I'm grateful that my boxing instructor, from Russia, teaches me this style here in Germany🙏 I'm almost 40 but I've been boxing with my trainer for 5 years, starting at 106. It was hell, especially the constant jumping, but now it's going great and itself With a weight of 90 kg, the style is great to use, for me the Soviet style is the most beautiful in boxing 🙏
Great Video. Im a taller heavier guy and I've always struggled with the pendulum step but recently ive been able to maintain the bounce during sparring for 6 (3 min rounds). Now it's time to refine it and move correctly.
@@akhotinbxng Can you do a video on how to throw combinations during the pendulum step from an eastern block mindset. Do you plant your feet when throwing combos or stay on your toes ready to exit? It's hard to get a good breakdown of the style in English.
This is awesome, I'll definitely incorporate the pendulum step into my training. I really like how you break the movement down into several progressions to make it easier to understand. Thank you for the video, I'm excited to watch more of your content!
@@akhotinbxngIve had best results so far using it! However as stated, it takes a lot of practice and conditioning to reach a level where you can maintain this the way its demonstrated. I use the technique he describes as one of the first progressions (shifting weight from one foot to the other, stay on balls of feet) without jumping as much and as the weight moves forewards naturally, popping the jab or other shots comes very easily and without strain at all, also allows you to put weight on the back foot for defense. Bivol does the rest of the techniques described in thes video very well also.
Thank you so much! I've been working on the pendulum but it always felt awkward to throw the cross and a little bit stiff overall. Right away, I'm noticing a natural fluidity and relaxation. This is the best teaching out there.
Pendulum can work great for short people too look at Bivol vs zurdo, zurdo was like 3 inches taller and had reach on him and Bivol defo fought taller guys in the amateurs
I would actually say that Lomachenko and Porter are better candidates for the pendulum step working for shorter people ( I know Porter did'nt always use it, but he was almost always outsized and he used It effectively to get inside from Time to Time)
Usyk is the best example for a shorter fighter using the pendulum step against taller fighters - it’s more-so about body proportions rather than height, it works best for people with longer legs and shorter torso (typical of slavs)
This demonstration is absolute perfect mate, well done! I’ve wanted to try to do the pendulum step for a while but never found a video that easily explains each step of the process, and also how to move and attack.
My main style of movement, except I stay on the balls of my feet, you can train that, btw. Lots of deep squats to hold your entire body weight and doing the Ali Shuffle on the balls of your feet for conditioning, I also alternate legs by putting them forward so it's more difficult to tell when I'm going to strike, combine that with the spring like shift and you can summon your weight into your punches, too.
I also don't like coiling as it makes too much known, if you learn how to rotate on the balls of your feet, you can decrease the lag of movement from the spring and just rotate. That takes good bodily balance, so I get if it's tough. But a good fighter understands that attacks start from the lower body and trunk in most fighting, so learning to cut lag in between moves like coiling, is a good idea.
Brilliant video. I have been looking for a complete breakdown of the pendulum step for ages. I’ve been working on just staying on my toes for as long as possible to strengthen my calves. I did a full 10 minute round of skipping the other day without stopping (apart from a couple of times where I missed the rhythm) I could have probably done another 2 minutes but my hands started to cramp up (I’m 40 years old) I’ll give these steps a go. Thanks 🙏
@@akhotinbxng i think I’ve got the basic bounce down. I tried it out in sparring today, it worked really well. I just need to do the next step. You weren’t lying when you said it takes a lot of energy, my calves are on fire after a couple of minutes
am from india after 6 months of coaching i did not understand but i gone through your tutorial ,,,,what a simple break down step by step coaching great salute to you plz keep going me and my friends will fallow plz teach job cross and body mechanics break down etc thanks a ton GURU
What can be said.i've been training this for long time(kickboxig more precisely)but this way of training..this kind of clarification( of course now it seems logical way of training..now that we are watching you do it, but..actually its not easy summarise it like that..this is all.. the essence of the the whole footwork actualy ..this is a gem. You are a world class without further ado for shure🤫🤔😐👍
Funny thing I realised is that I unknowingly used this stile more or less when I started Boxing but later thought it was useless. Yesterday I thought if maybe this is the style I need to use because earlier I wasn’t ready and didn’t understand it. Thank you for the breakdown! God bless you!❤
I cover that in my other video about 6 basic punches and combination punching You don’t really use head movement that much with the pendulum step. Mostly footwork defence and some slips here and there
lol i been trying this wrong way. i been jumping back and forth with both feet in the air at same time. no wonder why mu calves get blow out lol. thanks for good info
Very good and clear breakdown. Good tempo in the video. Thank you for the upload. New subscriber! Question: when you go running do land on the ball of your foot to condition your calves instead of your heels?
