12/9/17: Boxing fundamentals - Simple is not easy!

Fundamentals... with an emphasis on fun. Simple effective principles which require lots of flight time.

Evasion:

slip jab, slip cross, bob lead hook, bob rear hook (slips.. imagine smashing your shoulder diagonally down to hit something in front of your chest, only need to make the punch miss by a fraction - bob and weave motion don't go too low or lean forward)

Then we fed  those attacks in any order
Then we added replies, trying to reply on the move and targeting

Duck jab, Duck cross, lean back lead hook, lean back rear hook (Duck is like you are squatting down keep "straight back" not leaning forward, don't go too low. Lean back use back foot as a spring roll lead shoulder t protect jaw and keep your chin down)

Then we fed  those attacks in any order
Then we added replies, trying to reply on the move and targeting (when lean back on rear hook you can hook over their punch as you lean back)

Box long guard:

Tips: hands out in front of your face like you are holding a Thai pad or a steering wheel in a 5 to 1 position (tight), elbows down. Minimal movement on blocks, push down on jab ( do not cross centre line), push down on cross,  blade of forearm block on lead cross use other hand to monitor centre line, blade of forearm to block rear hook use other hand to monitor guard.

Below you can see Guru Bob Breen making this look easy... it isn't.. it's simple... but that is not always easy!

Mixing it up:

feeding Jab, cross lead and rear hooks, any order any defence (slip, bob, lean, duck long guard) no replies

Pad Rounds

1) jab lead hook - catch, bicep stop, hook cross hook

Jab rear hook - catch, bicep stop, cross hook cross

2) jab lead hook - bob and weave, over hand (R) uppercut (L) overhand (R)

Jab read hook - bob and weave, over hand (L) uppercut (R) overhand (L)

3) Jab lead hook  -enter with your rear elbow elbow to face/shoulders monitoring read hand -  elbow (hook), Elbow (cross) elbow (hook)

Jab rear hook enter with your lead elbow to face/shoulder - elbow (cross) elbow (hook) elbow (Cross)

Stick work:

We finished with some brain teasing stick work

Strip flow

angle one defence: roof block, free hand snakes round arm, thumb up and hooking wrist, move off line use your stick hand (stick down) to punch at writ and strip stick. Then flow to next strip (as strip doesn't work).

Put your stick under their arm, hit their forearm (as you do this slide your hooking hand down the stick to hold the tip), stab stick onto face and then placing your stick un their wrist but under their stick (making an X shape) use a scissor motion to strip. This also does not work so.

Keep hold of their stick. remove your (point down) and put the point of your stick in your hand that is holding the point of their stick (both sticks in one hand now). You now have their hand caught between you stick and their. Squeeze your hands together and crush their hand. They still don't let go.

Keep hold of their stick move your stick under their arm again and use a punyo strike onto their forearm, driving for their face and as you do that pull the stick out of their hand!

Some of us also tried this with the left hand!

Opposite hand stick drill:

They have stick in right hand you have it in left hand

angle 1 strike: Roof block motion with stick then roll it round (abiniqo) strike to head. then keep the point forward stab it under the arm in a circling motion and use the punyo to trap the stick and hook the wrist. The either grab their stick an pull back wards or grab both hands on your stick and pull to strip.

We did this with both left and right hands.