Boxing Mastery

Boxing Mastery
Author: Mark Hatmaker
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2004-10-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1935937197

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.

Boxing Mastery

Boxing Mastery
Author: Mark Hatmaker
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2004
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1884654215

This comprehensive manual illustrates and tells how to throw advanced combinations, cut off the ring, fight off the ropes, generate power, corner a foe and how to hit and not get hit. Information is presented through logical, easy-to-follow drills that require just two pairs of gloves and the enthusiasm of a sparring partner.

Mastering Muay Thai Kick-Boxing

Mastering Muay Thai Kick-Boxing
Author: Joe E. Harvey
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1462905641

Become a champion in the Thai martial arts world with this Muay Thai training guide! Muay Thai (or Thai boxing), the national sport of Thailand, has become one of the most prominent martial arts forms in the mixed martial arts (MMA) arena. Often called "the art of eight limbs," Muay Thai combines the use of punches, kickboxing, elbows, knees and standing grappling moves. Mastering Muay Thai Kick-Boxing is an excellent aid to anyone training in Muay Thai or MMA--new students can learn the moves efficiently, while experienced students will refine their techniques. Author and experienced martial artist Joe Harvey presents students with over 200 color photographs and training aids, such as stepping diagrams, tables, training drills, tips, and more! This Muay Thai book will take your practice of this intense sport to the next level.

Boxer's Book of Conditioning & Drilling

Boxer's Book of Conditioning & Drilling
Author: Mark Hatmaker
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1935937448

Going beyond the standard workout for boxers, this innovative manual introduces a diverse set of training methods, integrating them into drill sets that build the athletic attributes for which past and present fighters are known. From Leroy Jones sparring with chickens and Ken Norton’s 15 combined rounds of shadow boxing, sparring, and bag work to Ricky Hatton’s staggering 12-round sparring bouts with a body belt and Kosta Tszyu’s creative tennis-ball and head-strap punching apparatus, this guide highlights a wide vocabulary of exercises, all incorporating boxing-specific equipment. The drills can be performed solo or with a partner, and each piece of equipment is approached individually with detailed descriptions of routines, including floor exercises and drills with the heavy bag, medicine ball, horizontal rope, and jump rope. With two workout menus for weight training, this guide guarantees a regime to suit any individual need—be it professional or simply a desire to train like some of the best athletes in the world.

Fighting Fit

Fighting Fit
Author: Doug Werner
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2000-10-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1884654886

A boxer’s workout is a fantastic way to burn calories—it is engaging, exhilarating, and effective. Going beyond jumping rope and punching the heavy bag, this guide describes intermediate and advanced boxing skills that will help anyone improve their performance in the ring. This boxing workout will help develop body and character so that athletes can get into the best shape of their lives, build self-confidence, and be winners in and out of the ring.

MMA Mastery: Ground and Pound

MMA Mastery: Ground and Pound
Author: Mark Hatmaker
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1884654894

Offering cohesion and clarification for what is currently a loose collection of strategies, this reference delves into the “ground and pound” fighting method—winning a fight by striking an opponent after a takedown. Demonstrating through fight metrics how just as many matches are won by strikes as submissions, this manual addresses the importance of proper “grounding” and lists an array of riding, pinning, and transitioning skills. Following the first element up by introducing an exhaustive “pounding” vocabulary, this guide is key to making stand-up strikers all the more formidable on the floor. Guaranteed to improve the game of even the best submission players, this handbook ensures tighter defense and enhanced offensive tactics, offering a one-stop solution for this vital but often overlooked aspect of the mixed martial arts arena.

Boxer's Bible of Counterpunching

Boxer's Bible of Counterpunching
Author: Mark Hatmaker
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2012-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1935937472

Boxing is more about what you do in resonse to punches than punching prowess itself. This guide is an encyclopedia of counter boxing and includes every effective defense, response and follow-up combination to every attack.--Publisher.

MMA Mastery: Strike Combinations

MMA Mastery: Strike Combinations
Author: Mark Hatmaker
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2011
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1935937227

Mixed martial artist Mark Hatmaker provides an overview of the essential tactics of striking and includes demonstrations of more than 175 strike combinations and drills.

Boxing

Boxing
Author: Gary Blower
Publisher: Crowood
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 184797466X

Boxing - Training, Skills and Techniques is essential reading for both recreational and competitive boxers, and all those who wish to take up amateur boxing, or participate in a boxing-based programme. It offers practical advice on the many crucial factors that need to be taken into account if the boxer is to maximize his, or her, performance and potential. Topics include: an overview of the history of boxing; the amateur code; boxing weights; recreational boxing; equipment and attire; a detailed consideration of both basic and advanced techniques; the role of the coach; fitness training; gym work; running; conditioning; speed and agility training; making the weight and nutrition; planning the season, and much more.