07.07.13
I moved off the self-defence line well and truly today with this particular client, and looked at western boxing. We began with the jab, training it from a static position and then with footwork. I then brought in timing drills, getting my client to jab from different angles before moving onto a simple slipping exercise. Next I brought in the cross working it in combination with the jab through the same series of movement, timing and angling exercises.
We then moved onto hooks and rolling. I took this opportunity to highlight the importance of good upper body movement. Explosive rotational strength in the torso is important to develop for good hooks. Hooks come in at many different forms. We looked at the standard and the shovel hook, particularly the liver shot. This was taught as a counter-punch to a right cross.
Uppercuts finished the technical introduction to western boxing. Here we looked at the importance of not telegraphing the technique by “bowling” it. We looked into driving up from the ground by gathering power up under the punch.
We then covered speed and used an 11 punch combination to introduce flow.
Then we covered power by isolating the techniques again.
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