Re: The Mechanics of the Jab
On 4, concetrate on pulling the right shoulder and hip back rather than turning the left. The habit stops you reaching and keeps the shoulder above the knee, plus gives more turn on the back foot.
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Thanks Scrap, that's a better way of thinking about it. Also, when the hand is turned over just shy of impact, is the turn in just the hand itself? Or does the arm rotate with the fist? The latter rotation thus causes the elbow to flare. Is the proper way to try to keep the elbow pointed mostly down through the movement?
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A good way to practice is standing shoulder against the wall smooth wall. Throwing the Jab and making sure the Hand never leaves the wall, and the shoulder Hitting the Chin. Good way of learning and producing the correct Biomechanics. Couple of minutes you will feel it.
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Could you maybee explain this a bit clearer scrap as i would like to try this but i dont quite understand what you mean.
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Stand with your left shoulder against the wall if orthadox, left elbow and fist touching as well. Also left foot all the left side you are looking along the wall. Know keeping everything touching throw the jab along the wall turning the jab as you do 2 minutes you will feel it stand off and give your arm a shake ;D. then give it some more. This will give the muscle correct memory. One thing while doing it turn the fist so the shoulder hits your chin if your shoulder is hitting your chin He isnt ;D
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One of the things that it helps with is preventing you from bringing your elbow up too soon.
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It's kind of difficult to explain but when jabbing correctly should it feel like youre shoulder kind of clicks into place as you turn it over sort of like hitting that little sweet spot i once heard someone describe it like jabbing down a pipe.Am i right in saying that a nice compact jab should also come to the left hand side of the centre line but not past it.For instance if you were standing face on in front of the mirror it it would come to the left hand side of youre chin sort of like where you would rest youre chin if you were to fire a rifle although obviously it would be the opposite side for a righty lol but you know what i mean.
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In the mirror theres a southpaw in front of you.
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I have also been using a slightly narrower than shoulder width stance and stepping into a s/w stance when i step with the jab if that makes sense.Is this correct or should i be shoulder width before i step?
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When you start, and when you finish.
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k i think im overcomlicating things in my head again.Paralysis by analysis
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hey guys, ive been trying the little tip u suggested scrap and it seems to make sense however when i try to get into position with my left shoulder lead foot touching the wall it seems as if im holding my left hand out wide to my left to get my fist to touch the wall, im just wondering should i turn more into the wall so my hand can touch it without reaching out to the left but also when i try this i cant get my usual stance because the wall is in the way of my lead foot as i fight from quite a low stance usually, could you please help scrap as i think this will lead to perfect form once learnt properly, it feels really wierd now and sort of awkward to jab that way but i guess its just because ive been jabbing wrong for quite some time now and im used to flareing the elbow a bit earlier than is allowed during this exercise i think
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also i like the idea of pulling the right shoulder back it seems to make everything more crisp and snappier in a way if those words make sense to you :confused: hah, i just wondered should i apply this technique to straight right hands aswell sort of pulling the left shoulder back to throw the punch and then pulling the right shoulder back to return to position sharpish? it sort of seems like a good idea to apply this to most punches if possible