Originally Posted by
KC Elbows
Yeah, I've read quite a few statements by great boxers that they rarely stressed knowing the other guy too well, though there are, of course, exceptions, but even he exceptions knew THEIR stuff from training fully, not creaming their pants for twenty years over a drill that was never meant to be the height of practice<<coughcough chisao coughcough>>.
No comment on chi sao.
But you do bring up an interesting point and that is fighting YOUR fight and what that means.
If a boxer likes to be on the inside, liek I do, as long as I am on the inside, I am fighting my fight.
If you keep me on the outside and slap me silly with your 200" reach advantage, I am screwed.
This also brings into question the philosophies of training :
Focus on your strengths or focus on developing your weaknesses.
But I digress.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !