Jesus they really make logging in difficult on this site... I don't know how you guys deal with it!
A couple of my members actually alerted me to this post... I only lurk when I'm being talked about ;-)
@Sano: If you want to sell something, you have to have a sales pitch... unfortunately. I try to be realistic about it. I volunteer at a gym here in PA, but I try to spend most of my time with my son. I stopped fighting because it was incredibly stressful. One minute I would be watching Pocahontas, and the next I would become nervous that the other guy was training harder than me... so I would be jumping rope in my living room. I worked myself to the point of injury CONSTANTLY, and overall it was an unhappy lifestyle for me. I didn't have anything to prove after I beat up a few pros.
@Reysenthurger: Have you ever tried to listen to Roy Jones commentate a boxing match? It's fucking painful. Again, being a world-class fighter doesn't make you a world class coach, or a world class commentator. Sometimes it's more important to make people chuckle once in a while to keep their attention, than it is to have a world championship belt. I've worked with/corrected so many fighters that I can practically
hear what they're doing wrong, and I know what to say to help them fix it/make sense of it. That to me is a more important characteristic to have in a coach, than a long and illustrious career.
The program is also much more than just head movement, I cover counter-punching extensively and using clever head movement for entries amongst many other things... so it doesn't stop with just 'not getting your ass beat' ;-)
Regarding this:
- You don't need to go to a gym
- You don't need a training partner
- You don't need any equipment
You're right in that it's
mostly sales speak, but not entirely. I don't know about you, but I spend maybe 2 hours per week in a gym, and the other 10 I spend by myself... shadow boxing, hitting a heavy bag, and working on the things that interest me in the moment. Even at the gym, a small fraction of that time is with a trainer. Most of
our training time, even as guys who actually understand head movement already, is done solo. I would say 90% of my training is done all by myself... and while that extra 10 percent is going to be essential in building your reactions and general comfort with sparring, I think you would agree that A WHOLE LOT OF WORK can get done without the three things mentioned above.... IF you have the right coaching points to focus on.
You won't become unhittable... but you can certainly get started in the head movement game.
@Dr. Taco... sure you can do that, but I bet you would get further with my program, just by virtue of the sheer amount of information conveyed.
@n.diazismylife: I think you're mistaken in some of your commentary. MOST people who get an interest in head movement would
possibly join a gym, show up one day, wander around, hit a bag stupidly, and leave. Then they don't show up again for 3 months as their membership runs, and they spent 90-120$ on nothing. Let's say they find a trainer... they drop $30 on gym fees and $40 on a trainer... now they've spent $70 in a day, and all they learned was a jab and a cross... and got tired one time. If they don't work with a trainer... they have to teach themselves. How do you think that's gonna go? I just don't see why $90 is a stretch for a comprehensive training program, (that pro fighters out there compliment)
(Since you asked...) I grew up training with Frankie Edgar. I certainly didn't give him his wrestling pedigree, but we were training partners for many years. When Eddie Alvarez was scheduled to fight a taller opponent, he would drive across Philadelphia to work and spar with me one-on-one in my facility. That's 2 world champs that I've worked with! (Which is better than zero).
Look... people can feel free to piece this info together with a series of boring youtube videos, but I would personally rather shell out $90 and get the job done. Members of my website know that I run sales for 50% off regularly, so in most cases, it actually costs half of what we're talking about.
In any event, I've said my piece!
If any of you guys find yourselves in the Philadelphia area, feel free to drop me a line and we will punch each other in the face.