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fa_jing
01-22-2003, 06:47 PM
I may be cornering for my former classmate this Saturday. Any tips? They were giving grapes to the fighters of one school between rounds, at the last one of these tournaments.
I think it's mostly instinctual - actually, he cornered for me last year at one. It helped me alot. I'm sure I'll be up for it, with the emotion involved.
prana
01-22-2003, 07:54 PM
make sure your suspension is well sorted
:D
Serpent
01-22-2003, 08:15 PM
Yeah, I thought this was going to be a thread about driving too!
dezhen2001
01-22-2003, 08:18 PM
on a kung fu forum? Now, thats just not right serpent ;)
dawood
joedoe
01-22-2003, 08:31 PM
Originally posted by fa_jing
I may be cornering for my former classmate this Saturday. Any tips? They were giving grapes to the fighters of one school between rounds, at the last one of these tournaments.
I think it's mostly instinctual - actually, he cornered for me last year at one. It helped me alot. I'm sure I'll be up for it, with the emotion involved.
I once cornered for a friend - didn't even know he was fighting until about an hour before the fight, so we didn't have time to work a strategy. What I found was that I spent the whole fight telling him to keep his hands up, so you might find that useful.
BTW he won :)
prana
01-22-2003, 08:42 PM
wasnt Darryl was it ? That guy was a natural fighter !
Actually he did work pretty hard :)
dezhen2001
01-22-2003, 08:52 PM
i remember when i used to box that when i competed my coach used to keep telling e stuff like "youre doing ok" and "keep your hands up" and all that jazz, but actually i was often getting the stuffing knocked out of me :( lol
but sometimes i did ok :)
dawood
joedoe
01-22-2003, 08:52 PM
Originally posted by prana
wasnt Darryl was it ? That guy was a natural fighter !
Actually he did work pretty hard :)
Yeah, it was Daryl and yes he was a natural fighter. However he had not done a minute's training for the fight and his hands were dropping constantly. But man he had a mean kick :)
Kinda wish he was still training :(
fa_jing
01-22-2003, 10:51 PM
It will be cool because I can give him strategy. Plus he will be the one actually taking punches :D :cool:
Serpent
01-22-2003, 10:55 PM
Originally posted by fa_jing
It will be cool because I can give him strategy. Plus he will be the one actually taking punches :D :cool:
Give him bad advice, for a laugh.
You know, stuff like, "Keep your hands at your chest", "Lead with your chin", stuff like that.
Cheese Dog
01-22-2003, 10:55 PM
Yeah Dezhen2001 I remember that from my boxing days as well. One time in particular I had just eaten an Uppercut and all I hear is coach saying, "You kept your hands up, good job." Meanwhile I'm seeing double!
SevenStar
01-22-2003, 11:25 PM
Note to self: NEVER let serpent be my cornerman
dezhen2001
01-23-2003, 12:41 AM
cheese dog: uppercuts dont taste good! :( usually it was my own fault as i had already been doing karate for 7 years then, so was used to having my guard a little lower :p
fa jing: one good thing, especially if hes eating a lot of punches is to try and keep the morale up. i know when i was sparring with this big guy once he was clocking me left right and centre. i really felt like i was fighting the terminator or something :eek: but my coach and friends kept me going until i eventually caught him with the most beautiful left hook :cool: It seemed he was so aggressive because he had a bit of a glass jaw, so once i found that out things were much better.
dawood
Serpent
01-23-2003, 03:45 PM
Originally posted by SevenStar
Note to self: NEVER let serpent be my cornerman
:D
dezhen2001
01-23-2003, 04:28 PM
but he can be my opponents anytime he likes :p
dawood
Serpent
01-23-2003, 04:49 PM
Originally posted by dezhen2001
but he can be my opponents anytime he likes :p
dawood
If the price is right.....
;)
IronFist
01-23-2003, 09:39 PM
Originally posted by prana
make sure your suspension is well sorted
:D
lol, I was going to say something like that :)
IronFist
SevenStar
01-23-2003, 09:49 PM
Originally posted by dezhen2001
but he can be my opponents anytime he likes :p
dawood
My thought exactly. :D
Serpent
01-23-2003, 10:11 PM
Originally posted by SevenStar
My thought exactly. :D
I reiterate: If the price is right! ;)
fa_jing
01-25-2003, 06:27 PM
well, no one showed up to fight in my friend's division. He got 25 bucks just for showing up. Of course, he paid 35 to compete...:D
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