The three most effective ways to defend and counter the jab.
Hi, my name's Glenn Holmes, I'm the co-owner of the Box n'
Burn Academy, the world's number one boxing fitness education course.
I'm also the founding trainer here at Boxing Burn in Los Angeles, California.
All right. The first way we're going to defend
the jab and then count on the jab is with the parry.
This is probably the first thing you'll
learn in boxing in terms of how to defend that jab.
Nine times out of ten,
the first punch that you're going to need to defend is the jab.
Right.
So the way she's going to defend that Orthodox versus Orthodox,
she's going to use your backhand to your right hand to defend it as the jab comes in,
she's going to parry it and try and deflect that jab off a little bit.
So make sure when you parrying, your fists
is tight. You may actually create in some tension to fist.
Otherwise, the jab is just going to fly straight through.
Right.
So to defend that jab, she's just going to parry it with the right hand.
And she just kind of watching my shoulder area right here.
And as soon as she sees that jab come
Boom! She's going to deflect it with the right glove.
The key to the parry is to let the jab travel right.
If you try and meet the job and she brings
your hand away from the face, then it's easy to counter with that hook.
So I can just faint that jab,
draw the hand forward, and then it's leaving her wide-open right.
She always wants to keep that glove close to the head.
And at first when you're getting used
to parry in the jab, if it's something you're not
familiar with,
it can be kind of intimidating to let that jab travel right close to the face.
Right this and at the last minute.
But that's what you really want to work on.
You want to develop that confidence to let
the jab really travel in parry at the last minute.
So I'm just throwing that jab right there and nice and light.
And she just deflected it with a tight
fist, trying to just knock the job off as well.
The benefit to parrying it with some force is it's also going to pull me off balance
a little bit and kind of pull me into range for us to land
the counter. Will get to the counter in a second.
But if she does that, like fist, like I said, the jab can get through,
but she's a bit more aggressive and tightens up that fist.
It deflects my punch and pulls me into range for it to land the counter boom.
So they are just going to practice that a few times.
Get comfortable with the parry.
Now for the counter.
What I'm going to do is I've used my left mitt, right here as the coach right?
So in order for it to count, counter that like straight away
and in boxing, you throw it straight back at the face.
So I'm going to use the right mitt to catch the jab for that.
So in order for the catch counter right
here, we're going to catch the jab with the right hand.
And she's got a left hand free and I'm going to catch that on my right mitt.
So I'm going to have that there the whole time.
So that's going to simulate me being pulled off balance.
That's where the head would be for the counter jab.
So number one right here is the catch counter.
We're going to catch the back end
and count it right back with the same punch, the jab.
OK, so once we've drilled that parry a few
times, she gets comfortable with that, right?
Then she can start thinking about having the jab ready as soon as that parry's
landed, then she can throw that jab straight away.
So I'm not that ready.
And she going to shoot that jab as soon as that jabs been caught.
Right.
She catches my jab, shoot the job right away, catch counter, catch, shoot
just a catch and shoot, catch, shoot.
Catch, shoot. Good.
Now, same thing with that jab. I'm not mean.
I'm not meaning it too much.
I'm allowing it to fully extend and throw a good job as well.
Catch and shoot.
Good catch and shoot. Good.
So she's kind of watching this, our peripheral vision,
gluing her eyes on the target for the counter and again, good.
Again, good.
So there's number one the most basic form
of defending the jab and countering the jab, the catch and shoot.
Catch the jab. Shoot the jab.
All right. So for number two,
instead of catch it and then shoot in,
what we're going to do is counter and land at the same time.
Right.
So with this, we're going to counter with a jab to the body.
So this time in order to defend the jab, she's going to slip the jab.
But once she's got used to that, she's going to throw her jab at the same time.
So effectively, my job is missing and her job is landing.
We're both throwing jabs simultaneously.
So as I throw my job as the coach,
I'm going to hold my right mitt on here to give her the target for that jump to the body.
And the key right here with this is to just slip a little bit lower than you
normally would if you're not going to counter.
So if she was normally just slip in a headshot, she wouldn't get too low.
She's kind of stay right there and just let the jab fly over her shoulder.
But if the intention is to counter her
at the same time, what we're doing right here, we're defending the jab and countering
the jab with the jab is get a little bit lower and get into the legs
to be able to land that jab to the body as a power punch as well.
So right there if she dips and really digs
into that punch, she's dropped into a legs that actually will do some damage.
It can be you can use it as a power point.
So, again, it's just a case of reflexes for you as the boxer.
You're going to watch the coach or your opponent with the shoulder area.
And as soon as that jab comes in, you just kind of go to go go straight
to that position, just go for it without hesitation.
Just throw that jab to the body.
Good, good.
And then really tighten up that fist and slam that jab in.
Good. Good.
And she coming right back up.
Right as soon as that jabs landed,
she's right back up on balance for whatever's next.
Good. Exhale
and if she throws the jab, good.
So I've missed she's landed.
Boom, boom. Good.
It's just a case of reactions and reflexes.
So there's number two, jab in simultaneously
slip in the jab, landing the jab to the body at the same time.
Again, before we get to number three,
which is probably my favorite and it's actually a knockout
counter to the jab. Great option to count the job.
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All right.
So number three, this is tricky to pull off.
It requires a lot of timing and a good
amount of reaction, speed and timing from the right side of the body.
And also in the last one, we reacted to the jab with the jab.
This time we're reacting to the jab
with the cross right or overhand right, actually.
So what we're trained in right here is really good reaction skills.
So I'm not actually even going to be able to get the jab off.
What I'm going to do is as soon as I start to turn that shoulder to even hint
that I'm going to throw a jab, she's going to react by throwing a straight right.
So without limits for a second.
If we were boxed in right here and I start
to even show that shoulder right there, boom, she's going to time it, boom.
She's going to time it nice and long.
And it's kind of over the shoulder a little bit.
So as soon as you see my shoulder move, boom, the reaction is the cross boom.
The reaction is the cross. Right.
So what I'm going to do is a couple of times just give her the shoulder,
but I'm going to give her the mitt to land that cross.
Right.
And this might take a few punches or a few reps to get that timing down,
but it's just a case of repeating it and practicing it.
This is a great shot to try and pull off in sparring because nine times out of ten,
the first punch your opponent's going to throw is a jab.
And it's a great way to counter it with a power punch.
So right here, as soon as she sees that left shoulder
move, she throws that straight cross and we have that mitt ready for it to throw the punch.
Ready? Good. Good.
Wait for it.
Yeah, good.
So as soon as she sees me start to go
with the shoulder bang, she just meets me with the punch.
Yep.
Yeah. Good.
So that's the overhand right.
That's the way to counter the jab.
With a power punch.
So there. Just to recap, number one,
the most basic way to defend and counter the jab is the catch and the counter.
You're going to counter the jab.
So we're going to catch with the backhand and throw the jab.
Right. That's the catch and shoot catch, shoot. Catch, shoot.
So that's number one, catching the jab and then throwing the counter jab.
The second one, we slip in the jab, and countering with the jab to the body.
So again, we're using the jab to counter simultaneously.
And mine's missing. She's landing.
And then your last one, a little bit more tricky, a little bit more advanced.
She's looking for that movement in the left shoulder and she sees it.
She throws a straight cross. Boom! Right over the top and bang land in that punch.
So there's three ways right there.
You can practice defending and countering the jab.