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Originally Posted by wildman1717
Fient, when he counters, counter his counter.
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Winner.
Seriously, not that many people learn feints for some reason. There are SO many good feints it's ridiculous. You can catch much more experienced people by throwing fakes.
Get a mirror and practice feints while your shadowbox, and remember to always shadowbox in front of a mirror. Feints need to be convincing
- fake a high jab, following your fake up with your eyes (in case opponent is watching your eye movement) and then throw jab to the body
- shoulder roll: roll your right shoulder but immediately throw a jab. Or roll your left shoulder but immediately throw a straight
- Or draw your shoulder up instead of rolling it
- throw a dummy jab to measure distance, and while the jab blinds your opponent quickly step in and throw for real. However don't do this too often cause then your opponent learns to just throw immediately after your dummy jab and catch you
- step in without hitting: try to get a reaction. If you step in without hitting it screws up their rhythm. Or you step in and throw a fake, EXPECTING THE COUNTER. This way you just step in, fake, and perform your defense and it looks like you got SUPER REACTION SKILLZZZ <-- boxing's all about planning it out and executing the plan
- draw an elbow up. For example draw your right elbow up to expose the liver/solar plexus and then throw the jab
Basically the best way to get around a "speedster" or counterpuncher who's faster than you, is to make him flinch and THEN throw. DO SOMETHING that makes him make a move before you throw.
Yeah, I've noticed recently that doubling up the jab helps me a lot in this scenario.
