The Basic Boxing Stance

Video Transcript

"On our first clip for footwork, we're actually going to talk the basic stance, and where to keep your feet. We're going to cover unorthodox boxer or right handed boxer. What we want to do is, is get your heels about shoulder width apart, we're going to put the lead foot, the left foot in this case, ahead a little bit. Our back foot, the right foot, is going to be pointed directly away from us. The front foot is going to be pointed about a 45 degree, not quite at our target and not quite directly away from our target, but about a 45 degree with our heels about shoulder's width apart. What I like to tell my boxers is it's similar to a bow and arrow stance where you're not directly looking at your opponent so that you're a big target and you're not directly looking all completely away from him. But more of a bow and arrow stance. What I also do is I have a tape measure usually with the new boxers, and I'll tell them, I'll say. "Okay, from the center of the bag, I want from the very center of the bag where your opponent, I want your left toe on that line and I want your right heel on the line. That way, your not completely sideways, your not completely looking directly away form your opponent, but rather, you should be comfortably left toe, right heel - that way you're still shoulder's above your knees, you're still looking at your opponent, but your not too open, your still nice and tight. The basic stance: a little bit of a bend to the knees, your elbows tucked in, left is in your cheek, the right is under your chin, and your feet are comfortably shoulder's width apart right on the balls of your feet, flat footed. Basic stance."