Analyzing AMAZING Cuban Boxing Training

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
  • Cuba has won 78 medals at the olympics. That's the 2nd best only behind the U.S (who has around 40x more people). Cuba must be doing something right so today we look at their training methods. And big thanks to my episode partner XMartial
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  • @GabrielVargaOfficial
    @GabrielVargaOfficial  10 месяцев назад +4

    Big thanks to my episode partner XMartial. Head over to
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  • @Yoandrys23
    @Yoandrys23 10 месяцев назад +151

    As a Cuban I can tell that the only difference between an amateur Cuban boxer and a professional is the salary. They train 24/7 since 6 or 7 years old.

    • @furyano1251
      @furyano1251 10 месяцев назад +20

      My Grandfather was a Cuban boxer along with many of my family members. They also practiced judo hard. It was an honor and a gift to learn some cool stuff from my grandfather. I still practice some Cuban style drills in the gym even though I get goofy looks incorporating dancing amongst to many things to list. I understand how they help giving a little bit different edge in sparring.

    • @Yoandrys23
      @Yoandrys23 10 месяцев назад +15

      @@furyano1251 Same for me, we didn't have physical education at my school, we had to choose between baseball, judo or wrestling. So I practiced Judo from elementary school to middle school. In high school I did Karate and in college I trained Sanda and there my hit coach was a gold medalist in the Pan American, Central American and Caribbean Games in the 80s we even trained once with Félix Savón who was a 3 time Olympic gold medalist .

    • @DarkDoughnutsVids
      @DarkDoughnutsVids 10 месяцев назад

      Cubans are the Thais of the boxing world

    • @paulcris107
      @paulcris107 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@furyano1251what training does Cuba boxing coporate to improve footwork and defense would love to know as a young upcoming boxer

    • @nuclearforce55
      @nuclearforce55 9 месяцев назад

      @@paulcris107 ruclips.net/user/shorts71rySGSq9tg?si=E0hlacj82PohOhW7 ,

  • @idethrone6809
    @idethrone6809 10 месяцев назад +4

    I trained for many years with Cuban boxing and kicking boxing coaches and we did a lot of this . Note fighters that came out of our gym Jorge game bred masvidal and Yoel Romero and Alex Bruce Leeroy

  • @gojuknuckles
    @gojuknuckles 10 месяцев назад +10

    Worked out on a heavy bag at a resort gym in Mexico that was mounted to a track on the ceiling. Had to chase and move to hit it for about 20ft and back. Very unusual feeling and was a lot of fun vs standing stationary.

    • @awdwadawda352
      @awdwadawda352 10 месяцев назад

      I have a 40kg bag that likes to swing, great fun!

  • @coolunusual
    @coolunusual 10 месяцев назад +12

    Remind me of Tomoki Kameda. Japanese boxer that comes from a family of boxers to my knowledge, moved to Mexico when he was 15 i believe to up his boxing game and it did wonders.

  • @loudcryofthe4thangel
    @loudcryofthe4thangel 10 месяцев назад +11

    Great job bro! I’m inspired by your humility in trying new things you haven’t mastered yet. Great insights. Profound stuff here!

  • @joshp5162
    @joshp5162 10 месяцев назад +3

    Great timing. I live in Ecuador and just saw two guys doing the knee/head tag game with a coach watching them. If it wasn't for this video I wouldn't have had a clue what they were doing.

  • @bantakkor8039
    @bantakkor8039 6 месяцев назад +2

    We have always played these tap games in my boxing gym, but while most of the other trainers don't want students to use gloves, as they fear that gloves might encourage them to try to hit to hard instead of light, fast and relaxed, I've seen people dislocating their finger on another persons collarbone, breaking a finger on another persons forehead, thrusting fingers in another persons eyes or nose... and therefore I always advocate for gloves, just act as if you don't wear them... but wear them.
    Our versions are...
    A: tap on the head, but only one hand at a time, and starting point of the hand is from your lap so your hands have to get faster.
    B: Same as A but tap the inside of the shoulders, so you can train to block with the outside of the shoulder.
    C: Same as B but do it hopping on one leg.
    D: combine A and B but you're both on your knees, so you have to use your hips more to evade.
    E: No hands, try to step on each others feet.
    F: Combine A, B and E.
    G: tap the knees.
    H: Combine F and G while you're also allowed to block.

  • @dominikb8430
    @dominikb8430 10 месяцев назад +5

    Last week during that shadowboxing with the pairs one guy almost lost an eye after eye poking. Watch out for that.

