Flow and guard manipulation is what works well for me to make my opponent miss, and thanks for uploading this video Gabriel, I've been doing all these techniques religiously for years and was told they were bad habits.
0:36 watch fighters that are good at headmovement 0:56 throw feints 1:43 get head off center line when you throw punches 2:27 pull head back once you see motion 4:12 evade kicks (lean back for highs/ hollow out for low) 4:47 roll preemptively after combo. Not waiting for opponent to throw
Jeff from MMaShredded talked about this; move your head allways after shots. But this is more important and checked it on my head myself: left and right slip is good from the streight shots distance, but roll can do it everytime. Almost everytime: we still can be hit with the body shots. (Only Boxing opinion)
Great video, as Always👍 Was watching the newest "Karate Combat" and was SEVERELY disappointed to not hear your name in the preview. Are you still contracted with them, and when is your Next Match, Sir?? I have been following your fights since your first GLORY match.
Gabriel!! Please make a video on the Short but Long (Volk, Mcgregor) fighting style! It’s heavily geared towards counterstriking and chess match level striking!
@Gabriel Varga I was very happy to land a counter in sparring that you showed in one of your videos. It was one involving moving my head away from the center while throwing a hook. Anyways I had a question. What should I do after a pullback if in sparring someone insists on pressuring me? I can't stay with my head leaning back forever and I also risk getting kicked in Muay Thai.
For kickboxing do you still recommend the roll at the end? Because I know the risk of getting kneed or kicked is higher when you roll, would love to hear your feedback! Great stuff as always!
I think it’s a general rule I think you should just move away in a way that will stop them from hitting you. Cut angles, roll slip and step, lean back etc
It not the ultimate solution, but many times people got caught, because the roll way too deep, beacuse boxers do it many times, but they can go away with it, no kicks... So I think you really need to minimise movement, just needed.
Yeah, Gabriel made a video about head movement for kickboxing. You can roll, just minimise the movement, and don't do it too much so it doesn't become predictable.
You don't have to worry too much about it. It's a risk yes, but that's the case for every technique. It's not like your opponent will always kick you every time you roll. In my experience, the risk isn't so much about getting kicked/kneed in the head, it's the inability to check low kick when you crouch low. The key is to use it sparingly, only when you see an obvious attack coming. Don't use it as your default defense and you'll be fine.
I've heard many times not to roll when sparring in muay thai, because of the threat of kicks and knees, but here you advise it. I'm a boxer that started muay thai recently, who hasn't done any rolls at all in sparring, thinking about all the kicks/knees coming my way. I am confused now and would like to know what's optimal here.
Wanted to ask the same thing as MMDogTv earlier in the comments. In your experience, do you see a lot of opponents picking up on the roll after your combo and trying to catch you with a knee?
Could you make a video on how to close the distancw effectively without eating shots? I recently sparred with a 1.95 m guy and damn, closing in was so hard as the shorter fighter with kinda short arms.
Unrelated to the topic of the video but I have a problem. With summer around the corner the fitness punch kick place I've been going to will have to have their session outside on the grass. I've been in charge of half a session for about 5-6 times every now and then since the usual rotating people doing the sessions asked me to do some kicky stuff sessions and that's been going fine but now that were going to be outside with shoes on I'm worried about the increased risk of rolling their ankles, hurting their knees, kicking up dirt, not wanting to kick people or mats with dirty shoes and generally being less safe to do many kicking techniques. Do you have some suggestions on a kicking focused session on dirt/grass and uneven terrain while keeping it safe? Low kicks, mid level round kicks and knees are still fine but pretty much everything else has me a bit worried.
Do you drop your left hand, when you avoid a hit, as a counter balance? It seems to be automatic, and if I were to count on it, I might throw a right roundhouse to catch the hand drop. You are experienced, so I might be missing something on this tactic.
Hi gab, can you do what makes Manny Pacquiao so good? It's just fascinating to see pacman broke alot of "boxing rules" but makes them work, thank you:))
4:24 Ain't this the thing Saenchai does to infuriate his opponents 🤣 It does look a bit infuriating because it looks rather silly for something that's so effective hahaha
Why is that the most obvious stuff, like some of these tips, are the hardest to realize until someone spells them out for you? I could have suffered a lot fewer hits. :)
Teaching about making them miss as I'm sporting a small black eye 😂😉
Ahhhh well.
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Flow and guard manipulation is what works well for me to make my opponent miss, and thanks for uploading this video Gabriel, I've been doing all these techniques religiously for years and was told they were bad habits.
I've been seing a few bruises on you lately, hard sparring for an upcoming fight?
I am L-O-V-I-N-G all these head movement videos brother...‼️‼️
0:36 watch fighters that are good at headmovement
0:56 throw feints
1:43 get head off center line when you throw punches
2:27 pull head back once you see motion
4:12 evade kicks (lean back for highs/ hollow out for low)
4:47 roll preemptively after combo. Not waiting for opponent to throw
Thank you sir
Great content as usual Gabriel.
Nice video and very useful inforation!!!
I needed this 🔥🔥👍
You always deliver the best Gabriel
Awesome video!
