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this is the four pillars of defense risk versus reward you're gonna love this video
all right talking about the four pillars of defense risk versus reward first one is footwork
footwork is when you're in your basic boxing stance you maintain the distance between your
feet laterally and horizontally so when you move directions start off moving slowly when you take a
step to your left move your left foot first then draw your right foot behind it small movements
small distances move forward front foot first then pull your back foot up with it back back leg first
so you maintain the proper distance as you become more comfortable with this
you do two steps at a time three steps at a time you try not to lift your center of gravity
so high you want to maintain the position that you're able to defend yourself as well as be
able to execute offense very quickly so it's become more confident and familiar with your
footwork you're going to be able to create better angles for yourself offensively and defensively
you have to maintain the the distance properly so that when you're moving forward or back you're
able to defend yourself but also you have to cognitively aware that when you're on your defense
you have a better chance of hitting your opponent when they're on their offense
so when you make these angles be prepared to be able to punch because when they make a mistake
you gotta be able to capitalize on it very quickly so remember when you're doing this as you become
more familiar you're able to move much quicker the risk versus reward well the risk is not a
great risk because you're not in the range to be hit but you're moving yourself out of range
the reward is you're not being hit all right now moving on to the second pillar of defense
and that is blocking blocking is very essential in the basics of defense learning how to high guard
tight defense tight shell so that you're impenetrable and you're able to still have
the opportunity of hitting your opponent back so when you go into your tight defense
you want to bring your hands up high guard turn your hands in slightly so you see the punches
coming at you and that by your very impenetrable defense as you block for the body you drop your
your weight back bring your elbows tight to your hips and not drop in your hands on blocking drills
and practicing you want to have it like an impenetrable defense where you're tight with
your hands high elbows low but also you use that as you're moving but you want to maintain your
vision you have to still you can't come up so you can cover up your eyes you have to have the vision
in order to see your opponent what's coming as you start leaning twisting against the block
those blows will give you greater opportunity of hitting your opponent back remember most times
boxers are hit on their offense not their defense the risk versus reward on blocking
punches is that you allow your opponent to get closer to you where they're actually throwing
punches at you that are hitting the target you have to block them from being a scoring blow
but then the reward is they're close enough for you to hit them back pillar number three perry
similar to your defensive block your hands are held high and you allow the punch to come as close
to the target as possible at the last moment you deflect it from the range so the moment
the momentum of the punch is still carrying you forward which gives you greater time to do your
counter when you're doing your parry you want to be close enough to your opponents they think
they have the opportunity of hitting you and then again when they're throwing that punch at you you
deflect that the last moment and then you're able to give you a greater opportunity of countering
their attack the difference between blocking and pairing is that when you block a bunch of stop
and the momentum when you're pairing the punch you're allowing the momentum of the punch to carry
forward to miss the target which will give you greater opportunity and more time to counter their
attack risk versus reward impairing is that they see the target you're giving them a bigger target
for them to hit and at the last second you have to deflect it so that the risk is you might get
hit the reward is you'll get ample time for you to be able to encounter with at least one punch
all right pillar number four slipping punches risk versus reward the risk is great
you actually lure your opponent you actually want your opponent to think that he's going to hit you
and that you lower your guard you allow to lower the guard will increase your peripheral vision
so that you're able to see the punch coming at the last second you want to move your body in a
parallel position to the center of gravity is the same that the punch misses you you move back to
the center target and then you're able to counter much quicker make sure that when you're slipping
punches that you keep your eyes on your opponent the center line so your body does not sway away
and remember when you're slipping you have to go back to the center point where you started from
so you give them the illusion that you never move that they don't know why they missed you
so they'll continue to make the same mistake even when you're slipping you have to keep your eyes on
your opponent at all times those hands are coming in fractions of a second and you have to be able
to see them to be able to dodge them risk versus reward and slipping it is a great risk you're
taking this is not a move that a novice should be making it's a skilled competitor that has been
able to master the move of slipping punches that they're unable to hit you and that you're able to
much greater opportunity of hitting back and there you have it coach wayne coming with the education
once again the four pillars of defense the higher the risk the greater the reward it's a life lesson
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