This 88-year-old man shared his experiences of training and teaching speed bag punching techniques over the years. He got on a video call with his son and told him stories about how he started training, came up with his own rhythmic speed bag technique, and traveled around to spread awareness about it. This accomplished man also taught speed bag punching to many other famous professionals and shared how he never failed a physical test in his career.
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00:00 All right, well hey dad, it's that time we've been talking about.
00:07 We said we're going to get together and do another behind the scenes to the 85 year old
00:11 grandpa that rips the speed bag, but these have been a little bit of kind of uncertain
00:15 times with like COVID-19 going on and we live a little distance away and unfortunately
00:23 like right now we can't be together and but thankfully because of technology we're able
00:31 to do this today so you get a chance to share a little bit about your background and we're
00:41 going to talk a little bit about our family but it's a good day isn't it dad?
00:47 Yes it is.
00:48 It's an awesome day.
00:50 Hey, I was checking out your shirt.
00:55 What does that say by the way?
00:57 Here it is.
01:00 People are awesome.
01:01 Awesome!
01:02 Well we'll talk a little bit about the people are awesome and our friends at Duke and Meadey
01:08 our agent that that helped us with promoting and licensing and protecting the video that
01:16 I shot of you which is really amazing it's been three years now the people are awesome
01:22 is one brand that is created and owned by Duke and Media they also own the Pet Collective
01:29 and the Fail Army and several others but the people are awesome brand this is one of theirs
01:34 that helped drive this video over 100 million views now on our channel paulorenti.com we
01:41 got about 3.3 million as of right now it's the number two most watched speed bag video
01:47 that we can find that's out there on the internet so that's pretty awesome and incredible good
01:54 lord bless this greater than we could ever imagine huh dad?
01:58 Oh yes absolutely.
02:01 We just had this idea to go down to see and surprise you on your 85th birthday and you
02:07 know it was kind of like a last minute thing we took off and and we got down to Florida
02:14 and we surprised you and I said dad what do you want to go do for your birthday and what
02:21 you say?
02:23 Let's go hit this speed bag!
02:27 So we go down to the to the YMCA where dad been teaching for what over how long were
02:32 you there for dad over 20 years now huh?
02:34 22 years.
02:36 Yeah so you and you taught what thousands of students there?
02:40 Oh many many a lot of professional people we'll get into that later.
02:44 Yeah and all ages but I want to what I want to do kind of dad we'll revisit this but let's
02:50 go back to dad how old were you when you started training on the speed bag and who taught you?
02:58 My uncle my uncle taught me we lived in a two family home so my uncle was upstairs so
03:03 it was very convenient and he set up a speed bag in the basement it was really cold basement
03:09 called a cellar and he had the speed bag hang of course they were really big and heavy at
03:14 that time I think they were made of cowhide so he would jump he put me on top that was
03:19 14 he put me on top of a milk crate so I can reach and hit it so we it was it was very
03:25 basic fighters don't really go into that they like the heavy bag so I learned that very
03:30 very basic it got it got into my blood what happened and I always knew I was going to
03:34 do this the rest of my life you know and he trained as an amateur fighter and you can
03:39 tell by his nose it was flat there was no joke about it he talked about a gentleman
03:44 named James Braddock my father did also he would say you know as a kid who's who's James
03:50 Braddock well he trained with him of course it was a small gym you know it was a very
03:55 poor town and with James Braddock trained trained there with him my uncle and he beat
04:03 Max Baird for the championship of the world.
04:05 Wow.
04:06 That was a big event so he has his name all over the town Parks everything is there everybody
04:11 knew James Braddock so that's how it started there and every home I've had I had a speed
04:17 bag had to be there.
04:19 Right.
04:20 And I did a lot of traveling in my time you know because I was in a restaurant business
04:25 so I was up in Bridgeport Connecticut I have to tell you this story and I was hitting it
04:31 I was doing the doubles the fist rolls the one-armed pass through and a guy came charging
04:36 into the gym where I was hitting the bag.
04:39 Yeah.
04:40 Another section he tapped me on the shoulder he says hey who are you?
04:43 I said sorry where are you at you why?
