Boxing Drills – Aggressive and Defensive Fighting – Lesson #2

This is the 2nd video in a series of 3. The first video <> described the concepts of aggressive and defensive boxing. This video is about taking those concepts and developing boxing drills to help you make your boxing training dynamic and effective.

Just as a refresher from the previous video, we covered the art of defensive fighting and my 4 aspects that mark out quality defensive work:

1. Occupy the edge of range
2. Use triggers
3. Use a killer jab
4. Get comfortable with front foot pivots.

We also covered the 5 aspects that I think make great aggressive boxing:

1. Be dynamic – occupy the edge of range
2. Use proactive defence
3. Volume and intensity
4. Rear foot pivot and lateral movement
5. Be inventive at close range.

Once you have the concept, the next step is to build a set of boxing drills that allow you to ingrain the skills through deliberate and focused practice.

So the boxing drills are done over 3 rounds of 2 minutes each round.

Boxing Drills – Round 1:

Minute 1 – Slip in and out whilst moving forward
Minute 2 – Movement forward with punching

Boxing Drills – Round 2

Uppercut body, left hook body, left hook head – stance switch – double hook.

Boxing Drills – Round 3

Jab and push away – back hand
Add in the picot with left hook.

You need to be disciplined when running these boxing drills. There is no substitute for precise repetition, taking it as slow as you need to get it right.

Cheers

Fran

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