What's going on, contenders!
Today I want to show you a drill
for how you put your hands and your feet together
to make it easier for you
to punch and move at the same time.
And I can say that this is probably one of the advantages,
one of the few advantages that I had early
in my amateur boxing.
It's that we worked on footwork
and movement, and punching, and footwork drills all the time.
Non-stop, whether it's under the slip line,
here, like this, or working drills, or working pivots...
We were always working feet and hands,
hands and feet, putting them together.
And this is one of the earliest drills that my coach showed me.
Now, at first it might not make sense to you,
because it's not actual boxing,
but think of it as building the software into your body.
Building the programming into your body.
That's what drills do.
Once you get the drill down,
when it comes to the specifics,
then it's easier for you to do,
because all the software and all the movement
is already built in.
And I can say that...
At least half of the amateur boxers on the circuit
are gonna have a hard time punching and moving at the same time.
My coach always used to say, like,
half the fighters, they have to get set to punch,
So they're there, and then they get to their place, boom!
Or maybe one step and they punch.
One step in and then they got a punch, and their feet are locked down.
So...
This kind of footwork and influence comes from Cuban boxing,
which comes from Russian style boxing, the influence is there.
So it's a little bit of both and everything.
And this is something to incorporate into your overall game.
It's really gonna give you an edge in terms of movement,
putting the hands and feet together, and really getting an edge on your opponent.
All right, so let me break it down for you right now.
Just quickly, before we get into the video,
I want to let you know, I have a new channel,
Boxing Home Workouts, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5m6Dwsp53w_pcKPtP96kBA
The only thing there is workouts.
Just workouts, and that's what I'm doing there.
Shadowboxing workouts, conditioning workouts, whatever,
there's about like, 6-7 videos there.
Link is below, go check it out.
If you're into the workouts, go check it out.
This here I'm gonna keep the technical.
This is gonna be all the technical, footwork, skills, all that kind of stuff.
I'm gonna keep that here.
Virtual padwork, I'm not sure where I'm gonna put it.
It's... I think virtual padwork might stay here,
'cause it's quite technical,
we're working specific combos.
But anyways, go check that out,
leave your thoughts, your comments,
whether you like those videos or not.
Let me know, give me the straight goods, I want to hear it,
because that's the only way I can make adjustments,
is by hearing the truth from what you guys think about my stuff.
All right, let's get to it.
So first I'm gonna show you the drill,
and then I'll break down how you do it.
So this is how it looks.
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All right, so you can see that it's two parts,
it's rockbacks,
rhythmic rockbacks, mixed with lateral motion,
and the lateral motion has timed punching.
Punching, that goes on certain...
with your feet in a certain way.
Okay.
So let's start off with the rockbacks.
Simple enough...
you're going back and forth.
Now remember, you want to have knees relaxed, ankles relaxed,
you don't want this.
All right.
Nice and easy.
Rocking back and forth.
Okay, that's what you're gonna put on the end,
before you switch directions.
Although you don't have to have it,
you can just work this,
and switch directions on that.
But the rockbacks give you a little extra element.
So here, every time you go to the right,
you punch your right hand out.
Right.
Okay, you work that.
So you just can start working that for a while.
Right.
Right, right.
Every time you go the right.
Same thing with the left, you go to the left.
Left.
Once you start to feel good, you put them together.
Right, left, right, left.
♪ We will we will rock you! ♪
♪(TCHUM - BDUM - BDUM- TCHUM!)♪
That's the sort of the rhythm, that's kind of...
That's the song that I think, when I'm...
♪ Taa - daa ... ♪
I like all kinds of music, but that song sticks in my head.
Right.
Right, left, right, left, right, left.
♪ We will... ♪
All right.
So you start working that.
Now, if you wanted to,
you could start working those on the ends.
And do the middle as just lateral motion.
So here, lateral motion,
feet facing forward.
None of this, no Hammertime, all right?
Feet facing forward, toes forward,
smalls steps.
Okay.
Knees a little bit bent.
Okay.
Get some spring.
You don't want this.
All right?
You want some spring, you want to move, you want to be like Sugar Ray.
All right, moving.
Okay, don't worry about the hands just yet.
You can put the rockbacks on the end.
Right.
Left.
Little bit tight on the space there.
Right.
Boom.
Okay.
So that's kind of gonna help you, with when you've got to move,
and then you've got to set the punch.
Okay.
Lateral motion to punching.
Okay.
Very important for when you're facing that pressure fighter,
who's always coming at you,
because you've got to move laterally to get away from them.
And then when you've got to attack, you've got to be able to attack
right out of that later motion.
You don't want to be moving laterally,
and then, "Oh...
Now here I..."
It's not gonna work for you.
You've got to be able to attack out of that lateral motion.
So that's where that comes in handy.
Okay.
Now, another video I'm gonna do,
somebody had asked me to break down the footwork
in the last 10 seconds of Fury, when he knocked out Wilder.
Those last 10 seconds...
You see Fury do some interesting stuff.
You're gonna learn that from this drill.
But I'm gonna break that down in another video.
Moving here.
Okay.
This motion, we're gonna do it forward.
Now, when I teach it, it's gonna look silly.
It's not gonna look like it's gonna turn into anything,
and then when you do it, you'll see.
So I'm gonna start to move to the left,
I'm gonna move my outside foot that way.
When I do that, then this foot has to come in.
Right here.
Okay.
When I go and this right leg comes in,
I punch.
So you can go like this.
See?
Step, uh!
Now, when I step and then bring that foot down,
I step out, uh, uh!
Right?
Inside leg, outside leg.
Step...
Step, inside, outside.
All right.
Step, inside, outside.
And then it's just a bunch of inside-outsides.
So watch.
Step to get me going.
Inside.
Outside.
Inside.
Outside.
Inside.
Outside.
Okay, and that looks like this.
Okay, that's what that ends up being like.
So here,
step.
Step, inside, outside.
Inside, outside.
Okay, I only do that step in the beginning.
Now, going back this way, whatever,
I'm gonna switch hands.
Inside, outside.
Okay, I may need to step this way, whatever,
you'll know when you're doing it live.
That why teaching it slow motion
is really just to break down how the weight transfers.
Inside, outside.
I'm gonna go back
and maybe I throw a couple of punches there.
Inside, outside.
Boom.
See?
When you really get into it,
you can get low.
Duck.
Duck, duck...
Duck...
All right, that's fancy stuff, don't worry about that for now.
But anyways,
you've got this part down.
Okay.
Then...
Inside, outside, oh, sorry...
Inside, outside.
Now, it doesn't have to be perfect.
If you just go like this,
and start moving your hands,
as long as you're in some kind of steady pattern,
(tat - tat, tat - tat, tat - tat...)
you're gonna feel the connection
between your hands and your feet together.
And that's gonna allow you
better movement when you're punching.
So, I would say,
this is just to teach you how it works,
but don't be too fussy about it being perfect from the start.
I would say,
do more of this and punching,
and let it teach your body, you will figure it out.
This drill right here is magic.
All right, work it
with all your other stuff, just spin around on it.
And you're gonna feel that flow, that connectivity
coming altogether with the rest of your boxing.
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keep your hands up, chin down, eyes on the prize.
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