The Liver Shot... vs the Spleen

If you're not on the inside, one of the most common and effective ways for an orthodox fighter to land this punch is to slip your opponent's jab to the outside and digging an uppercut to their body. You have to be comfortable with the slip to do this, because it relies entirely on you moving forward as you slip to create the angle, not just moving your head around, as you would have no angle and would be sitting there waiting for the right hand that your opponent is probably firing behind that jab. Another great way to land this punch is to throw a right hand to the body, not a straight punch, but with a bit of a loop (though not quite that of a hook). The looping right hand to the body is often used to draw the opponent's elbows outward to catch the punch against guys with the straight, tight "European" style. A looping right hand to the head will often land against these fighters, and one to the body will draw their left hand downwards as they reach to parry the punch. Most guys don't expect right hands to the body, and they are risky if you're not bending properly at the knees, but if you throw it sporadically, you'll tag that "spleen shot" sooner or later

Cool thread man

Love this. Not alot of people in ammy type sparring can do this. Took a while for me to fluently (well, for a social trainer) step through as slipping, but opens up the whole left side. One of my favourites.
 
how do shots to the solar plexus or gunkan compare to that of the liver shot and spleen?
I always was told solar plexus is target alpha for a cross to the body
 
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