You Don't Have to Keep Your Hands Up

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If you're a kickboxer, martial artist, mixed martial artist or more.. you can fight with your hands down!
Big Shout out to ‪@WonderboyMMA‬ ‪@KevinLeeVlog‬ and Jawbreaker Boxing for helping me with this!
People like Muhammad Ali, Saencahi, Floyd Mayweather, Emmanual Augustus, Max Holloway and more all are able to perform an incredibly highy level of striking all while fighting with their hands down?! How? This.

[@SenseiSeth]

Let me clarify. I’m not saying you shouldn’t learn proper high guard. It is an essential for tons of scenarios (like I said in the video). Hands down approach is an OPTION… not the only way 👍

[@jdelgado243]

I agree with everything that you said. With one major caveat that you hinted but should have accentuated: in order to be effective hands down it requires a high amounr of experience and years of understanding how you move and how people tend to move. Beginners and intermediates should def keep their hands up, if for nothing else to mitigate the damage they absorb bc they dont have the footwork to dodge.

[@MrRabiddogg]

Different opponents require a different strategy. High guard fighters were always the easiest to jam and stick in the ribs when I was in karate. My default stance was front hand about chin height and back hand chest height, but of course hand positions change as you get into the match. Another interesting tidbit is rotation of fist while in guard mode.

[@conanbdetective]

I remember getting hit with a real liver shot (not just a love tap) and it was one of the most painful experiences of my life. Ever since then, arms down or one hand catch at the most.

[@austinwiebe2648]

Another great video as always, there’s one thing that I have noticed about using the karate/tkd style vs a more traditional hands up boxing or kick boxing style. Boxers/kick boxers are used to a persons head being right behind their hands or their body being right behind their feet, so what I’ve seen is people tend to try to hit karate/tkd fighters but because they have their hands extended forward and their stance is set up to have their weight a little further back, people swing at them long before they are actually in range a few examples would be Anderson Silva and lyoto machida, making them seem more illusive, on the flip side if the boxer is closer they can get overwhelmed easier. That’s what I’ve noticed anyway

[@vassosserghiousr5488]

First thing I thought when I heard you is "he is doing it to piss-off Mike..."

[@TheElbowMerchant]

My reflexes are not what they used to be, and my head movement and distance management are suboptimal, so I'll keep my high guard. But I can appreciate the lesson. What works for some won't work for others, but you can learn a lot from experimenting during sparring.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

True!!

[@BenjaminButton6573]

I think when your starting out absolutely but when your advanced then I guess you can your guard down.

[@bruhudumb6889]

Yeah. The point of the video was just to show that it's not a must do

[@adamsmith8283]

It's more about putting yourself in a position and getting your opponent to do what you want them to do. Not just guessing what they will do. You will get caught but that's what technical sparring is for. Certain drills will help as well. When you slip a right hand to the outside you know a left hook is coming. Baiting is another good tool.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@bruhudumb6889 ye

[@EvolveNowYoga]

You are gonna get a lot of people in trouble with their coaches😂👍

[@idleeidolon]

Keeping your hands up is the safer option for the less skilled. Keeping your hands low has a lot of upsides, but also has a lot of requirements that most people can't meet -- experience, pattern recognition, distance management, skill, etc. etc. etc.

[@marcellpc]

@@idleeidolon Also, when it fails, it fails spetacularly.

[@TheRasengan300]

@@idleeidolon Eh debatable, defensively they are more open without distance but offensively they are more stiff and awkard. Hands up, chin down isn't natural at first.

[@TheRasengan300]

Also people are more vulnerable to double legs hands up and a beginner especially so.

[@TheRasengan300]

@@theincrediblehulk5797 Depends on what we mean by hands up. A high guard means someone has to drop their hands more to dig an underhook or to frame on someone who is already low.

[@DevilLycan]

The final conclution was the best part of the video. Too many "martial arts experts" on instagram just writting bullshit.

[@Clappah]

This is the type of knowledge people typically pay for, and you’re giving it away for free…bravo brother. Well made, been following you a while now!!

