Using Your Elbows in Boxing?

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Nobody gonna mention that's illegal in boxing?

Elbow in boxing is illegal in amateur boxing

Supposed your opponent was unorthodox?

If you wanna see this high elbow in use, check out Gene Fulmer versus Sugar Ray Robinson. It is known as the reverse Cross guard. For a normal cross guard check out by Archie Moore. This man did not get enough recognition. He refused to shout out to the mafia and was only given a chance of the heavyweight title. When he was very old he still managed to smash Marciano around quite a lot.

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Elbow checks or blocks are something used a lot in MMA, but also 52 Blocks style of striking. You also see guys using that more since the rise of BKB as a Professional sport. I think, even for Boxing newbies or self defense training, the elbow is a good shield outside the big gloved striking world. It comes natural, it is stable and it also educates good body movement. But I am just a fistfighting enthusiast without great skills, though I really am happy to see some of my own experience and research been shown by real good boxers here. That being said, if you look back in history, you find many of these things in old school boxing aka Pugilism.

52 blocks

Wing Chun block

The elbow up, looks very 'skull and bones' like from 52 blocks. What do you think of that boxing style?

So question, I mean I want to get a great head start for fundamentals in self defense. Where should I start? I mean I teach myself, but the biggest downside with self taught is that you fall into habits that can really inhibit you. Whatever that may be. Any advice?

this goes back to the “tyson sequence” bit. your opponent is going to react to the series of combos youre focusing on at the moment. if youre going body body body with tyson combos…your ultimate goal is to make them throw their arms down and go for the chin (as you put it). same example in this case, if someone is tapping your chin with jabs over and over, in that moment, you need to protect the face in expense of your body. you cant protect everything all of the time, you can only hope to adjust in the moment. thanks.

Charles Oliveira does that first technique a lot, and it goes all the way back to why the old BJJ purists decided "well, if I have to learn striking, I'll just learn Muay Thai because it encompasses damn near everything on the feet."

The frames in Thai Boxing are also perfect for transitioning from striking to grappling exchanges. If the person trying to tie up elect to go for the takedown when you frame like that, you're in a much better position with that frame than without it.

52 blocks skull and bones block

Dustin Poirier does that a lot.

Another elbow block is if they're trying to go over your jab with a cross or an overhand. Instead of retracting the jab, you can raise it up for an elbow block or parry their rear hand.

The martial art 52 blocks literally specialized in using elbows combined with boxing you should talk to or do a video with lyte burly or sensei mo to learn more about the 52 blocks it's a really good martial art

When you first use an elbow to keep his head in check, you also reveal your ribs. Is that intentional?

high elbow and long guard are my go to defenses aside from parrying

Mike Tyson used elbows all the time during his hay day! Those short hooks turned into inside elbows QUICKLY with his speed

Floyd would also get warned for elbows under the neck aaaalllll the time

I tried this and failed completely in blocking with punches, I caught a good few with the elbow nicely too, but eventually it wore me down in a body sparring session

I've been watching your videos since I started combat sports. I think you told me that I have good boxing yesterday after my first IKF and I thought it was so cool that it came from you.

Thank for sharing 🙏🏾

Keep it 💯 icyy

@hardtohurt imagine what that would do to a fist randomly flying at you

What do you think about Hapkido? I've never seen it on your lists but you mentioned it once without expressing an opinion

traditinal arts applications, see a wingchun elbow, a xingyi arm bar

That elbow defence thing is actually in an ancient Chinese fighting treatise, so cool to see that

I always wonder what's allowed in boxing. Can I use my elbows? Can I trap? Can I push the other person?

Hey man, I’m trying to reach out to you to ask you a few questions about a video you made (BJJ is not designed for smaller people..)
I just saw it and really enjoyed the video. As a former world class striker and now BJJ blue belt (5+ years training), I would like to hear your opinion on a few things.
Keep up the videos! Cheers

Looks like 52 blocks & Wing Chun.

Evander holyfeild uses his head

If you want to see this stuff in action. You want to look at Dustin Poirier's fight against Holloway. He's just fantastic at only giving away these shitty shots on his elbows and forearms with his weird hillbilly shell.

The high elbow block is all well and good until they hit the humerus and you fail to see the funny side

The cross arm guard utilized by the mongoose , Archie Moore, ken Norton and George Foreman also uses the elbow and forearm as blocks and parrying

Its called crazy monkey defence.

I really wanna see more of you two together, the chemistry is crazy good.

Jared is so nice and humble but in the ring he be D-stroying people! LOL

Absolutely love this... I'm a JKD and Kali guy... whom also is a Muay Thai coach... I use the elbow "Destructions" a lot in MT... especially in the clinch spiking the knees... it's sooooo hated haha but it has worked for me in sport and self defense situations. Keep up the awesome content brutha!

Keep it 100º 😉

Panatukan!!! Philippine martial arts

Lifting that elbow up in “right lead” what you call southpaw is a basic Bong sau defense from wing chun and “wing block” in Filipino martial arts.

When destructing the limb you are NOT reaching for the hand yet your executing “defensive posting” with the intent to create a anatomical structure that will firstly absorb a shot but secondly and more importantly attack the attacking limb.

This concept is commonly found in Filipino Martial Arts, Indonesian and Malaysian martial arts as well as southern Chinese Kung Fu systems.

It’s called spearing.. I hate how it seems like you’ve just learned this. Kajukenbo guys been doing this for decades well before the MMA was thought of.

In Muay Thai, they utilize the 'dracula guard' and 'diamond guard'. Both use the elbows for both defensive and offensive purposes. I ended up working a bit of both into my shadowboxing routine.

I've always done this from the beginning, but I trained muay thai where you can technically do anything but grapple. The only real rule in boxing to me is using pure punches on offense. Defense, using any part of your upper body goes. Also, because I used formal training as a way to get good at fighting in any real situation, not just in a ring like most people. That means using the concepts to think and fight, instead of only doing what you're taught in class