Guessing

[twtguy]

Whenever I spar someone, I usually wait until I see a punch coming (while still moving in rhythm) before I bob and weave or slip. Most of the time I am not fast enough. It seems to me that everytime I watch a fight, people are doing this anyway. It looks like they are just guessing and hope they dont get hit. Are people really fast enough to see most punches coming, or do people just move so much in hopes that they will be elusive?

[Britt]

My trainer and other really good fighters I've sparred with can definitely see a punch coming and slip or weave it. The really impressive ones, though, are the times I've seen my trainer slip a punch he saw and then weave under a hook that I'd have bet money he couldn't possibly have seen. Like, head-facing-the-other-direction couldn't have seen. When I asked him how the holy hell he did that, he just shrugged and said you eventually get a feel for it and just know it's coming. I suspect some kind of radar.

[Jamie"Spitfire"]

Yeah, Its part react and part luck in some cases, after ive had a knock to the head I find my reactions lengthen, this is where you just move when you see the shoulders initiate. I find that bobbing and weaving is easir if you use a tap(a tap of the hand to draw a specific counter movement) or open your guard. Snatching a coin(open palm) and quick seeing, will allow you to have a more solid reaction base.

[Jamie"Spitfire"]

ChiSao

The process of sticking arms, this is good for building reactions and sensitiviy. Ive got some good clips, chisao can become very rapid. regards jamie

[twtguy]

Thanks for the posts guys. Hey Britt, do you really think he saw it coming, or do you think that he just knows most people would throw a hook at that moment, and thats why he ducked it?

[Britt]

My thought at the time was that he couldn't have seen it coming, and that he just instincively knew that if my last several punches were x, y, and z, my next punch was going to be a left hook. It was pretty slick.

[Tom Yum]

The process of sticking arms, this is good for building reactions and sensitiviy. Ive got some good clips, chisao can become very rapid. regards jamie

You could also practice slipping punches with a partner or working on bob & weave 1,000 times until the movement becomes natural and 1,000 more times until you can sense it.

Nothing beats smart and hard work.

[twtguy]

Thanks for the advice. The only problem is...I think I have surpassed that 1,000 times mark, and I am still not confident. I guess I should do it 2,000 times.