That bonus tip is so important. Sparring partners are blessings. Many times I wished I had someone to spar and didn't. Be thankful for your partner's, people. 💪🏻🤘🏻
BTW the best defense of course is to not offend in a real street fight and avoid confrontation in the first place. My Taekwondo Sense warned us if we accept to fight "you're gonna get hit" so don't be surprised. Better to de-escalate the situation in the first place! that way the boxing is just really great exercise and helps the brain too
Thank you It was so helpful.you were specifically talking about all the things that a person would go through while sparring. It just shows not only your knowledge about martial art but also how much do you understand people.
Great tips! I would only add (As an old guy) that if your blocking or retreating you're probably losing. If you're forced to fight you must ALWAYS attack! This also applies to sparring. It about developing a mindset. Only my two cents...
I was sparring yesterday, suck at it and now I know why thanks to your video Ando 🙏. I don't have a sparring partner to practice with outside of class. I personally find shadow boxing has its limitations with seeing angles for real, and in real ringside time.
You’re right, Joanna-learning how to “read” the right angles, distance, and timing are pretty much impossible without a partner. If you can’t practice outside of class, maybe grab someone 10 minutes before or 10 minutes after to drill a little bit. Every bit helps! Keep fighting!👊🏼
@@AndoMierzwa Thanks for the great sparring suggestion Ando 👍, I think partners are not only a gift as you mentioned, but also like trying to find a needle in a haystack!
After finishing the self defence lessons I saw another video of self defense which I'm happy to see. I'm sure that those tips will come handy, because I want to go kick boxing with my friend to test my self. I will share those tips with him too! Also those tips are useful.
You touched on a method I kind of picked up on years ago, quite by accident----Striking while retreating! I was sparring with a dude who was even more agressive than ME! He got on a ROLE and surprised me with a non-stop barrage of punches. So I quickly backed UP, in order to get to 'Safe ground.' Well, that wasn't enough! I instinctively went into a little defensive technique I had been working on; I used a rapid ROTARY motion with my forearms and fists in order to deflect his onslaught. To my surprise, I was getting a reaction...a GOOD one! I actually HURT his forearms by doing this. I could tell by the look on his face, that my tactic was working---so I immediately threw a Straight punch, followed by a front kick. Needless to say---I actually WON the match! Thank GOD he was a good sport. We both 'Bowed, shook hands, and Walked away.
Sense Ando, thank you again for the great teaching of how to properly hit a bag. I have been boxing the YMCA bag for almost a year now but EVERY VISIT before hitting the bag I follow your video of walking back and forth with the bag and shifting left and right to avoid the opponent. I always imagine fighting an opponent taller than me so I go for the "head" with a very strong left hook and right/left combos coming in close or backing away ALWAYS KEEPING MY GUARD UP moving all round the bag. Do you have an email where I can share the video to you?
Awesome tips! Since I condition my bones I normally wouldn't go for two hands up because one hand is strong enough to take it. Two hands up means you are shortening your vision for blocking 1 or 2 punches. And there is a way for breaking the two hands up defense. One hand up and one hand free is the recipe for me. Oh but wait we are talking about beginners. Oops my bad because beginners can't do that. Sweeping someone or chocking him in a street fight is also effective for giving advantage/ending a fight if done in successful way.
I don’t know how you condition your hands, but it’s amazing if you’re not worried about hurting them! you can make a video about that. 😁 Stay safe, my friend!
@@AndoMierzwa Oh thank you Ando my friend🙂 You too stay safe. As for how to do it it's not a quick answer but complex one. And I don't know how to make videos otherwise I would have. But it's basically comprised of the following steps: 1.Striking hard surface directly highly gentle. You are not focusing on power rather making yourself stronger. And to bones who are not possible to strike with I gently beat them with a stick. 2.Knuckle push ups which I can't do many of them but something is better than nothing. 3.Consistency. 200 strikes for each bone 5 days a week and 2 days rest. 4.Diet. Consuming protein and calcium after such training. 5.Punching bag meant for power strikes. So when I have one available even if it's soft feeling I give power shots without gloves or any other form of defense. 6.I don't have access to it sadly but sand bucket is another form of helpful training. It gives you skin endurance. 7.The two most important qualities in the process are lack of fear and patience. What do I mean by lack of fear I want to explain. No matter how gentle you are, inevitably the skin will tear and blood will be expressed/blood flows. People often so scared of it. And when it happens stop, let it recover and then return to training. Because bleeding out massively is not the point of the training. And patience because results won't come before 1 year of doing so. But after thousands of strikes and building them stronger anyone would see the difference. Embrace the pain and continue with it. Someone who fears pain shouldn't do it.
