Boxing - Friday 28/9/12

For the first time ever I hit the boxing ring with Brett Little, a terrific fight coach who works out of Fit To Go - a tidy fight/boxing/weights gym in Cheltenham run by ex-pro fighter Phil Fagan.  It was one hour of fairly intense movement, a lot of time spent working on countering years body memory from karate training and adjusting to the guard position with hands-up-to-face of traditional boxing.  Well, when I say 'countering', I should instead say 'adjusting'.  After so many years of fight training there is no reason why any half-decent student can't quickly adjust to differing styles of movement, or tai sabaki.  The principles of body management remain the same regardless of the style of martial art.  Hip movement, feet work, speed, hikite.

As is shown in the attached video, there is always room for improvement!  It's funny how when reviewing such material the recorded product seems much slower than at the time. Regardless, it provides an excellent way of analysing technique, and I encourage everyone to use their phones or other devices to record and analyse their movement in all facets of training.  Video review is a valuable tool for performance improvement.