anyone know a thing or two about cuban boxing training?

i read that they shadowbox religiously, up to 20 rounds (maybe more), tried it out and felt great about it. anything else i should know?

 

thanks. the bag work surprises me because i've seen cuban gyms and they don't really much equipment, but your coach could be from a time when cuba was less of a **** hole. i watched teofilo stevenson fight with sugar ray leonard as commentator and he said that cubans are come forward punchers that can't fight moving backwards, which is the opposite of most cubans, especially amateurs, today. i wouldn't be surprised if there was some radical change in styles through the generations. i could be way off though.

that said, i've also heard that cubans weightlift and hit things with sledgehammers.

 

i'm more into counterpunching and footwork than coming straight forward. i read that a soviet trainer trained the cuban boxing team back in the day. i wonder why cubans counterpunch and fight off the back foot so much today? i'll ask classic lol

 

They like a lot of body movement, things that look dicky in our gyms. Like star jumps, hopping, kicking in the air, grabbing your ankles, slipping nothing, lots of shadow boxing. It reminds me a lot of brazillian football if you know what i mean.

Loose body movements, it never seems forced. hope that contributes something.

It'd be great to able to goto the raphael trejio gym in havana one day.

 

hit the bags, mitts, and jump the ropes they don't have?

 

thanks alot. i'd love to go, i've heard of ways to get around the US embargo.

 

http://queensburytravel.com/cuba.aspx

Not sure how Americans would get around it but there are a few packages out there, you get to train with the boxers. Sparring and all that lol. Theres footage of it on youtube.

Doesn't sound like a bad experience if you ask me, if you're in boxing for the long haul.

 

i just love watching cubans box. the stance is perfect. legs parallel, hands high. small target.