In my experience training and learning about striking arts such as Boxing, Thai Boxing, Jun Fan Kickboxing and Tae Kwon Do for more than 10 years, I realize that it is very important to understand and managing ranges effectively in a fight.

The easiest way for me to explain is to use Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do’s methodology. Bruce breaks down ranges into four: kicking, punching, trapping or clinching range and lastly grappling.

Within striking range, I usually experience three ranges: kicking, punching and clinch. In teaching others and myself, the best way i know is to get good at punching range because it is the most realistic range for fighting. From boxing, one can flow to kicking and clinching range easily and steal opportunity to strike successfully among the ranges.

Punching range can be a good parameter to apply the kicking range. When you punch and the guy step away from your punch, thats a kicking range, so you kick. If for example from punching range you or he moves closer to clinch range, you can knee kick, elbow strikes, head butt and short punches such as uppercuts and hooks.

Therefore; its good to get good at long range boxing first. This way you will earn evasive and attacking skills and gain confidence that way.  Once you can do this, it will be easier for you to start developing your kicking and striking from clinch skills. This way you get to know the trigger on when to capitalize on timing to hit successfully.

If you saw Ronda Rousey fight vs Holly Holm or Mayweather vs Pacquiao, you would see how both Holm and Mayweather manage their distance successfully to win.  For Holm she kicked Ronda face just when the distance moved from clinch to kicking range.  As for Mayweather, he frustrated Manny for guessing the right ranges while he dominated he fight.

Please give me feedback on your experience after training this.

PS: I have a course on this, if you want, please email me at yuriamadin@gmail.com or contact me at +628170116098 (Whatsapp available).

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