Tobias Horn is the striking coach at La Familia Fight Club in Erfurt, Germany. He also holds a masters degree in philosophy.

Today, we had a really good conversation around many things.

Here's a few;

• What are the invariant features (things that must happen) Tobias uses when coaching.

• Ecological Dymanics and the CLA - how this informs his coaching.
• How does Tobias coach using games to reinforce invariants as well as develop skill with them as the foundation.
• Padwork - how effective does he feel it is.
• A few other tangents!




Tobias' 3 invariant features are;

1. Centre of Gravity
2. Stable Structure
3. Impacting Small Spaces




These 3 areas are fascinating when considering what 'fundamentals' really are.

You can reach Tobias on Instgram at Philosophy of Fighting

If you watched Adam Azim's recent fight with Sergey Lipinets you may agree it was a blend of vicious punch picking and sometimes uncomfortable to watch yet elegant pugilism!

But, what really took my eye is Azim's growing ability to apply his skills, his boxing IQ.

So, I just had another mind dump around why i think he's an exceptional fighter. One we have only seen the tip of the ice berg of.

We draw comparisons to 'The Boxing Model' course on the website and how his execution of these processes make him successful. Join or log in here.

My friend Danny Hatcher told me, try not to think along the lines of right and wrong coaching, more on effective and less effective coaching. A scale.

Today, as I'm stuck in traffic on the A27 just outside of Brighton, I have a mind dump on time effectiveness when we coach.

Can we be more effective with our time especially in 'warm ups'. With reference to our resources on the website to challenge thinking on how to be more efficient.

Join today at www.theboxgathering.com

In the second instalment of the 'Celebrating Coaches' series, 5 more coaches talk about how coaches in their journey have inspired them to be who they are today.

Today we have;

Kevin Brownlow

Craig Turner

Emmanuel Izon-Eritei

Donna Torrance

Ben Harmsworth

Today we invite on Nina Hughes to talk about her time in the amateur ranks with GB through to one of the biggest professional controversies of recent years.

We also discuss how she approached training during and post post partum with her 2 children.

So much to take a way from this conversation with a boxing star.

As one of the most recognised faces and voices in amateur boxing in England, today we have a massively indepth conversation with 'Dagger' Dan O'Sullivan.

Many know Dan as the voice of the London 2012 Olympics and the Haringey Box Cup. But as we find out today, Dan's skills, responsibilities and motivation go far beyond the mic.

We talk indepth about Dan's coaching career, his roles within Dagenham ABC, how the club has progressed over the years and the impact it continues to make in the local community.

We go on to talk about his role as London's club support officer (CSO) as well as discussing England Boxing's 'Locker' system and how this will go on to support club's across the country as the sport moves rapidly in to the future.

Dan is one those authentic, sincere and real boxing people that is relentlessly driving the sport forwards day to day in all his capacities and I absolutely loved chatting to him.

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What can I say about this episode!?! Here goes...

Adam Singer is an MMA coach for SBG Athens in Georgia, USA. A man who has coached world champion MMA athletes as well as help pioneer SBG (Straight Blast Gyms) all over the world.

Adam has a wonderful mind which contemplates the aged old question, 'can we coach better?'

We speak about the constraints based approach, traditional styles of coaching versus an ecological approach and then go on to tackle why MMA striking is different to boxing punching.

A man who is passionate about learning who has not only considered what he does through a critical lens, but is implementing it to great effect, day in, day out.

I hope you all enjoy this important conversation and take as much as I did away from it.

This is great.

This is part 1 of a series where we want to celebrate amazing people who have inspired coaches across the globe. We have asked coaches to send in short testimonials identifying why coaches they have been coached by or have worked with are so special.

From their knowledge to their integrity and selflessness, we seek to celebrate these amzing people through a series of podcast episodes.

We hope you enjoy them and find them useful, with perhaps a reminder of the impact that good coaches can really have, not just on performance but on peoples' lives.

If you would like to celebrate a coach who had a profound impact on you, please get in contact, as we'd love to add your testimony to a future episode.

Meanwhile, we are offering 20% off membership before Christmas Eve 2024. Click here to join or to get a gift voucher to present to someone to surprise them this Chrsitmas.

Technical Sparring - what are the merits and what are the pitfalls if not applied effectively?

Another mind dump on the things to consider to achieve optimal skill transfer for the boxer(s) infront of us when designing technical spars.

Join us at www.theboxgathering.com to delve deeper in to the science of effective practice design.

Liam Forrest is an ubeaten middleweight pro based in Brighton. Liam comes on and talks about his journey through the amateurs through to the pros. He also tells us about the day in a life of a novice pro and the challenges which go with it.

If you would like to support Liam in his pro journey, please get in contact below.

You can follow Liam on instagram on https://www.instagram.com/forrestboxing