Many kickboxing programs only teach a “dance” style of kickboxing.

They require you (and it’s a real privilege, too, I feel) to learn certain skills that I learned from my masters.

I want to clarify something first, however:

I, have in the past, taken those sort of classes.

They are GREAT!

In fact, on my last vacay to L.A. I took a Billy Blanks Tae-Bo class and got my ass handed to me.

And I was in great shape mind you, too! (You shoulda seen it. They looked on my Guest Card…. googled me… and did the ole, “Everyone, we have a Master in the class from New York, the featured athlete on amazingkicks.com….” yada.

Trust me, as much as my ego loved the attention, I was cringing, wishing for privacy, wondering why I didn’t instead put “John Smith” “Burger Flipper” on the Guest Application at the front desk.

Master Billy Blanks runs a great class.

I’ve got mad respect for him, and he himself was not only a great inspiration when a was a lil kid competing in karate tournaments (yupp, he was a world champion, an amazing athlete, and still is), but he was also very cool to me when I taught right down the street from him here in Sherman Oaks California (This school is currently run by my peer and colleague Master Scott Lois).

But Palangi Kickboxing, as you know, is “different”.

I think of Palangi Kickboxing as a more “traditional” style of Kickboxing… kind of oldschool (but no punching each other in the face stuff, unless you’re training for a fight, and even then, if that’s the case, I’ll send your ambitious ass to my best teacher and best friend for 9 interesting years, UFC Lightweight Champion Matt “The Terror” Serra – I think I was supposed to be best man at his wedding… but he picked somebody else, adiup.)

We jump rope (or we try to)…

We hit targets (which is what this post is all about)…

And we hit heavy bags….

And we lift dumb-bells the way a traditional boxer would (in interval format)

The end result is a sharper mind (cuz you learn real SKILLS) and a harder body, because the class formats I’ve created are scientific in approach, and constantly create the proper training effect, even if you attend 7-days a week (which nobody does, except for me!)

This video show Alix Hunter doing a SUPERB job at holding mitts in a very casual, small, typical 10:15 am class.

Watch carefully, she’s amazing (the woman hitting the mitts is no slouch either, but I want you to watch this for MITT HOLDING instructional purposes only, okay?

All the best,

I love my life, and I love you all, please let me know if I can ever help in any way possible!