Analyzing AMAZING Cuban Boxing Training

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As a Cuban I can tell that the only difference between an amateur Cuban boxer and a professional is the salary. They train 24/7 since 6 or 7 years old.

The Cuban Boxing Team reputation so well known and profound that even MMA fighters in the past traveled to Cuba to work on their boxing for months and come back with vast improvements to their stand up game so they deserve the reputation they have.

As a martial artist, i csn say the key to seeming like a good dancer is just shadowboxing without explicitly throwing techniques

I've heard Cuban schools have an interesting philosophy on making all their fighters southpaw regardless of hand dominant. Something about the jab being the most important punch and therefore should be the most emphasized.

6:00 that’s one thing I noticed too when I started doing kickboxing. I also dislike dancing but at the time I was forcing myself to be more social and my friends were always at parties, which meant I couldn’t avoid dancing. One thing I started to do was trying out different footwork patterns while integrating some arm movements from warm ups, while trying to keep the rhythm. I don’t know if it looked good or not but this way I managed to have some fun and get out of my head, so if you ever end up in a situation where you feel like you should be dancing you can try falling back on your kickboxing training ahaha

Worked out on a heavy bag at a resort gym in Mexico that was mounted to a track on the ceiling. Had to chase and move to hit it for about 20ft and back. Very unusual feeling and was a lot of fun vs standing stationary.

Last week during that shadowboxing with the pairs one guy almost lost an eye after eye poking. Watch out for that.

Remind me of Tomoki Kameda. Japanese boxer that comes from a family of boxers to my knowledge, moved to Mexico when he was 15 i believe to up his boxing game and it did wonders.

I trained for many years with Cuban boxing and kicking boxing coaches and we did a lot of this . Note fighters that came out of our gym Jorge game bred masvidal and Yoel Romero and Alex Bruce Leeroy

Great job bro! I’m inspired by your humility in trying new things you haven’t mastered yet. Great insights. Profound stuff here!

We have always played these tap games in my boxing gym, but while most of the other trainers don't want students to use gloves, as they fear that gloves might encourage them to try to hit to hard instead of light, fast and relaxed, I've seen people dislocating their finger on another persons collarbone, breaking a finger on another persons forehead, thrusting fingers in another persons eyes or nose... and therefore I always advocate for gloves, just act as if you don't wear them... but wear them. Our versions are... A: tap on the head, but only one hand at a time, and starting point of the hand is from your lap so your hands have to get faster. B: Same as A but tap the inside of the shoulders, so you can train to block with the outside of the shoulder. C: Same as B but do it hopping on one leg. D: combine A and B but you're both on your knees, so you have to use your hips more to evade. E: No hands, try to step on each others feet. F: Combine A, B and E. G: tap the knees. H: Combine F and G while you're also allowed to block.

Very good video. One thing you didn't mention but it's a principal part of their training is they divide their training sessions into two parts. First one is called Escuela de Boxeo or Boxing School where you practice technique in the air. For instance, a 1-2-3 and the appropriate defense for this combo. So they practice all these techniques without contact in the Escuela de Boxeo or Boxing School. The second part is called Escuela de Combate or Combat School. Now, they glove up and practice the same techniques against each other.

Cuban + Soviet style is so much fun to watch

Great timing. I live in Ecuador and just saw two guys doing the knee/head tag game with a coach watching them. If it wasn't for this video I wouldn't have had a clue what they were doing.

Another great video. Nice moves Gabriel.

Awesome vid. I find the part about trying to recreate being stunned to work on footwork very interesting and I like their shadow b style a lot

Speaking of Cuba, if you want to make a lot of people happy, make a 5 things video on Rigondeaux!

thanks about talking about cuban boxing ❤️ im cuban myself and started doing it a few years ago… i get the idea of a few bags and you are constantly in movement

What an amazing video Gabriel, Cubans have their advantages, in terms of training and all, in our gym, we often do the drill, where you touch your foot, and then punch, we go jab, touch the right foot, jab cross, touch the left foot, and we use jumping ropes, for footwork, as well as those calf exercises, while improving footwork, and I think, shadow sparring is definetly something, I should look forward to improving, thank you do much Gabe, I will look forward, to implement the rest of these training methods, and use, the ones, that really suit me.