On 6/12/09, Milo Thurston <gvurrdon@...> wrote:
> --- In classicpugilism@yahoogroups.com, Ken Pfrenger <kenpfrenger@...>
> wrote:
>> I hate Walker!!!! Well at least his quick and easy boxing. To me it
>> looks like he read Mendoza and figured it out from text only. His not
>> so quick and easy method of boxing, also in the same book, is much
>> better IMO. just my 2 cents on Walker!
>
>
> Interesting. I found his simple method very good and useful for getting
> started. However, I would feel the need to use his basic parade on both
> sides at the very least. Do you just dislike just his "hanging guard" style
> of universal parry or do you also consider his defence against a driving
> attack to be dodgy?

I am not a big fan of his universal parry. At least for me it has me
off blanace and slows down any return I could possibly make and most
important for me, I think it is way to hard to deal with combination
attacks from it...just not a fan. I like how he throws the head and
body back as per Mendoza but that is about all I feel comfortable
with.

Ken