Shadow boxing is very important because it helps you correct, you know, your own form, your own critique, you can look at yourself in the mirror and you can see what openings you have it’s like if you’re facing your opponent, but you’re facing yourself, and you’re studying yourself and you can see where you’re vulnerable and what are your weaknesses. And to shadowbox it’s pretty simple but it’s very important that you know how to throw your punches with the proper form. So, to shadowbox is that you’re always in your stance and the very important thing about shadowboxing is that you always have to be relaxed. You have to be relaxed because it is a warm-up and it could also be your cool down. It also helps you coordinate yourself and be able to throw your punches from every angle. So you want to make sure and always be relaxed because if you get too tense too tight you’re going to start cramping on your back, you’re going to get tired and your shoulders are going to start, you’re going to start dropping your shoulders. You always want to be calm, relaxed, smooth and you want to get in your stance. And then, when you shadowbox, you want to start letting your punches go. Now they don’t have to be full speed, at first you can start off with a nice little warm up, you know just make sure you’re throwing them right. You can look at yourself in the mirror, make sure you’re throwing them right. Notice how I’m turning them over and bringing them right back turning them over and bringing them right back. And then as you start advancing and learning all your punches you can start moving, and then you can start stepping, and then you can start working on different drills where you can do your footwork, and you can do your stepping, you can do your flank, you can do your bob and weave but all that comes with practice. But for right now let’s just stay with the basics. You just want to practice your footwork, front back jab jab bring it back right bring it back step right bring it back.
