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Boxing / Re: The Misc Heavybag Thread
« on: July 05, 2017, 06:50:46 pm »
I unprivated some old heavy bag videos:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alV8WrtCC50" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alV8WrtCC50</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQrm_u2ZYW8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQrm_u2ZYW8</a>
I make tons of mistakes here too..
Wish I had some videos when I had been boxing for a few years (2007 or so). These videos are from 2010, when I decided to just go get some heavy bag film out of nowhere.
IMHO, hitting the bag is about staying relaxed and then 'exploding with pure offense or counters'. Imagining the bag as your opponent is important. I've been wanting to go hit a bag again, who knows, maybe i'll get some more of that training in, in the near future. I miss it. Doing an hour on a bag or so, is such an amazing session - feel so good afterwards.
edit: btw, that's my favorite kind of heavy bag.. a big fat heavy one.
I make tons of mistakes here too..
Wish I had some videos when I had been boxing for a few years (2007 or so). These videos are from 2010, when I decided to just go get some heavy bag film out of nowhere.
IMHO, hitting the bag is about staying relaxed and then 'exploding with pure offense or counters'. Imagining the bag as your opponent is important. I've been wanting to go hit a bag again, who knows, maybe i'll get some more of that training in, in the near future. I miss it. Doing an hour on a bag or so, is such an amazing session - feel so good afterwards.
edit: btw, that's my favorite kind of heavy bag.. a big fat heavy one.
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Boxing / Re: The Misc Heavybag Thread
« on: July 05, 2017, 06:42:03 pm »Messing around on punching bag. Please give me some pointers on mistakes and stance. I have absolutely no boxing experience and using wraps to protect knuckles here. only experience was in high school back in the day when we had a backyard boxing club where the rules were all messed up, we were allowed to swing at someone getting up lol.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOq3DSnFj1M" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOq3DSnFj1M</a>
hah cool man!!
some stuff I see:
1. biggest issue is that "switch stance" thing you're doing.. that's only going get you caught off balance and there's time wasted where you're not in position to punch.
2. relax more.. don't "force your head/body movement" to the point where it's not rhythmic.. you'd be surprised how little you have to move in order to slip a punch, block a punch, or duck under a punch.. relaxing is important, whether it's running, sprinting, or boxing/hitting a heavy bag.
3. you're clearly not a south paw, so switching to southpaw (lefty stance) is a waste when you're trying to work the bag .. if you want to "obtain" southpaw punches/stance/defense, you have to practice it very controlled to really ingrain the technique/patterns first, before letting them go.
4. when you practice pulling back, which is fine and can allow you to slip all kinds of punches, you have to make sure you do it with your chin tucked into your chest... if you don't, you're risking getting flattened:
- pulling back with chin up = flattened
- pulling back with chin tucked = solid defense
it's those subtle little things that make such a huge difference.
5. really envision the bag as the opponent.. when it's coming towards you, that's when you want to be "moving your head/body etc", not when it's going away.. alot of the defense movements you make are when the bag is going away from you.. when in reality, they should be made when the bag is coming towards you (like an opponent).. so if you "slow everything down, relax more", you'll be in better position to move your head/body, and punch. Slowing things down will help alot initially.
6. can't tell in the vid, but make sure you are "biting down" when you're "within striking range" .. i used to practice against the bag with a mouth piece, so i could bite down properly.. practicing biting down is important because it gives you more power and it protects your jaw more, from being broken.
7. raise the punches up more.. you duck down alot and throw punches. that's ok but, you have to picture an opponent your height or taller, usually.. that helps keep your punches up.
other than that, you have some nice quick punches.. if you focus on a few of those things, you'll work the bag alot better and it'll be even more fun.
good stuff!
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MOVIES & ENTERTAINMENT & SHeeT! / Re: Why don't we have a misc movie thread?
« on: July 05, 2017, 06:13:27 pm »
btw, which Solaris was everyone talking about?
1972: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293/
or
2002: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307479/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
1972 solaris, 8.2 imdb
2002 solaris, 6.2 imdb
I've only seen the 2012 version... not seeing how this is the most epic sci-fi movie of all time.. I'm pretty sure you guys are talking about the original
I'll have to check that out.
1972: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293/
or
2002: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307479/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
1972 solaris, 8.2 imdb
2002 solaris, 6.2 imdb
I've only seen the 2012 version... not seeing how this is the most epic sci-fi movie of all time.. I'm pretty sure you guys are talking about the original
I'll have to check that out.
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MOVIES & ENTERTAINMENT & SHeeT! / Re: Why don't we have a misc movie thread?
« on: July 05, 2017, 06:12:16 pm »
^ nice
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Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems.
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MOVIES & ENTERTAINMENT & SHeeT! / Re: Why don't we have a misc movie thread?
« on: July 05, 2017, 02:39:19 am »
^ Regarding comedy, I was surprised the other day when I saw "Get Smart" .. was better than expected.
"The Arrival" just came on, haven't seen this in like 15 years.. decent sci-fi movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115571/
Also this is a pretty epic quote, early on in the movie:
never picked up on that before... hah.
