Tag Archives | Boxing

Flurry & Smash Prep (diary entry)

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29.11.2022 Today I worked with Athena School of Karate in preparation for the seminar I am teaching with Iain Abernethy on 17th December. All combinations were trained in shadow and application. My session will be divided up into a section dominated by boxing combinations and kickboxing combinations. The overall theme will be on asymmetrical cadence. We are developing combinations, tactics and strategies to shift between speed and power techniques. Services

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Tactical Jab (diary entry)

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15.11.2022 Tuesday night brought my client up to second hour of his second current boxing course (his third in total). We focused on breaking down the jab and its applications. This week we looked at five tactical ways to use this particular punch. The jab is a weapon that is not just used to score the fastest points at range or to set up other strikes, it is the best for manipulating an opponent’s guard. Tonight we looked at this […]

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Stand-up to Clinch Fighting Extended Session (diary entry)

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09.11.2022 On Wednesday night I was honoured with a visit from Holstebro Taekwondo’s chief instructor, Mikael Oddershede and senior instructor Kim Frandsen, to teach a private three-hour session on stand-up to clinch fighting. These are the two Danish instructors I helped in the development of their sparring programme via virtual teaching consultancy last year. Having first met Mikael when I taught for Jan Drachman’s  Hinnerup Karate in November 2019 (my second teaching visit to Denmark), I have been happy to assist […]

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Integrating Cuban Concepts (diary entry)

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01.11.2022 My client’s boxing course concluded with two more Cuban boxing combinations and an integration process. After warming up with some reaction training and footwork, we went back over the previous three combinations.  Then we moved onto the last two of the series. Unlike the other combinations, these two were weighted at the power end with their asymmetry. After a single initial speed punch they set up two power shots. Combination 4 – jab/corkscrew hook/corkscrew cross to the body Combination 5 […]

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Armbar from Turtle & More Boxing Footwork (diary entry)

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05.10.2022 As the title for this diary entry indicates, I covered submission grappling for my junior client and boxing for my senior client. In submission grappling we looked at the armbar attack in more detail. We began with a simple means for turning over a turtle position and ensuring the right hook was acquired first when going for back-mount. We also briefly covered the rear naked choke again. Moving onto the armbar attack, we covered backward rolling and forward rolling […]

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Patterson’s Dominance (diary entry)

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05.10.2022 Wednesday’s “Learn from the Fight” focused on Floyd Patterson’s continued dominance as world heavyweight champion, covering his second defence of the title in 1957 and his third defence in 1958. Patterson’s manager and head coach, Cus D’Amato refused to do business with the mob but this cost him opponent choices. He only had access to fringe contenders and had to steer clear of the big boxing venues in New York and Chicago. The first of these contenders was an […]

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Focused Boxing (diary entry)

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28.09.2022 My client booked me for 1.5 hours of cross-training in boxing on Wednesday night. We looked at Cuban influences and focused training in our sparring. The lesson began with material covered in this lesson. We then sparred for Round 1 – Jab versus jab Round 2 – Jab versus counters Round 3 – Jab versus counters Round 4 – Attack versus defence Round 5 – Attack versus defence Round 6 – Body shots only Round 7 – Free sparring […]

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Turtle Submissions & Cuban Boxing (diary entry)

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21.09.2022 My junior lesson continued work on the turtle position whereas my session lesson was a boxing lesson looking at Cuban method influences. After a warm-up my junior client first covered attacking the turtle. We looked at variations on attacking with the arm-bar. This was followed with defending from the turtle using knee bars. The session finished with 2 x 5 minute rounds of specific sparring from the turtle position, attack and defence. The adult session brought together everything I […]

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Catch & Shoot (diary entry)

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20.09.2022 Hour six of my client’s current boxing course brought us on catch and shoot drills. After a warm-up of revisions on pendulum footwork and coordination drills, slipping and working pivots on hooks and straights, we moved onto the new drills. A strong principle running through these Cuban boxing inspired techniques is the use of the back-foot. When it comes to catching punches the back-foot pivots. It pivots out on rear arm blocks and lead hooks and lead uppercuts, and […]

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L-Step & Applying Cuban Boxing Methods (diary entry)

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13.09.2022 Tuesday night’s first lesson was the fifth hour of my client’s current course on boxing. After a warm-up of muscle activation and agility ladder exercises, we moved straight onto more footwork. I emphasised the small stepping and pendulum-step motions found in Cuban footwork with our basic forwards, backwards, angling and circling movements. Then we went back over the use of the L-step. Unlike the V-step, which is usually a very aggressive angling-off action, the L-step provides a fighter more […]

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Agility from the Outside, Stability from Within (diary entry)

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31.08.2022 We saw August out with a 1.5 hour lesson attended my junior and senior clients together (nephew and uncle team). The session was roughly divided into all ranges agility exercises, out-boxing speed training/footwork and grappling attack/defence sparring. As usual, the lesson began with a warm-up of dynamic stretching and muscle activation exercises. All Range Agility Exercises These were all ladder drills Chopping forwards and backwards Chopping sideways Icky Shuffle Ali Shuffle Hopping Jab and step/step back Hip Turns Hip […]

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Footwork Speed (diary entry)

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30.08.2022 My client’s fourth hour of his current boxing course focused on swifter footwork. After a warm-up of dynamic stretching, muscle activation exercises and agility work on the ladder, we went through a series of two minute rounds inspired by Cuban boxing training methods. Round 1 – Forward and backward footwork at speed between two points. Switch to southpaw at the halfway time mark. This can be done as basic speed development drill with each advance or retreating length timed […]

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Back Foot Pivot (diary entry)

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24.08.2022 Hour three of my client’s current course on boxing moved us into looking at defensive footwork, layered into effective striking combinations. Tonight, more than usual, I emphasised the use of the back foot pivot. This allows for faster lead hooks and efficient slipping. We began with simple backward and forward footwork, using the ankles to keep movements light and fluid. We then added the pivot-circling out movement. These sequences came off the jab and the cross, depending on which was […]

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MMA School Project (diary entry)

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19.08.2022 Friday night’s second session was booked as part of a mixed martial arts project my new client is conducting at his school. We went through several ideas on how to proceed. When a new client comes to me with the mandate to teach them mixed martial arts, my usual advice is for them to go through the composite discipline course of boxing, muay Thai, wrestling and submission grappling before learning mma in earnest. On certain occasions I have just […]

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Building up Boxing Defence (diary entry)

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17.08.2022 Following the two sessions of 12 filmed rounds of training, my client and I decided to give the basics a complete review. As one of my old teacher’s used to say, you are never beyond basics. This is something that has been continually reinforced throughout my own education in martial arts. At present, I am going back to the base of the base arts I teach starting with boxing and starting with a client who has had the longest […]

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12 Rounds MMA Pad-Work (diary entry)

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03.08.2022   Tonight my client repeated the 12 round format we used last week, but this time we mixed in more Mixed Martial Arts based work and centred certain rounds on specific techniques. The lesson was begun with a warm-up of dynamic stretching and muscle activation exercises. Round 1 – Setting up the cross and straight right. We used double-jabs, feints and shoulder rolls to provide opportunities to throw this power punch. Only straight punches were permitted in addition to […]

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