Quote Originally Posted by Chris Nagel View Post
Learning how to throw punches properly is part of effective punching. No matter how good you can punch, you also need to be able to get past an opponent's guard or you won't landing much at all.

You need to either find openings or create them, and then get your self into the right position and angle to land your punches. Now some of it is experience, either from sparring or from fighting, and then you sometimes get that feeling that makes you say to yourself, "I got 'im". A lot of it comes down to how you train. You train with your opponent in mind and then move for the right reasons. Don't ever punch just for the sake of punching, otherwise you're going to get hurt, and by hurt I mean murdered.
Good points!

Part of the complete effective punching package is finding the openings,
that is where the aspects of accuracy, speed and timing take effect,
coupled with effective feinting, one should get the job done.