Mickey Z

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Friday, July 14, 2006

How to win a fight (part II)

But first: A public thank you to Luna for the new animation of yours truly up there at the top of the page.

We now return to our regularly scheduled slugfest...

Muhammad Ali screwed up the generation of fighters that followed him. Hands dangling at his sides, The Greatest dared his opponents to hit him. In the years before he was shamefully stripped of his title, the freakishly talented Ali could get away with breaking the rules in such a blatant manner. Unfortunately, few have learned from witnessing the post-comeback punches Ali endured and, as a result, warriors are everywhere leaving their faces exposed...without enough vision and speed to pull it off.

A shitload of bad martial arts flicks have added another component to this problem: dropping one’s hands when executing a kick. Unlike those celluloid combatants we foolishly try to emulate, such a glaring error leaves a fighter wide open for a counter. But fear not, remedying this situation is just a matter of conditioning.

Read my latest article here.