Indeed, Justme. A boxer, after all, trains in one of the most basic techniques for fighting out there: the punch.
I don't care what type of martial artist you are, the basic block-and-punch should be your bread and butter in self-defense. Variations on "block-and-punch" are found in virtually every martial art in existence. Even aikido teaches several different forms of re-direction and "attemi" (-sp) combos, which is basically just an avoidance/block coupled with a punch.
Boxers work their lives to master several variations on this basic technique: when a threat comes forward, avoid/block the threat and punch the attacker. It's (usually) not flashy. It's not always pretty. But, it's a highly versitile technique, and useful to any one of a huge range of situations.
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- Honor is a wonderful and glorious thing... until it gets you killed!
- Why is it that we fire 1,000 rounds and know that we need more practice, but yet we punch a bag 10 times and think we know how to fight?
- When in doubt, train, train, train...
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