Isnt it a good way to get out after the attack by throwing ex. front kick while covering your head. Thats what I often do naturally and it works. My goal is not to hit with the kick, just to assure that if a guy gets to the striking distance then he will get a front kick to his (hopefully solar plexus), even it is a weaker front kick while you are backing off at the same time. Punches, then back off and throwing a front kick while leaving danger zone. Of course the (front kick) timing is crucial in this combination.
If what you’re doing is working, keep doing it! 😄 Just make sure you prepare for a highly aggressive attacker who doesn’t back off while you throw strikes moving backwards. He’ll catch you eventually!
I've always thought a good fast kick is from about a stretched arm's and a half distance. But, I can do it from a rear leg too from something like two legs distance, albeit a little slower. Now, got me wondering which one is better :D
I've got question about tip #2. It's just natural for opponent to pivot to you. I know that punching bag or dummy can't pivot. But real human do that quite a lot during sparring. Isn't it natural not to only change your angle, but also change your movement, so it's more difficult for opponent to adapt to it? I use that principle quite a lot when trying to pass guard and sometimes it works. And it practically always works against me. Though I know that opponent may use this scheme of movement.
Absolutely! We all naturally want to turn to face a threat…if we’re not running away, I mean! But staying ahead on timing, setting traps, zigging and zagging, incorporating grabs… that’s what the art of fighting is all about! Just keep experimenting!👍🏼
Sparring is a little daunting if your opponent is half your age and over 6ft. I'm knee high to a grasshopper! Plus I'm tempered by age and young ones are thinking it's a boxing ring. Still it's fun.
That bonus tip is so important. Sparring partners are blessings. Many times I wished I had someone to spar and didn't. Be thankful for your partner's, people. 💪🏻🤘🏻
Amen to that, Guilherme! 👍🏼
Thank you for that gentle reminder on the blessing of having partners to spar with ❤️
After the lockdowns, I’ll never forget it! 😁 Keep fighting, Anna!
''Enter as a lion, exit as a lion'' Man, Sensei Ando be the paragon of rousing and giga-Chad quotes! Love it!
HA! 😄 Thanks for the laugh!
@@AndoMierzwa Lovely words for lovely people! 😎😃
@@anastastsankov5479 Accepted! 😁👍
As a karateka i find this helpful its great i learn alot in this channel
That makes my day, Amy! Happy training, to you!👍🏼
BTW the best defense of course is to not offend in a real street fight and avoid confrontation in the first place. My Taekwondo Sense warned us if we accept to fight "you're gonna get hit" so don't be surprised. Better to de-escalate the situation in the first place! that way the boxing is just really great exercise and helps the brain too
Absolutely! We should only fight when the cause is right. Happy training to you! 🙏🏻
Thank you It was so helpful.you were specifically talking about all the things that a person would go through while sparring. It just shows not only your knowledge about martial art but also how much do you understand people.
Glad you found it useful! Thanks for the kind words!
Great tips! I would only add (As an old guy) that if your blocking or retreating you're probably losing. If you're forced to fight you must ALWAYS attack! This also applies to sparring. It about developing a mindset. Only my two cents...
Agreed! Thanks for the comment!
I was sparring yesterday, suck at it and now I know why thanks to your video Ando 🙏. I don't have a sparring partner to practice with outside of class. I personally find shadow boxing has its limitations with seeing angles for real, and in real ringside time.
