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3.0 out of 5 stars
Better than I expected, December 31, 2005
This review is from: Boxing: The Complete Guide to Training and Fitness (Mass Market Paperback)
The author packs an awful lot of information into the text; there's hardly any gratuitous fluff. She covers basic boxing equipment, how to wrap the hands (three different ways shown), basic stance & footwork, basic punches & combos, very basic defense, different styles & ring strategy, and physical training. That last part is given the most space in the book. That's what makes the book a little confusing; it's hard to tell if the author is trying to produce another "boxercise" book (as advertising indicates: "The Ultimate Workout!") or is trying to give an introduction to fight training. If it's the former, there's a lot of unneccessary sections on strategy & equipment that someone just doing a routine for excercise wouldn't need; if it's the latter, there's really not much info on the psychology of a fighter, on having the discipline to train for a fight, on finding the right gym & living the fighter's life. While the author highlights some very important points and corrects common mistakes that begginers make as she goes along, I just get the sense that in trying to cater to both the "I don't want to be hit" gym rat and the "where's the ring, lemme fight" potential boxer, she ends up taking away a little from both. Speaking as a martial artist and someone who trains for fights, I'd still recomend this book to anyone who wanted to learn the basics of boxing for fighting (and learn them WELL), or someone who wants to add a little recreational boxing into their workout routine. It could easily be a textbook for the physical aspects of boxing training, though I'd prefer Mark Hatmaker's "Boxing Mastery" for a concentration on the fight game and Ned Beaumont's "Championship Streetfighting" for the use of boxing in self-defense.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Danna Kicks Butt, September 1, 2000
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Boxing: The Complete Guide to Training and Fitness (Mass Market Paperback)
As a beginning boxer, I found this book to be very helpful; Danna outlines all the basics from the orthodox stance, to standard punches and combinations, to ring strategy--all with detailed photographs as how-to's. The book is very informative, easy to follow and makes even hand-wrapping look like an art form. I highly recommend it to anyone who is entering the wonderful sweat-filled world of boxing.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book A Role Model For Its Kind, February 10, 2004
This review is from: Boxing: The Complete Guide to Training and Fitness (Mass Market Paperback)
(4.75 Stars) This is a very easy read. It's brief and to the point without skipping important details and without being incomplete. The tone is instructional and educational and speaks to you like a friendly trainer. Great for the beginner. The photographs are some of the most complete and effective photos for training I've seen. You know how in some books an explanation of a technique is given and the photo along with the explanation just doesn't make any sense whatsoever - well - this book should be used as a model for future books as the photos along with the explanations are among the best I've seen. The book is broken up into 9 chapters - from equipment to sparring. Boxing Equipment
Wrapping Your Hands (among the best I've seen)
Stance
Punches
Movement
Combinations
Defence
Ring Strategy and Boxing Style
Training Chapter 8 is my favorite - Ring Strategy and Boxing Style. The descriptions of boxing styles are complimented by descriptions on how to fight against that style. I thought that was a great touch. The one thing I would have liked to have seen is more of an explanation as to why specific exercises are recommended - ex: what are the benefits for doing pull ups. Again - great book - great for the beginner and for the more advanced student this is a good reference for honing your techniques.
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