Combos for Focus Mitts

[tsar_ac]

Im relatively new to boxing and have been looking for a list of GOOD combinations for focus mitt training on the net and haven't really found anything.

Can any1 help me with forming a program consisting of various combos?

[adacas]

there is the simple 1-2 punch. jab/straight
jab/straight/left cross
jab/straight/left cross/low right hook/high right hook
jab/straight/left uppercut/right uppercut
jab/straight/duck/right hook

whatever your imagination gives you. this is just a few. you could easily make some up as you learn all the punches.

[HtTKar]

Dont forget that the person holding the focus mitts can prepare you to take little hits also.

U: jab/jab/body/hook

Person holding mits: left to floating rib area/right to floating rib area.

Here you learn how to block with elbows held tight to your ribs leaning into puch, and to pick yourself up a little to take the hit. (So your not planted)

After they throw the right, practice a cross back towards the face region.
Be careful not to hit them. Your goal is not to hit them but to better train yourself.

This is an example. Just realize that the person holding the mits can do much more than just hold mits. They can also teach you how to block, slip, and evade punches.

[Garland]

first of all, footwork is essential. Try the jab game, where you and a partner practice stepping in, throwing a jab, and the other person parries and steps back.

as for focus mitts; jab
1-2 punch (jab cross)
3 count (jab cross hook)
4 count (jab cross hook cross)
bob-weave (jab cross hook cross, bob and weave to the left pad holder should throw a cross, hook cross, bob and weave right under holder's hook, cross hook, jab out.)
variations of the bob and weave where you weave out of a corner
or throw body hooks when you bob and weave.
blitz running while throwing straight punches (generally sets of 6 or so)
one two, step back to bait, cross
tripple jab or double jab followed by a cross or a right overhand
low hook high hook cross bob and weave feeder's cross, hook cross, jab out
diagnols if you know 'em

reflex drills, cover a hook, cross, hook, cross
cover a cross, hook, cross, hook
low body hook to the left, cover with elbow, right uppercut, hook, bob and weave feeder's hook, cross, hook, jab out.
low body hook right, cover with elbow, left uppercut, bob and weave feeder's cross, hook, cross, jab out.

try this different four count also, jab cross, left straight, overhand (arch the arm up) cross.

These are what I work. These is the shit.
Did I miss anything??

[speedbag]

Focus mitt training

Im relatively new to boxing and have been looking for a list of GOOD combinations for focus mitt training on the net and haven't really found anything.

Can any1 help me with forming a program consisting of various combos?

Here is a past thread on Mitt training:

http://www.defend.net/deluxeforums/showthread.php?p=137864#post137864

and Tim Mousel has a video on focus mitt training. I have NOT seen it, but the man knows his stuff, so I imagine it is top quality. Here is a review or some information about it.
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"Mousel’s Focus Mitt Training for Mixed Martial Arts"

Introduction

Tim Mousel owns his own martial arts club in Houston, Texas. He also has a web site, www.defend.net Information about this product, as well as others, can be found on the site.

This is a review of “Focus Mitt Training for the Mixed Martial Arts” DVD. This written piece is not intended to be an aid to study, but to allow the reader to consider whether or not the DVD itself could be used to assist in their own training regime.

Basic Information

The DVD is about 45 minutes in length. I initially thought that it would be too short but, in fairness to Tim, the techniques shown are not demonstrated dozens of times. That is what the rewind and playback buttons are for. He limits the number of repetitions and is then able to include more in the programme.

A word for the Europeans out there. My own DVD player would not play the DVD. But all was not lost, I could play it on my kids’ Playstation2. But Tim may wish to release a version compatible with European equipment if he wanted to sell more to that market.

The picture quality is excellent; good camera work, great lighting and a clear view of the techniques being demonstrated. Each section is divided by a rolling “ying yang” symbol across the screen, and that helps break the presentation up into manageable study pieces.

