{"id":10803,"date":"2010-06-17T00:24:28","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T05:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=10803"},"modified":"2021-09-25T21:41:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T02:41:24","slug":"boxing-basics-part-i-how-to-wrap-your-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/health-fitness\/fitness\/boxing-basics-part-i-how-to-wrap-your-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing Basics Part I: How to Wrap Your Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse<\/a> who will be doing a series of posts for AoM on the basics of boxing. Thanks Chad!<\/em><\/p>\n

Boxing has been around for thousands of years in some form or another. Whether it was the Ancient Greeks or Romans or the Brits and later the rest of the world competing under the Queensbury Rules \u2013 which are still used today \u2013 the sport has remained one of the purest forms of competition a man can experience.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t get much more competitive than two guys standing face to face in a \u201cfair stand up boxing match” ((Encyclopedia Britannica (2006). Queensbury Rules Britannica.)) where the winner is determined either by a judge\u2019s decision, a referee stoppage or a knockout. It\u2019s called the sweet science<\/a> because it combines the strategy of a game of chess with the physicality that can only be found when two supremely conditioned athletes go head-to-head in battle.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just you in the ring. What you\u2019ve done to get there in the way of training and learning accompanies you, but other than that it’s just you vs. your opponent, and whoever\u2019s better, more prepared, smarter and more disciplined usually ends up winning.<\/p>\n

In boxing, like in any sport, it\u2019s important to learn the fundamentals. Much like you learn to do a lay-up before you learn to shoot 3-pointers, learning a proper stance before you learn to punch is a necessary progression. Over the next few weeks I\u2019ll be taking you through a video series that goes over the basics of boxing.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll cover it all from wrapping hands to throwing a left hook. The first video is dedicated to wrapping hands. After the video I\u2019ve included a few tips to keep in mind when wrapping your hands, including why you want to be doing this in the first place.<\/p>\n