Stance.

[Johnny Toetags]

So, I'm a righty. I'm not totally uncomfortable as a southpaw, though. Problem is in training and sparring, I seem to switch my stance, allot. WTF!?

How can I stop from doing this? I can only lead to problems.

[CHH]

STOP IT!!!



That's all really, it'll come with time

[Johnny Toetags]

I can't! Let's say I throw a one-two, if I follow up with a hook, I'll suddenly wind up in southpaw. WTF. Maybe I was dropped on my head as a child.

[WrestlerV]

I can't! Let's say I throw a one-two, if I follow up with a hook, I'll suddenly wind up in southpaw. WTF. Maybe I was dropped on my head as a child.

Just keep working at it and eventually you'll feel more comfortable. I'm a southpaw and I have been working from the other stance and I feel alot more comfortable and I haven't been going back to southpaw much. It was a pain in the ass at first though...

[hash]

You have to work the bag, spar, and do focus training in that stance. Don't switch around, just try a whole training session working your other side. After a few times I became a little more comfortable when training like this.

[hash]

I can't! Let's say I throw a one-two, if I follow up with a hook, I'll suddenly wind up in southpaw. WTF. Maybe I was dropped on my head as a child.

Thats probably just from your momentum, from wild hooks. Concentrate on planting your front foot, stomp if you have to, before throwing your hooks.

[kcb]

Sounds like you don't have very good stand-up fundamentals yet. If you are throwing a 1-2 where you throw a rear hook and you end up southpaw, that means you are rotating your back foot forward with your rear hand which is not the way the hook is thrown (fundamentally, anyway).

For a good, solid stance try this. Stand with your feet a tad wider than shoulder width apart. With your hands by your side, shrug your shoulders as far up as you can, while still being comfortable. Tuck your chin next to your left shoulder. Now, take a comfortable step to where your back foot (right foot) comes off the ground a bit. Put your hands up to where both of your hands are covering each side of your face. Make a slight turn to the right with your feet so you aren't so square.

That is a basic fighting stance. You have your chin tucked, solid base, and hands up around your face so you can shell up if you have to. Anything coming towards the middle or "down the pipe" can easily be parried away with just a few inches of motion with either hand, but that is another thread.

Hope that helps.

[CHH]

Ummm, I'd say talk to a boxing coach. This shit isn't gonna fix it's self, and quite frankly most BJJ/MMA schools are a bunch of shitheads when it comes to standup.

[kcb]

...and quite frankly most BJJ/MMA schools are a bunch of shitheads when it comes to standup.

Yeah, pretty much. I haven't seen many fighters with good stand-up fundamentals, aside from Jens Pulver, maybe.

[Johnny Toetags]

Well my pro's, from what I can tell, are motion and handspeed. Maybe I'm too active though, I'll find out in sparring I guess. I used to box, amateur, and barely at that. I probably picked up some bad habits along the way. I have a crisp jab, good right hook but I tend to throw even straights as hooks, so I'll work on some things this week so what I need to tweak. ^^^ is pretty much what my coach told me as well.

The BJJ coach and the Muay Thai coach are different folks, and I have confidence in the stand up guy

[Optimus Van Optimum]

Try slowing down, or put less power behind your punches. It sounds like you are putting yourself off balance which is causing you to take a step with your back foot. Lower your stance a bit and make sure your feet are far enough apart so you have a good base. Work on form and technique before you start putting power behind it. To be honest you don't need to put everything you have behind your punches if you do them right.

[Alfuh]

It sounds like you are putting yourself off balance which is causing you to take a step with your back foot.

That's what I was thinking, but I have only been able to train Thai boxing and that was for about 1 year on and off so I kept my mouth shut. Until now, in this post.