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Originally posted by quietanswer
Sikal: if i bob and weave with a straight back, bobbing from the knees alone with no "bend over" to it, am I still so open to knees? we haven't been training knees in our sparring yet...
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This will help, of course. So will good timing and quick execution. The knee is still something to be aware of. Another possibility is a kick either to your face or to the inside of your knee. All this depends on your proximity to them and, again, your timing and speed of execution. A kick to the inside of the knee probably won't cause immediate problems (i.e.: it probably won't hurt a lot in and of itself in this particular instance because they won't get a lot of power from it) ... but it will disrupt your balance and while you try to adjust your balance, they may have time to land a couple of nasty blows or at the very least zone out so you have to reorient on them.
There are a lot of variables. The thing I was trying to point out is that when you do these outside of a boxing ring, you have to remember that straight boxing doesn't take some things into account because they're not legal in boxing. The techniques (i.e.: bob & weave, slip, etc.) are completely valid and useful ... but may require modification or a higher degree of awareness when used outside of the stright boxing context.
Regards, Mike