
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Happy Birthday SPS!
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Gavin LeFever
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happy birthday, finn.
then again, you already won your bday present when you won that fight.
hoorah for march birthdays.
then again, you already won your bday present when you won that fight.
hoorah for march birthdays.
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MMA:
1 and 1/2 hours
First 30 min: Took it easy. Warmed Up, but nostly talked about our fights.
Iron Man Grappling:
One guy in the middle, 2 min rounds, no rest, new opponent each round
1 min round, no rest. Really focused on going all out each opponent.
Impressions:
OW! A little too soon to jump back into training. Hand was a limiting factor, as was my foot. When I got mount, it hurt to lay it flat.
I'm going to open mats tomorrow just in case anyone shows up from the BJJ class to get some work in, other than that, I'm taking it easy.
1 and 1/2 hours
First 30 min: Took it easy. Warmed Up, but nostly talked about our fights.
Iron Man Grappling:
One guy in the middle, 2 min rounds, no rest, new opponent each round
1 min round, no rest. Really focused on going all out each opponent.
Impressions:
OW! A little too soon to jump back into training. Hand was a limiting factor, as was my foot. When I got mount, it hurt to lay it flat.
I'm going to open mats tomorrow just in case anyone shows up from the BJJ class to get some work in, other than that, I'm taking it easy.
Flexwave2003
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Happy Bday Finn, and congrats on your W once again.
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Ab Wheel Burpee Challenge:
Perform 100 ab wheel burpees for time.
Results:
100 in 10:35
Impressions:
I'm not pleased with this at all. Foot hurt so I couldn't roll back up to my feet and that cost me major, major time. Abdominal endurance was fine. Legs were a bit shaky at the end, but they were mostly okay.
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Perform 100 ab wheel burpees for time.
Results:
100 in 10:35
Impressions:
I'm not pleased with this at all. Foot hurt so I couldn't roll back up to my feet and that cost me major, major time. Abdominal endurance was fine. Legs were a bit shaky at the end, but they were mostly okay.
Rep scheme:
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Sean O Deere
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i worked outside a bar called finnegans wake last night.
all i thought of was a scary 220 odd pound guy who would murder anything in sight.
all i thought of was a scary 220 odd pound guy who would murder anything in sight.
