Footwork: The Lost Art of Shifting 

I understand your frustration, but in the end what feels right to you is what you'll do because you have confidence in it.

Yes he does.

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Thanks androidski81.

Thank you for your comment stickman.

Simple just turn your shin and knee towards the kick, it's like hitting a cement pole!

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Championship Streetfighting, Savage Science of Streetfighting both by Ned Beaumont. Bare-knuckle Boxer's Companion by David Lindholm. How to Be an Ass-Whipping Boxer by Champ Thomas. And of course Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense by Jack Dempsey. Hope these help.

BareFisted wow thanx a lot. Ive already read dempsey book but never heard about the rest! thanx a lot its extremely helpful!

Thanks Brandon and yes bending the knees does give you power, but don't bend them too much or you'll loose the spring.

Agreed sir do you train for boxer?

No, I train for street altercations using bareknuckled fists. But much of what I teach can be modified for sport boxing.

BareFisted i hope i can be train to bcome pro boxer hahahahha

BareFisted thank you very much ! :)

yes, it can be done in muay thai/kickboxing. consider this, the legendary king of defense, giorgio petrosyan, had his first and only lost to a kickboxer (ristie) who uses shifting often in his striking.

Hey B Dewit, what you'll need to add is switches and triangulation foot work to the mix. I'll need to make two videos to cover these tactics, but in the mean time what you can do is make your shifts more dynamic by shuffling quickly as you shift. So instead of stepping out you would shuffle out as you shift. You can also pivot out as you shift, which puts you in a different angle which will allow you to counter his attack. Hope this helps.

Thanks you for the response, sir. It seems like my mid-shift pivot is just a little too slow, or my body language gives away what I'm doing; problem is, most of my training partners are great wrestlers... So when I pivot, I spend about 1 second in a very sideways stance. I'm sure you know that leads to me getting dropped on my arse haha! They see my front leg and just DIVE on it. For now, I will practice the pivot in the mirror to make it more smooth during the shift. Also, while using this technique during Muay Thai sparring, I was able to land a left liver kick.. It may have been the hardest ive ever hit something. This was after 3 shifts while throwing straights to the head... It felt like the momentum from shifting forward tripled the power of my kick. Are there any known ways to mix shifting with kicking techniques? I'd imagine the kick could be set up by feints while shifting in. Subscribed so i can see anything you make addressing these things. Thanks friend.

Yes you can kick low as you shift, we usually throw up kicks or drive kicks to the ankle or low to the inside of the shin. You can also use knees to the body while shifting. And yes shifting two to three times increases the momentum of your strike and it's power.

BareFisted Petrosyan uses shifting to get into brilliant left knee to the liver positions.

Bob Fitzsimmons, boxing's first triple crown champion. He won the middle weight, light heavy weight and heavy weight championships. He was a master of the shift.

Hey Michael, your concerns are valid and understandable, but if you practice striking as you shift it can make you a hard target to hit or take down. Not only will your punches be solid and powerful but so will your knees, elbows, forearms, chops, kicks and forearms.

Yeah practice is key. I can see it being pretty safe with training it to a certain level, but defenitly I'm not at that level yet and not at the level where it increasing my striking power yet.

That's all we show, it's also made for the street.

BareFisted yes I'm very interested on the subject I not sure there any place that teaches this. Any books on the subject to start off at.

TheLMJVG Here is a book to start with: www.amazon.com/Bare-Knuckle-Boxers-Companion-Learning-Masters/dp/1581607008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400107836&sr=8-1&keywords=bareknuckle

BareFisted Thank you.

Wing chun..sorry. Damn iPad!

Thank you for the comment Daniele, much appreciated.

I come from a street fighting background and teach pugilism. Most fighting arts have the same disadvantage they don't train for multiple opponents, boxing has you stand in a left or right lead stance which doesn't work well against multiples. Shifting gives a boxer a better advantage against fighting multiples. I have used shifting against boxers and have overwhelmed them with it, many felt like they were drowning due to being hit hard from so many angles. Shifting has been battle tested in war, as it was taught to American soldiers using bayonets for trench warfare against the Germans, it worked so well against the Germans that they called the American soldiers "Devil Dogs" due to the way they fought and moved. All systems have their good and bad points or weaknesses, but even weaknesses can be modified or adjusted to become strengths. I do not teach sport, I teach combatives, many times I have modified what I teach for those students who choose to compete in a sport competition but the majority of the time it's combative in nature. I believe any sport fighting style is a weakness if you take it outside into a life and death situation, but in it's proper environment it works well. These are just my thoughts. Take care Nicholas and thank you for your comments. Daniel~

BareFisted I understand what you are saying about multiple opponents, but I have never faced multiple opponents in a boxing ring where its application is designed for. Boxing should never be used outside of its intended environment so to say it has weaknesses I think is wrong especially when your opponent is using all the same tools. I have fought multiples on the street and never used the art I have trained in for years, so to say that other sports have weaknesses against multiple opponents is irrelevant, as this is not what they are designed for.

There are boxers who shift alot in the boxing ring. Go back and check out fights from Gennady Golovkin & Dmitry Pirog.

BIG6BOXING Thanks Big6Boxing.

When did I say Boxers didn't shift????? Why do you think I found my way on to this page???