The next on the ‘How to Box’ range where I’ve updated the whiter than white version of the straight right/right cross/back hand. Filmed in glorious HD and including some improved sound so that you can enjoy fully the gentle lilt of the scouse accent 🙂
Here’s the link:
Hope you enjoy this, as always, leave a comment.
Cheers
Fran
As covered in my most recent post, I am in the process of creating a Boxing Training Foundation. The Foundation consists of an eBook and a load of videos, all covering in great detail some of the most key fundamental skills of how to box and how to develop the fitness of a boxer. I think I’ve managed to strike a really good balance between learning the skills and developing the fitness. I’ll expand a little more over the coming weeks as things are very well advanced now and I’m really looking forward to getting this out there!
Anyhow, as part of the development of The Foundation I’ve been shooting some videos in HD with improved sound quality and I’m replacing the first 4 videos that I ever posted on the site at the beginning of 2010 (the lighting quality was horrendous, it was so dazzling it looked like I was filming at the Pearly Gates!)
Check out the article on the boxing jab to find out more:
Cheers
Fran
You may have seen the first article/video that I ever published on the site which described the boxing stance. Well, when filming that article I got a little carried away with the lighting set-up. Being new to film production I thought the more light the better. However, in hindsight, using the industrial halogen lights similar to those used to provide the emergency services with light during a night time disaster might have been a little over-zealous. My family took to calling me “Caspar the Boxing Coach” for quite a while after that!
Well, recently I’ve been filming my first ever MyBoxingCoach product called “Boxing Training – A Foundation.” I’ll tell you a little more about that in a few weeks, but I am really happy with what I’ve managed to come up with. Anyway, a part of the filming process has been to re-shoot 8 ‘core skills’ in HD with improved sound. Given that the lighting quality of the original video was so poor, I’ve decided over the next week or so to replace the first 4 videos with the HD version. This means that you’ll be able to have another look at these articles, starting with the boxing stance, without being left with a residual white spot in the centre of your field of vision for the next 2 hours.
Here’s the link back to the original article, and I hope you enjoy what’s there!
Cheers
Fran
There are a few articles on the site regarding mobility and how to box at long range. Two articles of note are the Boxing Drill for Range Finding (tag boxing) and the article on Finding Range for Fight Tactics, both well worth checking out.
I wanted to post something that emphasised the importance of controlling range and using mobility to do that. The opportunity recently arose when one of the boxers that I work with, the highly skilled Craig Callaghan, competed in the regional senior boxing championships against a high quality opponent. Craig possessed height and reach advantage, but his opponent is a national champion himself and brings plenty to the ring that could counter those advantages!
I think that this is one of the best performances I’ve seen from Craig…and I’ve seen a few! He keeps the shot rate high, using one-two’s to great effect and following this up with some devastating short/mid-range left hooks. It’s also probably worth noting how effective it proves for Craig to combine long range shots with convincing feints (check out the article on feinting in boxing), he really manages well to provide constant pressure whilst allowing the opponent to be on the front foot, that is he doesn’t become involved in a ‘fight.’ It’s a great vid which I hope you enjoy, as always leave a comment!
P.S. that’s not me in the corner, it’s the marginally less ugly John Jones, my friend and fellow coach from the gym. Ashleigh provides some much needed glamour!
Cheers
Fran
Following on from the Roberto Duran Boxing Style Analysis article that I wrote a few months ago, I found this neat little post and what I think is a cool site. The article has been published by a gentleman called Monte Cox, a smart guy who writes some really good profiles on boxers from every generation. His articles are long enough to get some decent detail, but not so long as to make you want to print it out and read on paper…it’s good stuff.
I particularly wanted to point out the short video at the end of the article. Now, I’m a big fan of mixing music with boxing. Hell, as a boxer and when I was struggling for motivation to get to the gym for the 6th time in a week, I would often watch a video of my favourite fighters and this would give me enough to get me out of the front door and on the way along the street to the session (whilst wearing my original Sony Walkman!) I want to particularly draw your attention to the short musical/video tribute to the master boxer from El Chorillo, I like it, what about you?
http://coxscorner.tripod.com/duran.html
Cheers
Fran
