http://www.martialartsaustintx.com/how- ... -southpaw/

Thats the article I read , Its just I want to improve the power in my punch. Having your right hand as your leading hand looks like a good start, I know most of your power in a punch comes from your ass but I can never figure out how to make that movement from your ass to your fist fluid

Ive just got a fixation of always improving my fighting style because ive got a lot to live up to ( 5 years of ju-jitsu , 1 year of karate , 1 year of boxing when I was a kid)

Its that bad I even have reoccuring nightmares of being weak and being beaten up by the faggiest of people in my dreams and my punches just do nothing to them :')

The main reason for this article is because of the amount of fights I always nearly encounter when Im out of a night , I just want to ensure I can defend myself and my friends if nessasery , I have the skill but I dont have the power and it might be a bit risky going southpaw when I havent trained that way before.

Forget about how you fight or whatever and explain to me why are you nearly getting into so many fights?

I live in a tough city and when theirs alchol about an innocent bump into someone in a club can result in a fight , the only reason It doesnt usually esculate is because of the vast amount of people I associate myself with but ive been going out in smaller groups recently which atrattcts trouble . Im not the aggresive type

The last propper fight I had was nearly a year ago when some Lad Kicked my girl friend of the time in the face. I hit him to the ground , picked him up hit him again and let him run away.

Im not an idiot who thinks he has anything to prove

Thats fair enough, but the point I always try to make to people is you want to learn how to avoid a fight 10 times more than you want to learn how to win one. Most people (especially drunks) are VERY easy to control because the alcohol lets them have massive swings in their emotions - thats why a simple bump can make them really aggressive and a simple sentence can make them your best friend.

The problem with taking the approach of "well I will get to be a good fighter and just win" is the time you don't win. If you are in a rough city like you say, its even more important to avoid fights. There are two ways things can go VERY wrong for you if you do get into a fight:
1) They pull a knife or worse. Getting beat up is bad, getting stabbed is worse.
2) Even if you kick the shit out of them, all their mates are waiting outside the club to kick you to pieces.

PUA really doesn't help with the attitude as a lot of people think its beta to avoid the fight - in reality most people don't like violence but respect people who WOULD fight if its needed (like with your girl getting hit).

You again man? Your city isn't that rough, I guarantee it.
I've lived in Coney Island NY a block away from project housing
I've lived in a mostly white town as a minority
I've lived in North Philadelphia
I've lived in the rougher parts of Queens - Jamaica and Ozone Park
^And I've never been in a street fight

And if you were serious about fighting, you wouldnt be trying to copy a movie star, you'd be training for real and your coach/trainer/sensei would have given you proper instruction.

But to answer your question - I have many friends from JKD backgrounds (I hate Bruce Lee because he was fake, but some people who train JKD today are legit). THey like to put that power hand out front. KID Yamamoto does it, Jerome LeBanner does it. I've tried it, and I don't like it. I've trained southpaw when Im with a beginner, but if somebody puts the heat on me, I gotta switch back to orthodox.

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Yeah good point but also works the other way round :\ that one time you keep a friendly smile on your face and says " Sorry man " and the guy gets a lucky shot on you :\
Yep and dont let our differences in the past reflect the way you respond please

It is quite bad this is a news article about a club getting shut down in my city like about 10 days ago coz a guy got his nose , ears and lip bit off http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/2 ... -liverpool
Yeah sure it may be more of a common occurence in the places youve lived but Liverpool is still a rough area especaily if you dont " Fit in to the norm of" wich works in my advantage of girls but makes me an easy target for other Lads.

Im not trying to copy a movie star though, a guy from my area has been the regional champion of his weight in boxing due to the fact that he fights south paw and it throws his opponents off gaurd as their use to fighting against other orthodox's

Im just curious as if changing your stance increases the power of your punch

Yeah, more power for that lead hand. But your right jab wont be as strong as your right cross, and throwing a left-handed cross might be awkward if you're not used to it
I do a counter every now and then during sparring where I'll draw my lead leg back to avoid a low kick (thus switching my stance) and throwing my left cross - but I switch right back because I'm not comfortable with southpaw.

Places are rough like that, but I think trouble is easier to avoid than you think. The closest I got into a fight was on the train in Jamaica NY when this goon sat next to me and started staring me down (probably because I was wearing a pink hoodie). I struck up some small talk with some strangers near me and threat diverted - dude walked away, and the people I chatted with told me that he picks fights on the train often.

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Cheers for the input
Shit happens though with idiots like them in public , they seem like they're over compensating.

I think I am going to try and incoperate a bit of southpaw into future training, I dunno why it just seems benefical

If your right is your dominant then I think it makes sense to keep an orthodox stance.

With that said, Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida, 2 great strikers in MMA are exceptions to this rule in that they're naturally right handed but adopt a Southpaw stance.

Whatever stance you decide, keep it consistent and always train in that stance, otherwise instead of excelling in one or the other, they'll be about equal.

Quick story, earlier this summer I bare knuckle boxed this kid from my school for fun (was still serious fight just not out of anger) and I tried to switch up to southpaw for a little mid fight. I am a very good fighter (not to be a bragging douche), anyway I just did it to test it out and even though jabbing with my right hand was faster than my left and I could get of some weak right hooks fast as hell I realized that my left hand can jab fast enough to tag him whenever I wanted so why lose the power of my right to just have a slightly stronger jab. Also it screwed up my sense of distance a little bit and he ended up tagging me with a really really good right hook that busted my k9 tooth on the left side. This was because I wasn't used to having my left hand being back that far. While fighting southpaw unnaturally the cons out weigh the pro's. The only reason why I could see it working is if you know your opponent has a very very hard time fighting against someone who's southpaw, so you use it to screw him up badly otherwise its not worth it imo.