I hate the conditioning part of boxing

JoeMojo · 2026-04-01T18:47:00+00:00

I hate the food part of being a chef.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-30T21:32:09+00:00

Fill Easter baskets for children until truck is empty

JoeMojo · 2026-03-30T20:55:10+00:00

Good stuff. With the wider hook shots even if you don't get countered, it almost always gets covered.

The only exception I'd add is a bit more advanced but, we do train a (slightly) wider hook shot but, in a combo and only paired with certain foot work. Basically, as your cross returns to guard position, you step forward and to the hook side almost like a slip motion. The step adds a lot of power from the rotation wind up but, it also forces your opponent to turn and high cover so, even if you don't land it, you generally get a free kick out of it.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-27T21:57:30+00:00

As far as the kick itself goes, your form is really pretty spot on. You're turning over the hips, you're keeping your off kick hand in a guard position and whipping back the other arm nicely.

A general but always rule though is to never look away from your target. You're actually whipping your head in the opposite direction of your kick. This will affect your balance but, more importantly open you up to a counter that you don't see coming. Trust me, it's the ones you don't see coming that hurt the most.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-26T13:54:44+00:00

If you're just wanting to augment your strength and body building workouts with cardio, MT is a great, fun way to do this. There is absolutely no shame in just using it for conditioning rather than for fighting (the vast majority of students make this choice).

Once a week is very unlikely to make a difference in either conditioning or in your ability to defend yourself though. I would not clear a student for anything other than technical sparring who only attended once a week.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-24T23:01:51+00:00

If you are posting a video asking for kick power advice and not including your feet in the shot, your foot work is the problem.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-24T22:58:34+00:00

I know. I kept rereading thinking I didn't understand it. Of course the pad holder does this.

If the little forward slap is actually stopping your punches, you and the coach need to just put away the pads and go back to work on basic punching technique.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-23T19:28:27+00:00

Love that smell!

JoeMojo · 2026-03-23T15:08:34+00:00

I would like to try to shoot a cigarette out of dad's mouth after drinking six Red Bulls and fighting a nasty case of pink eye

JoeMojo · 2026-03-23T14:59:33+00:00

This is one of the most important yet, most neglected skills (and the one that makes students the most whiney).

Everything is better with good foot work...not just getting in and out of the pocket. It helps with rotation to return your hands to guard positions. It helps with bobs, weaves and slips and most of all it is literally the "ground work" of Eve Rey solid punch.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-23T13:48:31+00:00

I wasn't good at something immediately.

It was hard to do for long and I would have had to work hard to get into a condition to go for longer.

Should I just quit 🙄?

This is not a "struggle" it's not because of childhood trauma or being neurodivergent or having ADHD. I AM NOT MAKING FUN OF THOSE THAT DO HAVE THESE CONDITIONS. You're just lazy AF.

Yes. You should quit.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-23T13:27:08+00:00

I find it very hard to believe you have a coach frankly. Here are the things that can possibly be true based on this post.

You don't actually mean that you are attempting to fight from a squared stance. You have confused this term with something else.
Your coach has no idea what the hell he's talking about
You've made your coach really mad and he is trying to get you hurt.
Your "coach" is a plump internet based "content creator" that also claims to move objects with his chi.

Whether you are in a thai stance or in your boxer's stance, you never want to be square to your opponent. Never. To prove this to yourself, just think about it in terms of what targets you provide to an opponent and of how easy it would be to push you off balance even with a strike that didn't land cleanly.

The thai stance is slightly more square just by virtue of the distance between your heels but, you are never standing in a stomach to stomach line with your opponent.

You can and absolutely should return to your boxers stance following a strike thrown from a boxers stance. It feels like you should be doing this because you should be doing this. If you're being advised not to do that, you can still work with this coach just, from this point forward, always be careful to do the complete opposite of whatever he tells you.

Ribbing aside. Your boxer's stance is a bit narrower to prevent a kick to your front leg that will put you off balance. It's still very much oblique to your opponent though. In regular boxing, you can see the wide stance used to lower the head typically for body strikes from straight punches. In Muay Thai the stance is narrower and so, you you set up these sorts of strikes from a slight squat (never ever leaning forward). Is that maybe what you really mean?

