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Basic Defense & Counters

Jab Catching
As a left jab arrives, place your right glove in front of
your face with chin down. Pivot your right foot, brace
the right leg and catch the jab in your glove. Make sure
your chin is down so your glove bounces off your fore-
head and not your nose. Catch jabs as aggressively as
your opponent throws them. Recover immediately.

Parries
It’s not a good idea to catch a straight right. Power
punches are best parried with a small slap of the left
glove where the momentum can carry your opponent
off balance and expose him to a counterpunch.

Parrying Body Shots
Punches to the body can be parried by sweeping an arm
and deflecting the punch outside, while pivoting and
sliding in the opposite direction of the punch.

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