Where Should Your Eyes Be Looking??? 👁👁 + How To Use Eyes To Fake
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2021
- Making sure you at looking at the correct area on your opponent is essential. Many people think you should be looking at the eyes. "The eyes tell you everything". WRONG!
This is a great episode for all the beginner-intermediate strikers out there.
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Was anyone making the mistake of watching your opponent's eyes or head?
Sometimes the best mistakes to learn from are other peoples mistakes. Thank you Champ!
Thank you very much
I made that mistake when I first started training muay thai. But after about 6-8 months into muay thai, I stopped focusing my eyesight on my opponents eyes/head; nobody told me either it was something I found out on my own. But my fighting changed totally from that day forward....I became FAAAAR better, almost overnight, so much so that my coach back then noticed it immediately, and I told him what I changed.
Gabriel, can you do some videos about using active blocks(I mean forearm/elbow blocks against punches) and quickly countering after taking a hit to your guard? I wanna see what you think is the best way to counter after absorbing all your opponents punches on your guard(high guard, wing guard, changing depending on what punch is incoming, and so on). For me I usually just throw out single hooks or straights or jabs, or at most 2-3 punch combos if I feel like I startled or hurt them with my counter. I wanna hear and see your opinion on how best to handle lighting someone up after blocking their attacks.
all the time, but now I know better 🤗
No I obviously did it right by chance. I actually thought I did it wrong until now but I always looked to chest. I think I did it already in my boxing gym.
Also your peripheral vision is better at seeing movement than a focused direct one. By looking at that triangle, your peripheral (unconscious) will register body movement - shoulders, hands, feet - faster in your brain. Like the saying " hands are faster than eyes" if you are looking directly at hands and or feet, most likely you won't be able to react in time.
I swear, I love your content. You touch such important topics and you help a ton of ppl. Thank you Gabriel.
Your channel will explode, sooner or later.
Video suggestion: Can you make a video on saving energy in a Kickboxing/Muay Thai sparing/match. I want to learn how not to put so much energy in rushing combos as fast/hard as I can. Also, how to conserve your energy throughout the whole fight.
when he said "the head is not going to attack me" I blurted out "Lethwei" out of habit
this btw is where I tend to look
DAVE LEDUC WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION
@@advleon604 I'm in the USA I don't think Dave Leduc would want to train with me tho I'm pretty out of practice
As for myself; ever since I started getting good at Sparring in muay thai, which was years ago at this point, I have focused looking at my opponents chin, neck, and at highest, nose. I totally agree that having a staring contest in a fight is counterproductive. It makes both you and the other guy fight worse, too. Puts unneeded stress on you too.
looking at their chin, neck, and top of their chest is the best way. It lets you see practically ANY attack they throw at you, from punches to kicks to elbows to knees. If your intent on maintaining solid eye contact you will definitely not make it in time to block or evade any kick they throw esp low kicks and teeps(low teeps targeting the thighs esp). And also, looking at them that way makes it much easier and makes you much calmer while you block and parry and counter their punches and throw back at them. It may be cold to say the following but it helps tremendously if you dont think of them as a friend but as an enemy while you are sparring; I dont mean getting all mad that them but being totally indifferent to hurting them(obviously not seriously; I mean punches to their face/head, kicks, knees, so on) and lets both YOU and THEM take the fight or sparring match seriously, making it have meaning and helping your training greatly.
very clear tips, thanks!
Great advice keep up the great work!
Love how your content will help martial artists improve their craft!
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Such priceless info for up and coming fighters or even knowing how to defend yourself. This is one of the best channels I've ever found on TH-cam. You are a great world champion and a warrior and a intelligent fighter. Abd always a class act. Thank you for giving your time champ. 👐💪✌
Thanks again Gabriel.
Wow! Great content!
Such a simple but important advice nobody else gave me before! Thank you!🙏🏼
Thank you for the video master
Your insight is greatly appreciated thank you very much
Thanks for the info bros
Love your videos. Very helpful thank you 🥊🥊🥊
Hey Mr. Varga, can you make a video on bad habits that take place even at the highest level. What are they, and how to avoid them. Also how to capitalize on them when your opponent does them
You earned my sub here fam this changes everything
solid advice
Gabriel your the goat of information man this is so usefull
Looking at the eyes does work wonders in fencing, though. In grappling, however, especially judo and jiu-jitsu, I usually tell people to learn to fight with their eyes closed before even thinking about where to look.
can you see their eyes through the facemask?
@@robbybee70 why is your face mask covering your eyes?
@@kymma2589 so the sword can't come up and take one out....
@@robbybee70 fencing looks hard
@@kymma2589 I wouldn't know
You freaking rock man👍🏻
great content 🙏🌅
Awesome Video
Spot on, I agree with the chest being the right spot to keep your eyes at. And for those who consider getting a chest-tattoo like an eagle
or something, think twice, it makes it easier for the opponent to nail your eyes onto there ;) . Thanks, great video as always!
Great tip! Trainer keeps telling me this same thing during sparring. Now I know why!
Love it 💪
Chest is the way to go. As you said, the chest will shift in the direction a strike is coming but it moves before the arm or leg. Even if you don’t know what strike is coming, you can anticipate which limb will be making it. As the striker, if I’m sparring someone who is hip to this, I can work feints with my chest too which adds layers to the physical chess match.