You’re right, Joanna-learning how to “read” the right angles, distance, and timing are pretty much impossible without a partner. If you can’t practice outside of class, maybe grab someone 10 minutes before or 10 minutes after to drill a little bit. Every bit helps! Keep fighting!👊🏼
@@AndoMierzwa Thanks for the great sparring suggestion Ando 👍, I think partners are not only a gift as you mentioned, but also like trying to find a needle in a haystack!
@@joannaswift2284 HA! But the good news is we only need to find one needle to make a big difference. 😁
@@AndoMierzwa So true Ando 🙏, as long it's a needle, not a prick ! 😆🤣😆
@@joannaswift2284 Wowwww! I did not see that coming! Good one! 😂
Great tips boss.
Thank you, Alex! 🙏🏻
Always great content! 🥊
Thank you very much, my friend!
Thank you for the advice 😊
Thank you for the comment! 😁
After finishing the self defence lessons I saw another video of self defense which I'm happy to see. I'm sure that those tips will come handy, because I want to go kick boxing with my friend to test my self. I will share those tips with him too! Also those tips are useful.
Absolutely! See how you can mix principles and techniques to find a formula that works for you. It may take time, but just keep going!👊🏼
Good stuff, really helpful stuff, really like your recent videos, keep it up
Thank you for the kind words! 🙏🏻
Good stuff!!
Thanks a lot for these tips! 🔥 :)
I hope they help! Thanks for saying hello! 🙏🏻
@@AndoMierzwa You're great, learned a bunch of useful stuff from ya! :D 💖
Keep up your awesome enthusiasm and I hope you have a wonderful life! ❤️🔥
@@wNiNGeNw Much appreciated, my friend! A happy, healthy life to you as well! 🙏🏻
@@AndoMierzwa
Keep it positive and keep it real! ❤️
Thank you sir
Thank you for watching, sir!
Thanks
Thank you for watching!
You touched on a method I kind of picked up on years ago, quite by
accident----Striking while retreating! I was sparring with a dude who
was even more agressive than ME! He got on a ROLE and surprised
me with a non-stop barrage of punches. So I quickly backed UP, in
order to get to 'Safe ground.' Well, that wasn't enough! I instinctively
went into a little defensive technique I had been working on; I used
a rapid ROTARY motion with my forearms and fists in order to deflect
his onslaught. To my surprise, I was getting a reaction...a GOOD one!
I actually HURT his forearms by doing this. I could tell by the look on
his face, that my tactic was working---so I immediately threw a
Straight punch, followed by a front kick.
Needless to say---I actually WON the match!
Thank GOD he was a good sport. We both 'Bowed, shook hands, and
Walked away.
Amazing what you can create under pressure, isn’t it? 😁 Extra point for ending on good terms. Thanks for sharing the discovery.👍🏼
@@AndoMierzwa So true! Most of my defense knowledge actually
DID come from, "ON THE JOB," training ( non-scripted sparring).
@@raygsbrelcik5578 I have no doubt!
@@AndoMierzwa And HEY----Many thanks for the TIPS! I am quite
Certain you are an accomplished "Artist!"
@@raygsbrelcik5578 Working on it!
I always enjoy your tips. Oss. Master K, MA
Always an honor, Master K! Keep fighting! 👊🏼
@@AndoMierzwa I will. Thanks so much.
Some excellent tips
I appreciate that. Thank you! 🙏🏻
As usual Ando, your videos, (tips, tricks & all), are INCOMPARABLE. :-)
Thank you for the kind words, Jakob! 🙏
@@AndoMierzwa You're welcome, Ando. :-)
😀
Sense Ando, thank you again for the great teaching of how to properly hit a bag. I have been boxing the YMCA bag for almost a year now but EVERY VISIT before hitting the bag I follow your video of walking back and forth with the bag and shifting left and right to avoid the opponent. I always imagine fighting an opponent taller than me so I go for the "head" with a very strong left hook and right/left combos coming in close or backing away ALWAYS KEEPING MY GUARD UP moving all round the bag. Do you have an email where I can share the video to you?
