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I haven't got the chance to try this in sparring yet, cause my spar partners were at the nationals over the weekend.
BUT - I was at the gym, and there's another guy that boxes, for fun, mostly, but he's got a good head on his shoulders and he's been at it a while, so he's familiar with the base techniques.
I was watching him hit the bag, and he does a lot of the same things I used to do.
That real "stick and move" approach, which apparently is good for taller guys (like me and him), but not a particularly enjoyable way to box.
He's also letting his left hand drop, like I did also.
So, I'm talking to him, and I explain top to bottom this new approach I'm using, re tucking stomach, flexing abs, the effect it has on overall posture, punching leverage, balance, form, movement etc.
He starts working the bag using it.
I see in him, exactly the same improvements that I noticed in myself.
More power - jab especially.
His center of gravity is better positioned, so his balance and form is much better, he's getting more leverage on his punches.
As he continues to work, due to the improvement in posture, it's taken a lot of the awkwardness out of his movement, and he's bobbing and weaving much more naturally, as well as his circular movement, being just more fluid.
That was last week.
I bump into him leaving the gym yesterday.
Tells me he's been using it in sparring.
Huge improvement.
He says, one of the biggest things for him in sparring, was actually getting a little nervous and the "fuck my life" feeling you get sometimes.
With this approach, he said he feels so much more confident in his defense, cause he knows, even if he doesn't throw a single punch, he's body is well covered due to the positioning I explained above, and he's abdominal muscles are flexed, protecting him against getting winded or damage to his liver etc, plus the "shelled up" posture that comes about as a product of the tucked stomach, his head, everything is better protected.
The main thing, I noticed regarding him, and myself, is, well, vain as it may sound.
He LOOKS so much better when boxing.
Not this long, flopping movement and technique.
More compact, more explosive, better movement etc.
All, as a product of this simple augmentation.
Hopefully will get some spars in next week.
Will report back.