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routes, negate his reach advantage, and create dominant angles for attack simultaneously. To be able to slip and counter the opponent's punches, the practitioner should be able to do it from a neutral or near-neutral stance, with his pelvis squared-up in parallel against the opponent's pelvis, for it creates more room for the lateral upper-body movement side-to-side with more amplitude, and places conventional boxers in an unfamiliar position relatively to the Peek-a-boo practitioners. Peek-a-boo pelvic movement also sets the momentum for uppercuts. As the Peek-a-boo footwork requires shifting and occasional stance-switching,
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Peek-a-boo footwork is not that frequently noted by observers, which usually focus on the upper-body movement and striking, but it sets the base for both the effective upper-body movement and punching with leverage. The footwork is aimed to close the distance, crowd the opponent, cut off his escape
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A fighter using the peek-a-boo style is drilled with the stationary dummy and on the bag until the fighter is able to punch by rapid combinations with what D'Amato called "bad intentions". The style allows swift neck movements as well as quick duckings and bad returning damage, usually by rising
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Peek-a-boo boxing utilizes relaxed hands with the forearms in front of the face and the fist at nose-eye level. Other unique features include side-to-side head movements, bobbing, weaving and blind siding the opponent.
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Peek-a-boo's key principles are built upon the "Bad intentions" concept , which emphasize the D'Amato philosophy. The general idea is that the Peek-a-boo practitioners are
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for both Kevin Rooney and Mike Tyson in 1979–1982, while aging D'Amato relieved of his everyday training duties to be a mentor and resolve managerial issues.)
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Instructing a fighter in the corner (and shouting from ringside) was made simpler by shouting numbered combinations. Probably the most famous example was
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boxers prevail over both orthodox and southpaws, gaining the ultimate advantage by constantly and deliberately changing their stance.
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style which received its common name for the defensive hand position, which are normally placed in front of the face, like in the
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of the world. Also, the first man to ever win back the heavyweight championship.
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uppercuts or even rising hooks.The power in punch came from weight shifting.
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Cus D’Amato’s Boxing Gym: 30 Years After the Founder’s Death: Chapter II
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A fine fighter and fellow, Jose Torres won a title and lots of friends
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Fighters would pick combinations from a series of numbered punches:
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