zondag 6 juli 2014

Small boxing handbook 3 by JJefArt

Small boxing handbook 3 by JJefArt
Written by Jeffrey Koelewijn from Holland


Throwing punches to the body forces an opponenent to ground defence
Especially the liver and side blows and low body abdominal blows
While throwing punches to the head might open up the body
-This can be used greatly

Tip:
The uppercut is hard to defend to


A slick boxer
If you've watched a slick boxer for 1 or 2 minutes you'll notices he tilts his back
around every minute to a different pose


Types of counter punchers
Passive Counter Puncher:
 He only throws one counter and then runs
 Always throwing hard counters
 Will swing at anything that comes too close
 doesn’t seem comfortable/relaxed
 He seems overly defensive even when you’re throwing lighter punches
Aggressive Counter Puncher:
 Likes to test with lighter punches
 He waits calmly, sometimes standing still, sometimes moving laterally
 He’s sometimes stalking you to force the oppononent into making a panic move
 He doesn’t look scared when he’s standing perfectly still
 Always targeting specific areas

To defeat a counter puncher:
Apply constant pressure, most counter punchers don't like constant pressure
As they like to make clean exchanges
Throw a mixture of hard and soft punches at the body and the head and mix it up
And don't give any room to move


Extra on the infighter
Boxer-Puncher, Swarmer, In-Fighter, Inside Fighter
These fighters look for that knockout by breaking down their opponent through making combinations
They fight primaraly in close range, applying constant pressure to close the gap
and make way for punches
An infighter must be well rounded in offense and defense
They can get in and out when needed, they have good-great power, stamina
and great defensive bobbing and weaving
Getting inside creates opportunities for these fighters
They can attack the body, diminish the power of an opponents jab or cross,
they can get an opponent trapped in a bad spot
And deliver vicious uppercuts
Which are hard to block

An effective strategy is clinching to open up a hole and than throw an uppercut

Defeating an infigher or swarmer
Can be done by pivotting as infighting releis on constant forward aggression
And pivotting can put the opponenent off balance
Fake a retreat by stepping back and then suddenly forward again or throw a hard punch
By counterpunching


Defeating a brawler or slugger
Most brawlers don't have a lot of stamina so making them move or increase the pace
can be a very effective strategie
Most brawlers fight at medium range
Don't get stuck in the corner
While circling around use your jab and cross these quick punches
can be given quick and you can move away quickly
Because brawlers punches are big and slower
they are susceptible to counterpunches if you can make them miss


Defeating an outfighter
Beat an outfighter by working his arms
This can be done by landing lots of blows to a fighters shoulders and upper arms
Work his body
There is a saying in boxing that goes “No abs, no legs; no legs, no fight.”
What this means is that if you work an opponent’s body
their footwork suffers as a result. And a boxer without footwork is a losing fighter
Because outfighters rely on their legs and movement
working their body is another way to eliminate their strengths
Avoid the jab by constant head movement
Take a hit to gain the advantage or to go in


Balanced, mixed and hybrid selfmade styles
These fighters mix make and match styles to fit
their need and what they want to accomplish between the bounds of the ring.
Some fighters will use several styles to throw off their opponent and gain an advantage


It's probably best to have sparred at least once to all textbook styles and some
mixed and hybrid styled boxers just to be prepared
It can happen you face around your own fighting style
For example it can happen that as a counter puncher you face another counter puncher
This can be a very awkard match

If you know what oppononent you are going to face and what style(s) or strategie(s) he uses
You might want to spar to some one who does around the same to prepare for the match


Some times it happens that an oppononent or sparring partner has his right leg
in front while you have your left leg in front the one with the right leg
in front will be used to fighting left legged forwarded oppononents but you
will probably not be used to fighting right leggeg forwarded oppononents
It can be good to spar to some one who has his right leg in front just to be prepared
and as extra experience


It can be good to like once in a month put your right leg in front in stead of you left leg
or your left leg in front instead of your right leg in front and do some (heavy) bag work
sparring or just punching the mitch or some one elses boxing gloves or do some shadow boxing


Throwing punches with different rhythms can confuse opponents
You can use different rhythms to make your attacks more effective

Punching rythems
The - means it's given as fast possible after the other punch
The space means there is a small, very small pause.
1-2
1-2-3
1-2-3-4
1-2-3-4-5

1-2 3
1 2-3

1-2-3 4
1 2-3-4
1-2 3-4
1 2-3 4
1 2 3-4
1-2 3 4

1-2 3-4-5
1 2-3-4-5
1-2-3 4-5
1-2 3 4 5
1 2-3-4 5

Sometimes the small pause is created because of the preperation for a power punch.
If you are seeking for openings in the guard
you sometimes make these punching rythems automatically.


Train hand speed for faster punches

Punching out a candle flame is also a great way to develop speed and power
This can be done by jabbing and normal direct punches
If it gets to easy blowing out one candle with a punch 2 candles or even 3 or 4 candles
can be put up after each other
(my personal record is 4 candles in one punch with my right hand around 2011-2012,
 There's a video of it on youtube)
And be carefull not to burn anything down...



Hajime no ippo
 Hajime no ippo
 Hajime no Ippo - Champion Road (special)
    Hajime no Ippo - Mashiba vs. Kimura (OAV)
    Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger (TV)
    Hajime no Ippo Rising (TV)

Ring ni kakero
Ring ni kakero
 Ring ni Kakero 1: Nichibei Kessen Hen (TV)
 Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow (TV)
 Ring ni Kakero 1: Sekai Taikai-hen (TV)

Old:
Ashita no joe
 Ashita no joe (TV)
 Ashita no Joe (movie)
 Ashita no Joe 2 (TV)
 Ashita no Joe 2 (movie)
One pound gospel



The four candle blow out punch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqu7bNlESp8

And a jab candle blow out punch and some martial arts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbKf-EznznE

dinsdag 1 juli 2014

Small boxing handbook 2 by JJefArt

Small boxing handbook 2
Written by JJefArt J2014 Jeffrey Koelewijn from Holland

In my first book I said think of what you want to achieve or
what the reasons are for starting and I forgot one:
Become a champion


Defeating an opponenent on his strong points is sometimes called the greatest way to win

Other strategies:
Use punching power to an opponenent who has less ability to take punches
Use speed to an opponenent who has less speed
Use stamina and increased pace to an opponenent with less stamina
Use the ability to receive punches against an opponenent with not enough punching power
Use reach against an opponenent with less reach


Conserving and restoring stamina
Can be done by only giving one or two punches for every three or four received
I would not advice doing this in a three times two or three minutes round
Or just block and guard a lot and don't throw to many punches
Lowering the guard can also be done but is dangerous
Avoiding contact is also possible but than both fighters can conserve and restore stamina

A lower in stamina can be detected by heavy breathing lowering of the guard
and loss of punching power
This can also be the right time to strike

People with high stamina can wear an opponenent down by increasing the pace


Reach
 Is determined by the length of the arms
 people with lower reach will have to do more infighting
 to reach the opponent
 While people with higher reach can practice outfighting
 more efficient
 As the opponent is kept at the right distance the one with the
 higher reach can land hits but the opponent with lower reach can't
 A way to tell reach is by using the one hand(jab hand) fully erected forward guard style while
 the other hand is kept at normal height and position
The reach of different punches
The direct punch has the greatest reach
while the hook and the uppercut have
a little less reach
Note that in, around clinching range it's almost only possible to throw hooks and uppercuts


Using in and outfighting is a mixture of styles
 For example wear the opponenent who is infighting out by using outfighting
 and then infight when the opponenent is tired engough

Many mixtures of styles are possible

There are fighters who move a lot and fighters who don't
Some fighters move their head al the time making it hard to hit their hit
and land heavy blows


Be carefull not to do too much from one kind of training especially over time
Or better said don't neglect a training kind
For example;
 Doing to much cardio and stamina work can decrease speed and power
  As the muscle fibers actually changes over time to more type 1 muscle fibers
 Doing to much weight training can decrease speed and stamina
 Doing to much speed and power training can decrease stamina
 As the muscle fibers change over time to more type 2a or 2b or 2ab muscle fibers over time

Type 1 muscle fiber is mainly for cardio and stamina
Type 2a or 2b or 2ab is mainly for strength and power
Also called fast and slow twitch fibers
Slow twitch is type 1 and fast twitch is type 2


Predicting a punch
Some people can tell when a punch is coming by movement of the shoulder
Or footwork especially power punches and heavy blows as the foot is sometimes moved forward
before punching or because of the wind up movement
And by the eyes, the pupils might widen a little or the eyelits are raised
And simply by the first far enough forward movement of the hands


Predicting where a punch is going to land
Some people can predict where a punch is going to land because the opponent
is looking at that exact spot