04:44 He said I heard some noise it was different I've never heard a noise like that.
04:45 That's right.
04:50 I said well how long you been doing this?
04:55 Well this was 1957 you know and I was born in 32 so I wasn't great at it but what I knew
05:01 it was good.
05:02 Yeah.
05:03 He said do you know who I am?
05:04 I said no.
05:05 He says I hit five bags at a time.
05:06 Wow.
05:07 I said wait a minute you were on Ed Sullivan's show many times I saw you I don't know who
05:08 you are but I saw you on the show.
05:09 I said I'm Ed Sullivan.
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05:59 The rhythm of the bag.
06:00 And that's what I named, that's what I named my, when I joined the Y, when I got certified,
06:05 I named it the rhythm of the bag.
06:07 Because that's what it is.
06:08 It's a, and the man who trained me, Alan Kahn, I saw his video.
06:15 He was a drummer, so it was all about rhythm.
06:20 That's right, I remember.
06:21 It was.
06:22 Yeah, so I joined the Y in like 1997, I think it was, '98.
06:30 And I, when I joined the Y, they had a speed bag.
06:33 I was really surprised because not many Ys had speed bags.
06:36 They had heavy bags, but never a speed bag.
06:38 So I hid it for about, I hid it for a couple of years.
06:43 Then my son, one of my sons said, "Dad, I'm going to buy a house."
06:47 And he says, "I want the same setup as you did."
06:50 Full table ping pong and the speed bag and weights.
06:53 I said, "Okay."
06:54 So I told him, "Go to the ring side, you got a free, you got a speed bag."
06:58 When he got there, he said, "When you buy this, you really should get a video and a book on how to do this here."
07:04 So my son called me, I said, "Go get it."
07:07 He says, "He has a front, reverse, and sideways.
07:09 I've never heard of that."
07:10 I did a few things like that, but not all of it.
07:13 So that was Alan Kahn.
07:14 All of it.
07:15 All of it.
07:16 Alan Kahn, yeah.
07:17 Yeah, that was Alan Kahn, the author of the Speed Bag Bible.
07:20 So my brother had seen that on the Ringside website, and he thought, "Wow, this is incredible.
07:27 This guy hits the bag in all different directions."
07:30 Kind of like what we had been doing, but even more so, there was more over 30 techniques, right?
07:36 So we got that, he got the video and sent it to you.
07:41 Yeah, it was actually at that time, it's one video now, two hours.
07:46 But at that time, it was a two-hour, four-video.
07:49 So every month, we would rotate them.
07:52 I would get it for a month, and I would send it to one of my other sons.
07:55 So all my sons would hit the Speed Bag.
07:57 Right.
07:58 We all learned the Alan Kahn way.
07:59 My way, Alan Kahn way.
08:01 That's how it all--
08:02 And then, the why, when I--
08:06 In 2000, let's see.
08:08 Oh, in 2003, the why approached me, management, and said, "You know, you're good enough to teach here.
08:13 Would you like to teach and have a program?"
08:15 I said, "Would love to do it.
08:17 It's the only problem is you have to be certified."
08:19 And I said, "Well, God, there's nobody I know that's better than me where I was living."
08:24 So then I thought about, should I call my boy up who bought that video?
08:29 I said, "We got to get Alan Kahn's number.
08:31 I can't reach him."
08:34 So he got--I talked to him.
08:36 We talked for an hour, and I said, "I'd like to get certified."
08:39 He said, "What do you want to do?"
08:41 I said, "I want you to come to my hometown and do a demo, two demos, and certify me if I'm good enough."
08:49 That's right.
08:50 So 2003, 2003 I got certified.
08:54 And then from there, there was a YMCA, a youth festival in Prague, Czech Republic.
09:00 That's right.
09:01 And my manager said to me, "How would you like to go there, Ernie?"
09:03 I said, "Yeah.
09:04 It's the only trick is you have to pay your own way."
09:07 I said, "That's okay.
09:08 I can do it.
09:09 I want to spread the word all over the world."
09:12 That's right.
09:13 There were 7,500 youngsters, and they would come in groups with flags, you know, all over Sweden.
