Ray Longo's tips for holding mitts

Ray Longo, coach of Matt Serra, Pete Sell, Luke Cummo and many other fighters from Team Serra Longo, shows us some tips for holding focus mitts and drills to do with a fighter, aided by "The All-American" Chris Weidman.

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[Finito2k]

Great vid! Think of it as a layman's intro to holding focus mitts.

[KevinWood44]

Ehh! I hear all these great things about Ray but I wasnt impressed by any of that. Id like to see more from him....something to explain why I hear so much hype

[cygroltd]

.i visited Ray's gym a couple years ago and all I have to say is he is the real thing and plus he is as cool as it gets

[jamiirali1]

ray longo is the real deal. i learned a lot from him and his staff for the very brief time i studied at the then gym location off of rosyln road in "93". a real gentleman and he looks like the kick ass version of mel gibson.

[corr279]

Ray Longo you da man!!!!!!!!!

[mastrdanart]

Nice very well done great info. there are alot of trainers( espcially in MA ) who don"t know how to hold mitts and this is very frustrating to the person punching. Boxing however most trainers are very profficient with mitts like the Instructor here in this video.

[lk2230]

And if you read my statement, I did acknowledge that you threw some actual combos, the shorter ones. And I said that your hooks were fine during those combos.

What I said, if you read it, was that during the longer combos, because of your footwork (which I repeated acknowledged was due to your injury, not skill) made you too close to the bag, so regardless of the combo you meant to set up, they became messy, hence "flurries".

I offered constructive criticism, and very politely I might add.

[lk2230]

I never said it's a huge technological innovation, but a) I don't currently have a kickboxing gym membership (CURRENTLY) b) I really don't care about videotaping myself. You may tell me you're not being rude, but reading your posts, jumbled as they were, certainly made you come across that way.

It was that rudeness that led me to respond with "keyboard warrior", which was my only rude comment at all. I bent over backwards to not structure anything as an insult.

[narezul]

dont be rediculous its called a camera look into it its not a big combersome hassle, nor is saying you should post something

i told you im not being rude but your going crazy now lol dont patronize me im a keyboard warrior but your not disrespecting? nor was your original statement of "throw actual combos" when all of my combos come from fight tape.

lol whatever

[lk2230]

I don't have a gym setup at home, so I can't just set shit up right in front of my computer. I have no desire to bring my computer to my gym and ask someone to film me doing something that I do for my own pleasure solely for the edificiation of a keyboard warrior.

I don't disrespect that you choose to post videos. If you enjoy that, good for you. That's your taste, and you're entitled to it. I'm not knocking it. But the tone with which you respond to polite commentary is rude & nonsensical