What went wrong?

[Kung Fu Wang]

Always do things to encourage the strike that you want. This makes it less of a guessing game.

You want to lead your opponent into an area that you are more familiar than he does. One time I sparred a boxer. I didn't want to play the punching game that he was good at. I just repeat the following leg skills over and over.

- stomped on his knee,
- swept his leg,
- kicked his belly,

 

[windwalker099]

You want to lead your opponent into an area that you are more familiar than he does. One time I sparred a boxer. I didn't want to play the punching game that he was good at. I just repeat the following leg skills over and over.

Used to spar often with people who said they boxed while in the military.
I’d agree not to kick them, remember one time getting hit in the face by a jab, trying to “box” with a boxer.
good wake up call

Allowing me understand I didn't know how to box

Switched back to using TWC. He and others couldn’t find an answer to it.
With the horse, footwork, and long-arm, they were always within punching range, I outside of theirs.

Not having to worry about kicks, a bonus.

When sparring with a TKD guys, the ones I knew were very quick fast in kicking, In TWC there is a movement called "diving hand". Using it against a kick...got all my fingers jammed...hitting the leg instead of inside of it.. "timing" lesson learned.

One guy practiced a style called Tang Soo Do (당수도), a little different. He a light heavy weight, could knock a person down—or out—with various kicks, had a wicked jump spinning back hook kick.

At the time, was helping him prep for a light heavyweight match against Joe Lewis, a noted full contact fighter back in the day.

He also practiced 합기도 "hap ki do" after getting in range, he used it taking down pinning a person with a lock..
good guy, very tough MA...