You will often hear coaches shout at their athletes, in games or training "catch the rhythm!". Many times, of course, they ask for it without even having taught it and of course there are very few boxers who have the talent to apply it. But it is also these cases that they simply can do nothing but produce music by boxing. But what is it? rhythm Is it just a general concept or does it have some rules that simplify it so that it can be taught to the least talented (in the rhythmic part) boxers?
Usually after the first boxing steps in the mirror the coach shows the athlete how to move in rhythm. This is a first knowledge and relatively simple, since all it has to do is move with small steps back and forth (some teach it up, down) non-stop. So far it seems easy. The difficult part comes when all the boxing technical elements have to be added to it like strikes, steps, defenses etc. That is where the arrhythmia begins.
But let us try to make it as simple and understandable as possible. Each rhythmic step forward, backward, (what we learned in the first time of our boxing life) let's define it as 1 year. Not calendar, but musical time. So every time the feet come off the ground and land again it is a year. Two such oscillations are two years and so on. How fast or slow each year is is up to the athlete, although in the beginning he has to work at a slow pace as long as the speed is constant from year to year.
So the first achievement of an athlete must be to keep these times of each oscillation equal. It helps if in some shadows in each oscillation of his body he produces a sound (mentally) and tries to keep it rhythmic. If it succeeds, it has laid a very solid foundation for the future. But how do all the other boxing moves get in the way?
In order to stay at the rhythm we have chosen, each movement (except the movements of the basic rhythm) must be included as subdivisions of one year. So, for example, in one year I can execute two blows, in the second year a defense and so on. Depending on the experience and ability of an athlete, this begins to become more complicated with many alternations and movements on the basic rhythm. Somewhere there, music begins to be produced by the one who expresses it and a spectacle for those who watch it.
Another element that needs attention is the duration that the boxer will keep in the rhythm. So, the more stable and consistent the athlete is, the more chances he has to put the opponent at his own pace in the course of the match, and thus the chances of winning increase dramatically. In the amateur Boxing the short duration of the race forms a more kinetic and rhythmic form of it, in contrast to the professional one which is reduced considerably. Exceptions such as Lomachenko, Rigondeaux, Khan, with a large amateur background show the usefulness of rhythm even in 12 rounds.
In the rest of the martial arts, this element has begun to gain ground. In the past, it was considered that due to the low kicks, it was forbidden for anyone who had to take out low blocks to have rhythm in their legs. Today, this perception has diminished considerably, as we see kick boxing athletes and mma athletes practicing boxing rhythm perfectly even though they have the added risk of takedown (throwing with the grip of the feet). Even the legend of martial arts Bruce Lee had borrowed many characteristics of Boxing and one of them was rhythm.
In closing, let me mention that many times the rhythm is not as obvious as in its beginner form. It lurks, however, in every move of the boxer. As I mentioned to you older article, pace is essentially the point of readiness. Through him all the movements of the boxer are "born", so it contains the principle of them. Maintaining a good rhythm for most of the match, you are on high alert to defend, hit and counter first.
Vassilis Oikonomou
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