Regardless of stance width or style, you want to lure and control the opponent before (changing to) the drop step (technique). A pawing jab is slower paced than a jab by definition. It is also less threatening. So, the opponent tends to react by coming forward and/or raising their hand(s) rather than evading.
Dropped my sparring partner, so he says
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It's a touch or push to control the space, not a committed punch. It's common in MMA and bare knuckle too...
Countering a jab is different than starting from safe distance, luring the opponent to raise their hands and/or punching high, entering the fight zone and drop stepping with the jab. Floyd's wide step helps him transition from the safe distance to the fight distance and back to exit safely. Floyd's drop step starts from the safe zone, while your drop step starts in the fight zone.
In your method, you have less time to react off a jab which makes it more difficult and riskier. Your image only shows your opponent evaded your punch. Subsequently, the opponent can feint the jab and counter you as you are drop stepping.
Comparison of TMA's (demo) and Floyd's drop step (fight).
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Oh OK. See that wouldn't happen to me. My rule is to always deal with the lead hand. I would never let that lead hand molest me like that. That's a sin
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In "rhino guard" discussion, people asked why does your opponent kick?
No matter how long that you may extend your leading arm, your opponent's leg is always longer.
Wing Woo Gar
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Not just knee bend, ankle and hip fold, body stays erect.
Wing Woo Gar
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All this. Being able to switch is fundamental.
Wing Woo Gar
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Question, what if I can get inside/outside your knee before you can kick me? So many people telegraph kicks. I want my kick to be controlled and equal in retraction vs extension without disturbing the body or structure.
If you can get inside of my kicking range, my kick won't be effective on you. Actually, if you just raise your knee, most of my kicks won't work on you. There was a period of time that in Karate tournament, everybody hops with one leg while using another leg to protect their chest.
You don't want your opponent to use your leading arm to jam your back arm.
In the last several fights, Muhammad Ali's opponent kept moving to Ali's side door. Through the whole 15 rounds, Ali did have any chance to throw his back fist.
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Correct. This is my goal all the time.
Should boxers also have this concern? What do you think?
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And I keep reminding you that the safe zone depends on what your opponent
1. Can do
2. Can't do
3. Won't do
4 Will do.
Add kicking, sweeps, and foot hooks into the scenario and your statement about that safe zone becomes flawed. I don't box. I do kung fu so I must be aware of things beyond punching. Floyd's foot is already in sweeping and foot hook range.
Floyd is already in kicking and sweeping range. The "safe zone" that you assume only applies to boxing, even at this range he's well within shooting distance for a wrestler.
We agreed to disagree. You disagree with the conventional definition that "safe distance" is where the opponent cannot reach you. I provided 4 videos that explained the same definitions and their importance in fighting/self defense.
The conventional definition says you are in fight distance when you parry a jab and do a drop step jab, because you and the opponent can reach each other.
Floyd is boxing under boxing rules. The safe distance for Floyd is where punches can't reach him. If he were fighting under MMA rules, the safe distance would include kicks.
Wing Woo Gar
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11 pages of this merry go round? Just meet at Tony’s and film the fight.
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But if you get close enough the legs are too long to be dangerous, so I think the "dangerous distances" are more like distance windows, rather than < x. So a Boxer meeting a kicker would feel "safer" to get in very close, where the kicker is less dangerous, and where the boxer is most effective. Some kicks work at close range though, but not all. I use this as well in sparring, some partners love to kick from "safe distance", then my best bet is to get in close, where they can't kick, if they back I run after.
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I've seen boxers use CMA type parries, where they parry the attacking arm to the inside, but it's only half of the opportunity. Some parry and punch but some parry and cover. The title of this video is Advance Parry so my guess is Ww'll probaly see more of it in the future. For us and others in TMA, this would be basic and not advanced. Someone in the boxing circle would have to let us know where this sits in todays boacing. Tim would definitely know.
CMA would say do it this way.
I see this the parry + Punch more in mma
Sorry about respond to that. I will say nothing else about safe zone. I asked Marvin what martial arts does he train but I didn't see a reply to that. If I knew what he trained then I can take that keep that perspective in mind when I respond. That way I can at least post video of what I'm talking about if there is confusion
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Boxers would definitely be more focused on hands by default.
This one is for @Kung Fu Wang . Boxer dumps Kickboxer on the gound.
If my opponent moves to my side door, I can move with them (action/reaction principle) neutralizing their movement. Back fist is illegal in boxing.
Should boxers always be concerned to move only one way away from the rear hand? No. There are many reasons fighters should circle both directions from a safe distance. For example, you circle towards my lead hand I KO you with my lead hook. You are predictable when you only circle one way, etc.
Per Georges St. Pierre, "That's a cliche. It's not true... Just don't step into the danger zone [fight zone]. But, I am totally fine as long as I only step this way out of range [safe zone], My opponent can't touch me here [safe zone]..."
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