my name is Tony Jeffries we're here in Box and Burn Santa Monica and I'm
going to give you 10 tips on how to improve your boxing tip number one keep
your chin down look through your eyebrows hands up by your face and now
when I throw those straight punches with the chin being down if you notice the
chin goes underneath the shoulder same if I pull the right hand I've got a chin
down now this is protecting me from a counter punch same with the hook I'm
underneath the chin so chin down pull the punches and I'll improve your
defense tip number two keep your eyes up forward all times at your opponent I
tell people to when you boxing someone or when you're training with a trainer
on them it's always there at the chest here because your peripheral vision if
I'm looking at your chest I can see your head your arms be putting on like that I
can see your feet so always keep your head facing forward when you're doing
Rolling and slipping when you're doing everything we see it often where people
throw the punches in the head will come down I'll do it on the full other
floor now this is probably one of the most dangerous positions where a boxer
could be down here now if I change it if I'm like this well now my heads up now I
can see everything so make sure you keep your head up
I spit some forward number three small slips so we don't want to be doing slips
when we slip it all the way down here for one I'm off balance - if I want to
throw the counter punch now it's gotta travel all this distance and three it's
unnecessary so if there's the smaller slips just enough to get it the way that
gloves or the mitt you'll come back with a counter so now if I One two
slip I've slipped out the way of this and now I can come straight back with the 2
- number four exhale when you for the punch this is one of the hardest things
to teach believe it or not breathing in boxing so we see it all the time where
you get big men coming in the bigger trying to hit the bag as hard as they
can if you relax you want to get more speed more power more accuracy but not
use as much energy so exhale every time you punch
no matter what punch it is number five a more boxing fight specific thing is
always be aware of the counter punch so if you have a sparring if you ever even
when even when you were a trainer who's hitting you back with the mitt you
always want to be ready for him to throw the punch backs So if I throw the jab
I'm always thinking defending after I've attacked so if I throw 1 - 2 to I'm always
thinking about that defense after I've attacked it's gonna make it harder for
your opponent to hit you and land on you so always think about the defense as
well as attack never cross your feet we see it often when people are moving to
the left but we'll move the right foot first and then they'll get over here then
they'll be off balance we've gotta bring this over here if you're moving your
left left foot first with me right right foot first now if I move ten inches
with this foot this one follows ten inches
if I move six inches this one follows six inches I always want to be in this
boxing stance position but as soon as I move the wrong foot in the wrong
direction this happens or this happens so never cross your feet number seven
transfer your weight when you throwing the punches you're gonna get more power in
your punches and you're not gonna burn as much energy so what I mean by that if
I throw one two now I've transferred 60% of the weight on my front foot and it's
40% on the back foot left hand stood by the face and bring her back one two so
now we're four we're on the phone fault like that no one will order look for the
next punch which is the hook and if you notice when I throw the hook the weight
it's come to the back foot so I'm always transferring out the weight so on the front
foot it's on the back foot it's on the front foot back foot but when you're in
the boxing stance position it wants to be 50/50 always transfer the weight to
get more power in your punches number eight always fully extend your arms when
you're throwing straight punches like this we see it too often where there are
little punches like this which is really decreasing that the power of the punch
as soon as you get out like this this is solid it's a solid line because straight
down the pipe and you get lots of power so I always think about that fully
extend your punches when you're throwing them straight shots number nine
think about your non-punching hands no matter what punches won't what
combination you're thrown the non punch your hand always needs to be by the face
so If i'm throwing a one two hook we see it often where
this will come down here it's natural to want to do this do this do this and the
non punching hands down here your always need to keep it up by your face for
protection so now if I throw one to hook you see this non punching hands behind
face one two this is up here rather than here so always think about your non
punching hand number ten is something for you to practice on which is stepping
when you roll if I do a one two roll it's great I've got it away the left
hook put I'm still in the same position now if you practice this it's going to
really help with your defense by doing one two step with the roll now I've got
off the guy's center line and I've come from a different angle where I can for
the punches so I'll show you again now if I throw
one two remember when you move to your right you're right for first I'm gonna
step with the right but come around I've change the angle see everyone who left
and through a one two hook then we're step with the left come around I've
changed the angle and come around me opponent with a differ from a different
position there were ten tips to make you a better boxer