How To Enter Striking Distance W/O Getting Hit Upon Entry

This is the answer to a question I received on instagram about how to enter without constantly getting hit. We want to develop confidence attacking so we can have a solid offense game and are not hesitant about moving forward. If you can get these 4 tips dialed in you will become a much more confident offensive fighters. Please like, share and/or subscribe if you appreciate the video 🙏
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:18 Tip 1
3:00 Tip 2
4:30 Tip 3
5:55 Tip 4
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[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

I'm always taking video requests. If you have any area you're struggling in let me know and I'll do my best to explain it.

[@tejfolospaszuly4348]

Streching pls

[@husnane2660]

Hey Gabriel I'm struggling with stepping and pivoting then countering if you could do a video on that it would really be helpful Thanks

[@AKAMMArduk]

I have trouble with longer opponents handfighting a lot. I think this clip is helpful already but if you could go more indepth on that I'd appreciate it.

[@zaldare]

Top vids mate. Performing combos in lateral motion has always been a problem for me and it's completely down to footwork and weight distribution that keeps putting me off. Any tips?

[@Christophhanderson]

Would you ever do a breakdown of you vs serhiy adamchuck I loved those fights between you two

[@ekatlaterrible]

Tip 1 - Move head off center line as you go in Tip 2 - Tight guard, chin tucked, shoulder up Tip 3 - Be aware of your range and don’t move in from too far Tip 4 - Use explosiveness to come in (be on balls of feet)

[@nbtyuiop]

I think there was a bonus tip to also not always go in. Sometimes feint, be unpredictable as to when you're going to attack.

[@jonassteinberg3779]

Tip 2 is to feint before actually throwing. Fwiw.

[@markogorc2526]

These basics are not always taught or explained. Thank you Gabriel. Keep up the good work.

[@michaelkluver]

I was thinking about this problem the other week. Thanks for clearing it up coach!

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

Happy to help. I hope these work well for you.

[@benkh4424]

interesting same here

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100% And hes a very good teacher. Concise, to the point. Fortunate indeed.

[@jeremy661]

2 months into Muay Thai and looking to build my knowledge. Halfway through the video I realize Gabriel’s photo is up on the wall of my gym . He taught a class prior to me signing up. Small world.

[@jarretdurst7110]

This shit is gold for me as a beginner. Started sparring a few weeks ago and can’t tell you how many times I get tagged going in for throws.

[@ThomasToPC]

Thanks so much for this, Gabriel! Would you consider making a video on the use of rhythm in closing the distance to attack? You have partly covered the concept with the fake/feint method, but I think there is so much more - e.g. suddenly increasing the tempo, attacking on the half beat, incorporating rhythmic tactics into footwork training, etc. Would be so good to see it demonstrated and explained by a world-level pro like yourself!

[@lolbrah7776]

Hey gabriel, could you do a video on dirty little tricks, counters or unexpected strikes. Things that people who have never seen would easily fall for it. Thank you love the content

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

Cool idea! And yes I can do that and have 5-6 that I like to add in when I'm feeling cheeky in sparring.

[@pumpkin1982]

Pure gold, this guy. The humble champ dolling out lessons for free. Thanks man. 😊

[@jamesw6765]

Your videos are helping me learn something new and/or confirm what I know is correct and im not missing any steps-- like a peer review.

[@kc3i839]

Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Thanks for breaking this down for us!

[@jensenoliver3]

Solid advice! Thank you Sir.

[@adamphelps9612]

Great stuff. Thank you. I've been working with beginners in sparring. They all have a tkd background and tend to stay way out of hands range, so getting them to engage in a kickboxing style has been a challenge. This material will be super useful in helping them get the confidence to move into punching range.

[@mayhem435]

Thank you very much for another very insightful video! As a muay thai practitioner 5 months in I LOVE your content! So helpful and also very easy to comprehend! Thanks so much boss! Absolute legend!

[@anthonyqcn]

Literally been looking for help with this issue all week this is exactly what i needed thank you!

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

Very welcome!

