In boxing, we call movement “footwork”. It is a skill that elite boxers practice all the time. Good footwork and a sound stance offers offensive and defensive options at all times.

At its purest, boxing is an art form. It shares more similarities with ballet than fighting. Find out about the key concepts of controlled, efficient, powerful punching.

If boxing were a house, stance, and guard would be the foundations. It’s the platform that we build everything else upon. A solid stance provides mobility, balance, and power. An effective guard defends the head and body.

Understand how and why we learn and practice boxing skills and technique.

There’s something comforting about routine. Dropping into familiar patterns. The beauty of boxing training is this: you can take up the stance and start moving. It’s like meeting an old friend.

Boxers have been skipping (or jumping rope) since time immemorial, and no wonder. In a cost/benefits ratio, the rope reigns supreme.

Pads are a must. They can supercharge your learning. Nothing beats hook and jab pads for fault correction and improving technique.

Heavy bags have been a staple of boxing gyms for decades. There a many different varieties. Here’s a beginners guide to selecting and using the right bag for you.

Some question the speed bag’s usefulness. I don't buy the argument, and I am in good company. All the great champions —old and new — hit the speed bag. 

The choice in boxing pads has expanded from traditional hook and jab pads. Here’s a quick guide to other pads, paddles and sticks you can use in your training.

The humble mirror is your friend. Like the best kind of friend, the mirror tells you home truths you don’t want to know. Practicing in front of a mirror gives you the unvarnished truth.

In the past, only the boxing elite had access to video analysis. Now anyone with a smartphone does. Like the mirror, video is our ally and can provide a treasure trove of priceless data.

Hand wraps offer protection by holding everything together in one compact unit. They reduce the risk of broken bones or ruptured ligaments.

Gloves come in different varieties and sizes for different purposes. Here’s a quick guide to help you get started.

I’m all for innovation and progression. But we’re in danger of shovelling a large and precious diamond into the skip with the rough. That diamond is the old-school training methods available to us all for free.

You can't train children as you would adults. They are a work in progress and stand at an important stage of life. Treat them with care. It's not only their physical development at stake.

Last week we finished a 6-week pilot of non-contact boxing training at Engie UK. It’s an idea I’ve had kicking around for a few years: boxing training for health and well-being in the workplace.