Takanori Diaz - Boxing For Beginners: How To Land Punches, Implement Tactics & Increase Your Speed In The Ring (MMA, Martial Arts, Self Defense, BJJ)

Boxing For Beginners

How To Land Punches, Implement Tactics & Increase Your Speed In The Ring

By Takanori Diaz

Contents

Introduction

I want to thank you and congratulate you for purchasing the book, Boxing for Beginners .

This book aims to help beginners start building their boxing skills.

Boxing is not a sport for brutes. The fighter with the strongest punch is not always the winner. At the world championship level of boxing, the fighters who apply the sweet science win.

This book enumerates the principles that the champions use in their fights. You should learn these principles before you try out techniques that will make your own ring presence unique. You need to learn the basic stances, punches and fighting styles. This book helps you choose the best fighting style for you to implement. It also helps you create a game plan depending on the style of fighting that you have chosen.

You should build each of your skills before you start sparring. When you have developed your skills, you should start looking for trainers and sparring partners to help you train for fights. This book also talks about how you can start training with others to further improve your skills and your chances of winning a boxing match.

Thanks again for choosing this book, I hope you enjoy it!

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Chapter 1 Boxing Fundamentals: Boxing Stances

Amateur boxers who want to start training in boxing often want to start with punches on their first day. Some coaches may humor them by giving them some time on the mitts or the heavy bag. However, on their first chance, coaches will put their time on training the beginner boxer with the proper stance and footwork. These two factors are the most important parts of boxing fundamentals.

Stance Terminologies:

There two dominant stances in boxing. All current world-caliber boxers use either the orthodox stance or the southpaw stance. To be able to understand the difference between the two, you first need to understand two important combat sports terminologies:

• Lead leg vs rear leg

The lead leg refers to the leg that the boxer puts forward. This leg is used by the boxer to determine the distance of the opponent. Together with the jab, a smart fighter can use his lead leg to calculate if his power punches will be able to reach the opponent.

• Lead hand vs rear hand

Just like with the legs, the lead hand is also the front-most hand in a boxer s stance. As you will learn later on, the lead hand is usually the weaker punching hand for the boxer but it is useful in setting up the other punches and in confusing the opponent. The rear hand is used for power punches because it is expected to be the more powerful hand of the two.

Boxing Stances:

• Orthodox

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The orthodox stance is used by right-handed boxers. In this stance, the boxer uses the right hand as the rear hand and the left hand as the lead hand. The lead hand (left) is used for jabbing while the rear hand (right) is used for power punches.

The feet position follows the arm positions. The lead leg should be the same with the lead arm to give the jab maximum reach. By supporting the rear arm with the same rear leg, the boxer will be able to put all his weight behind his punches.

• Southpaw

The southpaw, on the other hand, is used mainly by left-handed boxers. The southpaw is the opposite of the orthodox in the sense that the lead hand is the right hand and the rear hand is left hand. The foot positions should also follow the hand positions.

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Choose between the two

The first decision that you need to make is whether to become a southpaw or an orthodox fighter. If you are a right-handed fighter, you should practice the orthodox stance. Otherwise, you should use the southpaw stance. However, if you are comfortable with switching stances, you may also practice both. Some professional boxers switch stances to confuse their opponents.

Aside from learning how to fight using these stances, you should also learn how to fight against them. Most people are right-handed so it makes sense to learn fighting against orthodox fighters first. However, if you reach the competitive level of boxing, you will realize that most heavy hitters are southpaws. The good ones usually reach the top because most people are not accustomed with the positioning when fighting against the southpaw.

Chapter 2 Boxing Fundamentals: Footwork

When watching a boxing match, most people pay attention to the hands and the body movements, but they do not put too much attention on the feet. The footwork is the second most important aspect that you need to learn after selecting your stance.

Starting foot position

There are multiple styles when it comes to boxing feet position. In most styles, the lead foot is facing forward towards the opponent. The knees are slightly bent so that they are ready to spring into movement when you throw punches. The distance of the lead foot from the rear foot should not be too wide. They should just be slightly wider than shoulder width. The rear foot could be facing forward or making a 90-degree angle with the lead foot, facing the side.

Footwork can be divided into two types, offensive and defensive footwork.

Offensive footwork

Offensive footwork is used to get closer to the opponent to deliver your blow. Your goal is to get closer to the opponent without getting hit. Your feet should also be positioned to throw power punches at the right angles.