KerwinBenson.com Hidden Gems of Martial Arts

Are you familiar with boxing feints?

You jab at your opponent's face -- right up through the center. He (or she) blocks.

Again, you jab at your opponent's face. Your opponent blocks across the opening, to meet your jab, as before.

On the third jab, you start the motion. Your opponent, blocks ... but your jab was a fake.

You come in on the side with a hook (punch).

It's a great sequence, except ...

The fake looks fake.

It's obvious.

Predictable Punch Timing

Jokes have the punch-line delivered with the "third" example.

I could almost shut my eyes ...

Beginning Punch Movement -- Make it the Same

Either the move is too pronounced, or the fake has no shoulder lean, where the real jabs do. Either way, the fake looks and feels different.

And I don't know about you, but ...