Great suggestions Sir! Thanks 💪💪
Merci pour vos vidéos Gabriel.
I always use the 2 and the last tip(also thanks to your vids), but I'll definitely start using the other ones! Thanks
Jeff from MMaShredded talked about this; move your head allways after shots. But this is more important and checked it on my head myself: left and right slip is good from the streight shots distance, but roll can do it everytime. Almost everytime: we still can be hit with the body shots. (Only Boxing opinion)
Thanks 👍
Head MOVEMENT
foot MOVEMENT
Gabriel you just sold me on jeff chans head movement course 😂😂😂 i was not sure yet but now i wanna become good at it
Great video, as Always👍 Was watching the newest "Karate Combat" and was SEVERELY disappointed to not hear your name in the preview. Are you still contracted with them, and when is your Next Match, Sir?? I have been following your fights since your first GLORY match.
The Marvin Vettori vs Adesanya was so depressing to watch as an Italian.
:D love it
Hey champ we need an épisode about the style of pointing fighter or light contact do you like em
Gabriel!! Please make a video on the Short but Long (Volk, Mcgregor) fighting style! It’s heavily geared towards counterstriking and chess match level striking!
Since Gabe has 176k followers I’m pretty sure there’s only 176k strikers in the world
@Gabriel Varga I was very happy to land a counter in sparring that you showed in one of your videos. It was one involving moving my head away from the center while throwing a hook.
Anyways I had a question. What should I do after a pullback if in sparring someone insists on pressuring me? I can't stay with my head leaning back forever and I also risk getting kicked in Muay Thai.
step back or counter after pulk
For kickboxing do you still recommend the roll at the end? Because I know the risk of getting kneed or kicked is higher when you roll, would love to hear your feedback! Great stuff as always!
Very good point as I had it happen to me. Maybe it was me doing it too much or my opponent got lucky but it hurt
I think it’s a general rule I think you should just move away in a way that will stop them from hitting you. Cut angles, roll slip and step, lean back etc
It not the ultimate solution, but many times people got caught, because the roll way too deep, beacuse boxers do it many times, but they can go away with it, no kicks... So I think you really need to minimise movement, just needed.
Yeah, Gabriel made a video about head movement for kickboxing. You can roll, just minimise the movement, and don't do it too much so it doesn't become predictable.
You don't have to worry too much about it. It's a risk yes, but that's the case for every technique. It's not like your opponent will always kick you every time you roll. In my experience, the risk isn't so much about getting kicked/kneed in the head, it's the inability to check low kick when you crouch low. The key is to use it sparingly, only when you see an obvious attack coming. Don't use it as your default defense and you'll be fine.
Regarding the roll at the end of the combo: if you want to end your combo with a kick, would you roll before kicking or after it?
I've heard many times not to roll when sparring in muay thai, because of the threat of kicks and knees, but here you advise it. I'm a boxer that started muay thai recently, who hasn't done any rolls at all in sparring, thinking about all the kicks/knees coming my way. I am confused now and would like to know what's optimal here.
Definitely situation. Very risky to roll but maybe experiment with it.
i see the 14 guys who thought haney won decided to watch this vid and further show their boxing knowledge by disliking this excellent advice.
Wanted to ask the same thing as MMDogTv earlier in the comments. In your experience, do you see a lot of opponents picking up on the roll after your combo and trying to catch you with a knee?
Could you make a video on how to close the distancw effectively without eating shots? I recently sparred with a 1.95 m guy and damn, closing in was so hard as the shorter fighter with kinda short arms.
he has alr its called how to enter without getting countered and one about fighting a taller opponent/one wit longer arms
Unrelated to the topic of the video but I have a problem. With summer around the corner the fitness punch kick place I've been going to will have to have their session outside on the grass. I've been in charge of half a session for about 5-6 times every now and then since the usual rotating people doing the sessions asked me to do some kicky stuff sessions and that's been going fine but now that were going to be outside with shoes on I'm worried about the increased risk of rolling their ankles, hurting their knees, kicking up dirt, not wanting to kick people or mats with dirty shoes and generally being less safe to do many kicking techniques.
Do you have some suggestions on a kicking focused session on dirt/grass and uneven terrain while keeping it safe? Low kicks, mid level round kicks and knees are still fine but pretty much everything else has me a bit worried.
Do you drop your left hand, when you avoid a hit, as a counter balance? It seems to be automatic, and if I were to count on it, I might throw a right roundhouse to catch the hand drop. You are experienced, so I might be missing something on this tactic.
Never forgot prime Anderson Silva he was invincible
Hi gab, can you do what makes Manny Pacquiao so good? It's just fascinating to see pacman broke alot of "boxing rules" but makes them work, thank you:))
I do knuckle sparring with no headshots, any tips for landing body shots to heavier opponents?
Do bunch of feint
punch them in the bicep and shoulders like canelo and marciano
4:24
Ain't this the thing Saenchai does to infuriate his opponents 🤣
It does look a bit infuriating because it looks rather silly for something that's so effective hahaha
Why is that the most obvious stuff, like some of these tips, are the hardest to realize until someone spells them out for you? I could have suffered a lot fewer hits. :)
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