How To Become A Good Bodypuncher?

[Lutzky]

How To Become A Good Bodypuncher?
Any Suggestions?>>>Training ideas...etc.

[TotalFighter]

Train to protect your chin when you hit low. Not much else to say if you can work the middle of a puching bag good.

[IllegalSPKilla]

Hmmm - I don't know - I wonder if the answer is the same as how to be a good boxer!!??

[Andre]

Just talking what you asked for (more power on body shots)

For someone in the opposite stance to you ;You can about face and get off a rib shot under a jab that you have just avoided. You stay in your front stance as you turn away your rear glove comes up to the side/back of your head as the other glove goes in hard under the jab.
Its followed by another hook but up high. Its a one two move and you slide in on the second hook with turn.
Takes practice but well worth while.
You can do it in same stance too but you have to pull your front foot around to the rear so you switch as the jab comes in,then it works for that situation too.

To gain more power on kidney area and side body shots; (seeing your out to the side slightly when the opening presents itself) you can turn your rear foot outwards away from your other foot, slide the heel in and it twists your hips and body weight fully into the blow; if you step backwards and slightly out on an angle first it actually takes you away from their rear arm threat as you go.
the arm you attack under isnt a threat if its already expended and you have made contact.

That works best when they are in the oppostite stance to you or when you are both fighting square.
It works well in same stance too ,but you have to be more aware of their rear arm as its closer.

Double hooks ,low then high should be practiced as those openings occur on their reactions to the first hit.

Works high / low too.
To triple up even works.

[greynotsoold]

body punching is a splendid thing! Here's my thoughts. First, as it was pointed out above, learn how to properly throw every punch. Second, understand that the shoulder of the punching hand must be lowered to the level of the target. Third, learn the spots to hit and relentlessly practice hitting them. I made marks on my heavy bag to represent the liver, solar plexus, the "pit" of the stomach, the heart, and made sure that every single time i worked that bag that every intended body punch hit the intended mark. You see throwing a million body shots isn't necessary to wear a guy down; it can be accomplished with a couple, even one, well placed punch. Fourth, learn to avboid punches and to counter. And learn the particular move- say, slip to the outside off a jab and left hook the solar plexus- precisely before you even think of "countering with combinations" or you'll end up not doing a bit of it properly.

[boyla]

For hooks to the body use a horizontal fist with the palm up to protect the thumb

[Rocky Balboa]

What exactly is the pit of the stomach greynotsoold?

[Chris Nagel]

What exactly is the pit of the stomach greynotsoold?

Don't mind if I answer this myself.


It's the same spot as your solar-plexus. It's located directly below your sternum or breast-bone right where your ribs meet. Getting hit there is like hitting your funny bone except for a short while you aren't able to take another breath (i.e. getting the wind knocked out of you). It's a feeling you'll never like.

So it's important that you don't give your opponent a flush target. Try to maintain a side-on angle to your opponent so that your body becomes a smaller target which makes it impossible for your opponent to land a clean punch on your solar plexus.

Anyways you can practice your punches to the solar plexus. You can lead and make a quick fencer-like stab, which is something you ought to look out for when we go over Ricardo Lopez's fights. You can also throw a counter, such as a straight right to body right off of a slip which is one of my favorite moves.