good video from youtube.

[seany85]

Just wanted to see what you all think of this pad holding.
thank you for any replies.

[matbla]

great video i like the punching it great

[Ghost]

yeah its fine other than the circles thing, i think id get dizzy doing that.

[johnathan_blue]

Not bad at all

[Knuckles&Knees]

Originally Posted by seany85

Just wanted to see what you all think of this pad holding.
thank you for any replies.

Awesome! Both the coach and the boxer were impressive on those mitts. I thought the coached did a par excellent job (but then maybe I'm so novice I'm easily impressed?). Holding mitts for a fighter actually takes skill - especially for a journeyman fighter. To average lay persons eyes it might seem an easy task that anyone could do with no experience.

That female boxer was *good.* I loved her punches, form, and conditioning. Her body was par excellent and her conditioning to not tire out (in the arms or breathing) working those mitts just gave further evidence to that lean, muscular, wire physique she had.

Don't try to take her lunch money! (if you want all your teeth)

[Knuckles&Knees]

Originally Posted by Mike Brewer

Not bad at all. The plus side is that the guy was not reaching out to "hit" punches, but rather making his boxer step in and reach the actual target area being simulated. That's a major advantage when it's done well. It was a little more rhythmic than I personally like to see; I'd rather vary the timing and rhythm a little more to make things feel more spontaneous.

The only big problem I see is that if this boxer gets in the ring against someone who knows how to circle to the right, she's dead. The trainer spent that entire time going in a continuous left circle. No angles, no back and forth, no lateral - all left circles. That's not a good habit.

The feeds were good, though.

My first boxing coach at the first gym I went too, was adamant that at 5'6" or 5'7" that I should ingrain in myself to move *left* on an opponent. That is to say to keep my left lead foot (I'm orthodox/right handed) to the outside of my opponents lead foot. His thinking was: If you ever fight a southpaw this needs to be second nature per your constant habits.

What do you think of that?

Also, he would smash my gloved hands with the mitts pretty hard, so hard in fact it would send shocking pain in my hands and wrists. Part of the reason why I felt so much pain was because I could never fully close my hand in the lace up gloves we used (16 oz Everlast I think), consequently I would be punching with a partially open hand. But he also hit his fighter gloves very hard with the mitts too. My hands and wrists were literally soar to a high degree for those few months I trained with him (at that gym).

What's your opinion of that?

At the gym I switched to, the trainers do not hit their fighters hands that hard with the mitts (I've worked with one former pro [who said he use to train at Kronks in Detroit before] who did not even hit my hands at all). All the gloves at that gym seemed to fit my wrapped hands well enough that I could close them too.

Currently I have my own bag gloves and sparring gloves. Both Everlast brand and my expensive velcro, pro training gloves, 16 oz in weight, are fairly hard (not soft) and while I can close my wrapped hands in them... I almost can't.

Any comments on that?

The gym I switched to is free, but the first gym I went to I think my coach was charging me like $200 (US dollars) a months. It was worth it though. He taught me some solid things that I still carry with me in terms of fighting style. He was a;so very good and conditioning his pupils.

[wado_kai]

If you want to see some good pad work watch Enzo Calzaghe work the mits.... incredible for a guy thats about as tall as my waistline lol.