  • @9Thunder5
    @9Thunder5 9 месяцев назад +1

    thanks about talking about cuban boxing ❤️ im cuban myself and started doing it a few years ago… i get the idea of a few bags and you are constantly in movement

  • @tchaliz4925
    @tchaliz4925 10 месяцев назад +4

    Speaking of Cuba, if you want to make a lot of people happy, make a 5 things video on Rigondeaux!

  • @TheOG_Bonsai_Guy
    @TheOG_Bonsai_Guy 2 месяца назад

    Ty 🇨🇺

  • @j.k7665
    @j.k7665 4 месяца назад

    I am American but i must say Cuba has excellent athletes.!

  • @RogerBurgin
    @RogerBurgin 10 месяцев назад +1

    Another great video. Nice moves Gabriel.

  • @kubikiribasara3499
    @kubikiribasara3499 10 месяцев назад

    Coach you are so insightful you really need your own podcast. I think you and Frank Mir need your own podcasts.

  • @patricknez7258
    @patricknez7258 10 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome vid. I find the part about trying to recreate being stunned to work on footwork very interesting and I like their shadow b style a lot

  • @GinoKhunou
    @GinoKhunou 7 месяцев назад +1

    great

  • @Octaslash08
    @Octaslash08 10 месяцев назад +1

    The bags that move around the gym I've never seen those anywhere in the states, that would be cool if that could be implemented.

  • @ronselporter4739
    @ronselporter4739 10 месяцев назад +1

    Cuban + Soviet style seems like a fun combo

  • @manuelgonzales2570
    @manuelgonzales2570 6 месяцев назад

    Excellent video. Thank you!

  • @cubandarknez
    @cubandarknez 10 месяцев назад +1

    Oh hey, cubans represent

  • @onigmaalbanil6760
    @onigmaalbanil6760 5 месяцев назад

    the second guy is doing an olympic style warmup

  • @felixrondeau5029
    @felixrondeau5029 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great video! You could do the same with russian school of boxing!

  • @derekvandenburg6689
    @derekvandenburg6689 10 месяцев назад +1

    When they do the touch drill to the head without gloves, is there any concern with someone getting poked in the eye?

  • @kainonknestrick9202
    @kainonknestrick9202 9 месяцев назад

    you should look into Russian/Soviet style Boxing, Mexican style Boxing, & Japanese style Boxing

  • @IrishKizma
    @IrishKizma 10 месяцев назад

    they have nice movements

  • @Beans113
    @Beans113 10 месяцев назад

    i was just learning how to throw hooks kinda like the cuban style, youtube must be dragging our algorithm together

  • @lotomusic1360
    @lotomusic1360 4 месяца назад

    Hi Gabriel. Please, can you analize the filipino boxing style

  • @travisduggins5346
    @travisduggins5346 10 месяцев назад +4

    Cuban amateurs are excellent

  • @dontblink3042
    @dontblink3042 10 месяцев назад

    Bivols boxing would be good for muay thai and kickboxing without the bounce

  • @master09shredder
    @master09shredder 10 месяцев назад +4

    You should collab with @charlessalbox ! Really great cuban boxing channel on youtube!

  • @lordzakaogou2106
    @lordzakaogou2106 10 месяцев назад

    Gabriel Varga
    If your are a MMA fighter what will be your game plan to beat a daghestani .

  • @snovimgodom2009
    @snovimgodom2009 10 месяцев назад

    They drow figure on the floor
    For footwork

  • @alexsalapan6329
    @alexsalapan6329 10 месяцев назад

    I heard that CUBAN style derived from SOVIET boxing.

    • @tatumergo3931
      @tatumergo3931 22 дня назад

      A mixture of Soviet style and old American style, with some cuban innovations.

  • @mathers43
    @mathers43 10 месяцев назад

    Cuban people like dancing Salsa so their boxers' footwork is very good and fancy

  • @Cryttanz
    @Cryttanz 10 месяцев назад

    Does light sparring even exist in boxing? I don't think it does.

  • @MeditationMindless
    @MeditationMindless 10 месяцев назад

    Amazing stuff! Gonna do these

  • @megamanx766
    @megamanx766 10 месяцев назад

    Soviet style is great too.

    • @tatumergo3931
      @tatumergo3931 22 дня назад

      It's pendulum boxing from which cuban boxing took some of the techniques.

  • @juelz713
    @juelz713 10 месяцев назад +25

    I think the best boxing gyms are in the hoods

    • @TheKillaMethod
      @TheKillaMethod 10 месяцев назад +5

      Facts

    • @johnacker4959
      @johnacker4959 10 месяцев назад

      @tophernolastname2378ill raise you: the best boxing gyms are the ones that are CHEAP, CLOSE, & IN THE HOOD.