Precission punches and brawler punches
Precission punches
 Are directed at a certain spot like the jaw
Brawler punches are random mainly only aimed at the head or the body
This might though result in lucky hits/shots


Boxing gloves
Boxing gloves have different weights like the 16 oz and 18 oz
and low weight boxing bag gloves
Using a heavier or lighter boxing glove once in a while can be
an effective training strategy


Shadow boxing without throwing punches with a weight vest on or a backpack
If you feel your calves a lot I'd advice doing heel raises
If you want to throw punches while doing this training I'd advice
to wear a weight vest


Try and take punches to the body
 Be carefull not to hurt yourself to much
Try and take punches to the guard
 Be carefull not to hurt yourself to much
This will increase the ability to take and absorb punches
Evade random punches


Note that you can evade a direct punch by simply turning to the side a little bit
While with a hook you need to duck under or step back a little bit (or block with the arm)
Knowing what punch is being made is essential to evade or block
Offcourse punches can also be blocked by the gaurd
To block liver blows and side blows you need to move the arm, elbow down a little and
a little to the side


The double end ball
 Is great for building rythem and learning to hit an opponenent who moves his head a lot
 and in general hit an opponenent who moves a lot
 I would advice doing this training if you have to fight an opponenent who is known to move
 his head a lot in the fight
 What you can also do is let some one pull it to the side an release it while you have to
 hit the ball you can let the bal go by 1 or 2 times or hit it right away


Speedball exercises
This is the one that hangs on a platform and bounces from one side to the other
It can be hard to do at first as you need the right angle speed and hitting strength
for the right rythem
If it gets easier you can hit it harder so it bounces faster but start slowly
Exercises:
1 hit left 3 bounces 1 hit left and so on
1 right 3 bounces 1 right
1 left 3 bounces 1 right
1 left 3 bounces 1 left 3 bounces 1 right
1 right 3 bounces 1 right 3 bounces 1 left

1 left 1 bounce 1 left
1 right 1 bounce 1 right
1 left 1 bounce 1 right

1 left 1 bounce 1 left 3 bounces
1 right 1 bounce 1 left 3 bounces

1 left 1 bounce 1 right 3 bounces



The rules of boxing vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction,
and on whether it is an amateur or professional bout.
A violation of the following rules is considered a foul,
 and can result in a warning, point deduction, or disqualification by the referee:

You cannot hit below the belt, hold, trip, kick, headbutt, wrestle, bite, spit on, or push your opponent.
You cannot hit with your head, shoulder, forearm, or elbow.
You cannot hit with an open glove, the inside of the glove, the wrist, the backhand, or the side of the hand.
You cannot punch your opponent's back, or the back of his head or neck (rabbit punch), or on the kidneys (kidney punch).
You cannot throw a punch while holding on to the ropes to gain leverage.
You can't hold your opponent and hit him at the same time, or duck so low that your head is below your opponent's belt line.
When the referee breaks you from a clinch, you have to take a full step back; you cannot immediately hit your opponent--that's called "hitting on the break" and is illegal.
You cannot spit out your mouthpiece on purpose to get a rest.
If you score a knockdown of your opponent, you must go to the farthest neutral corner while the referee makes the count.
If you "floor" your opponent, you cannot hit him when he's on the canvas.
A floored boxer has up to ten seconds to get back up on his feet before losing the bout by knockout.
A boxer who is knocked down cannot be saved by the bell in any round, depending upon the local jurisdiction's rules.
A boxer who is hit with an accidental low blow has up to five minutes to recover. If s/he cannot continue after five minutes, s/he is considered knocked out.
If the foul results in an injury that causes the fight to end immediately, the boxer who committed the foul is disqualified.
If the foul causes an injury but the bout continues, the referee orders the judges to deduct two points from the boxer who caused the injury.
If an unintentional foul causes the bout to be stopped immediately, the bout is ruled a "no contest" if four rounds have not been fully completed. (If the bout was scheduled for four rounds, then three rounds must have been completed.) If four rounds have been completed, the judges' scorecards are tallied and the fighter who is ahead on points is awarded a technical decision. If the scores are even, it will be called a "technical draw."
If a boxer is knocked out of the ring, he gets a count of 20 to get back in and on his feet. He cannot be assisted.
In some jurisdictions the standing eight-count or the three knockdown rule also may be in effect.
In other jurisdictions, only the referee can stop the bout.


