alright guys here I am again with Nate
Bauer made by our fitness I'm going to
make sure to leave a link in the bump so
you can check out a challenge got a lot
of great stuff boxing and conditioning
but for you guys today one of the
questions I often get is defense and how
to build defense how to work with the
complex combos that somebody is throwing
at you and it's all based on building
blocks in the last video or in a recent
video we talked about visual reaction
and balance staying focused staying
centered that is the key but when it
comes to the combinations being thrown
on you how are you going to work it how
you going to develop your own individual
style and work the counter the first
thing is that you have to know and get
comfortable with a different type of
defense so let's just say may starts
with a jab Here I am your friend mate
I'm going to just start to work my catch
that's the first part the key to my
defense the first key is not the actual
defense itself it's distance so as he
closes the gap I want to open the gap so
here we go he's going to throw five jab
[Applause]
so we got the foundation of the jab
catching and that's sort of where it
starts he closes the gap by stepping in
I opened the gap stepping out that's one
way to defend let's say now he's going
to throw the one-two stepping in I'm
going to catch and I'm going to block
while I step back with my distance he
goes one two
and this is sort of how you get started
now from your point of view you could
visualize this in shadowboxing visualize
this while you're on the bag catching
the one-two if you see what happened
there as he stepped in with the jab and
I stepped back he had to come through
and reach forward with the right hand to
get me now where things change is when
you start to mix up your defense and
that gives you different counters
different opportunities it also depends
on what you're comfortable with
so let's say now he's going to throw the
one-two but instead of catching the jab
I'm going to slip on the jab and cover
with the left hand so he goes for five
and this is a different situation
altogether you might feel comfortable
with that you might feel more
comfortable staying up tall and blocking
or you might feel more comfortable with
the flip this is going to lead to
different opportunities to counterpunch
so let's say in this case you can throw
the one-two and I'm going to block it
while standing up and then just counter
with the right hand this is how you can
start to create your own building block
for defense so he throws the one-two and
boom and I counter with my right hand I
build that in I'm visualizing let's go
for four more times now you see how
standing tall like that sets up a
certain type of counter it makes it
easier for me to just throw that right
hand right for my knight nice standing
position if I slip I might get away from
that jab but I might find a little bit
harder to come back with the right hand
so again you get the advantage of making
the myths and blocking but it also may
make it harder for you to counter from
that position so let me just give it a
shot
[Applause]
so in this case I'm flipping the jab
blocking the right hand and coming back
with my counter because I'm down this
position I might and I'm getting hit
while I'm down there I might find it
harder than when I'm up right to come
back with the right hand
different types of defense are going to
make it more or less comfortable for you
to throw different counters you got to
start to figure out which ones are
working for you
another option just to show you a third
option is it he throws the jabs and I
slipped the right hand to the outside
that sets up the left hook counter and
so different defense creates different
opportunities so he throws the one-two
I'm going to catch and flip the start
[Applause]
okay so with that I'm catching the jab
flipping to the outside I'm not stepping
back I'm holding my ground when I hold
my ground I slip that creates a
different opportunity with the left hook
so here I'm going to go through it again
but this time I'm going to counter with
the left hook yeah
so instead of moving back
catching and slipping that opens up a
left hook opportunity so again with
working your defense we have the basics
of catching the jab slipping the jab
then I can mix up how I handle the right
hand either I'm going to catch the jab
and block or catch the jab at foot to
the other side if I slip the jab I'm
down here that makes him miss with the
jab but then I have to come all the way
back to throw that right hand also have
to make sure that I block that right
hand coming down to me as I'm down this
position different positions are going
to make it easier for you to throw
certain counters up tall the right hand
counter might come off easy flip to the
other side the left hook counter comes
off a little bit easier so when working
to your defense start with the jab work
variations of defending the jab add the
right hand work variations of defending
the jab and the right hand get
comfortable with that then add the left
hook work variations of blocking all
three and see what counters feel natural
to you all right so understanding your
different positions for defense and the
different combinations that come out you
are going to better allow you to land
counter land more shots in your opponent
and adjust to what's being thrown at you
alright guys remember to check out
Nate's channel and thanks for watching
guys peace