L-Step & Applying Cuban Boxing Methods (diary entry)

13.09.2022 Tuesday night's first lesson was the fifth hour of my client's current course on boxing. After a warm-up of muscle activation and agility ladder exercises, we moved straight onto more footwork. I emphasised the small stepping and pendulum-step motions found in Cuban footwork with our basic forwards, backwards, angling and circling movements. Then we went back over the use of the L-step. Unlike the V-step, which is usually a very aggressive angling-off action, the L-step provides a fighter more room to move out of range and set-up counters. Cubans enjoy a counter-punching style so this is used a lot. The great world middleweight champion, Sugar Ray Leonard was an expert at using this particular footwork. We also layered in the back foot pivots used for lead hooks, crosses and slipping. This was then followed with the following themed rounds. Round 1 - Footwork only Round 2 - Straight Punches only on the focus mitts Round 3 - Layering in Hooks and Uppercuts on the focus mitts Round 4 - Countering Jabs sparring Round 5 - Jabbing vs Counters sparring Round 6 - Defence vs Attack sparring Round 7 - Attack vs Defence sparring https://clubbchimera.com/services/