Get hit less in Sparring in 30 Days! | Kickboxing Defense Tactics

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0:00 Intro
0:33 Drill overview
3:07 Gabriel Varga Wisdom Dump
5:30 TRAINING MONTAGE
6:30 Sparring!
12:01 After Thoughts
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[@luunchbox]

How did i become the villain for the 30 day defense arc lol

[@metrolinamartialarts]

It's all love, man! 🤣 (Mainly because you hit me the most)

[@rantingfatman4555]

I used to love the wall drill. We used to do that a lot, and we'd isolate sometimes as well (meaning sometimes we would just work slips, sometimes shoulder rolls, etc.). Such a great drill when used correctly.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Definitely. I love that drill

[@JeffForsyth]

That is a great drill. I saw Kevin Lee’s video on it and even managed to get the karate school I’m at now doing it. Sifu Fong was supposed to a seminar here before the pandemic. I was going and then the world ended. If Guru Kevin Seeman gets him this year I’ll be upset. I just had my rotator cuff repaired and I can’t do anything until September.

[@riversedgekickboxing694]

Nice! Your defense honestly does look better. I like to have my guys run 20 minute rounds where they’re moving at a slow pace the entire time so it plays like a chess match. It really lets them see where and how they’re getting hit and gives them time to get the proper responses in their muscle memory. It also makes them have to be really honest about their set ups, if you can land a three piece combo when your partner has all the time in the world to defend or counter you can be assured it’s a good set up.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Definitely like that idea! Thanks for watching!!

[@CombatSelfDefense]

You’ve become a ghost - nobody can touch you

[@metrolinamartialarts]

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[@ComicusFreemanius]

Intro cards so fire. I think Helvetica font would look cleaner tho.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

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[@uktenatsila9168]

You have a great group of friends and fellow practitioners to consult. It is all about building blocks. Some teaching tools might seem too simple to stick with. But sticking with it is how you achieve mastery. Floating the head as you attack and defend is something I stand by. Experiment by holding your hands up (conventionally) with elbows down, hands open and palms out. Peek around the hands in every conceivable way without moving hands or arms. After getting used to that, move your feet a little. On the double ended bag (start embarrassingly simple) straight punch bringing the hand back in time to catch the bag in the palm (do not grope!). Once you got that, peek around the hand as you catch it in your palm. Then build into combo's with foot work. Something to remember when you throw and most especially with the double ended bag (once you have a flow) is "Step". When moving to the heavy bag utilize the head float as you attack. Once you got a feal for a move or two go to a heavy bag that is not secured to the ground. You need the heavy bag to move. Those secured bags are good for basics and power but otherwise are "F"ing useless. If you can't hit a bag that moves and cut off that movement, then don't spar, Lol! Thank you for sharing your experiences. Keep up the good work.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

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[@Enthymene]

As a nerd for weird old boxing guards, seeing you slip into kind of a Cross-Arm/Crab Guard at 6:45 really gratified me.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Oddly enough - it works pretty well. 😅

[@Enthymene]

@@metrolinamartialarts I've seen some people claim that it dates back to the bareknuckle era, although the illustrations that claim to show it are... sketchy. But it does suggest that it works pretty well for a reason. 😆 I had a short discussion with another youtuber literally yesterday about what I call "dilapidated techniques", like the cross arm guard in boxing or the atemi in Judo, that aren't "useless" so much as "disused", like a fence that you neglected to maintain. If there are suddenly wolves near your house, you might need a fence again. 🤷

[@gw1357]

Definitely improved. I tell my guys that the entire idea of "offense" and "defense" is an illusion. Its a distinction that we construct in our minds to make fighting easier to analyze, but in reality both are happening at the same time, all the time. Instead of "offense" and "defense" -- I teach my guys to think in terms of "action" and "reaction" and "advantage" and "exploitation" rather than attack and defense. Advantage is the things you do to put yourself in a position to accomplish your goals and exploitation is the things you do to accomplish those goals. So a parry or slip isn't just to protect you from damage, it is just as much to put you in an advantageous position to do what you want to do.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Thanks for watching!!

