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Punch Mitts

Working her slips.
Note the eye contact.

Successful slips
entail just the
slightest movement
of the head.

Semi-Sparring
A tick below full-on sparring has your coach or partner
wearing a punch mitt on his right hand and a sparring
glove on his left.You must wear headgear and a mouth-
piece. If you’re working on defending attacks to the
body,strap on your groin protector,too.Your partner will
throw jabs or hooks, which you must defend against
with blocks, slips and ducks.You will try to score with
jabs and rights on his punch mitt.

I know this sounds grossly unfair (and it pretty much is)
but again the idea here is to work on things.Your partner
is throwing at 3/4 speed with zero intent. You are
working on your complete game --- footwork, defense
and offense. The idea is to avoid punches and at the
same time to set up your own attacks. For example, as

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