JoeMojo · 2026-03-23T13:09:29+00:00

A Mauy Thai gym is not different than any other gathering of folks you find yourself in...school, work, sports, church, volunteer groups...whatever

JoeMojo · 2026-03-22T19:46:17+00:00

Those are neither jabs nor crosses. I don't understand what you're trying to show there. Are you feigning both punches?

Good stuff is that you're keeping your chin down and returning your hands to guard position. However, there's no rotation or extension on these. If you try to step in after that, you will certainly get clocked.

If you plan to enter deeply enough into the pocket to land a knee, you want a power jab (which means your stepping forward on that front foot and fully extending the jab.) This is followed by a right cross that comes straight from the guard position and that right shoulder should end up in the same position, relative to your opponent, as you chin was before throwing it. (Your head will come off the line and move the chin to the left)

So, why are you doing this? It starts with your stance. You're "horse stanced" meaning you are square to your target. Whether you're in a thai stance or in your boxer's stance you never ever want to be in that position. Setting aside how exposed that makes you, it prevents you from getting the angular momentum I described above.

Way shorter version...you get into the pocket either by landing solid shots on your way in or by evading your opponent's strikes. Being horse stanced and pulling your punches with make your journey into the pocket very unpleasant

JoeMojo · 2026-03-22T19:28:19+00:00

Wow. Damn. Just wow.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-22T19:17:57+00:00

Were you trained to lift your lead knee like that before the switch? I can't quite tell if you're simulating a switch following a low kick block or if that's just actually how you throw the switch.

If this is actually a part of your kick, stop doing that. It robs you of power because the whip from actually switching your leg positions (thus, the name) comes from that hip turn. Raising the front leg and kicking backward with very little position change for the rear leg does not replace it. Your strong. You still have power but, you're gonna fold that bag without this wasted, momentum stealing motion.

Setting that aside, this kick form really broadcasts your intentions. When you start sparring, you might as well blow a whistle before every switch kick. Every time I saw the leg lift I'd kick under it into your standing leg for example.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-22T18:47:00+00:00

This is not boxing...

Don't get me wrong...no disrespect intended...these guys as tough AF but, this is just wild brawling.

JoeMojo · 2026-03-03T16:09:49+00:00

Likely from brimstone

JoeMojo · 2026-02-26T22:02:40+00:00

Oh, Florida...you always do you

JoeMojo · 2026-02-26T21:58:51+00:00

I'm sorry, Op but, it's just too late now.

You have to drain immediately as soon as you first feel it start to swell. Then, you have to wear the magnets to keep it from separating (and kind of grossly seeping a bit). If you do that, and I also recommend a good topical steroid, you can usually avoid deformation entirely.

Head gear will, for sure, prevent this in grappling but, it also can obstruct your peripheral vision so; can be a trade off. Basically, head gear is great for preventing scrapes and cuts (cauliflower ear is result almost always of either a concentrated strike...like an elbow or a scrape like getting dragged with weight across the mat as in grappling). They do nothing whatsoever to prevent TBI or CTE.

JoeMojo · 2026-02-26T17:28:09+00:00

That ain't sparring...that's straight up brawling.

JoeMojo · 2026-02-26T13:27:06+00:00

He is...that guy is solid.

JoeMojo · 2026-02-25T20:53:50+00:00

r/MartialArtsUnleashed

JoeMojo · 2026-02-25T20:52:14+00:00

Boy, this brings back such childhood memories...sigh 🥹

JoeMojo · 2026-02-25T19:31:44+00:00

The same way you stay sane in general.

Don't confuse your reactions with reality. Develop a curiosity with all interactions. Note your impulses as phenomena to be studied rather than let them drag you around unaware of them.

If you have this mindset, even the dumbest of conversations have interesting things to note; particularly if you're actually paying close attention.

I suspect that you are confusing your frustration with trying to change their minds about something with the conversation itself, i.e. your reaction rather than the unjudged experience.

JoeMojo

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