[@gw1357]

@@metrolinamartialarts I never miss an episode.

[@HappyBuffalo347]

Huge improvement!

[@Almosteasyese]

I telepathically requested this one , thank you

[@metrolinamartialarts]

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[@KCstark.]

You did really well bro. I'm taking notes.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Thanks for watching!

[@malikbowman3568]

Dope 🤙🏽

[@metrolinamartialarts]

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[@ianbrewster8934]

Great stuff learned a lot 😃

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Thanks so much!!

[@juliansimpson3951]

Love the videos! Can you talk about further goals for you like achieving a black belt or two?

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Thanks for watching! My next goal, belt wise, is BJJ Black Belt.... it's a big hurdle to cross.

[@thesadanimations]

Wow you've improved a ton for only 30 days - really impressive - seriously not trying to take anything away from that here, however in my humble opinion, i think you've missed a crucial step In the drill overview you can see a high focus on immediately switching on your defence before AND after your strikes and you are very aware of defence while striking which is great and has worked well in the sparring later, when you are defending its really working well Yet i think the issue lies in your technique, since you dont always have defence layered into your offence, examples provided here: 6:57 - youre baiting a punch for headmovment, but your guard hand is by your hip, leaving you slower on the counterpunch and vunerable to a right kick 10:14 - defense switched on, but as soon as you kick the guard hand is by your chest and it happens 2 more times in just a few seconds, if you opponent was more confident in throwing strikes, this couldve been a bad spot to be in 10:41 is interesting because you do keep your hands high when youre focused on it which results in a parry-> block and immediate counterpunch but then immediately after you do an outside parry where your hand is by your hip, which is prime for a headkick/lead hook/whatever and also reduces the chance for your counter right hand now obviously i'm not going to sit here and pick apart every little inconsistency in technique just highlighting a few is enough, but it should illustrate that there is still another dimension of defence to explore for you, and you have much more defensive potential left in the tank,. You're very defensive in the absence of strikes, but during it you're left completely open for someone who likes to intercept and/or simultaneously exchange with you, or even somebody else who notices your defensive holes and starts timing you for these weakspots A pt.2 could consist of drills where you and your partner are exchanging punches at the same time, forcing your guard up while you strike, or being hit with a pool noodle while you kick ensuring the guard hand stays up, even shadowboxing / doing bag work with focus on gluing your hands to your head at all times, preferably with a high guard since i know your hands in a standard boxing guard where the gloves are jaw height might not be enough, but your wrist and forearm definitely are. This would be a pretty good time to look at the striking of someone like Gabriel Varga for example and really take a page from his defensive style, since hes a great example of this and his karate combat fights are out on youtube right now to study, along with others on his own channel so yeah Ed, it might be time to absorb what is useful once again🥋🔥

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Thanks I guess lol

[@manuelzapata1192]

Great job.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Thank you!!

[@corrugatedcavalier5266]

Lookin good! Looks like you're starting to string together the approaches like Gabriel mentioned.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

That was the goal!

[@malkomalkavian]

Much improved

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Thanks much!

[@makaiev]

He seems to be one of the most supportive coaches out there... imho Gameplan did fixed a few of the opennings, but there is nothing qrong with eating a punch when you have to... One thing I notice is that (could be a cardio thing) but the volume of strikes is not Absurdly high... And that gives a lot of room to explore gaps and breaches.... Gabriel Varga has top noch cardio and proportionally lobger limbs, so his gameplan is perfect for him, but we stubby&stout gotta work a bit differently, less linear and more tangencial footwork, higher offensive volume to make sure even when they score one hit they will suffer two, that kind of trash panda fighting 😅

[@metrolinamartialarts]

It's definitely a cardio thing 🤣🤣🤣

[@BMO_Creative]

Your head movement and fading is great because of JKD background. So when you don't move your head, I guess people think you want to be hit! LOL

[@metrolinamartialarts]

I mean, sometimes I want to be hit 🤣

[@BMO_Creative]

@@metrolinamartialarts Kimber has strong center line striking naturally! Great video!

