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Different / Alternate Training Ideas
Keeping ahead of the rest, or just making your training more fun .
New Ideas, or something you always liked, add them.
I will add one per week. for a couple of months then I'll run out >:mad
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To practice stance and setting your feet before throwing while moving :
You can get just two of you, or even two lines of fighters one side with medicine balls and while practicing staying low and shuffling forwards towards your opponent, practice throwing the ball at him by turning into the movment bodily and having your arm go through the exact same movments as a lunging jab or right rear cross etc, he catches it and sends it back the same way to you.
You can even throw them from your chest or lower out to the oppositeside (across you) while on the move, to copy swings and hooks while moving.
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I think I suggested this a while back but might as well bring it back up for this thread.
I often go out in the back yard with my boxing mitts and train on my hooks with the washing line. It is one of the ones with a pole in the ground and comes up to about just under head height, and has three arms coming out like branches.
The good thing is it spins around freely so you can punch one branch and it swings around. I think it is quite effective because you have to be ready to ither block or duck or bob out of the way of the other 'branch' on the line.
Anyone who has got one of these washing lines should give it a go. Just make sure the neighbours aren't watching you beat up on the washing line, ;)
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With a double ender (pull it down so the bag is level with your head when you're in a lowish stance)
or those floor to ceiling bags that look like a giant peanut shell with lower section and top section.(duck the lower section).
Stand nearly nose to nose and hit the rope (straight punch the elastic rope using one or both hands) under the lower part of the bag then weave your head side to side to avoid the strike back.
Great visual skills, aim, and timing skills for right in close.
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Quick and cunning footwork - Its definately effective - its all about getting in the right stance/angle before striking
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Originally Posted by RoÑky
Whaddya think about the footwork of bruce lee, is it boxing effective?
Bruce had to teach footwork that related to all over fighting .
like the Wing Chun Kung Fu practitioners who taught him before he reshaped it to suit his Jeet kune do before he took it to the world.
I have tried to impart the slight shifts and half steps and full foot swithces that they taught into ,the advanced fighting section on the front page becuase boxers can use these especially up nose to nose fighting either to evade or to get more power.
Boxers are lucky because there is no fear of a knee strike blowing you away as you duck and roll under a fist etc, or a elbow to catch you in the reverse path to your head.
So boxers can use more footwork than any other style fighters.
To use footwork to create better head movement while stepping is at their disposal and only just being discovered by a few.( ;) So your lucky,practice it and you'll be better than most)
To practice slight knee bends while standing square on and lift the outsides of your heels up while throwing shots nose to nose OR Slight Knee bends while stepping out on angles or knee bends stepping back on the angle can create headmovemnts in a U shape or a n shape and to then practice the variations takes your head movments into the full circular O pattern.You practice those steps and bends with your normal ducking and weaving and you'll be alot more evasive and devestaing in your return shots(through weight shifting) than anyone whos gone before you.
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Tennis ball or other type, glued on elastic string hung off the ceiling in front of a wall.
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For advanced fighters ...Get into a nose to nose situation with your sparring partner get contact with both arms and close your eyes ! ..but maintain contact on your wrists onto his arms and feel his intentions and feel his body movments ,keep him from being able to get a free hit on you by chocking off his intention; fight for the opening or when he pushes back on your arm ,giveway to create an opening by revolving your arm around his to gain the centre.
Even blind you know instantly where there is an opening ,you know at anytime where the head target is, you dont have to see them so long as you maintain contact. Try it out, you'll be very surprized how much of your training is now automatic to you.
The further back you are the harder it is to feel your way,but it is possible with practice.
This gives you a way of practicing 'contact reflexes' ;refexes that are much faster than you can possibly think /react,so it is of great benifit.
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"Choice-reaction freeze drill. To confuse his opponent and slow his foe's reaction time, the jeet kune do stylist is taught to make subtle motions with his hands, feet, head, knees, elbows and shoulders during combat. The opponent is forced to acknowledge such stimuli and must decide what to react to and what to ignore. The JKD fighter practices these quick, compact movements by utilizing a partner exercise known as the "choice-reaction freeze drill." As the jeet kune do practitioner executes the choice-reaction moves. his partner will occasionally call out "stop" or "freeze." At that moment, the JKD stylist freezes his body and limbs exactly where they happen to be. The partner then presents the practitioner with a target at any level or angle. The jeet kune do fighter then strikes the target with his best available weapon."
