| Drills: | | | | 4. The bag and us move, imagining the bag as our |
| 1. Strike the bag from a static position (you should | | | | opponent - duck, move, counter, slip and attack as if |
| not move before the hit) but do allow the bag itself | | | | it is your adversary. |
| to move. It will force us to time ourselves distance | | | | Tips:o It is recommended, at least in the beginning, to |
| and movement wise. No combination yet, we should | | | | work the bag with wraps and gloves, this will help |
| concentrate on making our first strike count. | | | | protect ourselves form injury - both skin and bone |
| 2. We begin moving while the bag does not. We | | | | wise.o We should variegate when to hit the bag - for |
| should concentrate on having the first strike count | | | | instance - when it moves towards us it will provide |
| and on striking with changing leg and arm position. | | | | more resistance improving our power, and when |
| 3. While the bag is moving we remain static only now | | | | moving back it helps us time our punching distance... |
| we work the combination. We must remember, still, | | | | More ideas on this in future articles...o The heavy bag |
| to make the first strike count. It is important to | | | | should be heavy - about half of our body weight. If |
| remember the emphasis points we have - technique | | | | we only train leg strikes with it even heavier.o We |
| wise - Our - stance, hip motion, direction of hit, with | | | | can use it for training our martial arts conditioning - |
| which part we should strike with, arm positioning and | | | | More ideas in future additions.. |
| protecting... | | | | |