[boxingman]

i am an ok boxer but soon my friend said that a takwondo guy will come to our place. this guy has been on the canadian national team since 1989. and has world medals at the worlds.
and he already beat some guys up there

i am going to spar him under american kickboxing rules and i know what most people say just cut of the ring etc.

but the problem is that the place where we might spar does not have a ring??? so it would be hard to wrap him and work inside

so what tatics should i use to spar him?

do you guys have any ideas?

[Zeal]

Watch his feet :p

No, seriously.

Also, is he ITF or WTF? If he's oldschool ITF he might just know how to use his hands real well as well. If he's newschool WTF... well... see line number one.

[GoldenDragon]

since ur a boxer here is what i suggest:

keep a traditional boxing stance. keep ur hands a little higher up. dont worry about his low kicks or body kicks they prob wont hurt. expect some body hits, but most shots will be to the head. as soon as he throws a kick step in and do your thing.

[streetthug]

get in close, when he throws one of those silly kicks just box his face in

[TJS]

Despite what most people say I suggest you take him seriously and Make sure you dont get knocked out with a spinning hook kick or something.

Basically keep you hands up and close the distance once you see an opening. most likely he wont like being in punching range.

[Gregster]

I'm a TKD guy (though admittedly not world-class ;) ) and had some of my best and most challenging fights against two guys at my school who were, quite frankly lousy at TKD but who were both trained and skilled boxers.

Get in close and stay there-- he'll own you at longer distance. But do not be so foolish as to think bulldogging him will keep you safe; watch for spinning back kicks and axe kicks, both of which can be thrown to great effect in close. Keep a tight defense and constantly shift your angle of attack, and work the body so he'll have a harder time setting up kicking attacks.

If your kicks are decent, throw pushing kicks at his hips/waist when he goes to attack-- you can jam him and in many cases drop him dead on his ass.

[lucid]

Originally posted by GoldenDragon
since ur a boxer here is what i suggest:

keep a traditional boxing stance. keep ur hands a little higher up. dont worry about his low kicks or body kicks they prob wont hurt. expect some body hits, but most shots will be to the head. as soon as he throws a kick step in and do your thing.

sorry but all due respect, to assume a fighter at the national level can't hurt you is ignorant! he's a NATIONAL LEVEL FIGHTER! Any body whos hit that level has to thow kicks that can hurt or KO somebody. or why else do they get to be at the national level? if that was so i'd walk on to the Canadian olympic team right now even though i haven't trained in TKD for a year.

i live around T.O. too, whats the name of the guy, i'm just curious.

if it's WTF, he's gonna combo a lot in his kicks. it's not gonna be like MT where he's gonna throw a big nasty round. he's gonna chain at least 2 kicks together.

he's gonna be fast and move around a lot. dont thow singles because he'll shuffle back and counter with his own round.

if your good at a push kick use it you need to buy room and dictate the exchange.

shoot in with shuffling kicks to get in to hands range(he's not gonna be comfortable there or as least as much as kicking range), to avoid him stoping you with a side kick get in tight and work him. but watch for 2 things. the jumping back kick and the chop kick. this is what i would suggest to watch for:

to stop chop kicks is easy , jsut keep your guard up. if he's catches on he'll chop your collar bone. thats what i would do. it's a dirty trickin competition. it'll numb the arm and hurts like a bitch even with a chest guard.

jumping back kicks---> duck! bob and weave, your heads not set in one place then he can't get a good fix on it.

ok, to be honest if he's already pasted guys at your club and you said your an OK boxer. i'd say tell him your there to learn and work light.

your best chance of winning is changing to boxing hehe second option is MT cuz he'll die in the clutch and leg kicks.


P.S. i live in your area, if you want you can PM me, if i got time i go a few rounds with you.


edit: i didn't read gregsters post ... so it's not jsut me saying watch for the chop/ax kicks and back kicks.

[Gregster]

I wholeheartedly second what TJS and lucid have said vis-a-vis this guys skill.

I've trained under, and fought against, TKD fighters who were playing the game on this guy's level. And if he's fighting USTU/WTF rules (read: Olympic rules) Taekwondo, you don't get to that level training at the McDojang down the street and learning how to look pretty. You get there by knowing how to *fight*.

Whatever you do, take him seriously or he will school you.

And lucid is correct-- this guy won't try to take you out with one hard shot, he will be looking to set up combos. That's how good TKD fighters fight. Be aggressive and jam his attacks and keep him on the defensive.

Unless he's free-styling because he's fighting a different school, he won't kick low-- he'll be trying to land kicks to the torso and (if you're going for broke) the head.

[BlackBeltNow]

Originally posted by streetthug
get in close, when he throws one of those silly kicks just box his face in

hahaha

silly rabbit [TKD] kicks are for chicks

Originally posted by lucid
sorry but all due respect, to assume a fighter at the national level can't hurt you is ignorant! he's a NATIONAL LEVEL FIGHTER!

no he's not. he's a national level TKD guy. if a national level soccer guy fights me, i can't assume he's dangerous b/c he's a great kicker. their kics are different htan our kicks. same w/ TKD. they're just good at foot tagging specific targets on ur body

[lucid]

~rolls eyes~