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AVIATION TRAINING

DIVISION, OFFICE OF CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS,

U.S. NAVY

BOXING

The Naval Aviation Physical Training Manuals * HAND-TO-HAND

COMBAT

BOXING WRESTLING FOOTBALL SOCCER BASKETBALL GYMNASTICS

AND TUMBLING

SWIMMING MASS EXERCISE, GAMES, TESTS THE SPORTS PROGRAM LABOR ENGINEERING MILITARY TRACK

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The Naval Aviation Physical Training Manuals

Prepared by the Aviation Training Division OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

U.S. NAVY

Annapolis, Maryland UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE

1943

Boxing United States Naval Institute

Copyright © first edition 1943, revised edition 1950 by the United States Naval Institute ISBN 13: 978-1-58160-457-3 Printed in the United States of America

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE The following reprint is a faithful representation of Boxing, originally published in 1943 by United States Naval Institute. However, a few minor changes, such as correcting typographical errors that were in the original, have been made for clarity and consistency.

Preface Sports are used as a training device in the physical training program for Naval Aviation just as mathematics and physics are taught in the academic courses and ordnance and gunnery are employed in the military education of cadets. Physical training was made an integral part of the training plan and is continued progressively throughout the entire training of aviation cadets. Successful coaches were commissioned so that the Navy might have the best instruction available. Each sport has definite objectives of its own, and, in addition, contributes to the over-all aims and purposes of Naval Aviation training. In such a program it is natural that at times experience may show better means of achieving the desired objectives. Initially, syllabi were prepared by the newly commissioned athletic officers to serve as guides in conducting the various sports and activities. While adhering closely to the original plans, the experience gained in teaching thousands of cadets in varying circumstances has been a valuable supplement to the physical training program. The basic features of the original program, plus the results of a year of training, are now published in this series, The Naval Aviation Physical Training Manuals. These manuals have been prepared by and for the officers in charge of the physical training of Naval Aviation personnel. In any consideration of the use of these manuals, it is important to understand that in the Naval Aviation program, sports are not used for their own sake or for recreational purposes. The competitive sports embodied in this program were selected for what they contribute to the development of desirable characteristics 1n the aviation cadet. It is for this reason that the books are unlike other sports publications. The manuals consider sports in the military training sense, in their conditioning values, both mental and physical. The daily story of the war emphasizes again and again the fact that we are facing enemies who are careless of life because they are so steeped in a fanatical nationalism. The common rules of war mean nothing to a desperate enemy. It is our duty to train the cadets to be superior to that enemy, mentally and physically. Rigorous, tough, competitive sports offer an excellent medium to fulfill this mission. Records have proven that mental improvement of the cadets goes hand in hand with better physical condition. It is the duty of each athletic officer, through observation and through the study of these manuals, to familiarize himself with all the sports and activities in this training program. At any time he may be assigned to instruct in any sport or he may be designated to administer a complete physical training program. This manual has been prepared by the officers in charge of the instruction of Boxing in Naval Aviation. F. T. WARD Captain, U.S.N. Director of Aviation Training Office of the Chief of Naval Operations U.S. Navy September, 1943

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Introduction BOXING is the essence of the fighting man. Through time immemorial it has been used to train, harden and discipline men for military purposes. For that reason boxing was given a prominent place in the list of those sports chosen by Naval Aviation to help produce fighting flyers. The value of boxing is not in the skill that is acquired, although that too has real value for handto-hand combat, but because it quickly acclimates the body and mind to the violence and shock so foreign to modern day youth, yet so absolutely essential to fighting men. Fighting men and especially fighting flyers must deal in violence and shock. They must be geared to it both physiologically and psychologically; they must accept it as a part of their stock in trade. Boxing most easily helps the cadet make that transition. It teaches the ability to take a punch, and with the head reeling and the body staggering, to fight back viciously, calmly and with deadly purpose. It teaches disregard for hurts, that the body can endure terrific punishment and still come back for more. It teaches quick aggressive action with no quarter being asked or given, to follow every opening, to make every blow count. It teaches a disregard for violence and pain, safe in the knowledge that the impact of a blow does not hurt, that a knockout is not felt. It teaches amazing confidence in the ability of one self to do the job that has to be done. The book has been prepared for all Naval Aviation physical training officers, keeping in mind that at any time such officers may be assigned to instruct in boxing. For that officer the book will not only tell him all about the different techniques and drills that go to make up boxing, but will give him a day by day lesson plan including the exact drills to follow and the percentage of time allotted to each. The body of the book deals with technique and coaching hints. It should be read first and action simulated through the help of the illustrations. In the appendix of the book are the drills for the teaching of mass boxing. They comprise the actual material that goes to form the lesson plans. Also in the appendix is a section containing the lesson plans that go to form the Naval Aviation Boxing Program. Lesson plans to be followed will be indicated by special directives for each stage of training. The directive will indicate which lesson plans comprise the syllabus for the state of training in

question. The drills included in the lesson plans should then be studied before actually taking over a class. Lesson plans should be followed exactly so that at any particular stage of training the content and method will be the same.

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