by neijia_boxer on Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:58 pm
I was checking out a old school boxing gym in my area. I was goggling boxing and found a school very close to my home. The school has been there for 30 years and the owner is a promoter. he said he has done over 100 fights and he also teaches some young pros around 19 years old. The guy is very disciplined with no tolerance. He told me to come at 8pm and so I got there at 7:55 and he was like "your early". So after waiting we talked in his office and I had to fill out questionnaire. another guy called saying he was running late and so he turned the guy away, and told him not to come. He lectured me on boxing being a discipline and what not and that 'on time' is an agreement between two people and courtesy.
he gave me two hand outs-
boxing club rules-
1. no profanity
2. no disrespect to any other member or staff
3. no unauthorized use of training aids
4. no unsupervised contact in any way
5. no food or beverage other than water
6. we do not recycle so recycle at home
7. No unauthorized striking of bags
8. no late attendance for any class
9. no unauthorized spectators
10. no hats or other headwear
11. no improper unclean footwear
12. do not disturb other while training.
stretching sheet-
this had several yogic postures-
1. sitting: leg pull or single leg front stretch
2, sitting- front legs front stretch or abdomen bending
3. leg split and bending
4. bridge from sitting position
5. cross leg hip twist-
6. upper body push up- or 'up dog'
7. bow
8. verticle leg twist
9. plow
10. bridge from lying position
11. partner front leg stretch (on partner shoulder)
12. side stretch (side kick on partner shoulder)
This stretching is the first thing they do, no jump rope, running, ect. we went through them holding each on for a slow 15 count.
Then they do "shake outs" which is hoping in place with weight going to left or right leg. kind of like jump roping without a rope and shaking and loosening the arms. this class was getting good. we did some of the shake outs with fight stance as well.
then we did a standing cross leg stretch which you see a lot in soccer training. I was astonished on the amount of stretching we did for boxing!!
next we worked on stance called 20-30. This is where it was turning into a xingyi seminar. The coach put his feet together and then turn both of them 20 degrees to me then pivoted his rear foot to 30 degrees. next he stepped back with the rear foot and bent the knees. he kept his arms touching the body and hands on thighs. This would be the standing. then he had me raise my hands keeping my elbows touching the body into the guard position hands at chin level with chin tucked in, body at a angle, not square to opponent.
we worked on stance work for a while which ended up being really good leg work, the stance worked the quads in a way i had not discovered before in a boxing stance.
Next drill was getting in the ring and doing more of the shake outs, then in the 20/30 fight stance circling around in the ring. Next was taking a break to shoulder stretch or stretch the legs more.
Next was some stepping details with a drill called six-six cause you take 6 inch step with lead foot and follow with a 6 inch step with rear foot. did several stepping lines in the room of forward, then back, then lateral left and right. we worked a drill where the steps were called out and you go whatever direction was commanded.
Next was just using the jab with detail and combining the jab with step. The next drill was the cross with detail and with step. Once again as someone who has done a lot of boxing, the details brought new insights. Lastly we worked jab, cross, and jab cross combination on focus mitt without and with stepping.
Afterward we went through and covered what we did and areas I need to focus and correct. i got go reviews for my stepping and that i would check my stance, my main focus will be keeping elbows tight.
Tomorrow is my last intro day...I'll let you know what happens.
Last edited by neijia_boxer on Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:26 am, edited 2 times in total.