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#350301 - 07/07/07 08:04 PM Questiong About Weird "Technique"
MastaFighta Member Registered: 04/10/05 Posts: 260 Loc: United States	Whenever I watch Boxing, a majority of the time one of the Boxers sticks their lead hand out towards their opponent and keeps it there until their opponent moves. What exactly are they doing? If I had to make a guess, I'd say it's helping them gauge the distance.
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#350302 - 07/07/07 08:12 PM Re: Questiong About Weird "Technique" [Re: MastaFighta]
MattJ Free Rhinoplasty! Prolific Registered: 11/25/04 Posts: 15629 Loc: York PA. USA	Several things possible: * Keeping the opponent away * Obstructing the opponent's vision to help hide a strike * Setting up a fake or counter, by leaving himself "open" _________________________ "In case you ever wondered what it's like to be knocked out, it's like waking up from a nightmare only to discover it wasn't a dream." -Forrest Griffin
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#350303 - 07/07/07 10:37 PM Re: Questiong About Weird "Technique" [Re: MattJ]
JKogas Prolific Registered: 01/25/03 Posts: 10813 Loc: North Carolina	I was just teaching a taller student of mine this last week and here it's mentioned. Matt is correct. -John
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