    • @theawesomest2850
      @theawesomest2850 10 месяцев назад

      @tophernolastname2378soooo..the ones in the hood?

    • @zenmartialartist701
      @zenmartialartist701 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@tophernolastname2378you're both right lol

  • @Immigrantlovesamerica
    @Immigrantlovesamerica 10 месяцев назад +1

    Gabriel, what’s your ethnic origin? Your last name confuses me.

  • @indianpotatofarmer6508
    @indianpotatofarmer6508 10 месяцев назад

    The greatest athlete to ever leave Cuba is YOEL “THE SOILDER OF GOD” ROMERO just look at his boxing, he ain’t even a boxer mf a bronze medalist in Graeco-Roman wrestling

    • @esscate
      @esscate 10 месяцев назад

      You just wanted to join the conversation or something?

    • @indianpotatofarmer6508
      @indianpotatofarmer6508 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@esscate yup

    • @tatumergo3931
      @tatumergo3931 22 дня назад

      The athletic development cuban program is one of the best in the world. Develop in the 60's and early 70's by the Soviets and cubans, it's called INDER.

  • @redpillrenegade9710
    @redpillrenegade9710 10 месяцев назад +74

    The Cuban Boxing Team reputation so well known and profound that even MMA fighters in the past traveled to Cuba to work on their boxing for months and come back with vast improvements to their stand up game so they deserve the reputation they have.

  • @juanmejiagomez5514
    @juanmejiagomez5514 10 месяцев назад +51

    6:00 that’s one thing I noticed too when I started doing kickboxing. I also dislike dancing but at the time I was forcing myself to be more social and my friends were always at parties, which meant I couldn’t avoid dancing. One thing I started to do was trying out different footwork patterns while integrating some arm movements from warm ups, while trying to keep the rhythm. I don’t know if it looked good or not but this way I managed to have some fun and get out of my head, so if you ever end up in a situation where you feel like you should be dancing you can try falling back on your kickboxing training ahaha

    • @DKRYMMA
      @DKRYMMA 10 месяцев назад +8

      Jump rope I swear gives dancing rhythm

    • @morenoh149
      @morenoh149 10 месяцев назад

      @@DKRYMMAjump rope gives crazy dancing energy. Not everyone can jump around on the dance floor

    • @jeri_intensifies1105
      @jeri_intensifies1105 10 месяцев назад +5

      I DID THE SAME FUCKING THING AND IT WORKED EXACTLY AS WITH YOU 😂

  • @vortex3013
    @vortex3013 10 месяцев назад +20

    As a martial artist, i csn say the key to seeming like a good dancer is just shadowboxing without explicitly throwing techniques

  • @立花たくや
    @立花たくや 10 месяцев назад +31

    I've heard Cuban schools have an interesting philosophy on making all their fighters southpaw regardless of hand dominant. Something about the jab being the most important punch and therefore should be the most emphasized.

    • @juelz713
      @juelz713 10 месяцев назад +5

      Also the revolution wants them to be good boxers

    • @77Sebby
      @77Sebby 10 месяцев назад +1

      This is bs lol

    • @立花たくや
      @立花たくや 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@77Sebby So they just happen to have a much higher ratio of lefties to righties in Cuba? Could you elaborate?

    • @77Sebby
      @77Sebby 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@立花たくや yes, but most of Cuban boxers train since age 6 and they are complete in both stances. Since they rely on footwork to fight different angles. I've been here for 2 months and there's no such thing as government influence or forcing people to be left handed..

    • @立花たくや
      @立花たくや 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@77Sebby I know they are taught to be ambidextrous, but I'm talking about the default stance that most cuban fighters seen in amateurs and even professionals are southpaw. I did not suggest they are forced through power or authority to only be southpaw, only that they are encouraged to train southpaw instead of the standard western philosophy of "dominant hand always in the back". I would have to guess Cubans choose to default to southpaw for example when the match starts (even when switch hitters), because of the advantages that being in a southpaw stance creates vs an orthodox opponent

  • @eugenymalo8704
    @eugenymalo8704 10 месяцев назад +12

    Very good video. One thing you didn't mention but it's a principal part of their training is they divide their training sessions into two parts. First one is called Escuela de Boxeo or Boxing School where you practice technique in the air. For instance, a 1-2-3 and the appropriate defense for this combo. So they practice all these techniques without contact in the Escuela de Boxeo or Boxing School. The second part is called Escuela de Combate or Combat School. Now, they glove up and practice the same techniques against each other.

