Boxing and Self Defence (diary entry)

18.06.14

This is the tenth and final lesson for the CCMA module on boxing cross training. Continuing from the previous lesson we concentrated on looking at how boxing can help enhance self-defence training and we also recapped on the skills learnt throughout.

The lesson began on the focus mitts with some basic footwork and combination work to warm-up. We then began a series of exercises to confirm connections between boxing techniques and self-defence* application.

Boxing – different types of jab

Self-defence – fence, referencing, eye gouge and arc/web hand

Boxing – jab/cross combination

Self-defence – using the previous tool to confirm target for rear straight hand strikes

Boxing – lead and rear hand hooks

Self-defence – John Anderson lead hook set-up, hooking to the body, invisible fence set-up to rear hand hook

Boxing – upper cuts

Self-defence – single knuckle short uppercut

We then looked at punching around and moving obstructions. Boxing uses bobbing and weaving as well as slipping to working around striking limbs. In self-defence we looked at using the lead hand to clear and control to obstructive limbs. We then drilled punching and hand striking from different ranges, which ended up in the gypsy game (from the Keysi Fighting Method) to train striking around obstructions and from different angles and ranges.

Next we revised the peek-a-boo boxing guard and its relationship with the cover in self-defence (more on this area in this article). The lesson was finished with three rounds of proactive pad-work.

My article on attribute training.

*As always, self-defence is used to refer to the application of hard (physical) skills in a counter-assault situation.

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