[@metrolinamartialarts]

@@BMO_Creative she's gonna be a monster 👻

[@ComicusFreemanius]

I wanna see you sweep lunch box, he left it open.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

I have swept him once. I'm pretty sure I have video evidence lol

[@lady_draguliana784]

Maybe a series where you explore various defensive philosophies from vastly different schools of thought?

[@metrolinamartialarts]

That's a good idea!

[@lady_draguliana784]

@@metrolinamartialarts 😁

[@JeffForsyth]

Looking pretty good. Head movement is great and SO much better than mine. Have you tried a mix of the Wing Chun and MT/boxing guard? It works great if you’re shorter. Hard to describe this guard online. But basically you’re forming a high triangle. Elbows pointing to center, gloves very high, lead hand directly on center, back hand also near center line reducing the gap In centerline. With the hands forward WC style creating a long guard. I had to develop this adaption because my sparring opponent was able to take care of absolutely any gap. It was a hard vicious opponent that with my hands in absolute perfect boxing guard a rear leg roundhouse literally went over my guard and rewarded me with 5 stitches. I literally sat around for months trying to figure out of when this guy could get around that. Normal people couldn’t. He wasn’t that much taller but it exposed how a REALLY tall guy could basically could hit me on the top of my head. So basically I’m saying create your own hand space. Take the WC concepts of hands forward and modify it until it’s comfortable. It goes without saying that the larger the gloves the more of the centerline they cover. But the idea is to make sure no one can split the guard.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

It would work in theory, but I have a lot of mobility and pain in my left elbow that would make it difficult.

[@JeffForsyth]

@@metrolinamartialarts the elbow could be an issue. I use mine for a lot of weapons destruction. I accidentally broke a guys toe when I reacted to a fast rear leg round and struck down and his gear must have shifted. Are you right handed or left? If your power is your right then the left blocking will more forearm shelling. It’s only something I’ve had to use with more dangerous or larger partners. It’s a game of inches for reaction time. Centerline coverage increasing reaction time. If a person is genetically gifted, 25 years old and trains more than they sleep those inches don’t really mean as much. I wish I had figured out centerline theory in my early karate days and it took a lot of weird hits slipping to my face to figure out what had to my personal most effective guard. I was born way to short. I was 5’ tall so you can imagine the disadvantages playing with a guy like Lunchbox. In the old karate days that meant full on frontal assault. Jam his kicks and stay inside. But there was that damn head gap from mid forehead up. And I’m like why can’t I block it? My hands are up? Do you guys ever try limiting sparring? Like say hands vs feet? One that would be great for you yourself would be your parent has everything at his disposal but you can only defend with blocking and footwork. So your whole game that match is avoidance. Light contact only but keep increasing the speed. You’ll be exhausted doing just the footwork. As you get you could even lower your hands so it becomes only about footwork and head movement. These are all ideas I want to play with but I have zero partners up here.

[@isaiahlongvourantonis3447]

What’s the name of the Chainsaw man remix!! 🔥 dope video too 🫡

[@metrolinamartialarts]

It's by RiftiBeats - "Kickback Remix Chainsawman Op"

[@isaiahlongvourantonis3447]

Much appreciated 👏🏽

[@BeepBoop2221]

GV fun fact - Gabriel requires exactly 7.5 hours of sleep.

[@Matchack]

You move way, way more agile comparing to older sparring. It's like You're 10 years younger :D

[@metrolinamartialarts]

It was wild to see!

[@renatoabrigo6965]

At least you improve your defense in just 30 days. It takes me 3 months to improve my defense.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

I definitely focused hard on it.

[@renatoabrigo6965]

@@metrolinamartialarts I hope this will be a lesson for all that you need to work hard to improve yourself.

[@pangopod2969]

:)

[@metrolinamartialarts]

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