[@Tayterzzz]

The “instagram comments” thing was so spot on, not sure if it’s old heads or new fighters parroting their coaches but it’s completely impractical to have you hands up 100% of the time. It’s an energy waster and if your not high level enough to use head movement, foot work, and range management then your just being a rock em sock em robot absorbing shots through your guard

[@user-un-known]

I disagree on energy waster part. You see, there are two ways to put your hands up. What most people do is raising their hands from waistline. What happens is that their biceps contract to overcome the gravity pull and stay slightly contracted all the time just to keep hands up. It's lowkey draining even if people don't feel anything at first. Second way to get your guard up is to first raise both hands overhead and then lower them into position. Here you're using your triceps to move the hands and those triceps aren't really pulling. Triceps just exert enough force to keep hands from dropping all the way. You can keep those hands there much much longer without getting tired this way. Another bonus is that you get stronger against pushing. If you're keeping guard up with biceps you're already exerting effort towards your body. Makes it very easy to push hands into you as the vector of force is already pointing that direction. When you just hold your arms with triceps though, vector is pointing outward. Thus making it way harder to push you. Makes it very easy to pull though lol Try it yourself. There's quite a difference.

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

*me dropping one of my hand to snuff a takedown People on the internet : "kEeP yOuR hAnDs Up"

[@ParisLawLess]

Another good advantage of having a hands-down fighting style is that it makes it harder for your opponent to see where you're punching from. I catch a lot of people with Upper Cuts that they never see at odd angles due to my hands being low before I strike. But thanks for making this video and help people try to understand that keep your hands low isn't trying to be flashy it's actually a functional style if you have the distance management and the reflexes

[@SenseiSeth]

It mentioned that! Great advantage 👍

[@russmitchellmovement]

I know you're not big on savate, but it's not an accident that old-school savate and boxing used a longer, lower guard in the era when grappling and wrestling techniques in BOTH disciplines were taken for granted. You not only get a counter-balance, but a much easier time stuffing the shoot.

[@Frank-oy1ex]

Seth really out there this morning trying to upset everybody's coaches.

[@jennisparkes3713]

Absolutely agree, being smaller if I get hit by a big fighter with hands up all I do it hit myself with my guard. Speed is life for me. Also one thing you didn't mention. Being creative with your guard you can 'leave a target unprotected'. This usually suckers your opponent into going for that, knowing what is coming makes it much easier to take advantage of it.

[@christophervelez1561]

This editing in this video is awesome! I’m going to give this hands down approach.

[@mikej8382]

I used to teach Karate at a local school and I believe it's best to teach new students to keep their guard up! But at around mid belts the student gets better at head movements and footwork they then start to bring their hands down to use them for balance. Great video for pointing these things out.

[@gentlemandemon]

It's an interesting breakdown, and I'd never thought about the counter-balancing aspect. That said, I'm a short guy with stubby arms, so it's never been a particularly productive strategy for me most days lol

[@SenseiSeth]

I think people are thinking I’m saying keeping your hands up is bad. The whole video is why I’m saying it’s fine to keep your hands lower. Both things can exist 😂🙏

[@gentlemandemon]

@@SenseiSeth oh I for sure got that, I'm just bored and putting all my thoughts online like most stoned and internet-poisoned youths lol

[@Tayterzzz]

@@gentlemandemon I’d say this video is more geared towards people with Seth’s body type similar to Wonderboys, lengthy and tall, but a good point he had is sparring with someone who won’t hurt you for having your hands down. Regardless of body type it will still make you better

[@pete-ph5xc]

I'm the same way, but I've always fought from hands low primarily. Mainly just how I was trained. Arms up when someone punches like a boxer though lol.

[@dacedebeer2697]

Doing just boxing it's OK to keep your hands mid level, in Kickboxing it's a bit more complicated.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Yes but i'll argue that the in most ranges it is also a really good option to keep your hands at mid level (not super down like Muhamad Ali tho haha)

[@mateuszgorecki6848]

Today was my first sparring when I decided to go hands down,I fell in love with this style. At now Im terrible in kicking but the amount of leg kicks and jabs I managed to land was shocking,at least for me as a begginer.

