Guard Manipulation

Description
An opponent fighter's guard is visible based on the position of the opponent's gloves. The guard can either be up or down. By pressing up, Mac can trigger the opponent to move their guard up, and by releasing up, the guard can move down. Sometimes, you want the guard to be in a different position than it currently exists.

Guard manipulation involves pressing up in order to expose a gut punch. or moving the guard up in order to deal more damage on a star punch on some fights.

Guard manipulation can occur before, simultaneous to, or after a punch has started.