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This guide to the finer points of boxing provides the wisdom needed to make the transition from enthusiastic beginner to proficient pugilist. The ABCs of ring generalship, offensive and defensive ring movements, feints, and draws and fakes are examined and explained along with clinching techniques, head-hunting, body work, and counter-punching chains. Strategies for boxing against tall and short opponents as well as for a variety of fighting styles such as charger, speed-demon, stick-and-move, and slugger and brawler are discussed in detail. Specific drills focus on sophisticated ring stratagems such as throwing complex combinations, cutting off the ring, fighting off the ropes, generating power, and cornering an opponent are included.
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james –
A really good guide on correct positions and functions of the boxer’s feet and hands during offense and defense. I wore myself out in 30 minutes doing 10 reps of each punch and only got half way through the list. The book is a replacement for a personal boxing trainer.
James
Nutzer –
Awesome book from Mr. Hatmaker
Cant praise his book series enough, easy to understand, sperated chapters for intermidiate moves and counterattacks
Value!
Mike Senko –
This is the best book by far for beginning Lefties as both fighters in the book are southpaws. The pictures and explanations are clear and detailed for beginners to experienced boxers, both lefties and righties. It is an exceptionally intelligent piece of work.
Kasprak Aurélien –
bien expliqué , des enchainements de combats explicite , malgré la barrière de la langue le livre est facile à comprendre
Amazon Customer –
covers the basics. good for the beginner.
Seth –
This is insanely great for me, since I’m new to boxing and need ideas and insight on moving forward. I read Dempsey’s book and this is the next level of evolution to that. Covers literally everything in boxing. The only downside is for people who are orthodox and can’t handle the fact the demonstrators are southpaws. This book is highly recommended
M. Wilkinson –
Its a usual caveat with any book on martial arts or physical training and such that the book is no substitute for actual practice but despite not working through the book with a partner I have noticed a good increase in my free sparring (I do kung fu but the free sparring we do with 14oz gloves and no kicks/elbows/knees is, for all intents and purposes, simply boxing) as I work-in what I’ve learned about footwork, the stances, the waist driven power and speed and I know I’ll continue to improve with practice, as I’m also getting better able to judge where I need to work which is actually a great thing since if you spar and suck (I’ve been in that position) not knowing what you’re doing wrong or how to improve just saps your willpower and hurts your confidence.
The layout is very good, focusing on basics but never labouring the obvious and though the two authors are actually southpaw this never detracts from the info as they tend to talk about lead hands and not left or right hands. There are lots and lots of pictures and they’re very clear, with the text always clearly relating to the pictures and the pictures demonstrating the text.
I’ve got a decently sized collection of martial arts book by now but so far, this is the one that has given me the biggest boost in actual ability and probably the one that if studied and worked through closely (with a friend ideally – get out some gloves and maybe some focus mitts.) would give me the biggest benefits inside the training halls and on the streets, too.
Great buy, even if you’re not a pure boxer, if you do any kind of striking with your hands you’ll appreciate what this book has to offer.
Amazon Customer –
I think that this is a great book for beginners and advanced boxers alike as it starts with the basics such as stance, guard and boxing footwork which is essential to anyone starting out. Like the book says a lot of boxing beginners tend to gloss over the footwork and rush straight into learning the punches. It then goes on to the more advanced stuff such as combination punching and has lots of drills you can use to practice and perfect. Obviously there’s only so much you can learn from a book so the best way to refine and perfect your skills would be to join a good local club and practice as often as possible. However in terms of how boxing books go I think this is one of the best and I have read many. I used to box as an amateur many moons ago and since I am not able to compete due to my age it’s hard to find a club to invest in you. I would say that I am an intermediate boxer who wants to take my training to the next level and this book really helped. This is a great book for either beginners, intermediate or advanced boxers which I would highly recommend.
irishironmike –
I was skeptical when buying this book because it was written by a man who is well known for MMA material and instruction but what a pleasent suprise as i read this great book! I dont have anything against MMA but boxing is a different sport and specific skill set!Let me start by telling you I have been involved in boxing for almost 30 years and read close to one hundred books on the subject plus have watched countless videos on the sport. I also have been involved with a handfull of great coaches in my time and have coached a little myself. This Mark Hattmaker knows what he is talking about. I think i can say i learned a thing or two myself from this manual and was also refrehed on alot of things. this is a great book and far better than most boxing instructional books and well detailed. I would recomend this book to any student of the sweet science or MMA.
Dan Kirk –
I have other books in this series and this is the same great style and info. Delivery was amazingly fast.
J. R. –
I’m not a professional boxer or anything, but I found this book helpful for improving my form and technique, as well as learning some new things. However, the pictures in this book just didn’t do it for me, and I learned more from reading than from actually looking at the pictures.
If you are a beginner and want to learn how to throw basic punches and block then search YouTube for instructional videos.
Herbert –
Ich bin selbst Hobbyboxer und trainiere mehrmals in der Woche. Das Buch zeigt sehr vollständig und ohne unnötigen Schmafu alles, was wichtig ist, über Schrittarbeit, Schlagtechniken, Angriff und Verteidigung gegen unterschiedliche Gegner und geht auch auf Themen wie Gewichtsverlagerung, Körperdrehung, Risiken der Techniken, etc. ein. Es ist sehr ordentlich recherchiert und in einfachem Englisch geschrieben mit Hinweisen auf bekannte Profiboxer, die diese Techniken einsetzen. Die zahlreichen Abbildungen sind gut verständlich, obwohl in der Rechtsauslage dargestellt, lässt sich alles sehr einfach nachvollziehen. Für diesen Preis unschlagbar viel und kompakte Information.
petitchinois –
The book is only intended for those already doing boxing. There were a number of drills available to help you polish your boxing game as well as extra information that would otherwise be dismissed in the gym. That’s because boxing trainers usually won’t sit you down and patiently explain everything to you (what a waste of precious training time!) but with this manual you’re going to understand why things were done certain ways. So I do see the value in this book even though for somebody who is boxing might already know 80% of the material presented.