Dont be afraid of lateral movement

Folks,

Despite zillions of examples of "why we dont", I still see a LOT of people retreating in a straight line. As we should all know by now, doing so will open you up to a whole variety of strikes and takedowns. I dont know about how much you guys are into boxing, but one of the things that they do best, is to move from side to side as opposed to in a straight line.

Maybe lateral movement is so difficult because it seems unnatural at first. One would think initially that moving your face straight back makes it more difficult to hit. NOT SO! It makes it much EASIER to hit. If you dont believe me, try this exercise. Start with yourself and your friend in a fighting position within kicking range of each other. I want you to back-peddle as fast as you can while your friend runs toward you throwing punches..........Didnt take long for you to get run down did it?

Lateral movement provides important angle and distance that allows you to effectively counterstrike. I COULD give you a million examples, but I dont want to. Just check out the matches of Floyd Mayweather jr or Lyoto Machida. Ta-Da!!! Move side to side.