Switch-Hitting Sparring Continues (diary entry)

02/08/21 Hour four of my couple's course brought us onto transitioning through stances. In other words, actual switch-hitting. The previous two lessons looked at fighting from mirror stances and putting combinations together to get to the outside of an opponent's lead foot. This time, after the warm-up, we focused on actively switching stances to attack with a combination. In the previous three lessons I introduced a simple build-up drill where a fighter transitioned through strikes whilst changing stance. This time we looked at the simple shuffle, which is a great move for confusing an opponent and hiding an attack. I used the "Saenchai Shuffle", which puts a fighter into a different stance after two feints. We trained several kickboxing combinations from this shuffle before moving onto the main combination. The main combination consisted of a single stance switch to the outside lead foot, double-jab/round kick to the body. We then moved onto sparring. Here we fought for 3 x 3 minute rounds with six partner changes within the three minutes. The first round involved fighting from mirror sides and the last round was freestyle, using the opportunity to attempt stance switching.   https://clubbchimera.com/services/