The Real Reason You Can't Get Inside and Land Punches in Boxing, MMA, Kickboxing and Muay Thai

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Title Song is Lying Low

[paulcastleman]

Why dance with a girl this Valentine's day when I can dance around my apartment by myself throwing punches, honing my footwork skilz

[TheDanielmeeks]

How to get in and land punches
“First thing your going to want to do is tell them jiu jitsu wasn’t made for small people. At this point they’ll be visibly confused. This is when you step in and land your favorite combo”

[martinch.]

the problem is that people are afraid of getting inside the hitting range of the opponent; they are simply afraid, consciously or not, of getting hit. Because it takes a lot of nerve and practice for someone to trust his or her defense capabilities.

[Liquidcadmus]

I realized when I got into kickboxing that the first few months of training are just simply learning how to get punched in the face.

[informedcitizen]

The reason why most amateur fighters have trouble getting inside is they're afraid of being in range of a counter punch.

[DaroLinguiniJohnson]

It's a game of inches

A lot of people lost that game at birth including me.

[Jonas-tipy]

"I just added 6"... which I'm told is very significant." -This killed me😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[cainmorano]

It's a truth. The first time I was kickboxing I got hit and thought it was because of every mistake I could have made. The senior student and instructor shared their sage wisdom with almost puzzled looks at my wonder : it's a fight, you get hit.

[MarquisVonMonster]

I died when he said “good girl muscles and bad girl muscles” 🤣

[FredKuneDo]

I told someone, who asked why she isn't ready for sparring training: "You first have to invest more time in your basic footwork. Doesn't bring you anything to punch and kick good, when you are not fast and safe enough with your stances and movements."

[FightCommentary]

This is one of the best videos, Mike! Thanks for this great reflection and lesson!

[jasonbailey]

The problem with people that don’t fight or haven’t ever fought is that they’re scared of getting hit. Like a person scared to bat against a pro pitcher, scared to get hit. The only way to get good at fighting is to train and to FIGHT.

[alexzanderroberts]

"We get 6 inches, which I am told is significant"
Thanks for that golden quote.

Everyone else: Noooo you can't just quote the video and add a single sentence comment and expect to be top comment
Me: unoriginal comment goes

[keyllonguevara]

1:20 reminds me of Former Bellator and One World Champion, Ben Askren .

[bumpedli]

Okay, I'm off to train my good girl muscles and bad girl muscles!

[continuouslylucky]

Years of bag abusing gave me too much confidence. A few years sparring without tuition took it away, and I had no idea what I was doing wrong.
Thank you for clearing that up nicely for me. Next thing I need is a speed ball ;)

[eh]

You might actually be the best info and content creator on youtube. Consistently honest, intelligent, hilarious and well executed. Thank you for sharing so many great videos.

[zorgath]

People winning at the highest levels making errors
deontay Wilder: 👀

[SunTzuMedia]

You got to just bite down and get in there, kid! 🇺🇸👊

[farkinarkin]

When I'm eating combinations, I am close enough. Not eating the combinations is the tricky part. x_*