Heavy bag tips (for beginners)
When using the heavy bag, you will always see amateurs walloping the
bag carelessly. Each strike is telegraphed as they think there adding
more power this way, and they get tired before the professional has
even put his mitts on! If your new to the bag or are just looking for
a few pointers then try some of these, 1. Warm up PROPERLY including
wrists, fingers and knuckles. 2. Always start with repeating basic
strikes and kicks softly in repetitions of 10-20 (remember to work
right and left side evenly), as this will further warm up the muscles
and striking tools. 3. Perform basic combinations (no more than 4
techniques) keeping in mind proper distance as punching and kicking
distance are different. Repetitions can be used but for a more
challenging workout use time periods gradually increasing them as you
become more proficient. 4. Concentrate on just arm techniques or just
leg techniques and throw them in a free environment. The main
emphasise should not be power at the beginning, but timing and
distance (as the bag will be moving around, you will have to
constantly moving around also.) This is great for stamina 5. All out
power techniques in which everything will be probably very sloppy but
you should focus on striking as hard as possible. Its best to use time
periods for this( eg 30 secs) and always finish with slow basic
repeated strikes in air to acquire the form back that would have been
lost. 6. Always have a bottle of water handy and keep sipping on it
occasionaly!
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Posted by MARKS at 3:34 PM 0 comments
Where your eyes should be looking when sparring
Ive heard time and time again of many people that when there sparring,
they are constantly looking at there opponents eyes. When they attack,
defend, counter and everything else, they always look in there
opponents eyes. I decided to try this once as normally i gaze at the
chest area, as it seems natural to me. After two minutes of looking at
my opponents eyes i noticed that i was getting beaten all over the
place. From the hands down i was blind and it wasn't long till i was
looking naturally at the chest area again. Any views on this?
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