Week #3.
Crosses... for Bosses
(For lack of anything more clever.)
Let's start with a bit on Switching Stances...
Which might open your universe up to an entire world of martial possibilities.
While certainly not necessary, there's a lot of awesomeness that can come from playing with the stance that you're 'not used to.'
While certainly not necessary, there's a lot of awesomeness that can come from playing with the stance that you're 'not used to.'
This week, we will focus on a punch that has resulted in millions of knockouts, worldwide.
Developing this weapon will force your opponent to respect your power and hit or miss, should strike some fear into the guy.
We will start by working on the basic form, then adding power, and finally setting up the punch.
The cross is an essential punch that has both range and power. It's the straight punch from the hand in the rear of your stance... the one that's further away from your opponent.
This allows you to twist your body to add power to your cross, making it incredibly devastating.
This allows you to twist your body to add power to your cross, making it incredibly devastating.
The cross is an essential punch that has both range and power. It's the straight punch from the hand in the rear of your stance... the one that's further away from your opponent. This allows you to twist your body to add power to your cross, making it incredibly devastating.
Now that you have the form, let's build the power...
Maximum Fiber Recruitment is a kinesiological concept that teaches your brain how to fire all of your muscle fibers instantaneously.
This generates instantaneous power and speed, making any of your strikes capable of immediate knockouts.
This generates instantaneous power and speed, making any of your strikes capable of immediate knockouts.
Maximum Fiber Recruitment is a kinesiological concept that teaches your brain how to fire all of your muscle fibers instantaneously. This generates instantaneous power and speed, making any of your strikes capable of immediate knockouts.
Of course it's not enough to know how to improve your power...
You actually have to work at it. Watch this next video, and do the work.
Here's some simple drills that you can do to build power in your cross.
Here's some simple drills that you can do to build power in your cross.
Now that you have to previous details locked up in your mind, we can move forward add mobility and fight-finishing set-ups to your style.
In this week's lesson, we will cover some footwork essentials that will unlock your ability to move in any direction.
We also cover several ridiculously powerful combinations that revolve around the cross, and much more.
We also cover several ridiculously powerful combinations that revolve around the cross, and much more.
In this week's lesson, we will cover some footwork essentials that will unlock your ability to move in any direction. We also cover several ridiculously powerful combinations that revolve around the cross, and much more.
The right hook to the body, followed by a right uppercut to the head was a classic Tyson combination... in addition to being the exclamation point on the final combination we covered in the long lesson.
This next video will let you check it out in action.
Here's a video that will get you excited about the combination at the end of the ridiculously long lesson...
Here's a video that will get you excited about the combination at the end of the ridiculously long lesson...
On yesterdays webinar...
The question of 'Hey Trav... can we actually punch people as hard as possible in the head?' ....came up.
And the answer just isn't a 'yes or no'. It all depends on what you've done to condition your hands to take that impact, how precise you are with your punch placement, and whether you've actually done some 'bare-knuckle-ish' training to familiarize yourself with the amount of power your hands can actually handle.
The following video will expose you to a training method that will condition your hands for bare knuckle fighting... and will actually help you to punch harder in the long run.
Check out the webinar itself for a deeper explanation.
Building your Uppercuts... because I have to randomly insert this lesson somewhere.
It would appear that this ol' lesson is the only one that I have hanging around on uppercuts. Enjoy.
(and the concept of "Juggling Heads".)
Here you will learn the basics of uppercuts, the art of juggling heads, a few uppercut based combinations, and some important mitt-holding / heavy bag training details.
Here you will learn the basics of uppercuts, the art of juggling heads, a few uppercut based combinations, and some important mitt-holding / heavy bag training details.
When I first saw this video, I thought it was a B.S. technique... but then I tried it.
My hands began to felt like rocks, and I started to fully understand what the could and could not handle.
My hands began to felt like rocks, and I started to fully understand what the could and could not handle.
When I first saw this video, I thought it was a B.S. technique... but then I tried it. My hands began to felt like rocks, and I started to fully understand what the could and could not handle.
