Quote Originally Posted by cambay411 View Post
...Herb wieght was a bad word to use there, i should have said energy. Also i would have to say your right i would not transfer all the my wieght or energy to my front foot, as i maintain a good stance and balance throughout. As far as the knee dip, maybe a better way to describe that would be to "turn the knee in". The main objective of this motion is not to drop the knee but to turn your body into the punch. On my right uppercut in an orthadox stance i turn the rear knee in while at the same time pushing with the balls of my rear foot. And all this energy i create sling shots into a strike. Thanks for helping Herb tell me anything i can do to improve my technique.
I think maybe some of my confusion is just due to your description, and maybe if you were showing it on video it would make (more) sense.

Again, though, I don't see how turning the front knee inside on a read hand punch could ever work. The effect would be to turn you back towards the rear hand (the wrong way.)

For an uppercut, not sure what turning "the rear knee in" would do, but we were early talking about dipping, weighting (or energy), or otherwise moving the FRONT KNEE even for back hand shots.

My guess is that if someone turns the rear knee in during an uppercut, this is just going to be awkward.

I know that it feels natural to me to turn my (striking hand) foot towards the center (clockwise for left, counter for right) but my coach doesn't want me doing that -- although he'll ignore a LITTLE bit of this if I don't emphasize it too much. As my shoulders/hips twist (for hooks) and extend (for uppercuts) it seems to make sense to just reposition my feet (by turning not lifting or stepping) to help control and direct the momentum as the strike occurs.

BUT don't BELIEVE me on hooks or especially uppercuts. Mine don't suck but they are far from perfect (according to my coach.) My jab(s) on the other hand are quite effective, both at setup and power (when I want that.)

I am doing my best to keep about 60% of my weight on my rear foot, even during a punch, unless I am CERTAIN of striking solid, and then at the last moment that Dempsey step seems to work very well for power on straight punches.

Shoulders and hip turning for hooks, shoulder and hip uncoiling for uppercuts.

Freddie Roach has some videos on YouTube for this stuff, and some of the coaches here do too, maybe Fran's MyBoxingCoach.Com.

Roach is the trainer with the MOST world champs (currently, and second only to HIS coach Eddie Futch), so I tend to believe him, except that when he disagrees with MY coach he isn't there to do my push-ups

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HerbM