The experienced boxer

should lightly strike the new boxer when he makes mistakes. He should encourage the
new boxer to work on his left jab and mobility.
If you put two new boxers together, you’ll have a brawl on your hands. No one will learn anything, and someone could
get hurt. Remember boxing is supposed to be fun—fighting for your life isn’t.
As your new boxer progresses, advanced offensive and defensive techniques can be taught and sparring can be
adjusted to meet his needs.

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In order for the sport of boxing to thrive in the future, all attention
and effort has to be dedicated to the safety of the boxer.
Any coach that puts a new or inexperienced boxer in the ring
to spar before teaching him the fundamentals of offense and
defense has no business coaching. Sparring is practice boxing.
There is nothing to practice if you haven’t been taught anything.
Putting inexperienced youngsters in the ring before they’re ready
will harm a novice boxer, either physically or psychologically.
Either way, you’ve lost the boxer. To put new kids in the ring
to “see how tough they are” is insane and is an injustice to
the sport.
Teach them offense and defense and require them to attain a
level of proper conditioning before putting them in the ring. You’ll
have better developed boxers and a higher number of participants
by taking this approach. Teach and make your boxers work on defense. Although much of the available equipment is
geared towards offense, this is only half the game. Defense should be practiced each workout session just like hitting
the heavybag. The less you get hit, the more fun boxing is. Learn from other coaches, their tricks of coaching and
conditioning, and implement them into your program. The worst coach is one that thinks he knows all there is to know.
Beginning fundamentals should include proper stance, delivery of a left jab and straight right hand. Attention should
be given to the proper position of hands and elbows. These basics should be practiced nightly while going through
the normal workout routine: shadowboxing, heavybag, speed bag and double end bag.
After the offensive fundamentals are learned, move on to the basic defensive fundamentals. Offense and defense should
be taught hand-in-hand. If a club has too many boxers for the coaches to work with individually, assign each boxer a
partner to practice on each other’s defense.
After your boxers have a working knowledge of offense and defense, have attained a desirable level of conditioning
and are able to go three rounds, it is time to start sparring. Sparring means instructive boxing. The purpose of sparring
is to work on fundamentals. This cannot be accomplished unless the sparring session is properly controlled. First of
all, each new boxer should spar with a more experienced boxer who can control both himself and the action.

The safety

of amateur boxing has been well documented. The
1998 National Safety Council ranked boxing 71st in sports injuries,
well below mainstream sports like wrestling, football, baseball,
soccer and even bowling. Most of the negative publicity about
the sport centers around professional boxing, when, in fact
professional boxing is much different than amateur boxing.
No other amateur sport takes more precautions, in regard to safety,
than amateur boxing. Amateur boxers must receive a physical
examination before and after each competition. Special protective
equipment is mandatory for each competition. The primary directive
of all amateur referees is the safety of the boxers. In addition,
all competition gloves and headgear contain exact combinations
of shock-absorbing foams to reduce the impact of a blow. Every
possible precaution is taken to keep amateur boxing safe.

Amateur boxing is a very positive sport as well as a terrific way
to combat juvenile delinquency. It is completely different from
professional boxing in its goals, objectives, scoring and
equipment.
Amateur boxing can be an excellent source of conditioning for
the high school athlete during the off-season. It also provides
the option for a youngster who is not involved in school sports
programs or does not desire to participate in team sports.
Amateur boxing can also provide a young person with the
opportunity to satisfy the basic human need of recognition in a
positive manner. All too often this need is met through delinquent
behavior.
In amateur boxing, points are scored by landing clean blows, regardless of their power. A power punch that knocks
an opponent down scores the same as a left jab. Consequently, a boxer’s goal should be to outbox his opponent by
landing numerous clean, effective blows rather than going for a knockout that may not happen.
When properly coached and supervised, amateur boxing can be an extremely fulfilling and beneficial experience for
young people. It can be used as a vehicle to instruct sportsmanship, the value of conditioning and a positive release
of frustrations and energies, in addition to building self-confidence and character.

The purpose of this manual is to give a brief, but inclusive introductory course to the great sport of amateur boxing.
Amateur boxing parallels life in many respects. It’s important that you learn and grow every day. The coach or
boxer who thinks he knows all there is to know or doesn’t want to take the time to learn, will never achieve his
full potential. Even we do not claim to have all of the answers.
In order for amateur boxing to become more popular, it is the job of all coaches to stress fundamentals, particularly
those pertaining to defense. A boxing match is meant to be a contest of skill rather than power, brute force or
toughness.
It is extremely important to remember that amateur boxing should be fun. The more fun you can make it, the more
participants you will have and the more frequently they will workout. The surest way to make boxing fun is to keep
it safe. This can be accomplished by teaching the fundamentals depicted in this manual and by using proper
safety equipment.

Hints For Ranking Up

This is a hint to help you rank up easier. Make sure to accumulate enough coins though. When rankings come up, get only attack boosters and health boosters. After 2 or three rank ups, learn at least 1 new move. Moves that will help you deal with multiple enemies is a great move. Get moves with multiples like hurricane kick, hook kick, jump kick, and low spin kick which greatly helps you. Multiples forward and backward fist spins you can get later. When you have ranked up higher like purple or dragon, moves like grabbing and countering you should get first. !REMEMBER! Always get all of the health and attack boosters possible in the current rank before moving in the next rank. Believe me these things really help... even though Mr. Lee is already a powerful fighter.

Hints During Battles

In order to use Bruce Lee efficiently is by taking out the other enemies and then when they are stunned and knocked out, concentrate on one of them. When you have defeated him go back to the other enemies and use multiple enemy attacks such as Multiple Jump Kick, Multiple Hurricane Kick and Multiple Low Spin Kick. If you have trouble getting close to an enemy he/she might be backing up, so lock on to someone else ( I call this taking turns) it seems as though the enemies are taking turns, some of them back up and you see the others get close to you. In later levels though this dissappears and you deal with all of them at the same time. When it comes to sub-bosses and bosses use moves like Counters and Throws. Early in the game these attacks won't be available so always be prepared to block. !REMEMBER! I started the game accidentally on HARD and you have to constantly use the Block. On EASY on the other hand blocks are always helpful too considering that taking on nume!rous foes can chip away at your health meter. When fighting sub-bosses and bosses always use the block if you anticipate an attack. This will greatly help you to Counter and Throw when he/she is near you after a blocked attack. Using these strategies in unison with the Dragon Tokens can have devastating effects!