| Show 1 TRICKS OF THE RING FOOTWORK OS S CAT CREAT ASSET AST G GYM YM JUMPING MA Y LOOK SILL SILLY Y B BUT UT IT TRA TRAINS INS THE FEET I By Pal Moore Champion Bluejacket Bantam I dont don't mind telling a lot of ambitious b x rs j just sl as s I told the the I was a boxing instructor at the Great Lakes naval tra training station that fo footwork is one of the biggest assets in boxing For that reason I always make It a point to see that the muscles of my legs do not become becom stiffened While I was training for my bout with Jimmy Wilde in London last December Do- Do cember I was scared stiff during the pr preparation period at Chatham We Ve were quartered in a big barracks with o our r cots about a foot off the cement floor I did some road work on brick roads and these two things combined to stiff stiffen n my joints I did not pay much l t to it I at the time but a few days before the match I I. I noticed that my legs were I quite stiff I tried to limb limber r them but without success Cold had settled lii in toy my l legs gs and I decide to get busy I had tL rigid proc process ss in ina ina a London Turkish bath before I took part in the to rn ment for the kin kings king's s 's trophy I responded to the treatment and went into the ring in Albert hall hail feelIng feelIng feel feel- Ing fit as a fiddle In beating WildE and winning the medal of the prince of Wales I had haa to do a lot of shifting with my feet Which brings me ba k to the subject of this Tricks article of the Ring Tricks with the feet as just justas as important im- im as tricks with the hands Dont Don't forget that you young and aspiring aspiring as- as boxers These pictures will illustrate what I mean In the first picture the left foot is forward Quickly shift to the position shown in No 2 Then Thep go gC back quickly again to position No 1 By B. this time you have your opponent thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- bewildered He does not lwow which way the blows are coming from This shiftiness of the feet is a trick ot of the ring which is just as Important as shiftiness of the hands Footwork is a great asset and you will wili find that the real boxers do a alot alot lot of it while training for a bout Some people cant can't understand why a boxer in a gym jumps around like a turkey on a hot plate It l looks silly but the boxer is smarter than he gets I credit for being because he Is training I his feet to shift and change quickly and automatically I IA I A good shifty pair of feet not only allow you to get many an unexpected wallop on your opponents opponent's frame but also to get away from many many a deadly swing aimed at you t a fr I II I i 4 t V X a O K KOcy Ocy pC 7 U v. v Pal Moores Moore's shifty feet larger picture shows leg position described as No I in accompanying ng ar article icle i other position is No 2 |
