Secrets to Bending Your Knees for Better Fighting Footwork

[@maudnoodle8373]

His catch phrase should be: Hi, I'm Johnny from expert teaching. This guy is just great!!!!

[@guccimane2226]

Fantastic video man, i was truly feeling stuck in the mud and im not even heavy, this video helped me a lot!

[@tbw287]

You def have the most detailed/informative boxing website on the Internet. I have a desk job and just started to learn boxing and when I'm not doing work I'm reading the articles on your website lol.

[@chopboxing6197]

My trainer tells me to bend down like I'm sitting in a chair and tbh i find it so hard to move like this when I bend my knees to go up like you said I move so much smoother

[@expertboxing]

That's AWESOME! I know the feeling.

[@naz6736]

very impressed that you even thought of mentioning knees

[@IanRoss]

WOW...that's not the first time my jaw has dropped from one of your tips. I've been needing to hear this...I know I'm not the only one. Amazing tip my friend, along with your many others!

[@egsmachine]

great descriptions. thank you.

[@MrRuslanbykov]

Great tips! Thanks a lot for sharing them!

[@OvercomingAndThriving]

I am defiantly going to try this out for my boxing session.

[@whitecollarchannel]

Ha, Johnny, you always seems to post videos about techniques and situations that I am, at that time, trying to improve on, its like your reading our minds now, ha, but I was studying a video on yt just last night, 'Hopkins fifth pro fight' and was tryin to work out (with very little success) what it was about his footwork that was so efficient, economical, yet effective in that earlier stage of his career, and now I know exactly what it was, this video explains it perfectly and correct me if Im wrong Johnny, but Hopkins demonstrates it perfectly in this video, I can't think of a better example, almost feel stupid for not spotting it. So typical of boxing, the things that LOOK so simple, usually arent, until theyre explained and these same things make the biggest differences

[@rickycooper1750]

You are an excellent,superb instructor. Listening and learning from you have tweaked my boxing ability by leaps and bounds. Thanks

[@expertboxing]

Thank you, Ricky!!! So happy for you.

[@emanonymous]

great vid. i always say use the ankles more than the knees

[@soufianedabachil7062]

It's the small details like this that make a huge difference in your boxing game . Thanks for the video , i've found this very helpful !

[@vinnynoxy]

your videos are very good. which is why i subscribed

[@sumnickd]

great tip! has been a huge help in sparring

[@Remiijgosse]

Thank you for the video! You explain everything verry well and it is really help full.

[@bledtares]

Nice information video. It would be nicer if you hade shorts on so it would be easier to see.

[@HelloMrDey]

Great tip, I feel like this is gonna help my footwork a lot.

[@davidessess4302]

the "try and bend without lowering the knees" advise is really good, now this advice, I tried it out real quick and it worked coz I can't bend knees while boxing and makes me look like an idiot, or if I bend them then its too much and feels awkward, but this advice which I mentioned above that you said was the one that did the trick, liking this vid and downloading it.

[@davidessess4302]

my bad, typo I meant "try and bend without lowering hips"

[@furydestroyer23]

Great job Johnny your truly an expert boxer

[@anonoumos]

amazing analogy

[@JDKNSATL]

really great info explained nicely

[@yeshuaservant7]

Fascinating tip. Thanks.

[@JSchoeyy]

Thanks for this video!

[@ramichahin2]

HOOO CRAZY SECRET YOU KILLED IT WAAAAAW THANKS!!!!!

[@zer-td7il]

this is phenomenal advice

[@MarceloSantos85]

Nice!!! Thanks for your work sharing all this great tips!!....

[@FredoFreedom]

This kind of stepping reminds me of Bagua martial art stepping. There is no up or down movement, all the energy goes forward.

[@tulioaraujo94]

great video, tanks!

[@bcizzo]

Thanks dude, great channel

[@Willrell]

Great video

[@richardsoomers9314]

Thanks for this very good video!

[@vancouverraptors9276]

Wow just saw this! Thank you this is game changer

[@expertboxing]

glad it helps u

[@maxl4me]

Thank you !

[@traplordmagedude4169]

that was awesome dude

[@411Adil]

"move your bones" makes so sense for me, thanks a lot coach!

[@expertboxing]

yes!

[@foraxen2255]

Footwork has always been difficult for me. The "stuck in the mud" feeling has been there ever since they tried to teach me boxing. I guess i have been trying to cushion my movements a lot, making it much harder than it should be. On other hand, the coaches at my gym want us to bend the knees a bit too much. I've been considering giving up boxing because of my awful footwork, trying to fix this might give me some reason to stick to boxing.

[@jabronyo]

This is a really really good tip

[@expertboxing]

Really glad you like it.

[@Loopedtime]

amazing advice thanks a lot.

[@ysededed]

Great!

[@robertkeaney9905]

this is a great tip!

[@expertboxing]

:)

[@playerdude2]

Dayum this helped a lot.