09:20 They were all over the world, 50 countries.
09:22 So I opened up at 9 o'clock in the morning until midnight, and I had a lamppost over my head.
09:28 I could see it.
09:29 And when I went over there, I said, "All I need is 4x4s, 2x4s, and plywood because it has to be big."
09:36 They put me on a hill. It had to be sturdy.
09:39 So I made it with no electric.
09:41 I made it with a bow saw.
09:42 Oh, wow.
09:43 Unreal.
09:44 And a broken hammer and a little broken chair.
09:46 Wow.
09:47 I built it in three hours, and I think I have a photo of that where I'd like to show you.
09:53 So that was that.
09:55 You got a photo of it still?
09:56 Yeah.
09:57 I'd love to see that.
09:58 I'm going to send it to you.
10:02 Okay, great.
10:03 I'll send you a picture.
10:04 Great.
10:05 I'll send you a picture of the grounds.
10:06 It looks like Florida with like 50 to 100 tents.
10:10 And I'll show you where I was at.
10:12 I was in between two dance stands with a light.
10:15 So everybody had to pass me to hear the music.
10:18 So everybody saw me.
10:19 So you'd --
10:20 People marveled.
10:21 Now, you'd --
10:22 Old people never saw a speed bag in their life.
10:25 Never saw a speed bag in their life.
10:28 Yeah.
10:29 So you did the demonstrations, and then the kids lined up in the hundreds to get a chance --
10:35 It was three bags going.
10:37 Then I had two boys from -- I have to tell you this.
10:39 Two boys from Norway, 12 and 14.
10:42 They were there every minute that I was there.
10:45 They learned the technique and the advanced course.
10:48 They knew the whole thing.
10:50 Wow.
10:51 They knew the whole thing.
10:52 If we went to lunch, he would say, "I'll get your lunch.
10:56 Give me your ticket.
10:57 I'll get your lunch.
10:58 I'll get your commissary.
10:59 You keep hitting them."
11:00 Wow.
11:01 And they became my friends.
11:02 I hope I hear from them someday if they see this video.
11:05 I know, Dad.
11:06 They were great boys.
11:07 They'd be awesome.
11:08 I know you've asked me over the years, "Hey --"
11:10 That would be awesome because if I ever hear from them --
11:12 I gave them actually a book and a video with my number and address.
11:17 I hope I hear from them someday, especially through this video.
11:20 It would be nice.
11:21 I'm still going.
11:22 But the fact that they probably thought I died because I was diagnosed with cancer before I left.
11:29 Yes, I remember.
11:30 And my wife said, "No, no."
11:33 And I says, "If I die, you're going to cry and you're going to shoot me back.
11:36 Don't worry.
11:37 I have to do this."
11:38 Yeah.
11:39 So when I was there at a beer bar with my friend, my manager, I said, "You know something?
11:43 I have cancer, but I still made this trip because I had to do it."
11:47 I had a spread to worry all over the world about the speed baggers.
11:51 And, well, you know, there's so many programs out there with the speed bag,
11:56 but I also got involved with the Rocksteady.
11:59 I help people who come into town and have Parkinson's.
12:03 And it was a wonderful thing to help these people because sometimes the wife would hit the bag
12:08 because she had the problem and the husband would come to me and say, "You're an angel,"
12:12 because when she gets done with this, the tremor is gone.
12:16 Wow.
12:17 The tremor is gone.
12:19 And I felt, you know how good I felt?
12:21 They would cry.
12:22 Yeah.
12:23 They didn't think I felt.
12:24 Yeah.
12:25 I had people with brain damage.
12:28 I had people when I was blind, I got them started just doing the basics.
12:33 I had one who was deaf, walking in with a dog.
12:36 I taught her.
12:37 I taught ball players.
12:39 I taught a professional fighter who won the gold for Mexico.
12:43 Yeah.
12:44 Won the gold in boxing.
12:45 And I went to his gym.
12:47 That's right.
12:48 He's training his heavyweight and changing.
12:51 One of his stars was a light heavyweight champion of the world.
12:55 I can't give you his name, but I wish I could, but I can't.
12:59 But I went to his gym.