This is till applicable with boxing, try practicing these drills with your sparring partner with the intent of reading their intentions through their movements. I got this off of http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ray.d8/article5.html this is worth reading more than once, check it out
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That is a great exersize that Bruce developed from the one I mentioned above which he learned from his Wing Chun master.He was a smart man and adapted exersizes from Fencing too which is even closer to boxing. That exersize he developed is more useful to his own style JKd and other fight styles that use all the body parts to fight with; like with head butts, finger strikes, knee breaks,elbows etc. Its limited in its use for Boxing in so much as the fight is only with the hands and is faster not in hand speed , but in the general fight movments only because there are less targets in boxing and less body parts used for weapons .
I think it may be of use to show up where your partner sees an opening that you are usually not aware of.
But it could be a lot harder to accentuate a slight bluff or parry or a slight body movment and expect an opponent to interupt his punching to the head or body target because of it.
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I don't remember who posted this, but I thought this was worthwhile...
"Take a small towel, hold it in the hand you Jab with, and snap it 100-200 times, do it as long or as many times as you feel is necessary. I do 100-200 depending how sore I am or whatever, but my trainer came up with this and I thought it was a great idea, the purpose is to get your hand back to the position it started as fast as possible, and in order to make the towel snap you have to bring it back faster than you sent it out. It works the same muscles and it’s a great Idea. Try it"
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This takes a bit of patience and practice ,
With sparring partner or friend practice just relaxing your arms (not necesarily out and in a fixed on guard mode either ) just whatevers comfortable and freed up ; so you can concentrate on other things flowing together.
Now just practice letting his blows come through but you simply lean back out of contact and then as you straighten up follow his glove back with your own attack. Follow the elbow back and go low OR follow the glove back and go over it ,wherever the opening occurs.
This allows you to set your visual skills into the correct timing mode.
It also sets you into a rythem whereby your attacks will be harder to see comming for him due to his own retreating movment ,therefore more devestating once you put it into practice in real ring terms.
HE has to work in with you, you both just remain in a fixed stance to begin with and add stuff and get faster as you go along so your reactions catch up to your vision and visa versa.
After a few months of practice you can bring other footwork into play ,but for a start begin at the start.
Swap around so you both a get the appreciation of the exersize.
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"Poi" is the Maori word for "ball" on a cord
The Poi was used, many years ago, by the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand to increase their flexibility and strength in their hands and arms as well as improving coordination.
Wahine (female) dancers perform the Maori Poi, a dance performed with balls attached to flax strings, swung rhythmically.
The Poi dance was originally used by the Maori women for keeping their hands flexible for weaving and by the men for strength and coordination required during battle. Poi are also used as a training aid for other ancient weapons like the Mere or Patu (Short club)
I posted this a while back also - A friend at work was doing it and taught me - I have been doing it for over 2 yrs now and I already had good speed and coordination but it took me to the next level - it also helps develop both sides of the brain - balance defense speed and offense - basically it develops every thing needed for boxing - I know I am not the only one doing this here - maybe you know it by a different name - here is their site for more info http://homeofpoi.com/ - this site also has poi lessons
This is what I do before and after a workout to warm up and warm down.
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For fighting in opposite stances only; IE; one in southpaw one in natural ; If your jab is slipped and he moves to the outside of it ,you can keep it mostly extended and use it as a guard and a feeler by bodily turning into the direction they have moved to.
This allows you to regain contact ,distance and allows you time to set up your stance to his new position while remaining covered against his reply.
Its not something you would want to do everytime but it works when readjusting (maybe because space is limited through ropes or a ref) or if he hugs tight to your outside elbow for the overhand reply etc.
Leave it up and out ,turn in slightly and you have its path covered!
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A great way to test your technique while sparring or punching the heavybag is to set up a video cam and tape yourself, and when you watch the tape, you can see your mistakes.
(If it's your 1st time, you will find a shitload of mistakes)
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EYE-HAND SPEED: "Z Ball"
Z Ball
This is a soft solid rubber ball with six protruding areas, so that it has an unpredictable bounce. It is useful in training eye-hand coordination when the subject has to catch the ball after it bounces, but it is not measurable.
