"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
any good excercise tips for boxing defense
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"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
I want to take boxing proper.
The training that I have taken they taught using forearms and elbows for defense. Always protecting your throat and face.
Always snapping back quick after each of your punches contact. To make each punch as hard as you can. Controlling adrenalin and fast breathing to channel power and to spread out your energy over entire fight.
To recognise when fight is over.
I would like to learn ducking and weaving. Something I haven't practiced yet.
I have practiced getting up off the ground quickly.
I'll check him out-he's good, I watched the controlling distance video so far
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
same dude, fight smart trav, that was good.
"Slip and Dodge, Bob and weave"
That boxer I learned about yesterday, Canalo Alvarez, trains with these strings tied kater-corner and across the top rope of the ring and he ducks and comes up around and under.
His trainer also swats at him with long pool noodles to make him duck and weave.
This wouldall be good to learn, exhaust the hitter by making them miss.
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
Sidestepping while throwing hooks or shovel hooks
Punching to shoulder to turn opponent
That s for sport. Look up Kali limb destruction. Some you could probably get away with in a match.
It takes time to get the fundamentals right.
Best to take a class where there are boxing instructors with sparring and fights under their belt that can instruct you. Obviously difficult to do right now.
Absent of that, shadow boxing in front of a mirror when just starting out is the best thing you can do.
And while shadow boxing:
1.Hands held high. Hands should never drop for beginners.
2.Constant head movement.
3.Then add foot movement and pivots.
You can youtube all of the above.
You will see videos on YouTube of boxers 'slipping' for defense but this is a little more advanced and should be learned after getting the basics down.
All good advice above. I d add boxing is about hitting. If u want to train defence in a way that's going to progress you quickly look at:
Add combos. Sometimes u see a jab coming slip outside jab cross. Sometimes u don't. Catch the jab sidestep right as u jab. Sometimes the jab cross is really quick. Catch jab, party cross as u throw cross, left hook.
BTW if you want an unfair advantage Google jeet kune do - non telegraphic punching and progressive indirect attack. Used for attack not counters. Just be religious with your stretching those techniques need a lot of shoulder flexibility.
Always train moving off the line of the attack. if u stand in front of the guy there's no skill the guy with the highest pain threshold wins. Getting hit in the head gives u brain damage. It's proven no debate possible. That's y I moved to martial arts. Less head hunting and wider tactics. If a boxer comes at me I can kick, throw elbows, or hand trap or grapple. If an MMA guy comes it would be limb destructions, eye jabs, hand traps, chain punching, knife hands and Silat grappling (as it's not based on wrestling or Jujitsu).
There u go a year's training ideas in one post.
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Btw respect the old fighters most of them are worse junkyard dogs than me.
sweet! you got a partner
yeah what do you do and where are you located at?
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.