US Military - Boxing training manual

[Trainer Monkey]

I'm not attacking your opinion, it's irrelevant. From what I noticed is how Bruce Lee's footwork and punching has changed. Before he drew from the manuals you could see from the training footage that he through WIng Chun punches, his footwork was also unorganised before his boxing influence. I read an account from Lewis who was one of his students saying how he spent hours at a time practicing footwork and incorporating the boxing punches. Balance was an interest as with all his attributes but it wasn't a single obssesion more like a combinations. Fencing has a lot of positives, to discount them is simply being closed minded. Each style is constricted by it's own form, such as many people are through their own bias and opinions.

Personally I'd rather be an "al la carta" fighter, the more I can use, then the bigger the menu.

Ever see the SCA?
Youd see where Id discount fencing,mind Fencing is part of it,but we discount the guys who only do that
Trust me son,I know very well what a gorget is,I have 4 different ones
I know what a halbred is,
I own a bacinet
My son is named after the king of the Visigoths
I know more different styles then just about anyone i know,thats not being cocky,that just is
Your 19 years old and cocky
Im alot older
You try to discount me,but Ive spent my whole life abtaining martial knowledge,and guess what? Ive had longer to do it.
The origin of the white and the black belt.
Novices where handed white belts,over time they dirtied as they studied

[Dadi Astthorsson]

Ever see the SCA?
Youd see where Id discount fencing,mind Fencing is part of it,but we discount the guys who only do that
Trust me son,I know very well what a gorget is,I have 4 different ones
I know what a halbred is,
I own a bacinet
My son is named after the king of the Visigoths
I know more different styles then just about anyone i know,thats not being cocky,that just is
Your 19 years old and cocky
Im alot older
You try to discount me,but Ive spent my whole life abtaining martial knowledge,and guess what? Ive had longer to do it.
The origin of the white and the black belt.
Novices where handed white belts,over time they dirtied as they studied

You are joke. If this is what you've come up with after spending your whole life "abtaining" (not a word by the way) martial knowledge, then your age is a badge of shame.

You own a "halbred"? (another non-word) If you tell me you own a piano, am I to believe you are Art Tatum reborn? What the heck has ANY name you might have given your son have to do with anything? You know more styles than anyone you know of? What's the point? Want to get on the cover of a joke magazine like BLACK BELT? The origin of the black and white belt has nothing to do with the myth you perpetuate. The belt hierarchy was instated by Jigoro Kano as a way to help disseminate judo.

Chris Nagel is one of the most self-effacing people I have had the pleasure to observe on the internet, despite possessing a precocious boxing intellect. To attack him is just showing what a jackass you really are.

This is an old post, and I sure hope somebody already tore you a new A-hole somewhere else on the forum for being such a pompous turd.

[Chris Nagel]

Thanks Dadi. As you may have suspected, Trainer Monkey is no long an active part of this board. Eventually he started getting criticized for his comments and soon thereafter left of his own accord.

[WayneFlint]

Thanks for the Edwin Haislets e book, ive been looking for something like this for the last 3 years or so thanks alot guys

[Chris Nagel]

Thanks for the Edwin Haislets e book, ive been looking for something like this for the last 3 years or so thanks alot guys

You're welcome. It's a very good book, I refer to it often.

[WayneFlint]

Thanks for the Edwin Haislets e book, ive been looking for something like this for the last 3 years or so thanks alot guys

You're welcome. It's a very good book, I refer to it often.

could i ask what other books you find usefull? you seem to have a lot of knowledge of boxing and i am kind of self training as there are no good boxing gyms around here to take lessons, ive been training a while now and my form is ok id just really like to find out some more set ups i think theyre called like ''the outside triple'' and also i think its called ''drop shifting'' is really good ive been using it during sparring with a left hook or jab/cross for a while now without the short step back with the lead foot, but now trying it with the short drop back of the lead foot is working out a lot smoother for me, i found that a lot of things ihave learned from this book i have been able to use to great effect in sparring straight away thank you again and sorry for the bad grammar

[Chris Nagel]

Hi Wayne. There are a couple more books that I can recommend. There's Curtis Cokes' The Complete Book of Boxing, and J.C. Thomas' How to Be an Ass-Whipping Boxer. Curtis Cokes' book is great, you'll want to read it with a pen in hand as there are a lot of parts that should be highlighted and reread multiple times. You'll probably become eager to get the ideas off of the page and into actual practice.

In J.C. Thomas's book, he advocates a stance akin to George Benton and the Mayweathers. He often speaks with a self-promotional tone, but the techniques that he teaches makes the book rewarding. However it's not a book for beginners.

You should also browse the Boxing E-books thread in the Important/Useful posts section. There's a couple more interesting books that you'll want to read, see Jack Dempsey's Championship Fighting, and Ross Enamait's In The Ring.

As for picking up new moves and incorporating it into your boxing, one of the best ways is to watch good fighters and try to incorporate their moves into your style. Remember that some of the moves won't work for you, but if you find something that impresses you should practice it. Also realize that watching fighters on your screen is different when you're standing in front of an opponent. The real learning is when you try out different things in the ring. Watch as many fights as you can. Get yourself some favorites, and watch some guys that you would like to emulate.