Things You'll Need:
- Boxing gloves and handwraps
- Boxing ring or similar working space
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Step 1
Adopt a high guard. Parrying the left jab involves intercepting the punch while preferably leaving your right hand in a good punching position. Your right hand should be in a high guard position close to your face, with the knuckles alongside your cheekbone, if not a little higher. Your right hand is the one used to parry the left jab, since an incoming left jab will be on your right (opposite) side.
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Step 2
Flick your right hand to parry the punch. When trying to parry the jab, swing your fist around so that the palm side of the hand is now facing your nose. Use the bottom of your fist to strike the incoming jab, knocking it away from your face.
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Step 3
Practice this maneuver until it becomes second nature. The best way to do this is under controlled conditions with a sparring partner. In a session, focused just defending against the jab and your partner should throw mostly or entirely jabs. Once you have the technique down, you can use it in more open sparring.
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Step 4
Counter the jab. You will see that after parrying the jab, your fist is still cocked to throw the straight or overhand right, but your opponent's left hand is now extended and badly out of position. Be ready to throw your right over the top of your opponent's extended left arm.
