Fighting Fit: Boxing Workouts, Techniques, And Sparring (start-up Sports, Number 12)

Start-UpSports® Fighting Fit: Boxing 450 photos! Workouts Techniques and Sparring Doug Werner Alan Lachica  Punches  Defense  Footwork  Bag drills  Partner drills  Sparring drills Fighting Fit: Boxing Workouts, Techniques and Sparring Doug Werner and Alan Lachica Start-UpSports #12 ___________ Tracks Publishing San Diego, California Fighting Fit: Boxing Workouts, Techniques and Sparring Doug Werner and Alan Lachica Start-Up Sports / Tracks Publishing 140 Brightwood Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 619-476-7125 Fax 619-476-8173 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission from the author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. Copyright © 2000 by Doug Werner Publisher’s Cataloging in Publication Werner, Doug, 1950Fighting fit : boxing workouts, techniques and sparring / Doug Werner and Alan Lachica. -- 1st ed. p. cm. -- (Start-up sports ; #12) Includes bibliographical references and index. LCCN: 00-91462 ISBN: 1-884654-02-9 1. Boxing--Training. 2. Physical fitness. I. Lachica,Alan. II. Title. III. Series. GV1137.6.W47 2000 796.83 QBI00-500167 Dedicated to Lynne and Camryn Lachica Acknowledgements: The Boxing Club Joel Taylor John Dykeman Lance Goldman Phyllis Carter Jim Clinkscales Preface: Putting it on the line Boxing has become important to me rather late in life (I took it up when I was 48!). I believe it connects to something primal, and I think many males, and perhaps a lot of females, too, share a desire that has something to do with gaining physical courage.As co-author Alan Lachica says, boxers put it on the line and there you face an array of intense emotions including fear and your physical limits. Besides that, with the right training and training attitudes, boxing can be uplifting, exhilarating and a heck of a lot of fun. Many will turn to this book to seek fitness, and believe me, if readers take the drilling program to heart they will find it. I have never worked harder than I have sparring or even hitting the bag in earnest.Anyone who has trained seriously will tell you the same thing. It’s amusing that such a great and grand old sport like boxing should all of a sudden be trendy, but there it is. All in all that’s a very good thing. Maybe when more and more folks appreciate boxing, the evils that have plagued it for so many years will be defeated. Doug Werner Boxing is a way to escape the daily grind. It gives me something to get excited about every time I even think of stepping into the ring. I enjoy my job as a personal trainer and coach and I enjoy the people I work with, but it’s not enough … I love boxing! I love the competition and everything else that comes with putting it on the line. There are a lot of good boxing books available. Unfortunately, most of them are too vague — offering only general advice to their readers.This book was written with a more practical approach that should help beginners as well as coaches. Alan Lachica Contents: Preface Introduction Part one: Basics and review 1. Gear 2. Stance, footwork & rhythm 3. Punches 3.1 Combinations 4. Defensive moves 5 9 11 13 19 29 45