A little bit of history

The ancient greeks practiced boxing and did competitions in the olympic games


The most revolutionary change in the sport came in 1865 when John Sholto Douglass,
the Eighth Marquess of Queensbury, drew up new rules of boxing which basically transformed the sport
into what it is today.
He is regarded as the "Patron Saint" of boxing and some of the most significant changes
were three-minute rounds and the regulated use of approved boxing gloves.

At this point the popularity of boxing continued to spread.
It was included in the St. Louis Olympic Games in 1904 for the first time ever.
From here on, talented fighters from all over the world would meet and fight
for sanctioned titles all throughout the 20th Century and into the 21st.

In 1927 the National Boxing Association (NBA) became the first
"sanctioning body" to govern over the sport. These sanctioning bodies ranked fighters
and arranged matches between champions and the most deserving challengers,
all for a healthy sanctioning fee of course. Today, three "recognized"
sanctioning bodies control the world of boxing.
The WBC, IBF and WBA are the only bodies whos title lists are recognized worldwide as real "champions."

dinsdag 3 juni 2014

A strongman handbook

A strongman handbook

Back weight walk, also known as yoke walk
-Walking with a heavy weight on the back
farmers walk
-Walking with weights hold by the hands
Atlas stones
-Putting round stones on elavated platforms
Pulling
-Trucks
-Cars
-Boats
-Trains
-Airplanes
Sometimes for any pulling event there is a support rope
which contestants can use to pull themselves forward
Pushing
-Car
-Small truck
Loading race
-Walking weights toward a loading platform
Overhead press
-Pressing overhead
Fingal fingers
-A long weight that needs to be lifted and walked until it flips over
Power stairs
-Lifting and carrying heavy weights up a stair
Squat
Squating
Deadlift
Deadlift
Car deadlift
Log deadlift
Axle deadlift
-The axle bar is a lot thicker than a normal bar
making it harder to get up
A very strong grip is needed for this
Bench press
-Normally this is a special form of bench press where a box with a
bar can be loaded with extra heavy material after completing a repetition
Keg toss
-Tossing a keg over a cord or stick
Car carry
-Carrying a car and walking with it towards the finish line
Hercules hold
Husafell stone
Duck walk
Log throw
Giant dumbell press
Also called the circus dumbell
Stone circle
-Holding a heavy weight with the arms and then walking
around in circles
Car flip
-Flipping cars
Tire flips
-Flipping large tires
Log clean and press
-A heavy log that needs to be lifted off the ground and then above the
head
The log may not be rested on the head while pressing
Axle clean and press
-The axle is harder to clean as the bar is a lot thicker
Hip lift
Hip and thigh back lift

Some strongman first practiced powerlifting,
body building or even olympic weightlifting

Early strongman events also feautured:
Bending iron
Wrestling
Sumo like wrestling

Famous strongman events:
WSM
Worlds strongest man
Arnold strongman classic
World muscle power classic

North America's strongest man

Under 105 kg contests:
World championships u 105kg

Team strongman events:
IFSA world team championships
World's strongest team

Training for strongman:
-A simple way of training is just mixing up and doing some events
in training that fit wel together
-Together with some other strength trainings

-Powerlifting training and event training
can also be done

-Some even train somewhat like body builders they have days where they
train their arms and back and days where they train their legs
And some times mix it up a little. But offcourse they do lower reps and a lot more 1 rep maxes.

Other strongman feats:
Frying pan rolling
Wrench bending
Nail bending
-There are special hardened nails

For iron and steel bending:
There's a lot of technique to bending iron
Like the placement of the hands on the iron.
The iron can also be placed somewhere on the body or against the body
iron can for example be placed on the upper leg while the hands push down
There's a lot of different techniques and styles to bending iron.

The early strong man or old time strongman;
Did feats like lifting heavy weights, bending iron, breaking chains,
hand hammering nails into wood, Pulling or lifting with the teeth
and one finger pull ups and a lot more.

