Bad at sparring

[Mr.MojoRisin']

I never said that. I was elaborating on what I meant exactly the same except in a shorter sentence. I was saying I hated that gym which didn't give me contact drill & I was saying how that gym's coaches couldn't spar ****. I attended multiple different boxing gyms. Also, I never said I was extremely good in sparring. Just better than that gym. Funny how some gyms are flamboyant in focuses, mentally rigid in how boxing should be done, commercial (wtf is up with boxing Kata as if Eastern martial arts?).

Anyway, I do need to & want to work on some contact drills (defense drills). I want to practice & train responses. I never had an opportunity to do this. In sparring (just had sparrings, no defense drills), you don't really aim to practice responses. For example, you can just change angle & circle instead of waiting for a punch then responding afterward.

You posted it at 10:17, then you edited it again at 10:40,10:44, and 10:48. I hope you know that it tells us when you last edit your post lol.

[wilberbear]

I never said I was bad in sparring. I mentioned 2 things in the original post. 1. I asked for contact drill but it was laughed & ignored. 2. I need to & want to work on contact drill (defense drill). Those were the 2 points I made earlier. Then I elaborated how that gym ****** in sparring, which doesn't contradict neither of these 2 points. Also, I never made a point that I was bad in sparring especially compared to that gym. I had 2 sparrings in that gym. I won the first one by any scoring system (or even knockout if I was hitting serious). For the second one, I was tired from diet & cardio. Also, my opponent was taking advantage of the sparring rule (hitting lightly) & he was doing so-called "counter" right after "getting hit" while I am in the middle of retrieving my punches, so we just quit after 1 round. Then I changed gym.

[Mr.MojoRisin']

I never said I was bad in sparring. I mentioned 2 things in the original post. 1. I asked for contact drill but it was laughed & ignored. 2. I need to & want to work on contact drill (defense drill). Those were the 2 points I made earlier. Then I elaborated how that gym ****** in sparring, which doesn't contradict neither of these 2 points. Also, I never made a point that I was bad in sparring especially compared to that gym. I had 2 sparrings in that gym. I won the first one by any scoring system (or even knockout if I was hitting serious). For the second one, I was tired from diet & cardio. Also, my opponent was taking advantage of the sparring rule (hitting lightly) & he was doing so-called "counter" right after "getting hit" while I am in the middle of retrieving my punches, so we just quit after 1 round. Then I changed gym.

Post a video of you shadow boxing at full speed. I want to see your skills.

[wilberbear]

That gym ****** & was awkward. I never said I was extremely good in sparring. Here is a sparring video of me (the one without gloves). I couldn't get someone to film at a gym. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_D4ZS0GQU I also find shadow boxing ****** & boring, but that gym taught "Kata". For example, in that gym, boxing white belt Kata was "left jab, right cross, step back, left jab, right cross (can't remember right)". Repeating for 30 minutes. After a couple months, you get to the next Kata. Eventually, you reach the boxing black belt Kata. That was not a North American gym for the record (without Asian elder culture, it is impolite to laugh & to ignore a student when he asks for a training exercise sought on his own motivated to get better). The Kata system (taught the same to everyone) looks more commercial than for the sake of training.

I find shadow boxing ****** & boring, but here is me doing it in orthodox & in southpaw. You trying to hear that wind sound or something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiQBU-sUs94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU-sRH-gYKw

[Mr.MojoRisin']

That gym ****** & was awkward. I never said I was extremely good in sparring. Here is a sparring video of me (the one without gloves). I couldn't get someone to film at a gym. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_D4ZS0GQU I also find shadow boxing ****** & boring, but that gym taught "Kata". For example, in that gym, boxing white belt Kata was "left jab, right cross, step back, left jab, right cross (can't remember right)". Repeating for 30 minutes. After a couple months, you get to the next Kata. Eventually, you reach the boxing black belt Kata. That was not a North American gym for the record (without Asian elder culture, it is impolite to laugh & to ignore a student when he asks for a training exercise sought on his own motivated to get better). The Kata system (taught the same to everyone) looks more commercial than for the sake of training.

I find shadow boxing ****** & boring, but here is me doing it in orthodox & in southpaw. You trying to hear that wind sound or something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiQBU-sUs94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU-sRH-gYKw

That first link isn't sparring, thats just you and an old man moving around waving your hands.

As for the shadowboxing, you bring your hands back too slow and your hands are in the wrong place for southpaw and orthodox.

Your back hand (the one you throw a cross with) should be at touching the jaw bone/lower cheek parallel to your cheek. Your jabbing hand should be in line with your front leg and at nose level. This can be modified depending on style.

[wilberbear]

That's the only sparring (more or less) video I could film.

No, I am copying Tyson's Peekaboo style, so my resting fists are at the right (more or less) positions. Right beside the nose, under the eyes. When I bring back my hands, I try to make them natural & kind of sinking back to me instead of straining to bring them faster. I am more worried about working on my defense (like developing the experienced responses to punches) rather than my offense (I have worked with heavy bags a lot even at home for years even when I wasn't attending 5 different boxing or kick boxing gyms). My defense training experience is like 0. Even when I spar at gyms, I mostly do the same thing. I don't really "defend"; I just make it "unfair" with angles for the opponent.

[Mr.MojoRisin']

That's the only sparring (more or less) video I could film.

No, I am copying Tyson's Peekaboo style, so my resting fists are at the right (more or less) positions. Right beside the nose, under the eyes. When I bring back my hands, I try to make them natural & kind of sinking back to me instead of straining to bring them faster. I am more worried about working on my defense (like developing the experienced responses to punches) rather than my offense (I have worked with heavy bags a lot even at home for years even when I wasn't attending 5 different boxing or kick boxing gyms). My defense training experience is like 0. Even when I spar at gyms, I mostly do the same thing. I don't really "defend"; I just make it "unfair" with angles for the opponent.

I understand when you say that's all you can record. I can't record sparring either or my phone would get stolen.

As for the peekaboo style. Tysons hands are facing him not sideways. They are also higher a little above the nose.

[wilberbear]

But when you get punched, it is better to get punched at the bottom of your fists than at the back. Even with gloves on, I want to get into that habit.

[Mr.MojoRisin']

But when you get punched, it is better to get punched at the bottom of your fists than at the back. Even with gloves on, I want to get into that habit.

Then you are leaving your chin extremely vulnerable to a right cross.

[wilberbear]

Because the covering area is smaller? I will have to respond with reflex to adjust that much. Also, with gloves on, the covering gets bigger.