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Rough n Tumble Kickboxing: Fundamental Heavy Bag & Shadowboxing Training by Mark Hatmaker

  42 Rounds of Rough n Tumble Mayhem!! The Union Pacific Crash Course Rough n Tumble Kickboxing: Fundamental Heavy Bag & Shadowboxing Training A Rough n Tumble: The Whole She-Bang aka “The System” Volume Our newest video-instruction addition to The Historical Rough n Tumble Library is a streamlined integration of Old School Hands & Historical Knee and Kicking Attacks. All laid out in an easy-to-follow A-Z Shadowboxing/Heavy Bag Drill Template walking you thru an in-depth street-ready buzzsaw of striking mayhem. Sections include: Union Pacific Footwork to Streamline Your Shadowboxing Bag Training Set-Ups The Wisdom of the Heavy Bag Pyramid Method Fundamental Combinations—Hands Only ·          The Top 8 “Chopping” aka Using Cycle 10s to Build Power Adding Fork Knees & Walking Knees Adding Fork Kicks Adding the Caulk Kick Free-Ranging aka Improvisation 42 Rounds of Skull-Slammin’, Shin-Splinterin’, ...
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Warrior Walking: Your Jungle/Voyageur Legacy by Mark Hatmaker

  To set our stage, a textbook extract: “ Let us begin, then, with the act of walking. For all its apparent simplicity, it is an adaptation as specialized as flying is to a bat or swimming to a seal. True, man is not the only animal able to stand on his hind legs alone; birds, bears and a number of man's primate cousins are bipedal on occasion. But with the exception of a few flightless birds, such as the ostrich, man is the only animal that depends exclusively on two legs for locomotion whether crossing a room or crossing a continent, moving at high speeds or aimlessly strolling, with arms burdened or swinging free. Using his two legs, a man has the endurance to outrun a deer. He can carry heavier loads, pound for pound of body weight, than a donkey the French-Canadian voyageurs who transported Indian trade goods through the North Woods routinely backpacked 180 pounds of bales over nine-mile portages, and a legendary hero among them named La Bonga is said to have portaged 450 po...

So, Who Was Tougher: The Old-Timers or we Young[ish] Whipper-Snappers? by Mark Hatmaker

  Don’t take it from me, let’s let 3 in-the-know experts Emmanuel Steward, Cus D’Amato, and Steve Lott tell it like it is in this brief 6-minute podcast episode of The Rough n Tumble Raconteur. Hit that link for the brief listen. After listening, if you wanna snag a little of that Old School Seasoning, see Here .

KO Punching Tip: "Using the Label" by Mark Hatmaker

  Hey Crew, another quick KO Punching Tip. For the 50 minute KO Punching Power Active Lecture see Here.

KO Punching Power: COM by Mark Hatmaker

  Hey Crew, Let's talk every fighter's fave subject--KO power. The video below is just a taste. Wanna suffer thru the entire 50 minute lecture + read the notes? Well, that LINK scratches that itch.

KO Punching Power: Range Percentages by Mark Hatmaker

  Hey 'Merica! Gimme your ears for 5 minutes and some odd seconds for this mini episode of the Rough n Tumble Raconteur Podcast and we'll talk some sweet science to up your punching power. The Episode For a full on scientifically verified program to dramatically boost your KO Power see here .

Knockout Punching 1: The Biomechanics Active Lecture An Upper Battalion Lesson by Mark Hatmaker

  Two Men in the Know on Educated Knockout Punching “ There are born sluggers and made sluggers. Born sluggers age out, made sluggers improve like a good whiskey .”—Hype Igoe, circa, 1924 “ There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody's born the best. You have to practice and train to become the best .”—Cus D’Amato The Primacy of KO Punching Power/Education A good fighter requires all of the additional technical attributes: ·         Good Blocks ·         Good Evasion ·         Good Footwork But… You Cannot Win a Match, Bout, Street-Fight Without a Strong Punch . EVERY Rough n Tumbler wants to hit as hard as possible. Is the KO Necessary? No, but… Strong punching ability also Suppresses an Opponent. ·         Reduces his activity, acting as a larg...