[quote]marinvlahovic wrote:
[quote]Sentoguy wrote:
[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:
[quote]marinvlahovic wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Oh man. I want to see this clown fight Mariusz and lead with body hooks like he’s doing in that video.
About 10 seconds till you get your fuckin block knocked off with that kind of shit.[/quote]
Not only that he drops his hands after every punch and leaves 'em dropped 'til he’s gathered enough energy to throw a couple more hooks from his pockets. This dude might have serious power [can’t tell from the vids] but he’ll never get to show it if he fights anyone who knows what they’re doing. Also, he’s either suffering from delusions of grandeur or he’s taking us all on a long ride.[/quote]
Yeah the bag is so dangerous that I have to watch out… Thats why its unsafe to be open like that.
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You completely miss the point. When you train, it’s better to train smart and do a certain movement or pattern over and over so it becomes instinct. If you spend more time punching bags than fighting (who doesn’t?) then the technique mistakes you make will become natural to you.
Pretending the bag can hit back and keeping your guard up will allow you to become better at defense just because putting your hands up will be something that comes natural.
If fighting with your hands at your waist is something you do often then that will become natural and one day during a fight you will subconsciously lower your hands and get knocked the fuck out.
People are trying to help you. Right now you have shown terrible videos and no fights; no kidding no one has any faith in you. Not only that, but you are calling people who give you good advice idiots. If anything you should try to be more humble and follow that advice.
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Exactly.
We all know that the heavy bag isn’t going to hit us back when we’re working with it. What you seem to fail to realize is that every time you train (shadow box, hit the heavy bag, hit the focus mitts, whatever) you are teaching your body (either refining or developing new) movement patterns.
If you continually teach yourself to drop your hands between punches, drop your punches at the end instead of retracting them back to your chin like you’re supposed to, telegraphing your attacks, absolutely no head movement, walking right into firing range without “covering yourself”, and all of the other bad habits which you showcase in those videos, then you’re flat out lying to yourself if you think that you’ll be able to instantly fix all of those bad habits once you step into the ring and are faced with an opponent who wants to smash you and the adrenaline dump which you will undoubtedly experience.
There is a saying in the fight game that goes “you fight how you train”. I’d suggest learning it and heeding it’s words.
Another one that you should remember is “practice does not make perfect; practice only makes permanent. Only perfect practice makes perfect.”[/quote]
Did you watched my entire training? Why are you saying all this obvius things? I know people. If you want to give me real advice concentrate on details. side movement, combo advice, anything you like… I am willing to listen. You can also find one of my fights on internet.
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We are giving you real advice. But there’s not really much use in giving you advice on more advanced stuff if you haven’t even got the basics down yet. You’ve got to build a strong foundation of skill. Keep your damn hands up (even when you’re kicking), re-cover between punches (when one hand is punching, the other one is always up covering in case they counter punch you), be a moving target (if your feet stop moving and you aren’t punching/kicking/elbowing/etc…, then your head had better be), learn how to close the gap explosively without telegraphing that you’re coming, learn how to jab (hugely important), learn to move quickly in any direction (footwork/movement is what allows you to decide when and where the fight takes place).
As far as your fight, unfortunately I can’t watch it as I’m on my gf’s computer (mine has crapped the bed and I need to buy a whole new hard drive) and she doesn’t want me going onto any sites that I don’t completely trust.
No one has said that you lack talent or cannot improve skillwise, just that at your current skill level (at least what we can see from your videos of you hitting the heavy bag) you would not be in for a good time against Pudz. And just so I make it completely clear that I’m not picking on you, Pudz has some of the same bad habits that you do when it comes to his striking. The difference is that he’s bigger, stronger, and more famous than you, so you’re going to have to fix those bad habits if you want to ever get into the ring to fight him, while he will probably get away with them much more so.
Here are some video clips from one of the Men who I feel extremely fortunate to have been able to work with Mr. Joe Lewis. These clips are part of a seminar that Joe taught in New York (which I didn’t attend, but he went over many of the same things when he taught at this year’s annual iCAT conference). I believe that you can purchase the videos of the entire seminar if you wanted to learn more. Keep in mind that Joe is teaching at a JKD school, so some of the material (vertical fist punches, “strong side forward”) is JKD specific stuff. It’s also more advanced stuff (although there were some basic things that he went over which I felt applied to you).
BTW, Joe is a character, is always kidding around, and is a lot of fun to work with.
Again, find yourself a good instructor. Nothing beats good one on one instruction from a qualified instructor.
