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I’m new and I sparred for the first time yesterday with guy who had 2 years experience. Here are my take aways:
– I got hit in the head a lot early on and I very quickly learned to keep a high guard (coach laughed)
-leg kicks can hurt (coach laughed)
-I’m more flexible than I thought i was. I accidentally threw a kick at his head that I meant to land around his shoulder (coach was happy)
-he seemed scared of my jab (I was happy)
– I never landed the first strike of any of my combos. I felt like I had to pull his defense either high or low and then change levels or strike angle if I wanted to connect anything
-I put to much weight on my front leg and it made my checks kinda slow. A lot of his leg kicks hit my knee instead of my shin (my knee hurts today)
-once he noticed I was changing levels a lot to land punches he switched to a Philly shell from his high guard and I had to start moving laterally a lot more to land any punches.
-probably unique to my opponent but I had a much easier time landing kicks to his inner thigh then outer
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