[@charles-etiennemarcoux5102]

Thank you Gabriel very good tips 👍🏻

[@Triggernometry7]

Awesome video as always thanks!

[@panditaerawan970]

Thank you Champ, this is really helpful.

[@alantng22]

Excellent content as usual. Bro is giving out real value every video. He could be charging money for this information, but he's releasing it free on the internet. Thank you Gabriel!

[@BIGJESUSGUY]

I really needed this. Thanks man

[@ives3572]

Really good points that you've talked about here!👊

[@benijajce]

every video that you make is helpful, thank you very much gabriel, greetings from austria!!

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Glad you like them! Thanks for tuning in.

[@mikelozano4292]

Thanks for the great explanations and demos! I’m helping my son with these videos in his Muaythai sparring matches

[@jonasm.ferreira1464]

Perfect!!! Thanks so much coach!!

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These videos are gold

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Love the videos gabriel, most underrated fight channel on youtube!

[@eyeofsauron2812]

I will definitely have to come back to this video!

[@dpatel6393]

Im just a hobbyist but i love ur channel and ypur humble style. Respect.

[@princet131]

Great tips thank you!

[@jaymuniz3895]

Man I’m getting old and thought I lost it but this video brought me back ! You’re awesome man.

[@deadshot8413]

Your videos are so amazingly on point with what I need its actually kind of unbeliveable by now xD

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

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[@vantagepoint7653]

Excellent Coaching!

[@gwb1003]

I find it extremely helpful for myself, thanks a lot!

[@jordansammut5581]

Thank you for taking my request Gabriel

[@pmp0giboy]

Thank you for this.

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I've liked and watched your videos for a long time and you're extremely underviewed and appreciated for the quality of content you deliver! I'm going make sure to like and comment on all the videos I watch to help the algorithm pick you up!

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i have started to get inspire from you love your videos getting to know techniques much better (In your video's) than in other video's

[@nvanguy6868]

Excellent video I add this into my shadow boxing

[@chilatelover]

love this stuff

[@BOXINGARMY569]

Gabriel thank you very much for your advice as it improves a lot in the time I have been watching you on KZbin, greetings from Spain

[@BusterReeko]

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Thank you for this sir

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Great Video, thanks Gabriel.

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

Glad you liked it!

[@paidapps733]

You're a good teacher. Cahoots.

[@jonassteinberg3779]

Great video.

[@Torpedoman316]

Perfect video for me rn, next Saturday is my last amateur mma fight and I’m going a weight up against a much taller guy. This video was very much appreciated Gabriel, as are just about every one of your other videos. Aspiring martial artists who aren’t subscribed to you or liking your videos to save on their profile are doing themselves a disservice

[@sorakhar]

Good luck bro

[@JohnRBIV]

get him!!

[@dylanm2527]

Good luck 👍

[@miszczuniu536]

I needed this thanks, i will try this on sparing

[@siberiantiger1975]

Thank you Sir! 😊

[@eraserbuddy213]

thank you coach!

[@kibozing]

Hands down, this is the Best kickboxing channel on KZbin!

[@Day-vg1bh]

Great stuff! This was an area of confusion for me

[@princeaycardo9745]

Thnx for this

[@thomasfahey8314]

Thanks coach!

[@bradpryer]

Thanks!

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Thankyou brother

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Thank you, sir

[@Argonit]

Thank You 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@gaenaegga]

Man this happen to me even againat beginner, so what i did back then was hand trapping as i came in. Thanks for the video, will try out more in my next sparring session

[@lemures87]

I will apply these tips in the sparring session of today

[@666aladdin]

Love ur videos . Very educational . Please can you do a video on checking leg kicks . Thanx so much for this video

[@KyoheiYoshida]

Thank you for reminding me to smash the like.

[@kortex628]

Awesome video

[@lmkestep]

I need to keep coming back to this vid every week lol

[@whoknows8223]

Very good video. Very detailed information. I use fakes and good guard. Not using the head off the centerline in my first shot yet. Need to try it out.