"EYE-HAND SPEED is the time required to perceive and respond with the hand(s) to a visual stimulus. It is the ability for the eyes and hands to be not only highly coordinated but fast. The best boxers are often said to have 'fast hands', ie, they can throw a volley of punches in a second. Table-tennis players, too, have very fast hands. A deficit in this parameter makes for slower responses, poor timing, and the sportsperson may appear sluggish."
The Poor Man's Solution, get a soft solid rubber ball (about the size of a soft ball is good, depends on your preference), and glue bits of rubber for an unpredictable bounce.
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Re: Different / Alternate Training Ideas
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Originally Posted by Joboxing
I'm having trouble jabbing fast while moving to the right during my heavybag drills (orthodox stance). I usually do jab-step left-jab quickly while moving LEFT but when I'm moving right, it becomes real slow and awkward. Any advice?
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Youre having trouble because of eyes not balancing with your movement and distance. Elastic rope tied round bag and yourself, 3" longer than your jab when hitting the bag . Play ring around a roses with the bag youll soon pick it up
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Originally Posted by Scrap
What causes mixed up biomechanics are the pscyhcodynamics by the change of structure to skills and posture.
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Originally Posted by md
What's the best material to use for that Scrap?
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Md, They sell elastic rope in sailing shops different sizes, also if you can pick up rubber called Super Red but you have to look about for it and have to pop rivet the stuff
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Originally Posted by Sharla
So a stretch band is not quite what you wanna be using for these exercises then Scrap? Why?
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Sharla, they usually have handles on them, but thinking about it as long as the ankle is padded you could use it.Its just that I have always used elastic rope for convenience I make all sorts of contraptions with the stuff, its easier. Plus you can alter distance better and its pretty cheap. But if you have a band try it. If you have a velcro ankle strap all the better
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Originally Posted by Scrap
You havent mastered the basics sounds like thats the problem. Movement of feet, theres many ways to try ,your problem is moving the front foot first when going forward making the feet to wide then you reach to compensate with your punches losing balance as you do also notbeing to move back because youre of balance. The best way you could try to help the problem is get some elastic rope and tie your feet the same width as the shoulders and practice foot movement. Getting use to moving the back foot to go forward and the front to go back or go to the thread you want fast feet theres a couple on there.
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Originally Posted by Sharla
Hi Scrap,
I was wearing a stretch band tied on my ankles a month or so ago to make sure remembered to bring my back foot up when I moved foreward. I thought it was pretty good but then started to think I was making the step with my front foot too small because I had to fight the resistance band to move it foreward. Ever had this problem? Suggestions on how to fix it?
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Originally Posted by Sharla
Hi Scrap,
I was wearing a stretch band tied on my ankles a month or so ago to make sure remembered to bring my back foot up when I moved foreward. I thought it was pretty good but then started to think I was making the step with my front foot too small because I had to fight the resistance band to move it foreward. Ever had this problem? Suggestions on how to fix it?
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Originally Posted by Scrap
What youre telling me sounds like you havent got the concept. The front foot is there for balance and direction the back foot is your distance, when throwing punches the nearer the head to the back foot the better otherwise your chin is nearer the thing thats trying to hit you throwing a long shot you cant make the fist go any furher from your chin if thrown correct. What people do is reach giving poor balance by leaving the back foot behind and all there weight on the front foot, now knowing the law of psyhics it tells you thats not a good place to be when theres something hard coming your way and the law of gravity is not what it should be in relation to where you are and the biomechanics arent in a position to assist the problem. Theres a how to do stance thread been put up, its wrong in my eyes you dont move the front foot first to go forward you slightly lift it and push of the back foot otherwise you lose oral stability, lose that your lost. Hope that makes sense just woke up
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Originally Posted by mastergooch27
Maybe im a scrub but I cant get my hooks to flow correctly. Im a southpaw and I have decent reach so im all about jabs and straights. I still cant find myself being able to flow my hooks and uppercuts correctly. My footwork just seems sloppy and I know practice makes perfect but, I need to know how to practice. Thanks for any help in advance...
