Calibre Boxing Redditch & Bromsgrove

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A few shots from our recreational boxing classes.

Posted • 3 Types of Attack
All attacks in striking arts can be separated into three basic categories.
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Direct attack
As simple as it sounds, initiating an exchange by moving into range and striking at the opponent. Example: Jab
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Delayed Counter
Make them miss, make them pay. Defending an opponent’s attack and then returning immediately with an attack of your own. Example: slipping outside the jab & then throwing a cross. These can be done reactively or pre-meditated by luring the desired attack & “setting a trap”
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Simultaneous Counter
Making them miss with a defence whilst attacking at the same time (simultaneously). Example: Slipping outside a cross whilst also delivering a cross to the body. These are highly effective as there is no way to defend them, they are high risk though as the opponent’s attack must be predicted correctly before executing the counter. Timing must also be excellent to pull these off.

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Opposite Cover
We are always open to attack somewhere, especially as we deliver a punch. We can however minimise the openings by use of opposite cover, or protecting ourselves as much as possible with the hand/arm that is not delivering the strike.
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This basic principle is one of the most important parts of defence.
Basically, as a punch is delivered, whichever hand is “on them”, the other one has got to be “on you”.
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You will see some fighters, gifted with elite reactions, not always applying this, or even boxing with low hands in general. However, they often have shorter careers that end with receiving a lot of knockout losses as their reactions decline.
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We all get tired in training & find it hard to maintain our form, but drilling this consistently could make all the difference.