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Tips from the Top

I always found the exchange of ideas and concepts helped me grow as a
Martial Artist. Before I was a World Champion I would get together with all of
the top fighters and pick up ideas as well as improve and perfect my techniques
on “real world proponents”. This is how I grew, in a community of fighters.
In the past you needed to be “in the fold” to get this inside knowledge but
today with the development of the internet and instantaneous communications you
can have it on demand.

Welcome to a new and ongoing avenue to gain information from me, I am a former
World Karate/Kickbox Champion, my name is Joe Lewis. I have developed a
definitive and comprehensive study into how to magnify the inner will and
self-confidence of today’s martial artist.

My lesson plans are designed to keep you ahead of the curve--- a balanced blend
between the ideas of the traditional “old school” masters and the
cutting-edge technologies of today’s top martial art trainers. Let me know how
you like this first of an ongoing “Tips from the Top” series

For study:  Click on this fight between Ray Mercer Vs Remy Bonjasky. (you may
have to copy and paste into your web browser)

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vZ3JvdXBzLmNvbXwzMTU2NzV8MTEzMTc4NTY0fDQ5NjU4Ng==&id=1829853

This short clip illustrates a classic matchup between two world class
fighters---both champions in their day. One is a boxer and the other a full
contact karate/kick boxer. The disciplines of each are not as important as are
the attributes (mental skills) that each exercises or fails to exercise.


TACTICAL LESSON 101:

(1) Do not stand straight in front of a good kicker and allow him to get set at
his chosen range. 

(2) Against a good lead-off kicker---you MUST fire first or move side to side,
not in and out.  A good kicker controls the distance in a vertical plane---do
not play an in and out game with him.  You must know how to move up and down
(dipping, crouching, ducking) or side to side (angulations). Against a good
kicker, you need to get inside the pocket, step off on an angle (turning him)
and then hit him.

(3) Note that the taller kickboxer, Bonjasky, denies Mercer access to the
pocket. Remy knows that Ray is not going to kick because he is wearing boxing
shoes (no kicks allowed with laces). Never allow your opponent to detect what
you are going to do---or NOT do.

(4) The ultimate key to fighting is to control your opponent. If you allow or
let your opponent exercise his will---fire or shoot---then HE is in control.
When you force or make him fire or shoot, then YOU are in control. Study the
clip---Mercer lets him kick.

(5) Old saying: When in doubt, stick and move…..or, step back quickly and
observe. Whenever an opponent fires a quick unexpected technique or shoots,
you always drop with a quick half step back with your rear foot---then you roll
defensively (inside or outside) OR you stabilize your opponent using either
hand. You just do not freeze and get hit. If you do---this means you are not
focused.

(6) Never enter the ring not being properly focused. Watch Mercer as Bonjasky
triggers the kick. The actions or non actions of one’s physical performance
are an exact reflection of the actions or non actions of ones mind. Mercer’s
reaction is almost non existent. This means he was thinking (conceptualizing)
instead of observing his opponent.

Mercer appears as if he is almost too focused on preserving the dignity of his
stance (typical trait of classical practitioners) than he is on not getting hit.
He was not into that proper level of attention called pre-consciousness. This
state of mind using precision mental skills is almost a lost art. Of the five
levels of attention, this level allows the fighter to appropriately use reflex
timing---that which enables one to react instantly without any thought. The Joe
Lewis Fighting Systems offers drills that can easily be taught to develop this
mental faculty.
 
P.S.  One MUST learn to protect the lower chin and neck area with the rear hand
at all times.  Study my defensive rhythm set drills on my private lesson series
on www.JoeLewisFightingSystems.com web site.  All JLFS members can download
each new monthly lesson offered on our web site to enrich this type of knowledge
and easily integrate this material into their own system or teaching method.

“I have learned that a man has the right to look down on somebody, only when
he is helping him to get up.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  
Joe Lewis
Former World Karate/Kickbox Champion
United States Marine Corps
(Member of 1st U.S. combat unit in Viet Nam---8th Marine Brigade)

“Get your training tips and cutting-edge curriculum ideas
from the same place I get mine.” Joe Lewis






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