[@RobertAgarHutton]

Wish I'd had that advice 20+ years ago when I did a fair bit of sparring - I've always worked off of a high guard and thought it was the RIGHT thing to do, now I totally get how - as long as you have (or are able to develop) the attributes you mentioned - a low guard can be a great option.

[@briwwwww]

4:30 bro is a prophet 😹😹😹

[@brianwatson4119]

totally agree. I'm 6'4" with long enough arms that one of my Kung fu teachers calls me xingxing (orangutan). My arm reach is longer than most people's kicking range. Being tall is huge and we train to grab whatever is in reach. Also, spear is king. Reach is such a massive advantage.

[@Joe-ih9or]

Spear= chad weapon

[@vermanshane]

Great to see how you've gotten so good as a content creator, from the humble insta beginnings to these proper well paced and highly entertaining video essay style videos.

[@vindicator75]

I love wonderboys style. You are absolutely correct. Where you keep your hands can be dictated by where you stand. If you are completely out of range you can keep your hands down

[@Manes999]

I've been told to keep my hands high by almost every coach I had, the thing is - they simply considered it optimal for everyone they train. I'm 6'2 with very lengthy legs and arms, shelling up and keeping a high guard felt so unnatural to me. It pretty much showed every time I sparred with guys built more "tanky", with shorter limbs and more mass - I felt the power of their shots even when they missed, had I followed the instructions to move less and try to exchange in the pocket i'd be concussed for good lol

[@DADRB0B55]

Coaches no matter the martial art are very close minded people alot of the time, who are very stuck with the idea of “only this thing works and any other alternative is Mcdojo trash” even if there is literally video evidence of it working in a street fight or MMA

[@kbanghart]

@@DADRB0B55 Mmm yeah but I'd be careful with saying how many are like that. There's a lot of good ones out there too.

[@Manes999]

@@DADRB0B55 its never a binary thing, but lets be honest, many view combat sports as their way to "kick some ass" and go full macho, these are not the brightest people you'd meet and make terrible coaches. Buuut on the other hand theres boxing lovers, open and analytic minds, hard to find, amazing to work with.

[@poriccrompton]

You definitely want hand up fighter people that get on your inside otherwise you’re done for.

[@kbanghart]

@@poriccrompton yes if they're quick

[@pete-ph5xc]

This one is a constant battle for me. I always learned to initiate from the hands around stomach level in the "I don't want to fight" pose. Now, when we had a boxing guy in class, screw all that, my hands were UP, because he just punched too fast for me to handle. True, our philosophy was always the best block is to not be there when it lands. I have seen over the years that the guys who don't do flashy stuff, who aren't bouncing around, chest thumping, tossing the knife from hand to hand are often some of the scariest damn ones out there. Sometimes. You just never know what you're going to get (ie boxing guy, who I thought I'd shoot in on, toss on the floor and be done... After taking 12 punches to the head in 2 seconds, I kinda lost the thread)

[@LastStar007]

2:28 "Along with physical attributes like speed and length..." Sensei Seth confirming what I knew all along 😞

[@randymuaythai492]

Your costume is so matching. Doctor's jacket and short. Brilliant

[@deecampbell.rva-2]

Thank you. I got very tired of kickboxers telling me (karate/tkd) to put my hands up.

[@elmkarate]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video!✅❤✅🙏

[@McFlubberpants]

I just surgically attached my fingers to my scalp.

[@shadowfighter6445]

This was fun to watch. Thank you for sharing Scientist Seth ☺️.

