Jab seems to be the most tiring punch ! also getting bored on the bags...

[Gray Lion]

Jab drills are very simple, and I trained with them in the 60's. You get in the ring with a more experienced fighter. For the first three minutes you throw nothing but jabs at him and he slips. He does not return a punch. Rest one minute. Then next round he throws jabs and you slip without returning a punch. You alternate for however long you can last. It's more challenging then any bag. Most important, it is a great way to be critiques by another fighter or your coach. From jab drills, you can work on throwing nothing but rights, body shots, hooks or whatever. Then we worked into 'anything goes' and at that point you were sparring. I am 67 yrs old. Some of the terms I use may not be current, and some of the training methods I had may be out of style. It was my fortune to train with some old fighters who knew, or fought against some of the famous fighters from the 20's to 50's. I recall some of them telling about having to 'chop wood' or 'bust bolders with sledge hammers' as part of their training. When I work with a student, I have him hammer large grader tires with a sledge hammer at different angles, to build up the arms and shoulders.

[The Student]

Jab drills are very simple, and I trained with them in the 60's. You get in the ring with a more experienced fighter. For the first three minutes you throw nothing but jabs at him and he slips. He does not return a punch. Rest one minute. Then next round he throws jabs and you slip without returning a punch. You alternate for however long you can last. It's more challenging then any bag. Most important, it is a great way to be critiques by another fighter or your coach. From jab drills, you can work on throwing nothing but rights, body shots, hooks or whatever. Then we worked into 'anything goes' and at that point you were sparring. I am 67 yrs old. Some of the terms I use may not be current, and some of the training methods I had may be out of style. It was my fortune to train with some old fighters who knew, or fought against some of the famous fighters from the 20's to 50's. I recall some of them telling about having to 'chop wood' or 'bust bolders with sledge hammers' as part of their training. When I work with a student, I have him hammer large grader tires with a sledge hammer at different angles, to build up the arms and shoulders.

The drills you posted actually work great. I've done similar with sparring partners, and it really helps you alot. It also helps a lot with feints, since you only have one punch in your arsenal to start you have to really throw the person on defense off and vice versa. It helps the defender separate feints from actual shots coming towards him.

I haven't spent too much time working this as I'm still working on getting a good grip on technique, then I'll go back to it and really spend a lot of time doing this.

Thanks for sharing.