How can you cope with the straight puch? You should be able to see the opponent's attack before his success. But you cannot. Why? Because you don't know what you have to see on your opponent. Usually, the beginner always the opponent's fist. But you have to see his shoulders and eyes. Finally, you should see the up-triangle on him. (There are three triagles on body you have to know to handle your skills)

Then you can know the time of his attack before actual attack, for every powerful punch follows a shake of the shoulder. Seeing his eyes you can know the direction of his punch.

It is easy to say these, but difficult to do it at first, especially for a beginner. For it is a matter of habit. So it needs somewhat much exercise. Another reason is that you fear his punch. So you focus on what you fear. But the end part of a body is too changeful to follow its movement exactly. You must see the core or center of the change. It is simple.

You have three possible direction to avoid the opponent's punch if you don't drag back. If you drag back you cannot get a chance to attack back. The direction <3> is the best and <1> is not bad, but <2> is not so good. But the best direction <3> is most difficult among them, and direction <2> can be used for some skills. Let me explain in detail.

The direction <2> appears like this. In this case your opponent can continue his next attack with his left punch. This is why this direction is not good. If you have good action, you can attack earlier than him with your right punch. This is why direction <2> is not so bad. Here it is important you should approach him avoiding his fist. This means that you should move your body forward.

The direction <1> can be better than <2>, for you can also avoid the attacker's right fist at once. Of course the attacker also heat you in that case, which you will learn later. Here is also it important you should push your body forward to him. Even though you don't move forward actually, it is important you get the spirit of pushing you toward him. If not, you will come to draw back naturally and slightly so that you cannot know why you cannot counter attack or why your attack is not powerful.

The last <3> can be best direction. But it is most difficult. The first problem you can get would be like the right picture. The defender bent down his upper body, but his hip is still high. And the worst; he didn't bend his knees at all. If the attacker attack the defender with his knee kicking, it would be critical.

The main reason of bad pose is that your leg is not strong enough to stay bent down. It means you didn't practiced hard training.

Usually, to bend down your upper body is bad. It reveals many faulty factors to your opponent.

The last picture shows the better pose of direction <3>. The defender dropped his waist, not his shoulder. His legs are fully bent down, and he approached a little to the attacker. Then he can see the attackers trunk directly, close to his eyes and his fists. It means you, after avoided the opponent's fist, you can open his whole trunk just in front of you.

In that case, it is easy for you to strike the opponent's stomach or grap his feet to fell him down. If he kick you with his knees, however, it would not be so difficult to block it, for your hands are near to them.