    • @j.k7665
      @j.k7665 4 месяца назад

      No wonder those athletes from Cuba are so good.

    • @billycatch4088
      @billycatch4088 3 месяца назад

      Thor gay Varga..he is bullshiting about cuban boxing style 😁😁😁

  • @SuperJcoleFan
    @SuperJcoleFan 9 месяцев назад +3

    Cuban + Soviet style is so much fun to watch

  • @KarlKarsnark
    @KarlKarsnark 10 месяцев назад +1

    "If you can't dance, you can't fight." -Bruce Lee, Hong-Kong Cha-Cha Dance Champion

  • @tatumergo3931
    @tatumergo3931 22 дня назад

    The secret of cuban athletic training is plyometrics...

  • @elserpientethechamp2122
    @elserpientethechamp2122 10 месяцев назад +2

    What an amazing video Gabriel, Cubans have their advantages, in terms of training and all, in our gym, we often do the drill, where you touch your foot, and then punch, we go jab, touch the right foot, jab cross, touch the left foot, and we use jumping ropes, for footwork, as well as those calf exercises, while improving footwork, and I think, shadow sparring is definetly something, I should look forward to improving, thank you do much Gabe, I will look forward, to implement the rest of these training methods, and use, the ones, that really suit me.

  • @EP10051
    @EP10051 10 месяцев назад +3

    Love seeing Cuban boxing training. Great insight Gabriel. I took the time a couple of weeks ago to see which countries have won the most medals and gold medals in boxing and it turns out that the US is number one perhaps on a per capita basis maybe Cuba metals more than the US?

  • @GearGreat
    @GearGreat 10 месяцев назад +2

    I guess they’re chilling in Cuba

  • @Karylrx
    @Karylrx Месяц назад

    This is amazing, the persian Zur Khane use these spins while running in the very same as cuban boxers do, maybe more frequently but the spirit snd the reasons are the same.
    Very good video and analysis, keep going champ!

    • @tatumergo3931
      @tatumergo3931 22 дня назад

      FYI. There were many Persian immigrants to Cuba at the turn of the 19th century.

  • @acexae2411
    @acexae2411 10 месяцев назад +1

    Time to take some dancing classes then😂😂 tho how do I use boxing footwork to improve my dancing skills :")

    • @tatumergo3931
      @tatumergo3931 22 дня назад

      Have you ever dance salsa? It's practically the same as cuban style boxing. Search RUclips for salsa box, it's a short video.

  • @Arkeo36
    @Arkeo36 10 месяцев назад +2

    So much of what has become different training and fighting styles on a country to country basis is due to the national character of the people doing the training. I think you'd have to be Cuban and have that kind of intuitive rythm and stamina from working out long hours in high humidity to get a lot out of this style in a fight.

    • @blackmetalcumbia
      @blackmetalcumbia 10 месяцев назад

      is the music like salsa merengue etc natural footwork baby!

  • @miguelaltunagajr6379
    @miguelaltunagajr6379 4 месяца назад

    Even your name sounds Cuban

  • @daa950
    @daa950 10 месяцев назад +1

    Was on vacation on Cuba a couple of years ago. A friend was there practicing boxning. Had to visit her and try some real cuban boxing. Great experience!

  • @ChocolateMilkCultLeader
    @ChocolateMilkCultLeader 10 месяцев назад +1

    Doing this for different styles would be massive

    • @tatumergo3931
      @tatumergo3931 22 дня назад

      In the old days in Cuba, there was a lot of cross training between styles. There were also many empty Backlot fighting between different styles, like boxing vs. karate, judo, wrestling, kickboxing etc.etc

  • @derekvandenburg6689
    @derekvandenburg6689 10 месяцев назад +1

    They seem to train like karate point fighters

    • @tatumergo3931
      @tatumergo3931 22 дня назад

      There was a lot of cross training at one time between karate-do and boxing in Cuba.

  • @Poatan9102
    @Poatan9102 10 месяцев назад

    Can you pleas make a video about the technique of donovan wisse

  • @king23122
    @king23122 10 месяцев назад

    SIR CAN U PLZ MAKE VIDEO ON KICKBOXING HEAVY BAG WORK SIR PLZ

  • @mjolninja9358
    @mjolninja9358 10 месяцев назад

    Im not Cuban, but I love Cuban style.

  • @John-zz5gt
    @John-zz5gt 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you sir

  • @HamasGonnaDie
    @HamasGonnaDie 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you, noted 🙏