[@edakey]

thank you, your videos are always so well explained and demonstrated. I'm a bit confused on your point here, what you say makes sense, but other fighters I spar with have told me to always have my legs bent as though I'm sitting on a chair in order to snap the punches. what would you say should be corrected about that advice?

[@expertboxing]

+edakey Different advice can often be overlapping or conflicting or a combination of the two. This is your job to try and see what works best and by learning, you interpret the information more accurately. To some degree, my video does go against what some coaches will teach and it's up to you to see what is better. I'm not here to correct anyone's advice, only here to show another way of thinking and doing things.

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

YES SIR!!!

[@Loyal2law]

Basics! Ugh! I've been practicing my dashes (offensive) as of late, and have felt that I was doing something wrong. Maybe this is the key that I've been looking for. Will try this out. Thanks!

[@zschambill]

seems like i'm bending in the right way lol. jump rope helps a lot with this IMO, it just makes you light at your toes.

[@russjames8979]

张朔 agility ladder drills are helpful as well.

[@emaddarawsheh7420]

jumping rob and ladders are great but not to use these them as a conditioning drills for this technique.......you need to keep your brain and body fresh to absorb it a good way....that was my mistake

[@akayokalumba5151]

Zhang

[@B1aZe6]

Bruh im def gonna remember this thanks!

[@Kivcom]

Man, very usefull information!Thank you!

[@valdisstrautins2635]

This is good! True, than this info usually dont say.

[@NakMuayify]

First fucking solid video in a while, Keep it going!

[@Ali_Svbhani]

Hey expertboxing! 2 things... 1) can you make a video around the gazelle punch and how to land it. 2) do you know how to control chi or ki energy. If yes, please create a video about that.

[@RRR66620]

Surprisingly good stuff!

[@expertboxing]

thank you!

[@Serganten1]

May I say 1 thing? Train your calves and strech the lower parts of your legs or you will get inflamations in the lower parts of the legs if you are not used to the hard impact.

[@ajgambs44]

Serganten1 and your feet too they will not be ready even if you can squat 500lbs this type of impact and plyometric movement is different and most wppl have weak feet

[@rlkesariengg143]

Thanks johny . that's a very important point you made which is to be taken care of not only in boxing but also in mma and muay Thai as well. Did you mention these things in your boxing foot work book ?

[@expertboxing]

Yes I did, as well as many more secrets ;)

[@maudnoodle8373]

+expertboxing What? You wrote a book? And I don't know were to get it???? Shame Johnny! ;)

[@Mannymoke]

Thanks

[@burner3214]

i gotta try this, i try to light on feet but im really flat footed. this seems like a great tool.👌

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

TRUE!!!

[@Charlesrighthook]

can you teach us some pacquiao feints and footwork tips

[@ValdimarRafn]

expertboxing What are your thoughts on Guillermo Rigondeaux? on his footwork,defense and counter-attack also just overall, I like his style, do you have any tips on how to improve footwork like his?

[@personaltalento4382]

Tip of the year!

[@chrishardin5114]

Johnny can you make a video about fight a tall guy who bigger than you I boxes in Texas I 5'11 158 pound I got heavy hand so my coach make spar with the bigger guy it hard to get on the inside with them

[@IanRoss]

Came back to watch this a second time...somehow I missed the part about you saying "bending your knees to go up." With that extra tidbit, now I feel like I really know a secret here....no one is moving like this in MMA except for guys like TJ dillashaw, Demetrius Johnson and Dominic Cruz.

[@expertboxing]

Ian Ross Happy for you, Ian. :) There are many guys who do this but many of them I suspect do it out of lucky instinct (sometimes referred to as talent) rather than being taught to do it.

[@Leo-yn5fx]

Holy shit this is so fucking revolutionary oh my fucking god

[@Eazye871]

My boxing gym is going to be closed for the next 8 weeks. I want to carry on training but i have no equipment and there are no other gyms in my area. What do you think would be the best thing for me to do. Thx

[@unknownpursuit5543]

I already know how to do that

[@Waingro808]

This is very applicable to table tennis. No wonder my leg muscles get tired so fast.

[@expertboxing]

nice!

[@chrishardin5114]

You got video about fighting tall fighter who small than you but I want know what do when I sparring with heavyweight the guy I fight the most is 6'4 245 pounds and he got a 81 in reach I got 72 inch reach I what know how get in when out take lot punch and he southpaw

[@danielvincentkelley]

