11/10/16: glove work, pad training and single stick

GLOVE WORK

A Jab B catch jab and jab A slip left
A cross, B catch jab and A slip right
A lead hook, B covers and throws lead hook and A bob and weave with body shot
A rear hook, as above but on the other side of the body.

A throws the 4 punches (jab, cross, hook, hook) and B works the 4 defences in a row – slip left and uppercut, slip right and uppercut, bob and weave with body shot, bob and weave with body shot.

Jab and lead hook counters
1: catch the jab, bob and weave, follow up with 3 punches.
2: catch the jab, simultaneous cover and uppercut, cross-hook-cross.
3: catch the jab, lead elbow cover and step into the ribs as the left hand covers his rear hand, wrap the arm over for the wrench or the sweep throw. For the throw, cross step behind and kick the leg back as the right arm pushes forward.

PAD TRAINING
4 corners, pad holders on the outside and punchers in the middle and rotate around each station. Pad holder throws jab and lead hook and the puncher does any of the three counters practised previously. It was high intensity and hard work time.

SINGLE STICK
Solo mastery
1: downward X, 6 strikes and swap sides.
2: upward X, 6 strikes and swap sides.
3: 5 angles 1-2-3-4-5
4: 5 angles 1-4-3-2-5

Paired work – mirroring, remembering that when we hit sticks, we are in reality hitting the hand.

1: downwards X
2: upward x
3: 5 angles
4: 9 count – 2 downward strike, 2 upward then the 5 angles.