Quote Originally Posted by Chris Nagel View Post
Lesson # 3:
“The 1-1-2with fast circular movement”.

Muhammad Ali used to dance revolving around his opponents while simultaneously hitting them.

His famous expression “Float like a butterfly sting like a bee”, came from these movements.

This is one of Ali’s classic combinations:


Figure 1.- sequence.

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Are the pictures in this post from a book or online lesson? What is the source? Is it available online?

I am a bit frustrated by the lack of (modern) boxing books, while at the same time I am reading and re-reading everything I can find.

Today, I worked the above pattern-combination both in shadow boxing and on the heavy bag, and this seemed pretty easy and (almost) natural to pick up.

I definitely like it as an alternative for moving to the left.

Although I am MAINLY training to never cross my feet, the real issue is to never be in a position that destroys your balance or mobility, and if such moves are practiced they can certainly be used -- at least from time to time.

Other martial arts (some at least) do offer techniques where the feet are crossed or moved past each other....

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HerbM