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Rodney King's "Street Boxing" Review
by Dagan Stafford, Team IronLife.com Staff Writer
First let me say something about technique and training tapes in general. I have been a skeptic of tape and video learning in regards to mixed martial arts. It often felt like big name guys cashing in on a gullible niche market to me. Compared to a live class, videos offer no feedback. I felt like you could not effectively learn from a video.
 Now that I have been training for a while, I have begun to add some titles to my library. They supplement my class and training time. When I workout in my garage with some sparring partners, we can check out something on a tape and use that as a focus for our time. The feedback comes from trying what you see on a live, resisting opponent. Videos shine in that they have a permanence to them. You can go back and watch something over and over, cementing the idea in your mind. In short, I have broadened my horizons when it comes to video series, and I have found some solid stuff to add to my own game.
This month I checked out the Rodney "Chico" King series offered through the Straight Blast Gym. Rodney is from South Africa and has a western boxing, Muay Thai background. This series is great. I knew that it was working for me when I began to get the better of my main sparring partner. He has a longer reach and about 40 lbs on me, but I started adding some defense and striking techniques from the series and they worked out really well.
The series is split in to 3 DVDs, Defense, Striking, Clinch. Its all about Crazy Monkey Defense. Rodney teaches this hunched, hands on head style that looks weird but works really well when you are in striking range. The striking series has a ton of stuff in it. The big principle that I got out of it was setting up kicks with punches. I use a jab, hook, uppercut, overhand right, rear Thai kick combo I got from the tape very effectively. Each strike feeds the next and if one is defended another is right behind it. The body shots section was very enlightening. I had ignored the midsection and focuses on the head too much. The clinch techniques are awesome for when an opponent is schooling you. The production is good and there is lots of live sparring to demonstrate the techniques along with some great training ideas. Its one that I am really glad to have in my collection. Here are some links for more information along with some actual footage of Rodney sparring.
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Check out the downloads section for some video footage
* Article by Dagan Stafford, Team IronLife.com Staff Writer.
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