Four Punch Combination & Four Basic Punches (diary entry)

06.09.18 Tonight's lesson brought my client up to the fifth hour of his 10 hour course on Basic Boxing for Martial Arts Cross Training. We spent less time on footwork this time and more time on developing the four-punch combination – jab/cross/hook/cross - as well as all four basic boxing punches – jab, cross, hook and uppercut. The warm-up started on the focus mitts this time. We revised slipping outside and inside, jabbing, crossing and hooking. My client's homework is clearly paying off. His body mechanics have greatly improved and it can be seen in his left hook. The full combination of punches – jab/cross/hook/cross – was put together and then trained with slipping and footwork. The duck was the introduced as a means to begin rolling/bobbing and weaving. My client slipped to the outside to jab, slipped to the inside to cross and rolled to hook. The ducking action also brought us onto the classic uppercut. The lesson finished with a round of light sparring.