There is no some height category that is effective for the pendulum step. You can be 165cm and use it and your rival can be 180cm and use it while both of you are in the same weight class
1. Switching is easy you just stop bouncing when you think it’s necessary 2. You don’t rely on the head movement with the pendulum step cause you use it at the long range where footwork defence and hand defence are the primary tools. But still you can roll under punches with the pendulum if needed, just drop your head down and move it under the punch while taking a step to a side at the same time
Відео чудове, правда я відчуваю, що литки трохи втомлюються. Чи я роблю щось не так? І як pendulum step називають в Україні? Бо я загуглив переклад, маятгниковий крок і нічого не знайшов. Підскажіть будь ласка.
Привіт, дякую за зворотній зв’язок ;) Скоріш за все треба просто працювати на фізичною підготовкою, щоб не так швидко втомлюватись В Україні всі називають «челнок» ще з радянських часів
Such cognitive dissonance, the decorative door in the background. And such an excellent exposition on the effect being sought and how to train for it. I find this hard to develop the muscle memory for this, especially if I try to keep the chin tucked behind the shoulder (and shoulder shrugged up to help) on the initial bounce in for the jab.
Ahah that’s a real door. The gym is in a basement and there are some pipes behind that door Thanks for the feedback! You just need a lot of patience and practice to wire that in your muscle memory
@@akhotinbxng I have no doubt that the door is real. It's just breaks the stereotype of tough austere scrappy training environments. Thanks for the encouragement. I *used* to drill with bouncing in/out, but somehow lost the habit. Getting back into it, but the awkwardness of it made me look online to see what people do. Glad I found your video.
They would go in&out and to the sides so the head doesn’t move in a straight line. And also they would transition from pendulum step to regular step to play with the rhythm and pace
@@akhotinbxng I feel comfortable with it I do shadow boxing and punching bag using pendulum but I felt I was missing something but watching your video I noticed what I was doing wrong and thanks to you for explaining every detail it really helped me now i have to use it in sparring.. now im more confident thanks to your video..Thanks🤝
Well if you do the pendulum step coriander you don’t keep your shoulders tight your punches will “ask you” to throw them Also I have a video where I explain basic punches so you can see how I do it there
i'm 5'10 weighing 70 kilos. do you think i can work on it? i keep hearing that the Soviet style is better for tall fighters so i'm very confused whether to learn this or try a different style
@@akhotinbxng no I was saying I am built like them and after Bivol won against canelo i started learning Pendulum from Coach Frolov's videos. But as u said it is good for tall boxers and I am not that tall so I asked for your suggestion to change my style. I mostly practised canelo's style but it is a very dangerous one if u can't pull his head movement. I definitely am not pulling that stuff without getting hurt so any suggestions Bhrath
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@@akhotinbxngI think he meant because this style is often called soviet style so he’s wondering if there’s anything similar with footwork and such but for shorter people
I mean that you’re taller than average or average in your weight class. But you can also use it if you’re short but fast. So it’s all situational, but usually taller guys move this way
Tell Bivol that 😂 bivol uses this style to perfection and has statistically the best defence in boxing today and also most accurate. It's very scientific and highly effective when done correctly. If you learn it well and stay relaxed, you conserve plenty of energy.
