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cortezthekiller

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Vilo says the best and easiest way to improve footwork is taking dance classes. I was wondering if any of you have followed this advice. How much did it work for you? I ask because I was thinking about taking some salsa classes offered at school to help my footwork.
 
I took salsa. It helps with general footwork but the number one reason you should be doing it is to impress girls at a club.
 
I took ballroom and latin dance and had a fun time. Ask a cute girl you're interested in to be your partner for the classes--almost every girl would love to do this type of thing.

Spending time training directly on boxing footwork would probably be more beneficial to your game though.
 
takign dance classes in general is a good idea for a heterosexual.
 
I've done this in the past, and it does help a ton with footwork - particularly if you are still at the beginning stages of learning footwork. For me, dance classes really help visualize where my feet are - which although a simple statement - takes most people a long time to be a natural at.

In my case, I wasn't following Vilo's advice, but doing as my mom told me. My dad stuck me into a boxing gym, and my mom, rather than argue - enrolled me into dance classes in addition to keep me "balanced out". Didn't care for it at the time, but a couple decades later I see the wisdom... God knows I desperately needed the boxing skills once folks found out I was taking ballet and salsa... ;-)

cortezthekiller said:
Vilo says the best and easiest way to improve footwork is taking dance classes. I was wondering if any of you have followed this advice. How much did it work for you? I ask because I was thinking about taking some salsa classes offered at school.
 
Taking a dance class is the single best thing you can do to improve your footwork. The reason is it teaches you how to move light on your feet and how to instinctually move your feet without thinking it also helps with foot speed.
Also it is the easiest way to achieve these things in the shortest amount of time.
As far as feeling gay for doing it lol I used to pull more girls in clubs than most of you will ever see just by being a good dancer. Girls like a guy who can dance and anyone who is afraid to learn to dance is probably having trouble with their sexual identity anyways.
Also Salsa is one of the funnest dancing styles to leanr because it is so easy and the footwork applies directly to boxing in many ways. Also latino girls are super hot when they are salsing.
 
Vilo Magee said:
Taking a dance class is the single best thing you can do to improve your footwork. The reason is it teaches you how to move light on your feet and how to instinctually move your feet without thinking it also helps with foot speed.
Also it is the easiest way to achieve these things in the shortest amount of time.
As far as feeling gay for doing it lol I used to pull more girls in clubs than most of you will ever see just by being a good dancer. Girls like a guy who can dance and anyone who is afraid to learn to dance is probably having trouble with their sexual identity anyways.
Also Salsa is one of the funnest dancing styles to leanr because it is so easy and the footwork applies directly to boxing in many ways. Also latino girls are super hot when they are salsing.

Thanks Vilo. I know it sounds weird, but I'm looking to take the class mainly to improve my footwork.
 
oak99 said:
God knows I desperately needed the boxing skills once folks found out I was taking ballet and salsa... ;-)

Ha ha...

My father-in-law was a wrestling coach. Two best wrestlers he ever coached, according to him, were brothers who were forced into ballet when they were kids. He really thinks that ballet at an early age gave them extra coordination. Lots of professional athletes have crosstrained in ballet.

Obviously for something like TKD ballet people fit right in. They've got the flexibility, the control, etc, etc. The only thing I noticed is that they tend not to 'pop' their kicks.
 
i recomend hip-hop dancing... i hear its great for your 'hips' ahahaha .... but seriously
 
I grew up in Alberta during the hay-day of the Edmonton Oilers and Wayne Gretzky. the Great One took ballet when he was younger, so I remember all my friends going to hockey practice and spending all this time doing ballet...hahaha. I had quit by then to do TKD.

If it works for Gretzky, could work for anyone.
 
Vilo Magee said:
Taking a dance class is the single best thing you can do to improve your footwork. The reason is it teaches you how to move light on your feet and how to instinctually move your feet without thinking it also helps with foot speed.
Also it is the easiest way to achieve these things in the shortest amount of time.

i digres on the efficiency, but i do believe it will help.
 
peregrine said:
i digres on the efficiency, but i do believe it will help.
Well unlike most of sherdog i only suggest stuff that works and makes things easier. I dont put forth ideas unless they have been proven to work by many many people and dancing is something that has helped hundreds and hundred of guys get to another level footwork wise and then fighting wise. Most of the very best fighters from Sugar Ray Robinson to Ali to Leonard to Arguello danced and it seemed to work. but I imagine they have no validity here on sherdog because they are not phd holders or have a book out with some bullshit buttfuck idea like Ross Eminate or Rhadi fuckwaddle or who ever else sherdoggites look up to. But if you are smart enough to look into dance classes and can stop thinking about how gay you might be give it a try I can guarantee it will improve your game faster than trying to mess with gym drill stuff because it is easier to learn salsa than boxing and salsa is almost the same as boxing and it is on the easiest and least stressfull ways to pick up the speed on your footwork in a short amount of time.
 
Vilo Magee said:
Well unlike most of sherdog i only suggest stuff that works and makes things easier. I dont put forth ideas unless they have been proven to work by many many people and dancing is something that has helped hundreds and hundred of guys get to another level footwork wise and then fighting wise. Most of the very best fighters from Sugar Ray Robinson to Ali to Leonard to Arguello danced and it seemed to work. but I imagine they have no validity here on sherdog because they are not phd holders or have a book out with some bullshit buttfuck idea like Ross Eminate or Rhadi fuckwaddle or who ever else sherdoggites look up to. But if you are smart enough to look into dance classes and can stop thinking about how gay you might be give it a try I can guarantee it will improve your game faster than trying to mess with gym drill stuff because it is easier to learn salsa than boxing and salsa is almost the same as boxing and it is on the easiest and least stressfull ways to pick up the speed on your footwork in a short amount of time.


all i said was i disagree on the exact semantics of your post. i do not disagree it will help. i think you've been on this computer e trip too long. chill the hell out. you act as if everything you say should be a commandmant. climb off your high horse.
if you are smart enough to know you're not the only one on here with some real world experience then you might not look as gay as some peole think you are.
 
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