Ultimate Southpaw Guide Part 2: Unique Punches [Jack Slack]
by Jack Slack on Feb 7, 2012 1:52 PM EST
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Hey folks, sorry it's been a while coming - gifsoup seems to be glitching out every time I attempt to put something into it. The second part of the Southpaw Striking Guide is up at www.fightsgoneby.com and it covers:
-The Corkscrew Lead Uppercut
-The Rear Straight
-The Looping Lead Straight
-The Lean Back Lead Hook
-The Southpaw Jab
http://www.fightsgoneby.com/2012/02/southpaw-striking-guide-part-2-unique.html
Because of the aforementioned gifsoup issues there are some videos in this one as well as gifs, but it's good to get good at analyzing fight film anyway!
As always, all feedback is much appreciated as it's the way I improve my writing!
http://www.fightsgoneby.com/2012/02/southpaw-striking-guide-part-2-unique.html
Cheers,
Jack
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Just read Pt 1 and 2
I’m very interested in these, and you do a great job translating the subtleties into meaningful descriptions.
Coming from Wing Chun, and being taught by a Ranger, we all trained “southpaw” but in a square, wide stance. He focused on knowing, drilling, and drilling AND DRILLING a handful of moves so that you’d know them well enough to actually use them in a fight. Suffice to say that we never saw nearly any of the strikes you cover.
Two things we DID do a lot of is the hand-fighting, and baiting/trapping as relates to the hand fighting. Just as you say its hard to land a jab for opponent (orthodox) against my southpaw. We are baiting them to throw that rear hand through the “open” window, knowing that it is the punch of least resistance for our opponent, and that sets the trap.
Very very much liking this series as its opening my eyes to other aspects of my ingrained stance, southpaw as a right-hander.
When you saw only one set of footprints, it was Herb Dean who carried you -- Mike Fagan
And even though it is NOT a WC kick
At home, when nobody is looking, I practice the rear leg (my left) shin-to-liver kick. WC kicks A) are never a roundhouse, and B) never above the waist. But there have been way way too many fucking awesome liver-kick knockouts to not train that move if you are already southpaw.
The other kick I practice, one that is absolutely a WC kick, is the lead-vs-lead kick to the knee that Anderson SIlva and JBJ like to use. For all the right reasons, its my strong leg vs orthodox’s weaker, and it keeps me out of range of an orthodox rear-cross. Might be worth tossing that into the striking list.
When you saw only one set of footprints, it was Herb Dean who carried you -- Mike Fagan
by hardlyworking on Feb 7, 2012 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
Though the WC version I learned is different than how Anderson and JBJ use it
Due to the weight-classes, and the comparatively enormous reach that both of those guys (legs) have on their competition, they can lead-kick the lead-knee without putting too much heat on it. Still dangerous, and maybe they are doing it as an annoyance rather than really doing their best to blow out the opponent’s knee
The way we were taught was from the standpoint that I am smaller than whomever has decided to fight me, so in order to use it, we “launch” it from a bit farther out, and try to get our falling weight to land on, and crush through the knee as we move from “outside” to “inside”.
When you saw only one set of footprints, it was Herb Dean who carried you -- Mike Fagan
by hardlyworking on Feb 7, 2012 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
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