Omega Teaches you a lesson

**Emevas** · Posted On: 7/23/2010 6:44pm

Originally Posted by Sirc

I have. I was just a little malnourished and tired that day. This was done at around 8pm at night after every class was over.

It looks as though the sun was in your eyes as well.

**battusai** · Posted On: 7/23/2010 8:57pm

Originally Posted by Omega the Merciless

Who'd be older?

You haha No disrespect or anything. It's just when I think "Omega" I think of a bearded dude with battle scars or something.

**maofas** · Posted On: 7/23/2010 10:57pm

I drilled the sp/orth loop jab to counter cross for 15 minutes at the end of class tonight and used it in sparring a few times. It seemed good (I mean, it landed & solidly countered what it was supposed to counter), but each time I was wondering if I was about to get my head round kicked off as we throw quite a lot, especially following 1-2s.

Edit: Thinking about it in retrospect, I guess if you land the stiff jab almost at the same time as their cross should've landed you'll stop some of those round kicks preemptively. It's still nervewracking though. :p

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 7/23/2010 11:39pm

Originally Posted by battusai

You haha No disrespect or anything. It's just when I think "Omega" I think of a bearded dude with battle scars or something.

According to most I look a lot younger than I am.

@maofas: I've never been hit with a roundhouse via that move but it's always possible. I thought I had addressed this issue in the video.

**maofas** · Posted On: 7/24/2010 12:29am

You did, by saying keep your hand up for round kick or overhand. I just didn't think much about it until I actually tried it out and felt where my face was.

I'm fairly long-limbed so the end of my jab is a good distance for most equal-height people to headkick me. If I were stockier I might be crowding the kick more. Either way I didn't get kicked in the head tonight, well, not because of this move anyways...

**Sang** · Posted On: 7/24/2010 1:20am

No counter is perfect, you are going to be open to something when you throw a punch. That said, this one works well (the southpaw variation) and i like how Omega addressed the followup left kick.. thats my favorite combination.

**Dr. Sleepless** · Posted On: 7/24/2010 11:43am

Originally Posted by Emevas

It looks as though the sun was in your eyes as well.

Nah, I'm just chinky.

Originally Posted by battusai

You haha No disrespect or anything. It's just when I think "Omega" I think of a bearded dude with battle scars or something.

He does have battle scars.

Originally Posted by maofas

I drilled the sp/orth loop jab to counter cross for 15 minutes at the end of class tonight and used it in sparring a few times. It seemed good (I mean, it landed & solidly countered what it was supposed to counter), but each time I was wondering if I was about to get my head round kicked off as we throw quite a lot, especially following 1-2s.

Edit: Thinking about it in retrospect, I guess if you land the stiff jab almost at the same time as their cross should've landed you'll stop some of those round kicks preemptively. It's still nervewracking though. :p

Counters leave you open, just like attacking someone. Also, I've never been hit with a roundhouse while using this. And I use it repeatedly all the time to counter jabs and follow up with a side kick or an overhand left. (Southpaw)

**Synthetic** · Posted On: 7/31/2010 6:11am

I get caught with this from time to time by an amateur fighter at our gym. Didn't have a solid grasp on what was happening before I watched this video. Very clear and well spoken.

**Hiro Protagonist** · Posted On: 7/31/2010 6:00pm

Since rep-mode seems deactivated under Google Chrome, PUSH UPS for you two!

To turn the knee downwards when caught was actually something new to me. *Blushes.*

**dwkfym** · Posted On: 7/31/2010 6:26pm

I really like that turn down thing. Once you get good at it, does the knee turndown happen quickly, or will it be exposed to a leg kick counter while turning the back more toward the opponent?