Thanks for the follow up, Daniel! It sounds like you’re building good habits. 👍🏼 Sure- send me the video!
ando@SenseiAndo.com
Awesome tips! Since I condition my bones I normally wouldn't go for two hands up because one hand is strong enough to take it. Two hands up means you are shortening your vision for blocking 1 or 2 punches. And there is a way for breaking the two hands up defense. One hand up and one hand free is the recipe for me. Oh but wait we are talking about beginners. Oops my bad because beginners can't do that. Sweeping someone or chocking him in a street fight is also effective for giving advantage/ending a fight if done in successful way.
I don’t know how you condition your hands, but it’s amazing if you’re not worried about hurting them! you can make a video about that. 😁 Stay safe, my friend!
@@AndoMierzwa Oh thank you Ando my friend🙂 You too stay safe. As for how to do it it's not a quick answer but complex one. And I don't know how to make videos otherwise I would have.
But it's basically comprised of the following steps: 1.Striking hard surface directly highly gentle. You are not focusing on power rather making yourself stronger. And to bones who are not possible to strike with I gently beat them with a stick.
2.Knuckle push ups which I can't do many of them but something is better than nothing.
3.Consistency. 200 strikes for each bone 5 days a week and 2 days rest.
4.Diet. Consuming protein and calcium after such training.
5.Punching bag meant for power strikes. So when I have one available even if it's soft feeling I give power shots without gloves or any other form of defense.
6.I don't have access to it sadly but sand bucket is another form of helpful training. It gives you skin endurance.
7.The two most important qualities in the process are lack of fear and patience. What do I mean by lack of fear I want to explain. No matter how gentle you are, inevitably the skin will tear and blood will be expressed/blood flows. People often so scared of it. And when it happens stop, let it recover and then return to training. Because bleeding out massively is not the point of the training. And patience because results won't come before 1 year of doing so. But after thousands of strikes and building them stronger anyone would see the difference. Embrace the pain and continue with it. Someone who fears pain shouldn't do it.
Isnt it a good way to get out after the attack by throwing ex. front kick while covering your head. Thats what I often do naturally and it works. My goal is not to hit with the kick, just to assure that if a guy gets to the striking distance then he will get a front kick to his (hopefully solar plexus), even it is a weaker front kick while you are backing off at the same time.
Punches, then back off and throwing a front kick while leaving danger zone. Of course the (front kick) timing is crucial in this combination.
If what you’re doing is working, keep doing it! 😄 Just make sure you prepare for a highly aggressive attacker who doesn’t back off while you throw strikes moving backwards. He’ll catch you eventually!
I've always thought a good fast kick is from about a stretched arm's and a half distance. But, I can do it from a rear leg too from something like two legs distance, albeit a little slower. Now, got me wondering which one is better :D
The experimenting never ends, does it? Keep fighting! 😄👊🏼
I've got question about tip #2. It's just natural for opponent to pivot to you. I know that punching bag or dummy can't pivot. But real human do that quite a lot during sparring. Isn't it natural not to only change your angle, but also change your movement, so it's more difficult for opponent to adapt to it?
I use that principle quite a lot when trying to pass guard and sometimes it works. And it practically always works against me. Though I know that opponent may use this scheme of movement.
Absolutely! We all naturally want to turn to face a threat…if we’re not running away, I mean! But staying ahead on timing, setting traps, zigging and zagging, incorporating grabs… that’s what the art of fighting is all about! Just keep experimenting!👍🏼
Ur old tutorial reminds thanks
Thanks for being here!
Sparring is a little daunting if your opponent is half your age and over 6ft. I'm knee high to a grasshopper! Plus I'm tempered by age and young ones are thinking it's a boxing ring. Still it's fun.
You’ve got spirit! 👍🏼
Great! Stick or move :-)
Or stick AND move! 😁👍🏼
I get tired and a little lazy getting out. Conditioning, conditioning, conditioning...😮😮😮
Totally understand! 😄 Get out first and then you can take a break! 👍🏼
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Thanks for the video sensei
Thank you for watching, my friend!
All I have is a bag I don't have no one to spar with.
For now, maybe. Sharpen your skills the best you can on your own so you’ll be ready to make the most of a partner when you have one. Just keep going!
I came first
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Nope doesn't count if you got nothing worth saying only baby and losers try
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Thanks for being here!
So what!!! No one cares