13:00 I spent three hours up there training all the fighters, and they loved it.
13:04 That's right.
13:05 I know you worked with -- Dad, you worked over the years with MMA fighters, with their trainers,
13:11 trained the trainer.
13:13 You worked with -- of course, I'm a martial artist, and I have been since 1983.
13:22 I've taught martial arts, but then I've also taught the speed bag because I see the use.
13:29 With hand and eye coordination, with endurance, with cardio, hand speed, there's all kinds
13:37 of things that the speed bag gives.
13:40 And I know for you, you've spent a whole lifetime as a master chef.
13:46 Diet and exercise has been the key to a long life and a good life.
13:54 And so you've always eaten well and then exercised.
13:59 And that's really made a difference, hasn't it, Dad?
14:02 Oh, absolutely.
14:04 I read a book years ago, "Eat to Live."
14:07 And I stuck with that thing about eating nutritional food.
14:11 And I tell you what, I'm 88, and I just passed my physical.
14:15 I never failed a physical in my life.
14:17 [Laughter]
14:19 That's pretty hard.
14:21 Well, anyway, I taught -- some of the people I taught that I was really proud of was a professional golfer.
14:28 She's the head of all the women's golfers now.
14:33 She sets up tournaments.
14:34 And I taught her -- she was -- I have a ball player that pitched for the Chicago White Sox.
14:41 He had Lou Gehrig with that elbow problem, what they call it.
14:46 Oh, was it like tendinitis?
14:51 Yeah, yeah, more than that.
14:54 Oh.
14:55 Was it Lou Gehrig's Lou?
14:56 Lou Gehrig's disease?
14:57 No, it's like a prosthetist, but worse.
15:02 And his trainer said -- his doctor said, "Hit the speed bag."
15:07 He said, "I'm already hitting it."
15:09 He said, "Well, stay with it because that's going to heal you."
15:11 Right.
15:12 Yeah, I had all -- I'd say it's been -- a lot of people have taught this thing.
15:17 Very interesting.
15:18 Well, it's taking you to places you never thought, huh, Dad?
15:20 I mean, who would think that you could take this -- it's taking you to places you never thought.
15:25 That's right, yeah.
15:28 Well, this thing here, I've met so many people.
15:30 I actually met a -- I trained a man from -- who works at Cape Canaveral.
15:36 Wow.
15:37 With the -- yeah, Cape Canaveral.
15:40 I was done.
15:41 He said, "What do you do for a living?"
15:42 I had to ask, but he said, "Cape Canaveral."
15:44 He did that thing like in space where they put you in a tank like to get free floating in air.
15:50 Wow, wow.
15:52 Yes.
15:53 Yeah, yeah, he did.
15:54 Yeah, isn't that something?
15:55 Yeah.
15:56 Well, I know it's really amazing.
15:57 It's really amazing, Dad.
15:58 So once I ended up taking that video of you, I had already a video that I had submitted to Juke and Media,
16:08 who's the largest media-sharing business in the world.
16:12 And I had submitted one video, "Strange Object Falls in North Carolina Sky."
16:19 And I was just out because I was out in the field.
16:23 We're farmers at the Lufa Ranch.
16:25 I was out in the field, and I was irrigating, and I saw something strange falling out of the sky.
16:31 And I figured it was a plane at first, but the more I looked at it, it just looked really odd.
16:35 So I ran on the four-wheeler back up to the house, grabbed my camera, and I went out to the deck outside the house.
16:42 There wasn't enough time to go back down the hill to where the field was to video because the object was going behind a mountain.
16:50 So I began filming that, and I captured that.
16:53 I put it on our YouTube channel, and then I wanted to share it really with the media.
16:59 And I began calling different news channels, and nobody would answer the phone or call me back.
17:03 And I ended up just doing a little bit of research, and I found Juke and Media had offices across the world.
17:10 They had one in New York, in LA, in the UK, and now they're in New Delhi in India.
17:17 And I dialed their number in LA, and somebody answered the phone, and I could talk to a live person.
17:24 And when I showed him the video of the falling object, he immediately wanted it.