Tip:
Eat good and rest wel if you practice strongman

Small boxing handbook extra 2

Small boxing handbook 2
Written by: Jeffrey Koelewijn from Holland


Restoring stamina:
Can be done by just holding distance
or throwing less punches
Some fighters use the loose style gaurd and
also maintaining distance to restore their stamina


Tip:
Use the ring wisely
Some fighters are even called chess fighters as
they use and see the ring as a chessboard
These boxers have a technical fighting style


More types of fighting:
Especially important in the beginning of the fight
Observant fighting
Balanced fighing
 A little bit observant and not rushing or not
 rushing too much
Rushing fighing

This is normally changed and adjusted during the fight
Some fighters might be observant at first but than change
to a more balanced or rushing type of fighting style


Luring:
For example luring some one to the desired place in the ring
Some fighters lure a fighter to the corner and then take over
-You need to be fast for this and have the right strategy
Other types of luring:
Holdig the body open when one has a very strong abdominal area
to lure body shots as a body shot is givin the oponements head
is open/vulnerable to punches and sometimes even knock out punches
Some times punches are lured to the head and evaded
This is done a lot using the loose styled guard


Fainting:
Fake punches
Fakes
A fake punch is shorter but the oponent might react to it as a real punch
and another punch can follow more quickly


Another jump rope exercise:
While holding two hands together move the rope from side to side
the hand motion creates a cross with two reps
There's no actual jump rope the rope
just moves from one side of the body to the other side

Discus throw and shot put handbook extra 2

Discus throw and shot put handbook extra 2
Written by: Jeffrey Koelewijn from Holland

Throwing angles:
The throwing angle should be around a 35 degree to a 45 degree angle
Using the right angle can result in further throws

Chin angles:
Don't look down while throwing
-Looking down while throwing will disrupt
 the kinetic chain
The chin should have a slight upward angle when the throw is made

Arms wingspan with discus throw:
Is something you have or you don't
Having a long arms wingspan can result in further throws
-The distance the discus travels before release is longer
-The distance the discus travels in circles is longer
 During the rotational
With shot put it can also result in further throws as
the arm is longer

Tips:
It's safer for the suroundings to throw in a throwing cage
when discus throwing
Always make sure the throwing area is safe

For active release throwers do 360 jumps

Hold the discus with extended arms and do 5, 6 or more circles for example
Spinning around like this will help feel rotational
forces
It makes you more aware of the implement
And be carefull not to fall after spinning in circles

Get comfortable with the implement
Play with it






First world record discus throw:
47.58 m

First world record shot put:
15.54 m
Early shot put technique was a lot like the glide
But a sideways motion was made
Standing with the side towards the throwing direction
The rest was a lot like the glide
It also looks a little bit like a pitch in baseball but the
footwork is different

zondag 1 juni 2014

Discus throw handbook extra

Discus throw handbook extra
Written by: Jeffrey koelewijn from Holland


The two kilogram or 4.4 lb discus has a diameter of 0.219 m
the one kilogram or 2.2 lb discus has a diameter of 0.180 m

Long stick exercise:
Use a long stick of about 2 metres in length
Held up behind the bck with two arms just below shoulder height
or around the middle of the back
To learn better discus throwing technique
Do rotationals, semi rotationals and power stance to throw technique
drills
-Rather not make violent movements while doing this exercise

Use a towel in the throwing hand to do rotationals semi rotationals
and powerstance to throw technique drills
A traffic cone can also be used
-Rather not make violent movements while doing this exercise

Throwing with heavier and lighter weights
For example;
 Throwing with a lighter weight every ones in a while can increase speed
 And throwing with an heavier weight ones in a while can increase
 strength and power

Small boxing handbook extra

Small boxing handbook extra
Written by: Jeffrey Koelewijn from Holland


Two types of competetive fighters:
Knock out fighters:
 Wins by knock outs
 or strives to win by knock out
Point fighters:
 Wins by points
 Strives to win by points
 Some times outsmarting the opponenent

A couple of more boxing styles:
Tank style (self made style):
 Very defensive style with a very good gaurd
 Throws heavy punches with precision and the right timing
 Waits and strikes at the right time
 Can be combined with countering
  treis not to waste energy
 A very hard and powerfull power punch
 Can take punches and power punches to the gut
-Power and brute force
Search and destroy style(self made style):
 Observerses the opponement and is defensive at first
 Seeks out the opponenents weaknesses and openings
 Also creates weaknesses and openings
 Uses the right timing to achieve knockouts
-Power and observation

Fighters can be:
Attacking
Slighty attacking
Balanced
Slightly defensive
Defensive
Some fighters change their tactic acording to the fight


An interesting boxing exercise:
Make a line with rope from one side to the other side
at around the lowest part of the ear to around chin height
Stand on one side of the rope and by ducking and moving to the other side move to the other
side of the rope and repeat this
-Use footwork to go from one side to the other side
Use foot work to get faster
Later counters can be made by punching in between reps
Another way to do this is by letting some one hold his arms up
extended at the right height