Thread: Is The Lonsdale Boxing Manual still considered a good workout to follow?

Or are there better ones?

I Never heard of it. Can you give a description?

Its okay for beginers very basic

There's a lot of good boxing 101 books out there, but the besr I've read is:

- "Boxing" by Edwin L. Haislett, that's the book that greynotsoold drew a lot from.
-"The US Navy 1943 Boxing Manual" which is about the same as the above except it goes in more detail.
-"Championship Fighting" by the Manassa Mauler himself, Jack Dempsey which goes over his style along with a lot of the notions and concepts that he stuck with.

I've read others but they mostly geared for beginners and the people looking to get fit. If you could get any of the books that I've mentioned you'd have a library of boxing knowledge at your disposal.

Hey Scrap, if you're interested I can email you a copy of that Edwin Haislett book.

Chris read it in about 71 didnt find anything that excited me. Funnly enougth about the same time I read a couple of books in English written in Russia that were simular, Theres loads out there but nothing what makes you say, Well I never knew that.I think its better to understand the history and movement to relate it to now and improve the concept as an art form thats what it is.

It's not sequences or background information that interested me it was what a lot of it made me think about. Now I read about a move say the drop-shift for instance, they don't teach this stuff anymore, and when I see this in print I want to see how it works. So now I can test it out, and really see why another fighter might use it.

I don't learn as much if I just tackle it point-to-point as it draws out in the sequences, I have to put myself in those situations and try to establish a feeling of what works for me.

A lot of the conclusions and ideas that I'm starting to brush up on through my realization of how things work aren't in these books, but at least in these pages they offer otherwise.

You probably get the same gist to when you sit down and really try to break down what a fighter is doing. You analyse what's going on, and if you're in my shoes you're also looking at how you can apply it.

Its my job Chris

Of course it is, I was just trying to relate it. Everything has to work for a reason.

I'd put these above the Lonsdale manual as it's kinda dated but it's still an interesting addition to the bookshelf.

Boxing: The American Martial Art, a 12 Week Course - More basic but nice ideas for the beginner on combinations etc
Boxer's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Boxing
Boxing Mastery: Advanced Technique, Tactics, and Strategies from the Sweet Science