Here is a simple MA strategy:
1. You move into your punching range by your favor footwork.
OK so far.
2. Assume both you and your opponent end with right leg forward.
Not sure why I would do that. I'm right-handed and I assume most people are also. Right-handed people tend to favor a left-foot-forward stance, which puts the right hand to the rear as the 'power' hand instead of the 'jabbing' hand.
I will proceed with the rest as if my LEFT foot was forward if you don't mind.
3. If his face is open, you right punch at his face.
In my case with reversed footing, I assume it would be a left jab to the face. Yes, that's normal.
However, just because a person's face is open and you jab at it, that doesn't mean you're going to land the punch. They can parry, trap, get out of the way. A lot depends on their speed versus your speed, their reaction time versus your reaction time, etc. By all means, if they are open and you're fast enough, pop them one right in the snot locker.
4. If his face is not open, you use left hand to parry down his leading right arm, you then right punch at his face.
I don't see that as a given, no matter which hand you use to 'parry down' his lead. Many boxers keep their hands up near their face. You're not going to reach out and move one of those hands without drawing a punch.
5. If he doesn't dodge or block it, you hit him.
Going back to your jab scenario, yes.
6. If he dodges your right punch, you left punch at his face
Perhaps. Depends a lot of how he dodges. If he moves back or to your offhand side, you're not going to be punching his face with the opposite hand unless you wish to overextend and offbalance yourself.
7. If he blocks your right punch, you use your right punching hand to grab his blocking arm, pull his blocking arm, you then left punch at his face.
I may be misunderstanding your instructions, but I don't see that happening. If I am the opponent and I block or redirect a punch, I will be doing my best to trap it. Assuming I am successful, the person doing the attack won't be grabbing anything with that hand; I own it.
In other words, if your opponent
- dodges your 1st punch, It's just a simple "jab, cross".
- blocks your 1st punch, you add a "grab, pull" and make it into "jab, grab, pull, cross".
What's your opinion on this?
I think it is fairly basic sparring technique, but it makes a lot of assumptions about how things will go.
If I were lined up across from a sparring partner and wanted to run a similar drill, it might look like this, but the results are always dependent on the reactions of my partner, so everything can change in an instant:
1) Line up left foot forward, hands up protecting my face. Knees bent, body turned at an angle. Balance over my one-point.
2) If partner's face is open, jab at it with the leading left. If it is not open, jab at it with the leading left anyway, to draw a reaction.
3) If partner doesn't block or deflect the punch, or move out of range, he gets punched. If he does block or parry, throw the right as a cross, straight, overhand, or uppercut, whichever fits best with the type of reaction the partner exhibits.
4) If he moves back, close the distance with footwork and continue to throw jabs and power punches as you pursue. Take him off balance, move him into a corner, take him to the edge of the ring or fighting circle. Counter any attempt by the opponent to move to the side with footwork and heat.
5) If the partner starts to concentrate on your hands, kick him. Barring any desire to kick to the groin or body joints in partner sparring, front snap kick to the balance points, such as hips and belly. Concentrate on speedy kicks that deliver pushing power to off-balance rather than hurt the partner. Always follow a kick with more punches.
Just as an aside, lining up right foot forward against a right-handed person is probably a mistake in this type of sparring unless you can move quickly. You expose your midsection to their right roundhouse kick, which would be their power kick. If you intend to draw that kick so you can counter, cool. If not, blammo.