Good Article on Shadowboxing

[wesrman]

Excellent post Chris.

[WayneFlint]

Thats a good article it has always struck me as a good thing to pretend your fighting an opponent with a particular style when shadow boxing, when i was growing up i would pretend i was bruce lee and just mess around in the back garden not sticking to any perticular style just switching from TKD to muay thai for different kinds of ''imaginary bad guys'' and situations i would get in while fighting them hah!, without knowing what i was doing i believe it helped in my earlier fights allowing me to focus more on my opponent and work out his strategy rather than just going in there and simply attacking someone with the style i had been shown. which definently gave me the edge over most kids as they would usually just rush forward with panic attacks not fully in control of what they where doing or thinking about any sort of game plan. good post

[Chris Nagel]

Shadowboxing should encourage you to think. If you're just going through the motions, then you're not going to get much benefit out of it. It works hand in hand with sparring/fighting. Time in the ring will give you the necessary perspective enabling your shadowboxing to be productive rather than a pretend boxing session. Anything that you observe in the gym or while watching fights on tv can serve as reference material.