[@ultimatecomeback9645]

and why do people like conor McGregor in that video clip land those great shots?... because the opponent's hands are also down so nothing is there to protect them from Conor McGregor's punch lol trying to show how hands down works but accidentally showed why it also doesn't work. some of the hardest people to beat that I've gone against are people with a tight guard that absorb all your hits no matter how much you unload on them and you struggle to open them up and literally can only counterstrike as you won't get past the guard unless they open themselves up. I love hands down guys. it makes my job a lot easier. I feel them out in the first round and watch their head movement and see how they react to things then with a mix of faints and combos I land lots of good hits in the second round. for every 2 punches they dodge, 3 more land. but putting one of your hands out in front of you so they can't close the distance is a legit move but you don't have both your hands down, you have one hand extended out at head height, basically shoving your lead hand in their face. the hands down style can work but it's one of those things where fighters at the highest level with 10+ years of experience can pull it off. I've never seen a local amateur fighter do the hands down style and win, never, not even close.

[@-_ellipsis_-5219]

I think you make some good points, but you're too dismissive of the fact that some of the best fighters find success with this method and instead give more weight to your local gym experiences and how they never win with the hands down tactics. The truth is likely somewhere in the middle.

[@mr.e8226]

I like the Bill Nye bit for the sweet science and the pro clips too

[@everychannel1025]

Eddie Hall saw the thumbnail and was like: This be my whole strategy

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Sean O'Malley is freaking awesome at striking with his hands low. I think he is such a underrated striker in MMA.

[@justinAclark2075]

Walking is a part of real life fighting, and so I 100% feel the part about balance and mobility

[@ajourneysaved4311]

The one who can adapt and keep his opponent guessing owns the dance.

[@kejackson]

I'm just happy you mentioned Emmanuel Augustus 🥊

[@eric81872]

Thank you for the video! 🤩👍❤

[@ThatJamesGuy88]

Multi-Seth-verse of madness!!!

[@ShriekinDesperado]

The editing in this video was awesome!!

[@jamesmacpherson413]

Litterally questioned my life when you called me out for pooping and watching this video.....whilst I was pooping and watching this video! 🤣🤣

[@cyberserk5614]

Keeping one hand near the chin and placing the other on the opponents chin worked out pretty well for Marvin Hagler.

[@melisslacour15]

scientist Seth needs a series now with sensei chef. haha love the insights.

[@TheMdub27]

That’s interesting what you said about the reach but wonderboy said he needed a way to get angles around these big guys and used it

[@Bit-while_going]

I think the actual best reason to drop your hands is because it's better to actually grab than just block, and it's easier to grab something when it's not moving directly at you. So, knock it out of the way, grab it and take it down, break it, take it with you. It helps to have strength with the arms extended and sweeping and either pulling or pushing.

[@Laneganification]

I'm really liking the new editing style :)

[@TheBorsMistral]

4:27... knowing your audience is key!

[@andrewhancock2451]

Eerie. Sensei Seth knows when you're on the porcelain throne. Most instruction that I've witnessed was to look over your fists, with the fists at varying distances from the cheek depending on the instruction.

[@adcyuumi]

The hardest punch you can get clocked by is a straight right. Thrown by an average fighter, from start to contact with your face is about 0.18 seconds. Thrown by a fast fighter (someone with fast-reflex muscle tissue), from start to contact with your face is about 0.13 seconds. Your eye sees the punch begin, and your body begins to move, at around 0.08 to 0.13 seconds (depending on whether you have fast-reflex muscle tissue; it's DNA, so you either have it or you don't). What those above numbers means is this: Against someone you own speed, you have about 1/20th of a second to defend yourself reactively. This is why constant proactive head movement and footwork are so important - you don't have much time to defend against a straight right hand, and again to reiterate that's the hardest punch most fighters (male fighters; due to our hip width to shoulder width ratio) can throw. It has speed, power, and most importantly a skeletal framework behind it that allows the punch to accelerate AFTER contact with your face instead of just transferring force (which is all that rotating punches can do; they have minimal/no leverage to continue acceleration, with the exception of a clean uppercut from someone extremely strong). The "high guard" is not to guard you vs hooks, crosses, etc. It's to put your hands and forearms in the way of a straight right hand, because if all your head movement and footwork don't make that punch miss then you will get CLOCKED. As soon as the fighter in front of you has range to throw their straight right, your hands need to be up. But outside that range? Sure, hands down a bit. Bait punches. Rest your arms. Move more easily. All that jazz. Just don't neglect your face once you get a bit closer.