[@JohnCena-fp4qg]

Awesome video, been really curious on how to do this and also how to explain it to others. When is a good time to use different defensive techniques? For example, is it useful to cover up in the middle of the ring, or just on the ropes? I find myself often parrying an initial shot, then covering up to deal with follow up punches. Also, what is the correct way to cover up? I find myself with a headache post sparring due to blocking many shots this way. A video on defensive techniques would be very helpful!

[@gameplayart6554]

Perfect

[@JohnRBIV]

thanks, this should help me out, I have a pretty short 72 inch reach for being a heavyweight and it's sure hard to get into range against other guys my size.

[@michaeladamspmp]

I really appreciate your videos! Thank you! There are no boxing coaches near where I live, so I try to work drills from online content. I've been thinking about entering a charity match, but I've been hesitant. I appreciate your videos, because you break things down in a very understandable way, providing the level of physical detail that I need to execute. I feel that I can develop some real skills, and then I may try sparring with someone, to see if I feel I could safely participate in a charity match. I'm not completely untrained. I do have a blackbelt in Chung Do Kwan, but it is very different from boxing, so I really appreciate this breakdown. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with Jeff Chan, and I'm curious if you'd do some sort of breakdown with Tony Jeffries, who also offers some very good online content for boxing.

[@zaldare]

Such a great video. Really touching on the points that I feel I need to be improving on. What about being on the other end and seeing opponents that are being sluggish, hos do you punish someone properly for being lazy. What moves do you recommend? Thanks for great content!

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

Ooo. I'll have to make that video as well. I hope you have success with the tips I give today.

[@lotfibareche9217]

watching this video after absolutely getting lit up in sparring yesterday haha

[@Johnny_sins_18_plus]

I spared with a tall guy yesterday. It was annoying to get inside while by pass his strikes. Although he won, these tips are really game changers since I was able to hit him

[@user-ln1cz4yr1n]

Hello Gabriel!Thanks for tips, they very useful. How do you look about fight breakdowns? I think, you are doing well,

[@braxtonslack5812]

Watching this to not let people get close

[@dontstopbelieving1]

I would love to see a video on how to fight moving backwards

[@adventurevision9983]

Teach us the weird lead kick/knee that you stumped Icy Mike with!

[@wadestoss3325]

Gabe can you do a breakdown of the huge upcoming fight between Akimoto and Capitan?

[@matiastika1329]

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[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

No exact date yet. Probably late Spring/Summer

[@TheTMschannel]

Oke thing about getting your head off the center on the jab is, that it also loads up the right habd a lot, so it is just a bomb of a right following the jab

[@ahmedalhamadi1231]

Please Gabriel when You give a kickboxing tips consider the MMA gloves and tell us please :)

[@azraelz1234]

Hi Gabe. Can you do a follow along footwork drill?

[@dpatel6393]

I agree

[@smiley-qb3nt]

Can you show some Ways to set up an over hand against an aggressive or bigger opponent .

[@WhereFansMeet]

You are a excellent striker and I would love to know how you avoid takedowns in your fights.

[@mr.e6748]

He is a kickboxer bro.

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@@mr.e6748 he does mma now too

[@bingsoo9559]

Gabriel, I have a question - I’ve recently started shadowboxing only with 12 oz boxing gloves on instead of bare handed, do you think this is a good idea?

[@venomsnake64]

A video recommendation I have would be smooth transitions between punches and kicks, kicks and punches. I sometimes find myself getting into "boxing mode" or "kicking" mode and have asked my coaches for tips. But your insight could never hurt 😁

[@whoknows8223]

Would be an interesting video for sure. Have the same problem as I transitioned to kickboxing from boxing after 2,5 years.

[@reinaldofigueroa583]

How does a southpaw close distance? Should it be with a cross instead of a jab? How can I jab as a southpaw and close the distance without getting hit?

[@FJR22]

How about when closing the distance with the jab slipping of the centre line...how susceptible are you to there left hook as you rush in with the jab...I'm always thinking that im slipping my head into there lead left hook... How can I get over that "fear"

[@tigon8224]

How do I fake the round kick, chamber the leg behind their check and side kick, without worrying about over rotating and giving my back. I land this in sparring but sometimes the sidekick aim is off from the momentum of faking the round kick.