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Originally Posted by Scrap
The long ones are long and it sounds like your reaching with your uppercut and hook. You want to get elastic rope tied to ankle on your back leg and ring post, so you are centre ring. Move back so you are under tension throwing jabs going back. Then move forward doing same, it will teach you to take your back foot with you, and stop you reaching, which I think is your problem
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Another little game you can have a lot of fun with,You with a partner. Put a rope across the Ring below ear hight, stand facing each other. Moving along the rope shadowboxing each other,try kidding each other to try and get the opposite side of the rope from your partner. Two evenly matched fighters can learn the mechanics of movement,distance,levels and laterel movement, take it in turnto try and bluff each other.Good fun ,gets you fit
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A little game we play could help. Get a line acrossthe ring thick elastic preferd, get a partner about the same size on the same side as yourself then take it in turns trying to get the other side of the line from where your partner is by feinting by using your feet with head movement to con the other guy into moving the wrong way its a lot of fun and works
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This little trick should help you all out. And a 60lb bag is all you need. Weight lifting belt round your waist, and belt round the bag, peice of 15mil elastic rope 4 inch longer than reach, tide to the bag and yourself through the belts.It makes your balance better gives corr stababity makes you move,is hard work makes you punch in balance, now you are punching your body weight, the bag is as heavy as you want it And it dont cost F*** all
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Originally Posted by Scrap
Actualy a good way to practice the biomechanics of it is get afit ball put the ball against thewall and your back against it . Then do 6" squats rolling on the ball while shadow boxing on the spot, slightly pushing against the ball for feel.
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Originally Posted by Scrap
Actualy a good way to practice the biomechanics of it is get afit ball put the ball against thewall and your back against it . Then do 6" squats rolling on the ball while shadow boxing on the spot, slightly pushing against the ball for feel.
Do we stay in normal boxing stance for this? Interesting exercise thanks Scrap :)
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Originally Posted by Scrap
Yes put the ball on the upper back between the shoulder blades put the feet central to the ball, so youre not square with the wall but central to the back. you will feel it in the lower back, and can move 6" side to side with the feet and get a nice rythem going lateraly pushing into the wall.
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RE: Speed and Power
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Originally Posted by Scrap
Get a stake metal one 30 metres of bungy rope go to a track stake in the middle of the bend 40 metres back and run the bends both ways thats overspeed and theres lots of other ways of doing it thats one way. Another get a shoulder harness with 2 metres of bungie on the back stap get your partner to hold you back while running as fast as you can after 10 metres let you go youll fly been doing that one 30 years.
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Throwing to Wide:
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Originally Posted by hydroman19
So yet another question on the elbows.... yesterday trainer was noticing I swung the left arm out too much when throwing jabs on the bag. He pushed in my elbow and told me to throw from there, but it felt almost unnatural. I normally try and keep the elbows in as much as possible, but it felt like he pushed my arm too far in. Am I supposed to have my body that compressed when throwing?
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Originally Posted by Scrap
Youve probably got a muscle out of line usualy its the trapezius, deltoids, or over large pecks there are streches for it you can do with a broom handle youre going to have to wait . But a good way to put it right is, sit against a wall with your jabbing arms shoulder up to it. Then jab along the wall pushing the shoulder into the wall as you do, and dont let the fist leave the wall. After 1 min youll feel the shoulder, rest and go again spend 5mins on the routine every day. If you do it against a mirror or something smooth all the better. Give it a week and it should solve the problem
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Biomechanics, Breathing and the Chin:
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Ill give you a very good tip as regards breathing. Dont box with the chin more than 15% down it stops your chest from working by up to 50%. It stops the airways from working, its very rare yuoll see a world class fighter boxing that way. Ive never under stood why coaches tell boxers to do it. From that position you can see the floor, and thats where youre going to finnish up. Plus the eyes work primarily of oxygen, so its going to effect eyesight. Plus the muscle neurons in the back and shoulders are getting the wrong response for speed of movement, because they already have a response.
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Boxing is about not getting hit,Ifyou drop your chin numerous things biomechanicaly happen and emotionly. by dropping the chin youre waiting to get hit and your head is 6 inch nearer his glove making it easier as a target. By dropping the chin, your spine and shoulders cant react as qiuckly you put pressure on the lower back, which in turn restricts the groin and your abductor muscles. In short you restrict movement, which is restriction of mobility to evade punches. Which in turn causes panic to the senses, because they are getting the wrong signals, to perform as nature intended. Tight shoulders ,and hips and being off balance isnt the best way to start throwing punches. As Ive said before Oral balance and posture is the secret of reaction and speed. In the end all things being equal speed in correct form is the winner. plus put your elbows on your chest with your hands on your chin pulled back okay, comfortable, now drop the chin onto the chest.
