Peek a Boo
Fascinating article over at Martial History Magazine. The author discusses alternative boxing guards that are extremely protective. Highly recommended if you are interested in hand-to-hand.
Fascinating article over at Martial History Magazine. The author discusses alternative boxing guards that are extremely protective. Highly recommended if you are interested in hand-to-hand.
November 20th, 2009 at 4:51 am
There are some interesting guards there. As it happens I have been planning a few classes on the topic, which is also dicussed here.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Very cool article. We use a variant of this in MT called the “long guard”. Pretty effective when you are getting teed off on. Some guys use the long guard as a matter of practice - the legendary Dieselnoi always fought out of long guard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWdmN_zakk8
It sort of reminds me of watching Joe Frazier box as he used that cross arms style all the time, then cornered his opponent, then would open up on him.
November 21st, 2009 at 12:47 pm
James, I’m glad you enjoyed the article. I wanted to pop in and say thanks for the mention!