[@Devi_Shammuramat]

Well done on the first point, I thought you didn't know it because of your hook one time - try the same thing [what I refer to as 'diagonal torso leverage']; when throwing a hook: punching diagonally through the target which is still in front of you (as opposed to it changing position off to the side somewhere). On the last point, I think the heel should raise AFTER the 'explosion' (which will help drop all the weight in).

[@Iron-Bridge]

Gabriel is a multiple times world champion not a keyboard coach. And that heel up explanation of his is accurate. I've used it in my own fights. Who are you?

[@Devi_Shammuramat]

​@@Iron-Bridge well he is an internet coach. On the 'keyboard coach' point: neglecting to help others when one can would actually be WORSE than making outright troll comments. So I'm far from meaning any disrespect, also on any of my past comments - if I did Not bother to post them then this could adversely affect the content creator's well-being. Perhaps I did Not explain it accurately enough, since the 'explosion' some may interpret as DURING. In any case lifting the heel more after [or during]; tho of course starting off on ball of the foot - perhaps it is the same thing, after all. But one UFC fighter I saw doing his back heel fully raised from the start and kind of 'hopping in' on both legs (with width / stance held the same): this would NOT be as powerful. it's difficult to tell which way Gabriel is intending without a demonstration.

[@Devi_Shammuramat]

@@Iron-Bridge The heel raised should be an 'after effect' after having dropped the weight - this would be my interpretation of the method described by Jack Dempsey. As opposed to some; eg. JKD practitioners, and that UFC fighter I mentioned: starting off with back heel fully raised (hence more of a linear strike, as opposed to dropping weight into it).

[@ranielizabeth7918]

How to use faints. Make a video On your favourite faints .

[@saadmahbub8787]

Hello Gabriel, I have a question - What if your opponent is a southpaw, how would you use jab for entry? As, if I slip I move to the inside of the opponent now

[@deemc7756]

🥊

[@skwildcat1869]

When you move your Head to the opposite Direction of your Punch doesn't that open you up for getting counter punched ?

[@smu000]

One of my teacher was able to jump about 2 meters backward. That was inhuman! The up-heel tactic is good for forward movement, maybe the sides, but how about the backward jump? Can you please measure your best bw jump?

[@JaybayJay]

What I like to do is snort and grunt and go, "Aarrggghhhaaaaaallllaaaalaaaalaaauuuuugggghhhaaaa.." while waving my arms wildly. And by the time I get close they already think I'm crazy and are running away..

[@valentinareymond3277]

I wish we could see your footwork.

[@Olivia-oq1ep]

I'm so happy that I saw this video today!! I have had many sparring sessions recently where I felt that I was just punching in the air with taller opponents, and I was definetly being a punching bag. The timing aspect (extended=vulnerable) is such a good tip. And it sounds so obvious when you say it, but I had not thought about being in "the zone", not too far not too close. Do you have any tips on combinations/footwork to get in close to your opponent, especially when they are bigger? Maybe there is a blindspot?

[@Lorendrawn]

Clever extra trick! Stand way out of range. Walk backwards with your guard up or show obvious weakness like leave your hands down. Entice them to come forward and attack! You must stand feet slightly narrow and on the balls of your feet. When their back foot leaves the floor and the front foot is planted it's your chance! Do a split step and leap off your back foot! You'll go all the way from out of range to punching range. For examples of this, watch Fedor fight Sylvia - he peels the lead hand and absolutely shot puts a hole in his head with the hook. Watch Namsaknoi teaching Sylvie douglas-ittu - he turns it into a badass foot sweep but honestly he could just elbow the crap out of you. Watch Mighty mouse knock out Joe Benavidez in one round- he jabs, hops back, and lands a flush 1-2.

[@Lorendrawn]

Important detail! Namsaknoi steps into the opposite stance. He steps so deep that his now lead foot is outsode the opponent's rear foot

[@fernandoruiz-onettimoeckel174]

Great video as usual! What do you think about combos moving backwards?

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

Great idea and something worth training for sure.