[@jennisparkes3713]

One of the things I learnt a long time ago is 'There is no such thing as a block', they are all strikes, for me that was Kenpo 101

[@supune]

I think the most important thing about how you want to use your hands that youtubers forget to focus on is situational awareness. For a beginner like me, the concept of going into "the pocket" was enlightening. When we're out of the pocket, it's better to rest and keep the hands down and really learn to trust our eyes when there is distance to make judgements about where to move to next. When you're in the pocket (within your opponent's reach) protect your head at all times. When you move through the pocket and get close, you got to be careful of hooks and uppercuts that you don't see so for a beginner it's good to stay in contact and learn to hand fight and be physical with your hands and elbows and forearms to pivot to advantageous angles for your power hooks or upper cuts or move to the safety of a clinch or circle back out to safety. Another good tip is if you see someone rigidly keeping their hands up. you can punch their guard til it hurts and they might start to put their hands down. So it's like they become a heavy bag for you to practice your power punches. Just don't go crazy and get yourself zapped out of power. Move out of their vision and punch their guard at a tempered pace. It's much more fun to punch someone's arms and hurt them, than to take head shots where you might damage their brain anyways.

[@mannymartinezpasco8030]

At my gym, we were taught to keep our hands right by our chin, so they’re low enough for vision but high enough where if we just raised them a little bit we could protect the temple, also we were taught a bladed stance so a high guard wouldn’t make sense as it’s more for a squared stance

[@Tayterzzz]

We have the same style for beginners at my gym, people who are intermediate level drop that and practice lower hands. The cool thing about bladed stance is that you can protect your chin with your shoulders

[@grodygibsonlcd8038]

What’s funny is I’d rather have a lower guard and more fluid stance in street combat or MMA. In Boxing I’d try to press my knuckles up against my cheeks basically since I’m only using my hands to actually strike the opponent anyways, I can have them hot and ready, and my guard is just closer, and you almost feel more aerodynamic while weaving and bobbing around. Everything just feels closer, and I can defend myself faster in boxing. Plus if my stance is like Mike Tyson’s and my defense game is up, I can block and dodge at the same time, which pretty much causes me to deflect and slide out of attacks. My fists aren’t in front of my face either, it’s on my cheeks like I said, but also a bit loose. It’s just placed in that position, right? When I’m not boxing, I’d rather have an even looser stance so I can kick, punch, knee, elbow, grab, and hop around a little more. With a looser stance I can also close distance better. Plus, attacks can almost seem unpredictable when your arms are usually more at the side. Even feints can seem more scary, and more dramatic and real looking. With a more unpredictable fighting style, people HARD jump sometimes when you feint enough. I sometimes do it too much to piss off my opponent, and then sometimes I don’t use it at all for a while to really throw em’ off.

[@harleyslocum917]

haha! sensei seth says "its hard, because i know youre on your phone pooping," as im literally wiping my butt!

[@cj32pull2]

Cannonier the other day with the damn back hand I was like damn it’s a shame people won’t even consider learning that or looking out for it defensively

[@sheeeshW]

Love ur videos and humor, keep it up bro

[@lc7581]

This is fantastic.

[@SD-ym1rt]

Ha I was actually pooping when the video started. Very astute sir 👏

[@cheatbluevii9123]

How about high guard for taller opponents and low guard for smaller opponents?