17:29 And so they took assignment on that, began protecting and promoting that one and licensing it.
17:34 A few months later, then I shot the video of you on the speed bag, called them again.
17:38 Immediately, they wanted that one as well.
17:40 So a few months later, they put it into a little piece of it into a compilation on the People Are Awesome brand.
17:50 And they called that video the 2017 People Are Awesome Martial Arts Edition.
17:57 And that one ended up running in multiple places on the internet and different social media platforms, over 100 million views.
18:05 And just absolutely incredible. They've licensed it for Advent Healthcare, for hospital commercials, and it just continues to grow.
18:15 I've assigned more and more videos to them from my channel because they're just doing a fantastic job.
18:22 So, you know, it's gone further than I could have ever expected.
18:26 And I talked to them a few weeks back and I said, you know, our video is just amazing as far as how far the reach has been.
18:37 My dad and I, we want to do a behind the scenes video. I think it's time. It's been three years. Dad's 88 years old.
18:44 We only captured him just for a few minutes.
18:47 Well, that was that whole video was just over two minutes, Dad.
18:50 And you were kind of taking it easy. You weren't showing all the techniques that you do,
18:54 which is really what over 30. But I just captured a little glimpse.
18:58 We're just happy to spend the day with you. And, you know, our channel alone has 3.3 million views.
19:05 And so we just are so grateful for Adjuka Media.
19:10 Dad, I'm grateful for you just inspiring not only me, but our entire family.
19:17 And now you've inspired the world. Dad, for health and fitness at 88 years old.
19:22 The fact that you can get up and not just live, you know, just get by.
19:26 But you are living a vibrant and healthy life, eating well, exercising, giving back to the community where you live.
19:33 But then look, giving back to our channel is seen in over 200 countries, Dad.
19:40 So we have had thousands upon thousands of people that are commented, that are encouraged by it.
19:47 Fantastic. You know, we hope to be able to encourage others that health and fitness is important.
19:52 But also, you know, when somebody teaches you something, try and be the best that you can at it.
19:56 Get to the point where you can share it with others. And that's something that you've done, Dad.
20:01 And so the speed bag is more than just the physical act of doing something on the bag.
20:06 I mean, it's really amazing. There's some people that are fantastic on the speed bag.
20:10 Spending the time giving back to others has really been tremendous, Dad.
20:16 An inspiration to me as your son and an inspiration to many.
20:21 So being the inspiration for so many.
20:24 Juker Media, thank you so much for helping to promote our video.
20:28 And so we get a chance to see Dad in one or two extra places. Encouraging.
20:34 Pretty awesome, huh, Dad?
20:37 That is very, very awesome. Great. Thanks for doing everything for me. You've been great.
20:42 And we're sharing this with the world. This is important because you don't see this kind of hitting on the bag every day.
20:49 This is very different. That's what I love about Alan Conn. He shared it with the world. He's a great man.
20:56 Alan freely gives.
21:00 He learned the bag from an old man in Memphis University.
21:07 Alan Conn was a drummer when he heard the beat. An old man like me taught him the bag.
21:12 How about that? How about that?
21:14 I remember Alan telling me because I had a chance to train with him out in San Diego years ago and get a chance to meet he and his wife.
21:23 And the thing that Alan would always share is, Paul, the speed bag is bigger than me.
21:31 I just want to teach others about it.
21:34 Yet, like he has the skill set that was amazing and he could turn on music and hit the bag in multiple techniques to the rhythm of that song.
21:45 Absolutely amazing. Blindfolded doesn't matter.
21:49 But even with his skill set that he had, Alan was so full of kindness to always share.
21:56 Super humble. He'd give out books of the speed bag Bible.
22:02 He would give out his videos, signatures. He just wanted people to be inspired.
22:09 So guys like Matt Santiago. Who else, Dad?
22:13 What are some of the names?
22:16 Lisa Perrone.
22:20 Lisa Perrone. We met at my son's house one day.
22:25 She did a beautiful job.
22:27 She's amazing.
22:29 How about John Baca?
22:34 John Baca, who won the Presidential Medal of Honor.
22:44 I had a chance to train with John Baca. He's incredible.
