Your guard-hand prevents a Boxer from coming in

Irrespective of what they practice, most martial artists today spar and fight like Boxers. Hence, if you wish to be combat efficient, you need to know how to handle a Boxer competently. For systematic training, we stylize a Boxer's typical attacks as jab-jab-cross. Other Boxing techniques will be dealt with later. First we learn how to keep a Boxer away as well as to deflect his jabs and crosses with our guard-hand.