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Basic Defense & Counters

Some Major Defensive Points:

Keep your eyes on your opponent.

Keep your guard up.

Keep your chin down.

Keep moving when you’re in the strike zone.

Don’t lunge your punches.

After every action recover immediately to guard.

Don’t lean back to avoid punches.

Give as much as you take.

Don’t get mad --- step back, settle down, get smart.

Don’t be predictable --- mix up your fight plan.

Shadowboxing: Now Include Defense
Include the defensive with the offensive in your shad-
owboxing routine. Practice your blocks, slips and ducks
with your various punches and punch combinations.

Defense and offense are hardly separate and distinct
actions in a bout. One blends into the other or should.
Each punch comes from and returns to a defensive pos-
ture. Each defensive maneuver can lead to an attack. It’s
a swirling, flowing thing and it takes training to react
properly and quickly at the right time.

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