The Pendulum Step - Boxing Bounce Footwork

This type of movement works best for light boxers who work at the long range. We don`t move this way at the middle and close range

Advantages of this type of movement:
You`re faster
You`re in a safer position
You can punch without telegraphing

Disadvantage:
Consumes a lot of energy
Hard to learn

Progressions in fighting stance (we don`t practice it in the frontal stance):
Progressions in fighting stance:
moving at one spot
moving in all directions
moving forward and to the side and moving backward and to the side
pivot backward
pivot forward
weight shifts (rarely used with this type of movement)
side steps

Common mistakes:
Moving your feet but keeping head at one spot
Bending knees too much
Breaking the rhythm after throwing punches

00:00 - 00:15 - Intro
00:15 - 02:06 - Advantages and disadvantages
02:06 - 07:16 - Movement at one spot
07:16 - 11:00 - Moving in all directions
11:00 - 12:54 - Pivots
12:54 - 14:13 - Weight shifts
14:13 - 15:53 - side steps

[juanhuertapelaezdesoto]

what an amazing breakdown. After Alexei Forolov Lovivich's videos, this might be the best pendulum lesson on YouTube at the time.

[SirHardRockBln]

I'm grateful that my boxing instructor, from Russia, teaches me this style here in Germany🙏 I'm almost 40 but I've been boxing with my trainer for 5 years, starting at 106. It was hell, especially the constant jumping, but now it's going great and itself With a weight of 90 kg, the style is great to use, for me the Soviet style is the most beautiful in boxing 🙏

[timovalencia]

I’ll die one this hill and say this from the bottom of my heart! The Soviet pendulum style of boxing is the most top tier style of boxing

[themightyatom]

Love this bro thank you! Boxers like Usyk, Loma, Bivol had made a lot of people want to learn to box and move like this

[clientsfromscratch]

I am qualified England Boxing Coach here in the UK and I love your videos. Please keep up the great work 🥊

[zeroskeet]

Pendulum can work great for short people too look at Bivol vs zurdo, zurdo was like 3 inches taller and had reach on him and Bivol defo fought taller guys in the amateurs

[dorianwesley]

One of the nicest ways this have been explained. Thanks

[hanivdoniv]

This is also great for MMA, since the MMA cage is much wider than the boxing ring and staying inpocket leads to danger of grappling.

[SouthpawJoe]

Great Video. Im a taller heavier guy and I've always struggled with the pendulum step but recently ive been able to maintain the bounce during sparring for 6 (3 min rounds). Now it's time to refine it and move correctly.

[korbiniankoglmeier]

This is awesome, I'll definitely incorporate the pendulum step into my training. I really like how you break the movement down into several progressions to make it easier to understand. Thank you for the video, I'm excited to watch more of your content!

[easternautumnleaf]

Didn’t think there would be such a perfect YouTube channel for my idealised style of boxing - Keep up with the phenomenal work!

[ShaShaSha]

Thank you so much! I've been working on the pendulum but it always felt awkward to throw the cross and a little bit stiff overall. Right away, I'm noticing a natural fluidity and relaxation. This is the best teaching out there.

[deurikin]

This demonstration is absolute perfect mate, well done! I’ve wanted to try to do the pendulum step for a while but never found a video that easily explains each step of the process, and also how to move and attack.

[rickycooper]

Excellent approach in teaching the pendulum style. The best illustration I have come across. Great job!

[sushimaki]

No fancy edits but true gem indeed! Finally I can beat up my opponent like Bivol! 😂

[BoomBoxBlaz]

My main style of movement, except I stay on the balls of my feet, you can train that, btw. Lots of deep squats to hold your entire body weight and doing the Ali Shuffle on the balls of your feet for conditioning, I also alternate legs by putting them forward so it's more difficult to tell when I'm going to strike, combine that with the spring like shift and you can summon your weight into your punches, too.

[wozzaisme]

Wow brother thank you for this tutorial you explain really well not just how to do it but why and that makes a huge difference

[bigjay]

Brilliant video. I have been looking for a complete breakdown of the pendulum step for ages. I’ve been working on just staying on my toes for as long as possible to strengthen my calves. I did a full 10 minute round of skipping the other day without stopping (apart from a couple of times where I missed the rhythm) I could have probably done another 2 minutes but my hands started to cramp up (I’m 40 years old) I’ll give these steps a go. Thanks 🙏

[tjtjmichp]

I'm built for this style,
6'3 193cm long arms and calfs with a lot of endurance,
Thanks for the breakdown
I'll keep training like this

[IanGatland]

Honestly the best explanation I’ve seen and the footwork is perfect throwing all the punches