"The Arrival" just came on, haven't seen this in like 15 years.. decent sci-fi movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115571/
Also this is a pretty epic quote, early on in the movie:
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Algorithms I trust, boolean logic I trust, beautiful women, they just mystify me.
-- Charlie Sheen
never picked up on that before... hah.
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Boxing / Re: Floyd Mayweather Thread
« on: July 04, 2017, 02:51:24 pm »Mayweather choses his top 5 boxers and yes he put himself in no.1 lol.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-HzMSJ-lU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-HzMSJ-lU</a>
It shows how he rates boxers, not by their abilities but by their records.
I love his confidence. Honestly there's a lot of pressure to say Ali is the best boxer ever etc. but I thought Mayweather handled the situation well and was respectful. In the controversial world of boxing he's undefeated so got to respect that.
Yup! That stands out to me too. I can't recall seeing Floyd "pushed around" or "caving" in an interview. He usually has things firmly mapped out in his head, not easy to sway/pressure him.
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Boxing / Re: Misc Boxing News
« on: July 03, 2017, 11:42:48 pm »Damn in the post where I posted the score cards I forgot to add this link, where paulie and others tweets.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2017/07/02/manny-pacquiao-vs-jeff-horn-these-10-credible-people-dont-think-pac-man-was-robbed
Bu that buster douglas fight, I watched recently when I read virgil hunter's comments of andre berto beating floyd mayweather i think or maybe khan vs mayweather and he referred to this fight in terms of how they could win, as they had no same ring iq as floyd so they would just have to try hard and just beat him.
yeah you can't straight up box Floyd, because his boxing is superb.. your best chance is to do what Maidana did: box + make it ugly. Boxing PLUS making it ugly, is a good formula.. but you need to be in incredible condition to pull something like that off. By the 8th round most people are going to be severely diminished; making it ugly with aggressive clinching & holding while chasing Floyd, takes alot out of a fighter.
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it was def a big upset. They should have had a rematch and I think maybe tyson would have won it if that loss humbled him,
nah that loss destroyed Tyson IMHO... Tyson is someone who can't handle defeat. He's got lots of characteristics of a "bully". Plus that loss showed other fights that he's not as tough as he looks. Once other fighters lose that fear, you're no longer as powerful.
I remember people were telling me he was going to kill Holyfield, .. Everyone laughed at me when I said holyfield was going to put on a clinic and KO him. People get caught up in the brutality of offense. Skills can always overcome power, in boxing.
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Boxing / Re: Muhammed Ali: Dead @ 74 - R.I.P
« on: July 03, 2017, 11:39:06 pm »
nice ali photo:
ascii-art ish.
ascii-art ish.
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Boxing / Re: Floyd Mayweather Thread
« on: July 03, 2017, 11:36:37 pm »Mayweather choses his top 5 boxers and yes he put himself in no.1 lol.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-HzMSJ-lU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-HzMSJ-lU</a>
Nice vid.
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It shows how he rates boxers, not by their abilities but by their records.
I didn't get that at all, from that video..
His ratings, IMHO, had more to do with dominating at multiple weight classes and beating world champions. Dominating, by default, means you'll have an impressive record.
Abilities are important but, if you lose to someone you shouldn't, or just lose several times in general, doesn't that say something about the consistency (or true level) of your abilities - unless you were robbed? I mean you could be the most impressive boxer on the planet, but if you lose some big fights, it drops you down automatically on a list of "the best ever".
Personally, every time Floyd has stepped into the ring, I expect him to win. I expect this because I haven't seen a fighter out there, who is capable of figuring him out. So to me, I understand why someone would put him at #1 in a p4p "best ever" list. He's like an encryption cipher that no one has ever been able to crack. That consistency and mastery, is on another level.
So, the "sweet science" is more than just power, offense, defense, technique, skill, flashiness, etc.. To *me*, it's consistently being able to defeat your opinion, no matter who they are, no matter how bad they want it. The "sweet science" has always been "the art of hit but not get hit", which is at the core of the "mastery" of boxing. It's obvious I gravitate towards defensive boxers, it's mostly because of that idea about "hit and not get hit".
Also like Floyd said, Ali to me is all about what he stood for. His abilities were undeniable, and he changed heavyweight boxing forever. But his refusal to fight in Vietnam & the way he went about it, while being heavyweight champion of the world, will never be forgotten. That is eternal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/opinion/muhammad-ali-vietnam-war.html
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"Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?"
"Man, I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong. No Viet Cong ever called me nigger."
"I'm not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over."
That's on another level.
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Boxing / Re: Floyd Mayweather Thread
« on: July 03, 2017, 06:43:15 pm »epic interview.
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Boxing / Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Conor McGregor
« on: July 03, 2017, 06:36:02 pm »8880
Futbol (soccer) / Re: 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
« on: July 03, 2017, 06:18:49 pm »
just some highlights
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTuFgbYts64" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTuFgbYts64</a>
that missed opp by chile @ ~1:30 in that vid, man, that was an epic play.. if they could have finished that goal, would have been amazing. That was my favorite play of the match.
that missed opp by chile @ ~1:30 in that vid, man, that was an epic play.. if they could have finished that goal, would have been amazing. That was my favorite play of the match.