My first Highlight video

**Seraphim** · Posted On: 9/20/2006 10:45am

Excellent showing. 5 Stars.

**Tom Kagan** · Posted On: 9/20/2006 12:05pm

Originally Posted by Tenebrous

Nice! Good music too, what was the song?

No ****! It takes chutzpah to compose with mixed meter, alternatiing complex time signatures. The fact that it worked impressed me far more than any video which could be set to it, no matter how sweet.

Kidspatula,

Do you play with elboes and backward hits on the speed bag? Setting aside the "fun" factor, these variations can be helpful adjuncts for Muay Thai training.

**Torakaka** · Posted On: 9/20/2006 12:12pm

Originally Posted by Tom Kagan

No ****! It takes chutzpah to compose with mixed meter, alternatiing complex time signatures. The fact that it worked impressed me far more than any video which could be set to it, no matter how sweet.

Kidspatula,

Do you play with elboes and backward hits on the speed bag? Setting aside the "fun" factor, these variations can be helpful adjuncts for Muay Thai training.

what do you mean by "backward hits"? We don't really focus a whole lot on elbows at my gym, I guess because Manu isn't really a big clinch fighter.

**Tom Kagan** · Posted On: 9/20/2006 1:17pm

Originally Posted by Kidspatula

what do you mean by "backward hits"? We don't really focus a whole lot on elbows at my gym, I guess because Manu isn't really a big clinch fighter.

It's hitting with 2/2 timing, which requires you to hit through instead of pulling back. Allow the bag to pass your hand and strike the opposite side of the bag towards you. You have to step closer to have the reach, so watch out and don't end up kissing the bag on the rebound.

You'll hear a "Thwa-ka Thwa-ka Thwa-ka" rhythm instead of the more typical 3/4 timing of "Thwa-ka-ta Thwa-ka-ta Thwa-ka-ta"

I was introduced to the speed bag many years ago by a very progressive physical therapist. My left shoulder pretty much has a couple of pieces of threads and shoe laces where most people would have rotator cuff muscles and minor rhomboids.

With elbows and side strikes, the speedbag was a fucking awesome way to rehab. When working out alone, fewer things feel sweeter than nailing five or six "quad hits" in a row (lead elbow, lead punch, trail punch, trail elbow, reverse your lead and repeat),

Interesting Trivia: "The Speed Bag Bible" was written by a drummer, not a boxing coach.

**Torakaka** · Posted On: 9/20/2006 1:26pm

ah ok now I know what you're talking about (I thought you were talking about the heavy bag). I've never really done any of that, and actually my current school doesn't have a speed bag (and Nashville MMA had a really shitty one that always fell off), I mostly just got to do the speed bag whenever we'd do some training at the Boxing Resource Center.

**Tenebrous** · Posted On: 9/20/2006 2:07pm

Originally Posted by Tom Kagan

No ****! It takes chutzpah to compose with mixed meter, alternatiing complex time signatures. The fact that it worked impressed me far more than any video which could be set to it, no matter how sweet.

Hearing anything other than metal in highlights makes my inner musician gush.