[@caimanaraujo479]

One thing I learned sparing while boxing is that people react way slower to my punches when my arms are relaxed and at chest or stomach height. I guess they don't see it charging up, so they don't feel the danger, and even tho there is a longer way for my fist to get to them, the speed I gain and the slower reactions make up for it, they dodge less often. Besides, for sequences of puches that are not straight jabs, my body flows way more when I get to lower my hands a bit. And if I'm tired, my arms don't get as pumped when I get to lower them. Of course, there is a big disadvantage on defense lots of times. But I feel like its a nice trade off for some seconds. I obviously don't do it the whole fight, I'm not that good at dodging and rowling hehe

[@BUTTERYSUPERTUBER]

ty for this video seth, i will be modifying my fighting style now :)

[@kennethcouch784]

You have to be a lot better than the guy you are fighting to keep your hands down. Most people better keep their hands up that's the first thing my boxing coach told me long ago when I box's Golden gloves we all are not as good as Wonder Boy.

[@SenseiSeth]

I mean it’s no different than any other situation. You have to be better than the person you’re going against to do well

[@johnburke4931]

Muhammad Ali was the absolute master of this. His coaches used to go nuts at him for not keeping his hands up, and leaning away from punches. In the end they realised how good his reflexes were and left him to it.

[@HenrikBgelundLavstsen]

I always keep my hands up. only due to I am big and slow. Also my coach kept pushing me to do it so. It becomes my tired state. So if in trouble I at least have a guard up.

[@theironfox2756]

The peek a boo destroys your shot and tackle defense.

[@Dondlo46]

you just opened up my brain with this video, I have so many different combos and movements in my thoughts, can't wait to try them out with a partner

[@willhatfield493]

The reflex’s and balance and distance management being a high level skater probably truly help in the world of boxing foreal though, shit makes Sense.

[@bogdanradufeier5936]

Omg! Are u a psychic? At 4:30 u nailed it!. I was on the toilet while watching you and hrd2hurt. Tell me 6 random numbers between 1 and 49, i'm gonna play the easter lottery! If i win we split it 50-50.

[@wickedfreestyle102]

I think in between is best,not too low,not too high,in the middle,balance.

[@christianhemion4204]

And yes, that is exactly where I was watching this video.

[@patrick2t724]

Good luck with keeping your hands down. Boom son

[@randombencounter263]

Oh man you would love TKD, in TKD you fight with your hands down all the time! ;)

[@Schleim3rGaming]

Absolutely great video! Thank you so much. Greetings from Berlin :)

[@bigboss8647]

People like bobby green keeps his hand down and defend punches mostly by shoulder roll, while Holloway and wonderboy keeps people at a distance, but when you're fighting someone who keeps pressuring you and fighting inside, it becomes troublesome, Kattar vs Chikadze is a good example, giga keeps trying to fend off kattar with his front kick, but kattar just won't back down, and when they're inside, kattar's just landing everything. yes, you can let your hands down, but if you're fighting in the pocket, you're gonna get slept

[@jwill5892]

The reason I don't like to keep my hands up to my forehead at all times is because it's a lot of excess energy and it slows down my head movement and it makes it really hard to see. I say it's good to keep a high guard when you're trading blows. I just hate it when coaches say keep your hands up like it's the worst sin in the world.

[@felipealvesdepine9623]

Im new to boxing, about 8 months of training and 4 months of sparring, by the way I see, the only problem with the high guard is that it can slow your head moviment and you're gonna get hit a lot. Of course its better getting hit with high guard than low guard, but the ''step back'' dodge is the greatest sollution ( FOR ME !! ) and if you keep on high guard, it blocks your vision and make your head slow, but the pro is you aint getting that hurt.

[@godfistmartialarts6567]

Oh no sir!! This time I was NOT on the toilet watching this video.... this time.... this time....

[@habojspade]

The guard you pick with a sword has more to do with hand protection and whether you're primarily cutting or thrusting as opposed to length.

[@baileybarnes3233]

Excellent video!!!

[@dvldgz6306]

Seth is going to host a hands down seminar next

[@hawkh20]

There's pros and cons to both I think it's good for beginners to practice with their hands up and learn an active guard. Then progress to one hand lower and then both as its comfortable. Guys who keep their hands low all tend to share similar traits of reflex, speed, or length. If you don't have those it's not wise to keep your hands down. For example you don't see peytr yan, Andy ruiz, and Mike tyson with hands Low. But you do see Muhammed Ali, wonder boy, and style bender Do.

