lookin for some good ways to create angles. what do you find success in???
Immediately after you parry a jab, step to your left with your lead foot and pivot to your left side.
After throwing a straight right step to your right side with your right foot and then step slightly forward with your lead left foot. If done correctly you should be at an angle to your opponent where you can punch again. You can also try this move using a feint instead of an actual punch.
If you're a beginner or intermediate, get the DVD by Rodney King. It gives you some ideas about keying off the opponent's strikes and steps and also teaches you how to step and get proper posture and defense. Forget about offense and 'getting angles' at first and learn defense. This is a basic platform upon which your angles and offensive stuff is built.
(not affil.)
Parry a jab and step diagonally back and to your right with your rear leg.
You should be well place to throw a straight right from an angle.
Joe Ray - Parry a jab and step diagonally back and to your right with your rear leg.Maybe, but it is better to get an angle moving forward then stepping back. You're potentially 'out of the pocket' and the opponent has offensive pressure on you. Counterpunching moving back is a pretty high level skill (just sayin').
You should be well place to throw a straight right from an angle.
http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/ug/angling.html
Here is an old thread archived at stickgrappler's site.
Lots of other decent threads archived there.
I am lefthooker btw.
Thanks for the link Joe Ray. I saw that site a while ago but lost it and had been looking for it.
WidespreadPanic - If you're a beginner or intermediate, get the DVD by Rodney King. It gives you some ideas about keying off the opponent's strikes and steps and also teaches you how to step and get proper posture and defense. Forget about offense and 'getting angles' at first and learn defense. This is a basic platform upon which your angles and offensive stuff is built.
(not affil.)
It's interesting to note that Matt Thornton himself has moved the Straight Blast Gym away from emphasizing Crazy Monkey and now incorporates more traditional boxing.
PoundforPound -WidespreadPanic - If you're a beginner or intermediate, get the DVD by Rodney King. It gives you some ideas about keying off the opponent's strikes and steps and also teaches you how to step and get proper posture and defense. Forget about offense and 'getting angles' at first and learn defense. This is a basic platform upon which your angles and offensive stuff is built.
(not affil.)
It's interesting to note that Matt Thornton himself has moved the Straight Blast Gym away from emphasizing Crazy Monkey and now incorporates more traditional boxing.
They seemed to have had some kind of falling out with Rodney King.
thanks all... joe doesnt the step left and pivot put me in line of the right hand???
Yes if you don't step to your left quickly enough.
Think of it like this: Your opponent throws a one-two.
You parry the jab and then step to your left and pivot round as he throws the right hand. You should move out of the way of the right hand and you are left in a perfect position to throw a left hook and then jab as you spin away.
pocotour, look on Lordseano's Khan-Kotelink thread.
I posted a vid of Freddie Roach training with Amir Khan.
A few times in that you see him practice throwing one-twos at Amir and Amir steps to his left and pivots away from the right hand and then counters with a left hook followed by multiple jabs.
He does it very well. That is how it should be performed. Watch just after the two minute mark.
thanks joe
Good stuff
It's interesting to note that Matt Thornton himself has moved the Straight Blast Gym away from emphasizing Crazy Monkey and now incorporates more traditional boxing.
They seemed to have had some kind of falling out with Rodney King.
thats an understatement.. rodney kinda moved his stuff on a bit from those days as well.. some of his newer dvds are pretty decent
(not aff either)