I got curios after sparring an MMA friend of mine the other day. I noticed he was looking down at my torso area a lot. He ended up falling for a lot of feints, double hits, etc.
I've always been taught to look them in the face, as its hard NOT to give away you're about to do something. Between the look in the eyes, breathing, tenseness, etc.
I've never had problems sparring like that in both a boxing match and Muay Thai Style sparring, but I'm an outfighter with long arms. My distancing has always been enough that even when looking someone in the face i can see their torso with peripheral vision pretty easily.
I know different styles have different schools of thought on this so Im curious as to what the people here do!
Obviously one should look wherever they have the most success, but thats different for different people
I've always been taught to look them in the face, as its hard NOT to give away you're about to do something. Between the look in the eyes, breathing, tenseness, etc.
I've never had problems sparring like that in both a boxing match and Muay Thai Style sparring, but I'm an outfighter with long arms. My distancing has always been enough that even when looking someone in the face i can see their torso with peripheral vision pretty easily.
I know different styles have different schools of thought on this so Im curious as to what the people here do!
Obviously one should look wherever they have the most success, but thats different for different people