Quote Originally Posted by badr_hari View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Fran@myboxingcoach View Post
if the technique is correct (weight going onto back leg) you'll never go off-balance when you miss a shot during fighting/sparring.
wasn't the weight transfer from the back leg to the front leg, while throwing straight punches ?
In general, you don't want to transfer weight onto the front foot when punching; it makes you very vulnerable and decreases you mobility for avoiding what comes at you next.

This is especially important when you MISS (as Fran was pointing out) because then the tendency is even stronger to transfer weight there even more strongly (since there is not contact to help you stop the motion) and thus makes the problem worse for misses.

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HerbM