Better Boxing Development (diary entry)

03.05.2024 My couple client had a double lesson today, covering hours six and seven of their course that is mainly focusing on Boxing and the lead hand. We are currently working around of a thumb injury, preventing one of my clients from using her right (dominant) hand. After our usual muscle activation exercises, our lesson was made up of the following exercises.   2-minute rounds with 1 minute rest.

1. One-for-one lead hand punching

2. Ditto

3. Ditto

4. Jabs only sparring

5. Ditto

6. Ditto

7. Body shot only lead hand sparring

8. Ditto

9. Ditto

10. Head shots permitted but only body shot score sparring

11. Ditto

12. Ditto

13. Bodyguard sparring

14. Ditto

15. Ditto

Bodyguard sparring (the picture shows me doing it for the first time in a Mo Teague seminar) develops a range of useful attributes. One person is forced to engage directly with the bodyguard in order to access their principal, forcing them to continuously advance and use footwork to get around them. The bodyguard has to both match the footwork of the attacker and show spatial awareness of the principal they are protecting. The principal has to match the bodyguard and the attacker's footwork.* The lesson finished with 9 x 1-minute rounds with 15 seconds rest. These rounds were all focused on a core/abdominal workout, advised as good finishers for Boxing training. We all sparred 6 x body shot only rounds (one client lead hand only) and 3 x core exercises (jab/cross sit-ups/hook twists/plank punching). *Note that although I was using a bit of close-protection terminology, this isn't an exercise that necessarily has direct relevance to actual body-guarding. https://clubbchimera.com/services/