Parry as a term comes from the sport of fencing. Herein, to parry an attack refers to deflecting the attack of the sword with the intention of diverting your opponent’s sword in the opposite direction. In boxing sense, it’s pretty much the same. When we say parry in boxing, it means to deflect your opponent’s … Read more
Conditioning your hands to be able to absorb the impact upon connection determines whether you’ve successfully landed the punch or not. Be it self-defense or professional fighting, your punch should have enough power to stop your opponent’s advances, especially for self-defense where the situation is much detrimental, the main goal is to stop your opponent … Read more
The fact of not being able to take a punch in contact sports is embarrassing yet the biggest reality in the world of Boxing and MMA. People often use the term “glass jaw” when it comes to describing a person with a weak chin. You must have seen this term thrown around with one fighter … Read more
You’d often hear people say that boxing’s just a sport of three punches. And when they list them, they keep circling between the straight, hook and uppercut. It’s funny, how they can’t be any further from the truth. If you’re a boxer, even a beginner, who has just started the journey, you’d know that there’s … Read more
Feint in boxing is generally seen as a deceptive blow or movement during a fight. In layman’s terms, anything that a fighter does in order to deceive the opponent through movement is feinting. A simple way to understand this is to imagine yourself throwing your hands towards the opponent’s face. (Your opponent’s thinking about the … Read more
The term Corkscrew punch was invented by a popular boxer Charles “Kid” McCoy, active between 1891-1916.