Re: Evasion?
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:45 am
In general probably very few CMA styles train evasion as extensively as boxing. I'm guessing it's because moves that can be completely evaded constitute a lower percentage of what they would encounter. If boxers have to watch out for low round kicks and leg grabs you can bet they would have to spend less time on head slipping and use some of that time on training to defend against those instead. In fact certain types of head slipping are very dangerous if people are not going by boxing rules. As an actual example, when I first started MT I didn't know what to do when people slipped to the outside of my jabs. After a while it dawned on me I can just do a lead leg snap kick to the side they're dodging. Their head would lean into the kick as they slip. Funny thing is that I did the motion on a few people but because it's hard to see and I always held back from actually making contact (I don't trust my leg control) only 1 guy noticed and talked to me about it.
This is not a knock on boxing or a claim that evasion is not important. It's actually a very important skill to have but completely clean evasion constitutes a smaller percentage of possible defenses against the scenarios CMAs are designed for.
This is not a knock on boxing or a claim that evasion is not important. It's actually a very important skill to have but completely clean evasion constitutes a smaller percentage of possible defenses against the scenarios CMAs are designed for.