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Even Rocky Marciano dropped his knees not his chin, He had it in not down.
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If your chins down your on your front foot or you cant move your hips. One or the other the mobility to ride a shot is affected and to see it coming is impaired plus keeping the hands up for a period of time is hard and stressfull. Id rather do things the easy way its easier to remember when the S*** hits the fan
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I think youre missing the point Lords Im not saying put your chin out to dry far from it Im saying put the chin back. So its not over the front knee, it relaxes the shoulders and puts the chin above your bollocks, your centre of gravity instead of working against gravity let it be your freind not the enemy. Thats where the problems start in the first place
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Routine on Improving Speed:
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At great expense to myself I will give you one of our routines for speed, this will help.
Get hold of a bit of 4x2 wood, 2 foot long.
The first time try it in a press up posistion off the knees.
Put your hands on the wood and do a press up but only move an inch at a time.
After every inch bounce off the wood onto the floor with your eyes shut.
Then bounce back onto the wood with your eyes open.
When you ahve got used to this try it with the press up posistion off the feet, not the knees. (the traditional stance)
We have used this over a few years and it works. Your doing an isometric stretch with bounce. Unless your fit becareful, it knits the muscle nuerons and fibres and makes them react much quicker.
Scrap
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Improving your punches and coordination:
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When shadow boxing shut your left eye
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Originally Posted by Von Milash
scraps, what will that do? thanks.
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Von, What makes right or left handed people is eyesight.Left handed people are left eye dominant, most of your eye memory and pariphiral vision comes from that eye the right eye is usualy short sighted compared to the left.By stopping vision from the left the body will become more adaptable on the right, or vice versa depending on the side youre dominant. It works better if you stretch regulary. most of the time the function of the opposite side is there to stablize the action of the side which is dominant this can be seen in many sports No in all sports if you observe, hope this helps you to understand it a bit better.
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What md says is true, as regards psycological side weve tried a patch over the dominant eye on 5 seperate times with outstanding results, but it needs looking at a bit more. GET IT but interesting.
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Chris, your getting the idea, its very hard to change the dominant side but i think were as close to it as weve ever been from your walking gait to about everything we do is controlled by vision and genetics. Subconcesly are aim is to protect the head the body wants the best information it can get and its own help, helps whats above to give it. Ive gone a long way to improving running gait by something which should hit the market next year, and get you fitter than anything by up to 30% that there is at the moment without impact. the other thing which is the crux to many problems is we dont do enougth correct stretching, because of the eyes one side does the other supports the action depending on what form of work you do or sport. The stretches ive put up are now pretty old, im putting some more up for sharla in the next week to help her im running late at the moment my dear old mums had a stroke so at the moment im at the hospital 4 hours a day so im behind. by the way cc
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Weighted belt made from ankle-weights:
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Originally Posted by Chris N.
By using a pair of ankle weights that have the velcro straps I was able to put them together and make a belt. I found this to be a lot better than having them around my ankles.
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Originally Posted by Scrap
Belt or jacket are Ok they are above the centre of gravity. On the ankles theres an imbalance with the adductors. Have a think.
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Reinforcing the biomechanics used in weaving.
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Originally Posted by Scrap
The best way ive found is to get 2 ropes 9" apart the length of the ring. Use them both always throwing punches forward backward lateral. Or do what i did make a net over the ring 18 " squares that you can ajust the height to suite the individual.
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Originally Posted by Scrap
Yes put the ball on the upper back between the shoulder blades put the feet central to the ball, so youre not square with the wall but central to the back. you will feel it in the lower back, and can move 6" side to side with the feet and get a nice rythem going lateraly pushing into the wall.
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Practicing the slipping movement:
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The only thing its good for is head and foot movement. But very few people use it for that. Im 62 and can make it move just as fast using my head as people using their hands can. Using it for hands is of no benefit what so ever. The first person I ever saw using it for movement of the head was Roberto Duran it was a joy to watch I think Ive still got the tape somewhere Ill have a look if not ill vidio myself doing it
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Put your hands behind your back if you like, move the ball with head while moving the feet and body. Your kneck moves 2 inch it teaches movement at speed, its the same movement as slipping a shot, circle as you do it. Its hard work doing it, but good fun
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Adam you hit it with your head as thougth your slipping a shot its a great technique to learn
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Ive mentioned this before. Its a great tool for learning the mechanics of slipping a punch. get it so the bottom is level wiyh your eyes, by using the feet and moving round the ball and using the head to hit the ball its a great tool. with practice you can move the ball as fast as if you were using the hands.
