Submitted by admin on Tue, 2008-02-12 20:05.
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lefthook
Connect with left hook

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Similar to the Jab Tap, I learned this technique the hard way - glove to face in the ring.  I have to give you a little background - so bear with me.  You see, when I first started boxing, I tended to hold my hands just below eye level.  That's not necessarily a bad thing, but my trainer had a hay day with it.

In the beginning...

Being new to the sport, I didn't have the skill or reflexes to be able to bring my hands up to block what seemed like lightning bolt jabs coming from my trainer.  He easily came through my mixed stance type of defence - over and over again, I might add.

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Tim Horton BoxingThree hours ago, I would have disputed the idea that drinking coffee can be good for a boxer. I have long been of the belief that coffee causes all sorts of maladies from hypertension, to irritability, to heart disease, and it can even stunt your growth (as my grandma used to tell me). My not drinking coffee is even part of who I am and of the type of person I'm known to be.
I am one of few infantry officers or military personnel of all trades for that matter who doesn't drink coffee. Even in the field after being awake for days on end, I have vehemently denied myself the pleasure of downing a cup of java. In terms of my effectiveness, and staying awake, it may have made things harder - I don't know, because I never succumbed to the temptation.

I am a freak of nature in the military, a world where the daily trip to Tim Horton's is an orgiastic ritual. (Tim Horton's, for those of you not from Canada, is supposed to have the best coffee in the world, and every military base has one. To own a Tim Hortons next to a Canadian Forces military base is like printing money.)

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