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Building Your Best Boxing Combinations

If you want to build the best boxing combinations for you, however many punches you want to include, there is a really neat way of building those combinations in a structured and controlled way.

In this video I show you exactly how you can build a 2 punch boxing combination into a 9 punch boxing combination.

Another way to look at this is that you get 4 boxing combinations for the price of 3, with a key principle being that you don’t look at boxing combinations as just punches, there is more to it than that.

A further principle is that you select targets (head or body) and attack lines (centre line and flanks) and you recognise that when you hit one there will be an opening created on the other.

You hit the head, an opening may be created to the body.

When you hit the left flank, an opening may be created on the right flank.

This is a really effective way of making your boxing combinations super-effective and pretty easy to construct.

We don’t think of a 9 punch boxing combination as a 9 punch combination, we think of it as 2 punches, with 3 punches added followed by the addition of 4 more punches.

And we don’t just stack these punches up, we join them together with non-punching skills such as a body movement or a footwork skill.

You can actually sit and build 3 quite simple boxing combinations into 1 super-charged combination consisting of 9 punches and 11 skills.

Remember the principles, use simple building blocks, and you will be able to develop for yourself some of the best boxing combinations to really make your training sessions shine.

Cheers

Fran

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  • Mickey G November 4, 2020, 11:10 pm

    Great drill as usual Fran. Simple , elegant, and effective. Build up the punch combo, add movement and footwork, angles, and attack points.
    I have the the same slow motion camera by the way 🙂 well done!

    stay healthy

    • Fran November 6, 2020, 8:09 pm

      Hello there Mickey, nice to hear from you and I hope that all is well.

      Glad it struck a chord, you no doubt apply the same approach from time to time. And yes, there’s a big market in those slow mo cameras with use more ‘experienced’ fellows 🙂

      Keep safe buddy

  • Bill Q November 4, 2020, 1:05 pm

    Great video! I appreciate you introducing the concept of combining combos in accordance with the situations and reactions they create. Thanks Fran!

    • Fran November 6, 2020, 8:06 pm

      Hello Bill

      I hope that you are well. Yes, these things can really benefit from working through ‘what if’ type scenarios. Bit like chess, thinking a couple of moves ahead in your drills so that when you come to ‘throw them in anger’ you get that almost instinctive action. Glad you liked it pal.

  • J November 3, 2020, 12:29 am

    That was a really cool drill, gave me lots of ideas. Thanks Fran! You da man!

    • Fran November 3, 2020, 7:40 pm

      Thanks J, glad it’s triggered some ideas👍

  • Allison November 2, 2020, 10:47 pm

    Thank you for the video Fran! Always excited to open it and start working on something new. Keep them coming! Stay safe ad healthy. Cheers!

    • Fran November 3, 2020, 7:43 pm

      Hey Allison, nice to hear from you. Great that you are still working away on this stuff, I’m still a bit blown away at the improvement you made following your VCS session – your hard work definitely paid off!

      You keep safe too👍

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