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Training the muscles used in the left hook:
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Get a fit ball hold it in your palms arms straight out in front of you dont bend elbows. push iin with palms as hard as you can while doing it turn hands so the outside of your hands are on the ball still pushing 20secs do it 4 times should help
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Proprioception, balance and stretching your feet/ankles:
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How many of you stretch your feet. We use them more than anything, and yet they are forgotten theres some little crackers can be done, solves a lot of problems. I use iron shoes wonderful things I came up with a thing years ago a wobbly board. another one get 2 footballs hands against the wall and stand on them bare footed moving back and forward side to side circles its good fun andteaches you the perception of balance. expect to fall on your a*** a few times but its fun.
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Increasing your body's response quickness:
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Theres loads of little tricks you can try to make your responses for movement better Ill just give you a little one.Get hold of two rubber medicine balls same size stand barefoot on them shoulder width apart start shadowboxing on them knees bent you will come off a few times,to start with keep pluging away.After a while start rocking your feet on the balls 2 to3 inch at a time it will make your responses much qiucker.When youve got good at it try it with your dominant eye shut. Now that is hard.
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Actually what is happening is youre making all your motor neurons work and bind at the same time you heard it on SADDO'S first.
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From Gene Tunney's training I liked how he did 1 finger press-ups on a wall working on each individual finger. It doesn't hurt, and goes well with other work that strengthens your fingers and grip strength.
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Coin Catching
Coin Catching
One neat little thing that I like to do when I'm just sitting around with nothing better to do is coin catching. What you'd do is place a coin on the back on your hand with your arm extended at shoulder level. Now with a little jerk of your arm you'd pop it up in the air and with the same motion as a punch you'd catch it.
You should switch between both hands when practicing this. As you get better you should place an additional coin onto the back of your hand and for each coin you add use another punch to catch it. To make it even harder you should increase the distance that your hand will have to travel. I found to get the most benefit out of this exercise is to also spend time practicing while wearining an eyepatch. If you become dedicated with this exercise be prepared for a dramatic improvement in your coordination and reflexes.
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Re: Coin Catching
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Originally Posted by Chris N.
Coin Catching
One neat little thing that I like to do when I'm just sitting around with nothing better to do is coin catching. What you'd do is place a coin on the back on your hand with your arm extended at shoulder level. Now with a little jerk of your arm you'd pop it up in the air and with the same motion as a punch you'd catch it.
You should switch between both hands when practicing this. As you get better you should place an additional coin onto the back of your hand and for each coin you add use another punch to catch it. To make it even harder you should increase the distance that your hand will have to travel. I found to get the most benefit out of this exercise is to also spend time practicing while wearining an eyepatch. If you become dedicated with this exercise be prepared for a dramatic improvement in your coordination and reflexes.
wouldnt mind watchin a vid of this as i cant figure out how to do it
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Coin Catching
http://youtube.com/watch?v=T7iRtuDSSOk
Here's a so-so example of coin catching but more important is that it shows a good placement of the coins on the back of your hand.
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Re: Dynamic Tension,
They are benifital to many areas .
Here is one such exersise,
hold your fist up vertically in front of you (in rear guard position) with elbow down ,now imagine that there is someone in front of you pushing your fist back into your face; now slowly, one millameter at a time push against that imaginary force until your arm is out stretching to a position of forward guard. now with out moving imagine the force is stopping you from taking it back to rear guard position and you go back against it mill by mill . (takes about 3 miniutes to go out and 3 to go back.
Usually 3 times on both sides is one form complete.
#get into a lower than normal stance while you are doing this and you have an overall workout happening#.
By the time you get through both arms if your doing it right you have a major sweat on and you have just trained your self against an opponent pushing your arms around ,keeping your guard up and the indurance to do so.
The limitations are your imagination.
These exersises were first uses by Shaolin monks in their fighting stuctures.