Training in the UK. Your Thoughts.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Hi Bomp,

I'm bendy already. I can do without that kind of stretch round my knees. Maybe it's a woman thing

[Sharla]

I think the potential to knacker your knee ligaments outweighs the tough guy way of thinking when it comes to these....

I didn't stay at that gym for long...that coupled with the fact I would get ignored didn't help. Just because women will be more difficult to match doesn't mean you can push up to the back of the room. We pay to learn just like everyone else. Rant over

In my experience, women in an applied gym have far better focus and a better attitude toward learning boxing than men.

I remembver meeting Sharla, we shadowboxed at the same time and I felt so lazy! I threw nothing more than fours whilst she was throwing 5 and six punch combos LoL.

5 and 6 punch combos. Meh...Sharla did that to me, I'd just go in for the clinch whenever possible.

I had no idea Donny! I don't think you could ever be lazy especially in comparison to me though since you've stuck it out!

I remember who was the wossy one and who Scrap called one of the original tough men when we were streching too!

Missy yes that would work!

I really HATE people who clinch I just wanna move and be punching, using fitness to ware down an opponent and doing the high volume thing I get soooo frustrated!

As for the exercises etc Yeah for some reason I ave always sucked at squats and what we call bunny hopping here (if I understood).

Now I've started pilates though i wish it was a pre-requisite before going into these sports to have a basic level. Seems to make it so much easier to understand what proper posture is and how to maintain it and it was developed by a boxer!

[Youngblood]

haha I actually hate clinching too Sharla.

But my coach has me working on it and infighting using it every night when at the gym last 2 weeks and in sparring. It tires you out fast.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

I liked clinching and lying on the ropes. You punch my arms, you get tired and I uppercut you or turn you .....maybe I was just really lazy.

[Sharla]

Yeah with most sparring partners I've had I've been significantly lighter so being in a clinch = me squashed. I'd grab and turn on the ropes occasionally but only very briefly.

Plus I think clinching might take a while to become proficient at because it's kind of unnatural isn't it? I mean if someone was attacking you the last thing you'd want to do would be to hold them. You'd never assume they couldn't knife you or grab you hair or throat or bash your head against a wall etc etc

Also I guess you have to feel confident at using angles inside for longer instead of instinctively wanting to get far away after a series of exchanges. Not something I ever mastered I'm afraid!

Annoying - I wanted to get to a point where I could do everything in boxing to a basic degree. Just be basically proficient at everything I might use - even though I never expected to be spectacular. Never got there!

[donnydarkoIRL]

I had no idea Donny! I don't think you could ever be lazy especially in comparison to me though since you've stuck it out!

I remember who was the wossy one and who Scrap called one of the original tough men when we were streching too!

Missy yes that would work!

I really HATE people who clinch I just wanna move and be punching, using fitness to ware down an opponent and doing the high volume thing I get soooo frustrated!

As for the exercises etc Yeah for some reason I ave always sucked at squats and what we call bunny hopping here (if I understood).

Now I've started pilates though i wish it was a pre-requisite before going into these sports to have a basic level. Seems to make it so much easier to understand what proper posture is and how to maintain it and it was developed by a boxer!

Ha Ha it was good fun.
I was just impressed with your combos, they seemed prety accurate and sharp.

Whereas I'm relaxed......far too relaxed!!!!!

[Howlin Mad Missy]

well that's something you can play with...I mean train.

Round 1. Loose combos.
2. Fast and sharp.
3. Full extension. (for me this follows 2 because often when I've seen people shadow box throwing fast combos they shorten their punches. This brings your technique back)
4. Focus on power.

etc. You can make it so it's just punching, add in footwork e.g move after ever shot or comb, add in head movement. Working these from the centre of the ring or outside or on the ropes.

Lots of things you can focus on. I'm too lazy to write more but you get the idea.

[Bomp]

well that's something you can play with...I mean train.

Round 1. Loose combos.
2. Fast and sharp.
3. Full extension. (for me this follows 2 because often when I've seen people shadow box throwing fast combos they shorten their punches. This brings your technique back)
4. Focus on power.

etc. You can make it so it's just punching, add in footwork e.g move after ever shot or comb, add in head movement. Working these from the centre of the ring or outside or on the ropes.

Lots of things you can focus on. I'm too lazy to write more but you get the idea.

I like do something very similar. It goes back to when I started out and reading Grey's notes on here. What stuck with me was his description of slips and counters, and that the motion of a slip was similar to that of a punch but less exxaggerated. I like to do the first few rounds without full extension, similar to PBF on the pads, as I get used to the constant shifting of weight for either a slip or a punch. Then I extend it to full extension punches with pivot, before merging both for the rest of the session. I've found this method has helped with recoil and geting back to position following each punch, ready for the next manouvre be it another punch or a slip or a duck.

[donnydarkoIRL]

well that's something you can play with...I mean train.

Round 1. Loose combos.
2. Fast and sharp.
3. Full extension. (for me this follows 2 because often when I've seen people shadow box throwing fast combos they shorten their punches. This brings your technique back)
4. Focus on power.

etc. You can make it so it's just punching, add in footwork e.g move after ever shot or comb, add in head movement. Working these from the centre of the ring or outside or on the ropes.

Lots of things you can focus on. I'm too lazy to write more but you get the idea.

UYou just hit thenail on the head there.

I just shadow box form and as a result my combinations seem slow. But they flow in sparring so I'm thinking it works!