How's feinting with your chest even possible? (Unless u mean moving the shoulder in front)
@@Greenbiscuit1 a feint doesn’t have to be dramatic. The chest shift when throwing a punch is subtle. If you’re watching for subtle motions in the torso and your opponent starts feeding you small body shifts left and right, that would be a chest feint.
Umm, if i'm sparring against a girl, should i still be looking down there?
So underrated
Yes the eyes. Rose VS Weili
Great work as usual. Can u explain how to deal with fighters who chase you with combos please?? How to disrupt their rhythm etc
I am not very experienced in fighting, but there is a Muay Thai world champion for Lion fight who trains at my gym, and I went to his fight today, and his opponent was doing exactly that, and this is what I noticed him do (btw I’m not trying to brag). He has very good head movement, so he blocked most of the strikes, and when he saw the big hard one, he moved out of the way, and threw a check hook, or an elbow. He also clinched up and stopped the combination, and waited till the ref seperated them. Also, his opponent was explosive, and would blitz him and combo, so he chopped his legs down as his opponent tried to chase him down. Also he would teep to the knee, and throw knees to the leg. I hope this helped you!
I know you said advanced people won't get caught by it, but take a look at the headkick knockout that Rose Namajunas just did on Weili. She looked down and kicked high.
Is that Weili having a skill shortage, a bad habit, or just plans going out the window because she was getting hit?
Weili is more of a power beast than a technical fighter.
God dammn bro I swear to god I was thinking about this before ❤❤
My instructor advises me to watch the eyes not to look for signals there but to watch the head while keeping the lower body in my peripherals. Because and his word are "most people move their heads right before they use any attack"
Next video, “range” when to strike why you strike how to strike, in lager or aggressive fighters
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Good job 👏🏼!
What about grapplers and mixed martial artists?
Please Please Please review Rafael Fiziev next, I think he's one of the best strikers in the UFC today. He's also the striking coach at Tiger Muay Thai, so sick.
Based. How long should one train for before they start sparring?
Ask your coaches when they think your ready, usually it will probably be about a month, maybe slightly less or maybe slightly more before you’ll have enough experience to spar if you’ve never boxed before hand
I've been traiining for mma. I've been practicing for 1 year before my first fight, but I need to put one year into heavy jujitsu befor i return.
Your coaches will likely be the determining factor, however:
Some worth while criteria:
1. Do they/you want to learn to spar? - this should obviously be yes but i specifically say 'spar' because it's not a fight and there temperament is important
2. Have they got basic offensive technique? - start sparring when your technique is off and you're just engraining bad habits
3. Have they/you been taught basic defensive techniques - basic slips, parries, foot work, keeping hands up? - similar to 2 except potentially more important imo, you need the foundation to benefit from sparring
4. Are they sparring with the right people? - by this I mean sparring is always best when everyone is there to learn and not let there egos lead to excessive force. Especially with nervous virgin sparring partners who are more likely to swing a bit too hard the correct response from a sparring partner should be to remind them of their composure etc.
Number 4 is the hard one because realistically achieving that can be difficult. Good way around it is to do it with someone very experience and preferably who you trust. It's worth when you start, saying "I'm new/still new to this, let me know if get caught up in it I'm sorry let me know and I'll chill out."
The reason it's worth following that criteria is because it's the most effective way of learning. If you don't have the basic techniques in 2 and 3 then you're better investing time into those than in sub par sparring that will engrain bad habits.
Depending on your definition of 'sparring' though I'd start right away. Do very light 'touching' body shots and body kicks to start, you can be quick but not hard'. And you can do this from day 1 taking turns with a willing partner, swapping every 30 seconds to go on attack and defence. . It being so light you can focus on developing techniques instead of not been punched in the face. From there it easily progresses to including the head once you feel ready, so long as you keep it as just 'touching'. The key is to have the patience and not decide to start hitting each other with any force until that criteria is met.
Alternatively, go to a park with another nutter and go nuts ;)
@@MrParalism oh i don’t know much about MMA i only box … if you’ve been doing it one year though i’d imagine you’re more than ready to spar 😂
Thats was great! Osu!
What if you are taller than the person . I'll try to look at the torso but because I am taller than someone I'll end up looking at the top of there head.
"I don't look at his face his face can't punch me" Mike Tyson
Its always a great pleasure watching you coach varga , and as teenager who lives in africa I recently had a contract with a Canadian Kickboxing gym , what's you're advice for me , thanks coach
Gabriel didn't mention my fighting style in the intro and that's okay, but its the same. Every technique starts with the hips. Compared to him Im a complete hack but did spend years sparring at 3 different dojangs against dozens of different (white belt to Master) opponents. It always seemed intuitive to me to look at the midsection of an opponent when sparring. Not one Korean Master ever told me to look the opponent in the eye.. Gabriel is keeping it real.
Can you do a video on eye contact before a fight
You mean the prefight stare down? Should I include face offs at weigh-ins?
@@GabrielVargaOfficial yeah, all them would be great
Lol he'll bring up the time he beat lerdzila any chance he gets 😂
Hips don't lie...or maybe shoulders?
I don’t know where am I looking .
Does this also apply to boxing? you only use your hands to attack, should i look at their hands instead?
It still applies to boxing. Hands can fake you out as well.
If this is a question you have you need to train more