[@nhasirduck3500]

this video is great, I used to do a lot more sparring before the pandemic and this one kid that goes to my dojo knew the perfect times for a high or low guard, he was only missing power back then which made his hits obviously pretty weak but now he is pretty damn good if a little cocky

[@salvadormontgomery1819]

Ya, I don't do hands down, but I started doing a lower guard because I primarily go against shorter opponents and always determine the striking range. So far its helped with energy and it gives me more options for how I want to move or block.

[@kadencaldwell]

so how low is ur guard?

[@sharkyj1796]

This is a fantastic video and the range control information is something I never thought about! Good stuff

[@ashkiimaiitsoh7223]

For a lot of people who are learning guarding your head ears etc is vital. I have a belly on me and have trained to take some pretty hard shots to the ribs and core but I don't go around training getting hit in the jaw. I'm sure later on its better to go hybrid but a lot of couch boxers try to teach newbies the dos and don't when they never did it to begin with.

[@johnsitanggang]

At a close distance, I think high guard will be the best defence.

[@alexkehoepwj]

7:55

[@makoshark7122]

The best thing to have is an active guard, not a static one. If youre holding your arms up in one place the whole time, and those hands arent moving according to the situation (How far away you are, angles and the punches being thrown, type of opponent youre facing) than in my opinion i consider your defense very weak

[@ToddyX32]

4:28. Actually I am poopin and watchin a lot of your vids lol. I have testing soon for my Muay Thai class. Wishe me luck 🙏🏾

[@jordanmartens5591]

I find I operate much better with my hands down. Putting up the high guard was very difficult for me to learn and my coaches are constantly trying to drill this into me. It's very difficult for me to be effective defensively with a high gaurd because it takes over as my first line of defense. I'm focused on blocking and parrying rather than effective distance management, which is what I am far better at. As a relatively new boxer, it's hard to know who to trust, whether I should keep training high guard until I master it or just master my better understanding of distance management.

[@MJRLHobbyStuff]

Hands down AND chin UP! For the win

[@pangopod2969]

Pretty cool format

[@uaweezaherri]

I see that Sensei has been taking some of that KZbin hussling classes

[@adriyanmusic]

It's about training hard , your speed ,head movement, the correct footwork , power training , flexibility and keeping distance that all things are giving you confidence to f anyone any time anywhere , but if you fight a smart Fighter who has enough power I guess you can feel it while fighting 😉 keeping hands up it's not a bad idea ...

[@barrbarr31u]

The guys you mentioned are all ELITE fighters. Joe Public weekend enthusiast, KEEP YOUR HANDS UP.

[@alexkehoepwj]

7:55

[@MG-bi6mq]

The cuts above my nose and eyebrow are telling me I should probably keep my hands up.

[@PowerYuLiu]

This guys went through extraordinary effort just so people can stop telling him to keeps his hands up on Instagram, you gotta respect the extend he will go to shut your mouth up 😂

[@dramaticreaper]

0:52 I'm deadddd XDD

[@alexkehoepwj]

"But I fight better with my hands up!!" Seth: 7:55

[@jellybean3057]

I still use high guards at most since Im more of an infighter so that jabs and straights wont f ur chin up. But sometimes, I do put it down like how ufc fighters do late rounds with me only using slips, weaves and step backs, only if you know what u're doing and know who ure fighting or sparring with lmao.

[@jewelsunniheartsfitnessanime]

I seen denzel Washington martial art films where he keeps it simple and get job done in that scene he used corkscrew on one guy and scott Adkins movies these two are examples where you use martial arts suited for war Hands up really depends on situation as each situation will differ for what martial art technique Youll instinctively use to defend yourself it all depends what you feel best instinctively

[@matveysikarra1314]

Seth saying at 4:28 I'm pooping and on my phone. Me: 👁👄👁 how'd he know?