22:48 But the list goes on. He has so many students.
22:51 I trained with him too in San Diego when I was out there.
22:56 That's right. We did.
22:59 Yes, I met him. He was a great man too. We got to get him in here too.
23:04 Thank you Alan Khan for everything you've done for our family.
23:09 Just to continue to help us grow in the speed bag. Dad started it.
23:15 Alan continued on. We each continue on.
23:18 I'm a martial artist. One of my brothers is a martial artist.
23:21 We still continue to use it for training, hand speed, hand and eye coordination, teaching others.
23:28 It's been an amazing journey, Dad. I would have never expected it.
23:35 There's a really awesome movie out there called "Art of the Speed Bag".
23:40 You'll see Alan Khan in there, Matt Santiago and some of the other experts out there.
23:47 There's a whole list of them. You definitely want to check that out.
23:52 "Art of the Speed Bag" gives some more of the history.
23:55 The speed bag was way before boxers started using it.
23:59 It was something used in vaudeville shows, huh Dad?
24:03 Yes. It was actually full of sand on a long rope.
24:06 That's how the speed bag started. It was full of sand.
24:09 They were hitting it.
24:11 In Linsdale, I think it's called in England, they started to put bladders in them.
24:18 They actually started the speed bag. It was in England.
24:22 Boxers will use it.
24:26 Alan Khan used to say he felt like they were underutilizing the bag.
24:31 There's so much more they can do with it.
24:33 Usually, it's just a few strikes forward, maybe a little bit reverse, maybe a double punch.
24:38 They have so many other tools in their training.
24:41 Heavy bags, water bags, double end bags.
24:45 So many other tools to train. The speed bag is just one.
24:49 Probably, if they learned a lot of different techniques like what we do,
24:53 it would keep them hitting longer on the bag.
24:56 It would help them keep their hands up longer.
24:59 That's what I saw as I trained some fighters out in San Diego.
25:02 When they did amateur fights, a lot of times, they were excellent in the gym training.
25:08 But when they got out there to do some of the amateur fights,
25:10 they would gas out and they would be wiped out in just a few minutes of punching.
25:14 They weren't used to having their hands up like that.
25:16 When we train in the speed bag, the hands are always up in a way that really builds your upper body strength.
25:22 As I've trained in boxing clubs in San Diego, I had many fighters come up to me and said, "Hey, can you show me?"
25:30 They were mixed martial artists. They were boxers. They were Thai fighters.
25:34 One of them was Coach Mel Menor.
25:38 He was a pro fighter, a K-1 fighter.
25:42 Mel did a little bit of training with my kids.
25:45 I did some training also with Mel, showed him a few tips on the speed bag.
25:49 Mel fought in front of 100,000 people as a K-1 fighter.
25:55 We've had a chance to really have an effect on some people and share this, Dad, in a way bigger than we thought.
26:03 Yes, yes. It's been good.
26:07 There was one story here. My son's daughter was taking tennis lessons from a pro.
26:13 He was from England and he was a pro.
26:16 They were training for quite a while and I was there sitting watching.
26:20 At the end of the session, he says, "You should really hit the speed bag."
26:25 I said, "Speed bag?" He said, "We have one at home. My dad has one. Why don't you come over and show me how to do it?"
26:31 He came over. I said, "Boy, you're really good. Can you show me?"
26:36 I was really giving it to him.
26:38 I got up there and I started doing it. He looked at me and said, "Oh my God, you hit the bag just like I learned from Alan Cohn."
26:48 I swore he was going to find me.
26:51 He was shocked, but he was telling my granddaughter to hit the speed bag.
26:56 That's my last story. I'm running out of stories.
26:59 Well, hey, Dad, thanks so much.
27:01 I'm going to send you everything from Prague.
27:07 The grounds, where everything was.
27:11 Great.
27:12 I'm going to mail it with your phone. I'll return it to you, okay?
27:16 Okay, sounds great, Dad. Hey, we love you.
27:18 We love you. God bless.
27:21 God bless you, Dad.
27:23 God bless Alan Cohn. Great man.
27:25 That's right. Amen. I love you, Dad. Ciao.