If you're inside throwing short close body shots and upper cuts, bending the knee's make's sense, to get that extra body weight, under the force of gravity, to drive through your opponent. But if you're in that close, hopefully you did all that work outside FIRST, because otherwise you're in close with a fresh fighter who might tax you for being too bold. So, every time you want to say something is "wrong to do in a fight", you should think to yourself, is there any time in a fight when this is useful? Because just about everything you recommend against, has some use in a fight, though it could be said it's not what you should look to do primarily nor first of all, but what you might have to do if driven to the position where it makes sense. The closer you are to your opponent, the fiercer shots you can hit him with. So if you took out his offense, tired his arms out with body shots, it might make sense to get inside and wollop big hits to end the fight, if you're the fresher fighter. When you get inside on a tired opponent, he's going to try to push you off, which mean's to stay close you're going to have to get low and drive into him. That's when bent knee's make's keen sense and allows you to drive your hardest punches into your opponent using your torso pivot and driving through your punches with your back leg while your front leg is in a deep knee bend the angle of which puts your whole upper body weight behind your punches. Then you've got to slug, move, gain footing, slug in the other direction, bob and weave, plant your landing gear solid wide and low springing into your next punch and so on, until your punches are running out of steam, then break sure to get your defenses at the ready, roll your shoulders for a stretch and charge in on a diagonal, the tangent of his face for the range of your punch, then punching again from the first moment you enter striking range. It also makes sense to bend at the knee's to throw a straight body shot to your opponent, but it's a punch that has to be done in motion, without any delay at the point of contact and isn't something you'd want to repeat many times in a fight. It's an opening you should take if it's there, but be wary to repeat because if your opponent reads it and catches your head that low in a fight, it could be the gravity necessary to put you at lights out. So, it's kinda good advice, but as with everything grasshopper, you must be water, you must conform to what's good for the exact moment of the fight you are in, not train yourself out of certain things that might have some rare use.

[@geroldchua5943]

I got a question, does your front foot should be flat when throwing the punch or both foot be standing on the heel?

[@masonmuh1738]

My trainer has me bending my legs a good amount, and also has me put the majority of my weight on my back foot, otherwise, i tend to be leaning forward too much in my boxing stance. Are doing these 2 things correct? My rear quad is on FIRE 5 minutes into drilling. Does this mean I'm bending my legs too much? Or does this mean my legs just aren't strong enough?

[@expertboxing]

The rear leg should be tired because you don't get to sit the heel down on it much. But I don't believe in being back foot too much. It pins down the back leg and you can't move and pivot as well. Also punches have less power when you're on the back foot. But hey...as long as you're winning, nobody will say you're wrong.

[@kewljoi]

You remind me of 1980s Asian movies character when I was kid watching.

[@expertboxing]

hahaha. i hope that’s a good thing

[@Br33zy1123]

Hey john I was wondering what your record is?

[@madass888]

Does this mean you have to use your calves more than your thighs?

[@expertboxing]

madass888 You'll have to use your calves EARLIER than your quads, yes. But to say "more than your thighs"...that's a tough question because it's about using your body in a balanced manner. Some muscles are built for higher load than others. And some muscles work harder than others in certain positions. The goal is to use your body the way it was made to be used.

[@fs-rj2jq]

Interesting..but that skirting board needs some gaps filler in the corner there

[@Georgesnon-stop]

Question: should you bend your knees more when you are close to your opponent in order to punch harder?

[@expertboxing]

China Non-Stop It's not about how much you bend, it's about how much you engage. If you're bending and there is no force engaged, all that bending won't do anything. You may come to realize that if you use your legs in a certain way, you don't have to bend in order to engage.

[@Georgesnon-stop]

expertboxing Thanks!

[@notname4187]

I had a question when I'm throwing shots I tend to stand straight up what can I do to fix that

[@expertboxing]

don’t bend the knees too much that it makes you unbend

[@samuelmdouglas]

Can you throw kicks from this stance?

[@expertboxing]

I don’t know much about kicking. I’m the wrong person to ask.

[@hailtwinmusclewrkout]

You need both to be honest

[@Xenlacasa45]

I never realized this small mistake I would always be flat footed an stuck in the mud thank you!

[@johnh8058]

Do you bend knees when punching ?

[@expertboxing]

yes

[@raw5889]

This is why MMA is so important. That's probably something he learned from kung-fu. Excuse me stereotyping but tell me I'm wrong.

[@expertboxing]

Never done kung-fu. I learned it in boxing over the years. I think kung-fu footwork doesn’t move as well. They try way too hard to defend one position.

[@aeortiz2004]

"Fly like a butterfly...."

[@clintflicker7682]

holy shit you went to troy

[@enescetinkaya707]

if you had a collar mic it would be great

[@wasabishrimp9364]

you remind me of ippo

[@hereandnow8578]

these seems more psychological than practical still good though

[@otakuMistake]

conor mcgregor must watch your vids

[@jasonshox6861]

But i spread my legs too much why is that?

[@spofa11]

ist that tiresome and traumatic for anckle

[@expertboxing]

spofa11 I'm guessing you only asked this because you haven't tried it. And since you've haven't tried it, it's hard to talk about. I'll put it this way...your body is built a certain way, making specific parts and positions useful for specific types of movements. Some positions use the knees more, some use the ankles more, some use the bones more, some use the muscles more. But yes, in a sense....if you've been using a position that previously did not engage the ankles at all, then yes, the ankles would be in fact working more than previously. But to say it is unfairly "tiresome and traumatic" for the ankle? Well, I've already tried to share in my video but I guess the only thing left for you is to spend your own time and see for yourself which works best for you.

[@johnmurphy128]

Thanks for the Tips.