Today I had the privilege of attending a seminar taught by Grandmaster Fred Degerberg on boxing. We covered moves from primarily English Boxing - the western boxing many people are familiar with. We went over a lot of the stuff I learned with Mr. Jirov, but, we went more into the self-defense aspects of it.
In boxing there are 4 main strikes-
Jabs
Cross Punches
Hooks
Uppercuts
Also, there is a 5th punch, the overhead punch which is not as popular as the other four
We went over these four punches and how they apply to an idea called the 3d box- the 3d box splits up the range in a fight into height depth and width, and then allows for better training.
We went over a drill about moving away from contact, both with our feet and our bodies. We began by trying to touch our partners elbows, while they tried to touch ours and we were supposed to avoid being touched. Then we moved on to the same drill except for instead of touching elbows it was stepping on feet. Finally we combined the two. We used this movement drill to better turn into our punches.
On the self-defense side of boxing we talked about how you can't overturn into your strikes because you have to follow up with more attacks. We also talked about the knock-out buttons of the body.
One big target that can easily end the fight is the jaw, dislocating the jaw is very easy. When you throw your punch at the point of contact drop your fist and the jaw pops right out, leaving your opponent drooling and in pain. Usually this can end a fight, but, if they ignore their gaping jaw then you may have to follow up with a more devastating strike to somewhere like the temple or organs. This seminar really helped explain boxing not as a sport but as a martial art used for self-defense. I am so glad and honored to have learned from such a great master.
Thanks
Mr. Waaler
Statement of Purpose
This project is an investigation of 5 Martial Arts styles. Self-defense is a major theme in martial arts today and to better understand how different martial arts schools and styles treat self-defense I am going to learn all I can (given time restraints) about each of the five styles. These schools will be chosen from a list of local martial arts studios, and the style will be the one that is taught at that studio. Many studios teach multiple styles, so in this case on of the styles taught there will be analyzed. At the end of the project all the schools I visited will be rated and scored to show in which areas they excel or by contrast, fall short.
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I find it interesting that modern martial arts, such as karate, taekwondo, and American kenpo have adopted the western boxing philosophy. Clearly there is something to be said about the advantages to having boxing knowledge in your repertoire.
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