A killer boxing training tip here, a game changing fighting skill that signals the awakening of a boxer in respect of their ability to fight effectively.
Make your boxing training dynamic by using the 3 feints – the foot feint, the hand feint and the body feint.
You can combine any or all of these feints with each other, and it’s then crucial to mix in punches as well. There’s really no point in feinting if you are not going to punch.
Boxing is a pressure business, if you are not punching you should be feinting, and if you are not feinting you should be punching.
It’s also very important to execute your feints at the edge of range. Feinting is about initiating the engagement on your terms, getting the opponent to commit and punishing them with sharp, fast and effective punches.
I have a great sense of relief when I see boxers that I work with really embrace the art of feinting. It tells me that they will be able to compete, they will have options if the fighting is not going their way.
So, build into your boxing training the art of the feint. Sell it, make it convincing and combine those feints with each other and with sharp effective punching…it’s a game changer.
Cheers
Fran
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You are amazing. This is a great workout for a 62 year old man.
Thanks Lorne, really glad you like it. Always nice to work the brain as well as the body👍
Hi Fran,
Great video, as usual. I do have bugbear however, when I hear the term, slip being used as a feint. That is to say, it’s either a slip (against a punch) or it isn’t. Typically a ‘head feint’, not a slip, is used simultaneously in conjunction with a body feint. I got into this with a nimrod on poor quality fight video that he was attempting to invoke all manner of techniques as feints, including ducking. Ducking as you have described in other videos can be used when initiating an attack or retreating from an attack to do what? Evade a counter punch! Even if the punch doesn’t come it is a ‘stay safe’ move. Ergo, it is an evasive technique not a feint. Similarly, bobbing & weaving is not a feint. It is a defensive tactic to avoid getting hit. As you point out there are three types of feints; hand feint, foot feint and body feint. I would include a ‘head feint’ with the body feint. Try doing a body feint without moving your head. Pretty hard to do. p.s. sorry about that first reply that went out accidentally before I filled in the sender info.
Hi Pug
Yes, absolutely understand your point. When I’m coaching the slip, I do what you do, we work on the basis that it’s a defense. I talk about it with the boxers as a proactive defense, so slip (or roll etc) on the basis that you kind of know that punches will come. And when we drill, we slip in respinse to the punch. So, from a point of view of teaching the skill of slipping, 100% agree, it’s a defense. But, I also think that a slip (certainly an inside slip) can act as a feint (given that it’s very similar to the initiation of a straight back hand. So, on the basis of applying pressure, triggering the opponent, then I think the slip and even the duck can work for that (as well as making you a hard target). The duck being interesting as it is the first bit of a straight shot to the body. So, a successful jab to the body followed quickly by a duck turned into a jab to the head again works as a feint. The vagaries of coaching techniques I guess.
Following that line of reasoning then, Mike Tyson’s pressure attack, using constant side-to-side head movement, which was intended to make him hard to hit, would be considered feints. Yes? The inside slip involves body movement, as does the outside slip, so if it were to be used as a feint I would describe as a body and/or head feint because you are not actually slipping a punch or intending to slip a punch. N’est-ce pas? It’s also not likely to be as deliberate, more of a quick, half move/slip and back to launch an attack.
Well yes Pug, Tyson specifically with the side to side slipping was about being a hard target. I guess the point I would make is that with the inside slip also acts as the first bit of throwing a straight backhand, the duck also is the first part of a straight shot to the body, so both may be used as a feint…just my opinion. For a modern day equivalent Lomachenko incorporates that lots. Of course the same is not true of the outside slip. But yes, your last sentence is certainly a fair representation too.
Hey Fran,
Been following your boxing channel for years, always great info but I really like this video in particular, the content is great highlighting to me I need to add more emphasis on feinting but also because that new format of switching between video clips was really effective to focus the viewers attention on what point your making and not having discussion during the example clips allowed me to focus all my attention on seeing what hd just said.
Anyway, excellent stuff as usual, thanks!
Dave.
Thanks Dave
That’s really helpful feedback – definitely produce more work in that format.
Thanks for watching and for the support pal, I really appreciate it.
No probs, I’m a teacher by trade so could see instantly the change and effect, glad my feedback helps!
Look forward to more of your work Fran.
Dave 👍
Thanks Dave…I do love the teacher’s mindset pal 👍👍👍
Great video Fran.
Well explained and well demonstrated.
A very important drill/skill to use in bouts but must be mastered in the gym, practice, practice, practice.
Thanks Jimmy, and 100% it needs the practice. Been really driving the feinting stuff home over the last couple of weeks with the boxers, great seeing the lights coming on 👍
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Hi Jim
Well thank you very much, and I hope that you are well.
I feel really privileged to be able to make this stuff available and that people like you can see some value – it means a lot. So, thank you for taking the time to watch and for taking the time to leave some kind words, it’s really kind of you.
Good stuff. I hate to admit it, but I often look just like you did in the last video – I thought – “Gosh that looks like me!” I will make a point of adding more feints to my shadowboxing. When I do so, it definitely increases the intensity of the workout. I had gotten a bit sloppy or perhaps lazy.
Kris
Well, that’s a great outcome. It speaks to the fact that you have an open mind and are looking to self-improvement – hats off to you.
You can now add a new dimension to your boxing👍
Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment.
You’re welcome. I enjoy your posts. I thought to myself “Gosh! He must have videoed my while I was shadowboxing!” Today I actually implemented more feints and footwork into my shadowboxing workout and I know it helped to increase the productivity of my workout.
That’s great Kris – straight to taking action 😉