The Techniques

This is not a Reality Based Self Defence DVD (my usual interest), and does not pretend to be. Being a RBSD person myself I could hear myself saying “but you could claw his eyes here, or strike his throat there….” So this DVD may not be for any reality based people out there. Mixed Martial Arts is a sport, albeit a very very street effective one. Having said that I certainly did pick things up that would be of use to me in a real fight. I won’t go into detail (this is not an instructional review, remember), but Tim has shown me things that I can use in street defence. Little gems in fact.

I already have an instructional tape about the focus mitts, made by another famous JKD practitioner. Good as that is, Tim’s DVD is better. The temptation would be to focus on the striking element, the punches and kicks etc. But Tim mixes the strikes in with both standing and ground grappling. Like he says at the conclusion of his presentation, one weakness in some Mixed Martial Artists is that they only box/kick box when standing, and only wrestle when on the ground. This has long been a bug bear of mine too. Why practice pure grappling to the extent that you miss opportunities to strike and, even worse, allow your opponent those opportunities on you? Tim shows a drill that counters this tendency, and the whole DVD is geared against it. The better fighters don’t limit themselves anyway, and strike or grapple as the situation demands. This DVD will go along way in promoting this kind of approach in your own training.

Some of the techniques involve feinting and drawing, and would be effective in competition. Not as relevant to the streets though. where people wouldn’t know enough to react to your feints anyway, but good ring craft nonetheless. Tim helps take the training to that deeper level by doing this. This is not a beginners DVD though. Some skill level should have been achieved prior to it being studied.

Criticisms

My criticism would be twofold. Firstly some of these combinations were quite complex, involving relatively lengthy exchanges where the pad holder also strikes the trainee. This is fine on one level, but it is a little bit too choreographed in my view. Maybe I’m straying into the “Aliveness” debate here. I think it would be better (and, of course, harder) if the pad holder were given the option of hitting the trainee when and where he or she wanted to. This would make it more real. After all, there are infinite possible variations in attack that an opponent may come up with. There is no way you can cover them all, so why not train in a manner that will allow you to react to what is happening in that given moment. But this does not matter to the person purchasing the DVD. He or she can adapt the ideas from the tape in whatever way they think best.

Secondly, the presentation goes from simple to the very complex, and then backwards and forwards between the two. It may have been a better idea to start with the simplest of drills, and gradually work up to the more complex ones, i.e. the ones that involve lengthy exchanges and takedowns etc. Again, though, the DVD viewer could pick and choose the order in which he or she studied the DVD; there is a facility to choose at which stage you wish to view it from. Tim does emphasise that it is wise to practice the techniques slowly, and only build up speed and power when they have been correctly earned. This is good advice, and one which only fools would ignore. Some of the simpler ones are fine conditioning drills also.

Conclusion

I have studied similar JKD/MMA of the type Tim teaches, and I was impressed by his skill level. His breaking down barriers between the ranges (i.e. especially the striking and grappling ranges) is a welcome change to the approach of many. They should compliment each other, and Tim makes sure they do.

I strongly recommend the DVD to grapplers who want to incorporate more striking, strikers who want to incorporate more grappling, and anyone in between. The Focus Mitts are an excellent training tool, and this DVD helps make the most of them.

Here is another video choice from Ringside. I haven't seen it either but I know John Brown and he is an excellent coach in his own right.

http://www.ringside.com/store/prodinfo.asp?number=JBVDVD%204&variation=&aitem=21&mitem=103

Good luck in your training.

SpeedBag

http://www.speedbagcentral.com/SpeedBagBasics_Introduction.html

[Tom Yum]

Simple focus mitt work.

Jab - single jab, double jab, triple jab, double jab (face, then chest), vice versa. make that jab like a frikkin' tatoo gun!

jab, cross
jab, cross, jab
jab, hook off the jab
cross, hook, hook
rear uppercut, hook, cross

The point of these is to build your book of techniques, but also to understand how you use them to set up punches.

jab-hook off the jab:
For example, you jab, partner parries with hand creating an opening; you immediately hook off the jab catching him below the ear or at the jaw.