And here is the webinar!
We conver a LOT of stuff in this webinar: Joint Recovery, Endocrinology, Stand-Up vs. Ground Game, Bare Knuckle Striking, and a whole lot more...
It was a very productive webinar, except for the 90 seconds where I almost lost my sh** due to a perpetually crying baby.
We conver a LOT of stuff in this webinar: Joint Recovery, Endocrinology, Stand-Up vs. Ground Game, Bare Knuckle Striking, and a whole lot more... It was a very productive webinar, except for the 90 seconds where I almost lost my sh** due to a perpetually crying baby.
It was a very productive webinar, except for the 90 seconds where I almost lost my sh** due to a perpetually crying baby.
The Workout
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Shadow Box for 3 minutes to warm up...
The following should be done with a focus on torso-flexibility
20 Reps - Orthodox Stance with Feet Planted - Right Crosses (focusing on loosening up your torso)
20 Reps - Southpaw Stance with Feet Planted - Left Crosses (focusing on loosening up your torso)
The following should be done with a focus on torso-flexibility
20 Reps - Orthodox Stance with Feet Planted - Right Crosses (focusing on explosive twisting of the torso, and explosive snap of the arm)
20 Reps - Southpaw Stance with Feet Planted - Left Crosses (focusing on explosive twisting of the torso, and explosive snap of the arm)
Shadow Box for 60 seconds...
The following are to be done full power but only when you've done 20 perfect reps slowly.
20 Reps - Orthodox Stance with Feet Planted - Right Crosses on the Lead Step (Rear foot does not move)... focus on driving off your rear leg, and twisting your core.
20 Reps - Southpaw Stance with Feet Planted - Left Crosses on the Lead Step (Rear foot does not move)... focus on driving off your rear leg, and twisting your core.)
20 Reps - Orthodox Stance with Feet Planted - Right Crosses on The Second Step (drive forward 12 inches and fire the punch when your rear foot is planting.)
20 Reps - Southpaw Stance with Feet Planted - Left Crosses (drive forward 12 inches and fire the punch when your rear foot is planting.)
Shadow Box for 60 seconds
The following assume that you are an orthodox fighter...
(Reverse the instructions if that is not accurate)
30 Repeated Crosses stepping your right foot to the right (punching on the right step)
(Your body should obviously be moving continuously to the right)
30 Repeated Crosses stepping your left foot to the left (punching just barely after the left step)
(Your body should be moving continuously to the left)
30 Repeated Crosses stepping your right foot to the rear
30 Repeated Crosses stepping your left foot to the front (punching just barely after the left step)
Repeat the same exercise on your jab...
Fire 30 repeated jabs in every direction
The Following Should be Done Explosively, only when you've done it correctly 10 times straight.
10 repetitions of 1-2-1-2 Stepping in place (Jab-Cross-Jab-Cross)
10 repetitions of 1-2-1-2 Stepping in place and as fast as you can
10 repetitions of 1-2-1-2 Moving to the Right
10 repetitions of 1-2-1-2 Moving to the Right as fast as you can
10 repetitions of 1-2-1-2 Moving to the Left
10 repetitions of 1-2-1-2 Moving to the Left as fast as you can
30 seconds of shadow boxing...
10 repetitions of 1-2-1-2 Moving to the Forward
10 repetitions of 1-2-1-2 Moving to the Forward as fast as you can
10 repetitions of 1-2-1-2 Moving to the Backward
10 repetitions of 1-2-1-2 Moving to the Backward as fast as you can
To Break the Monotony...
Do a 3 minute round, either shadow boxing or on a heavy bag where you fire a minimum of 20 repetitions of the first combination:
Cross to the Head - Cross to the Body - Lead Uppercut to the head
Repeat the same structure with a 2-1-2-1 Combination
Your Cross will lead the combination
You will move in all 4 directions, 20 repetitions in each direction, the first 10 will be slow (for coordination purposes), and the second 10 will be explosive IF you've gotten the coordination already.
More Coming soon... I'll be back this evening.