Should You Be Stance Switching | Good Or Bad Idea??? 

Depends how experienced. I wouldn’t tell anyone to change stance before they are competent in their strong stance first.

@@jesseb5076 Smart

Petrosyan got knocked out from a stance switch. Also Samy sana lost his last fight after a stance switch hihg kick So it can be good to open unexpected angles and knockout oportunities. Good to mix up and have a wide arsenal, also u got ur oponent something to think about. Is it a good idea to train it? It depends on how much time u have to train. For begginers its better to stick with the basics

I like to stance switch. Defensively, you're constantly throwing different looks to your opponent which can be confusing and it's easy to set up angles. Your advice to learn one side really good first is really a must before you try switching. Once you start stance switching, it can be frustrating because the other side is so much better and everything from basic muscle memory to balance to footwork is reversed. Something as simple as what foot you use to push off with can throw you really off. You really have to start at the beginning and train the other side like you did your original side. Once you have that down then you have to learn how to safely switch. There are a number of footwork patterns such as triangle steps which allow you to smoothly switch. And I almost always throw up some kind of offense when switching. A jab or a lead hand feint or obstruction thrown while switching can disguise the switch. It's not for everyone.

@@GabrielVargaOfficial thank you man

Yes yes. Exactly right. I am far from ambidextrous but still experimented with it.

I switch stances a lot. Naturally I'm orthodox, but after almost having my left hand amputated due to an infected injury I had to adapt to southpaw. The only drawback I have is using and generating power with my left hand due to the scar tissue across the back of my hand

Exactly my point @IMightBeWrong. There’s a HUGE difference between temporarily switching stances to create better openings, and staying PERMANENTLY in your weaker stance during a round. 🙏

100 % agree 👍

Sounds like fencing but with martial arts. Your strongest limbs are the ones leading the offence.

Actually it's the opposite, if your dominant is your Right Eye you should be better in Orthodox vs Southpaw kinda of like when you shot a pistol.

Are there guys out there who do this alot that arent tiny dudes like Dilishaw/cruz? I wrote this off as a style for small guys on EPO but maybe I'm wrong. I think it looks sloppy but again, just my opinion. I have to admit it works those guys can take an angle

@@DeathscytheBleh adesanya uses it. But mainly defensively. Wonderboy, Cory sandhagen yan, Max holloway, Loma, Ggg, to be honest, many people use it. Mike Tyson uses a form of stance switching in the form of his signature D'Amato shift. Not sure what you count as small guys but its not suited for big guys like heavyweights unless they have agile movement. They naturally carry a lot of excess weight and prefer to be more flat footed so you don't see it as much as fighters get heavier. It comes from other arts in the first place so it isn't exactly unque to mma. Nothing in striking is new when we're talking mma. It's built off concepts from other striking arts. Cruz openly talks about drawing his style from classic boxers like willie pep. Guys like tj and cruz will use it often but not always. There's certain fights and style matchups where it wont work as well and they resort to using less of it. Example, tj vs sandhangen. It's easier to think of it as a tool. Sometimes a tool works for one scenario and sometimes it doesn't. I don't think of stance switching as a style. It's more like a tool and some fighters may end up building a style more heavily around that tool. Similar to how a fighter builds a style off a jab, or leg kicks etc.

Likewise, when faced with an aggressive opponent I normally switch to southpaw (I’m orthodox) for more comfortable blocks. Having trained karate and Jeete kune do, stance shifting is a common thing for me. If your opponent is not respecting your jabs change stances and throw power jabs with your domiant hand.

Yea same especially when advancing im a righty but my left cross is a natural movement for me

Perfectly put!

Depends on the style too i think in TKD they switch stances very often and in muay thai and boxing as well they switch to a somewhat lesser extent. Sometimes ill step forward with my right leg into a left cross from orthodox stance, or step back with the lead leg and pivot into a right hand check hook. I dont think constantly switching stances a lot is a good idea but its good to have a couple tools for extra adaptability to at least be comfortable doing it without tripping over yourself if you need to. Then again i havent really used these moves in sparring yet so i may be talking out my ass

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@@stanclark3992 I see you may have a point I practice boxing, kickboxing and try to practice MMA. I like techniques and they are fun. However you do have a very good point thanks

Same

Just not true not if they train them both right

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No. I land liver shots with ease on guys in both stances.

I’m a southpaw, my left leg is much stronger from roundhouse and push kicks. I’ve learned that just means I need to train harder with my right leg so I’m not so one dimensional or predictable.

Daniel Mendoza advocates stance switching whenever you need to take a large step and throw a punch in his book. Which he wrote in late 18th century.

@@penttikoivuniemi2146 precisely my point. This is something fighters have been doing a long time.

Yeah it is called shifting in boxing.

It shouldn’t be for confusion IMO it just opens up new angles and opportunities that your opponent may be less familiar/prepared

Marvin Hagler, tyson fury

Out of curiosity why do you say never in a "real" fight?

@@nickelmanful Because in fights "on the street" I just naturally went to orthodox stance being right-handed. Those were always short, and things happened very quickly.

Do you mean learning how to switch or learning how to fight in opposite stance ?

@@someboi4903 how to fight

@@selenophile5256 if your already good in your normal stance then start doing whole days of training in south paw. If you train twice a week maybe one whole day of south paw every other week or something like that. Once you are decently comfortable offensively and more importantly defensively then you can try it a bit in sparring but it will be trial and error. Best advice i can give you is concentrate more on defense and footwork in the other stance.