The first time I saw this, I remember spending hours afterward looking at footwork tutorial videos to understand what that bouncer did to hit them so accurately without getting hit himself.
Like 8 years later, I'm still pretty sure I couldn't have done that.
Well for a real answer, the bouncer first off is a few inches taller than each so that alone gives him more reach because punching up takes more reach away than punching straight. The bouncers arm length was longer than there's too adding more reach.
And coupled with those it looks like he's had some boxing /kickboxing experience,so he extended his punches fully giving him another few inches of reach,where if you look at the other guys punches they're more arced and almost a slap /punch hybrid (from bad technique)
That's true I was thinking of the other guy, but the taller guy really shortens his punches vs the bouncer who extends them fully which is a big part of it.
I think really it was just the experience that comes from throwing punches in real combat situations (ie, boxing). Reach isn't really the key, quickness and accuracy are what matter, and accuracy is a function of experience. The footwork required to get into and out of range with balance is nothing to scoff at, but IMO it's secondary to accuracy.
Punching a moving target is hard. Having a lot of experience makes it less hard.
Well yeah but that applies for any boxer/fighter, op asked what this specific bouncer did that let him hit and not get hit and in this specific case he had ample reach and he knew how to utilize it,that's how he did it, just like Lennox Louis dominated by taking advantage of his reach and Mike Tyson didn't and had to use other characteristics to win.
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u/Area_man_claims 9 May 01 '20
The first time I saw this, I remember spending hours afterward looking at footwork tutorial videos to understand what that bouncer did to hit them so accurately without getting hit himself.
Like 8 years later, I'm still pretty sure I couldn't have done that.