Powerful Jab- Is this an illusion?

[Sharla]

Donny, It all depends where the back foot is in relation to the shoulder for drive and delivery. Also movement after the punch being in balance for where you want to be. One senario to get the idea is kicking a ball as hard as you can, when youve found the best way to drive the ball . Think where the back foot is in the relation to the shoulder for drive, thats where it should be after the jab

Somehow I've developed the habit of throwing my jab with my arm alone - not putting the shoulder into it. I think i've had this habit for a while but I have only just realized it because someone pointed it out to me on the weekend.

I know I don't put my body into my right cross enough because it's been annoying me for ages - now I'm thinking I haven't been doing it because my left shoulder is not foreward enough at the end of the jab to pull it back enough for a hard cross.

Could this all be to do with me being too heavy on my front foot Scrap or is it something else entirely?

[El Kabong]

You don't need to put all your weight on your back foot to have more power but having an even distribution of weight allows for more weight to be transfered which in turn allows for a more powerful punch.

Step into your jab and turn your shoulders and hips....it's good to have more that just 1 type of jab a fast one, a pawing/measuring one, and a powerful one you can change them up and confuse your opponent.


The best way to throw the 1-2 is with a quick jab using the momentum of the jab coming back to a defensive position to add more power to the cross. That is created by your core muscles in your back and abs, your feet and legs, and your shoulders.


You punch with your whole body

[Scrap]

Its a biomechanical fact, its all where the head is its simple. If the heads not where it should be then the rest of the body isnt. That applies to any Sport .

[Sharla]

If it's so simple why do so many people struggle with it then Scrap.

[Scrap]

To be qiute simple Sharla, not many people understand the concept thats the truth. Ive been studying the idea for years, trying to find out why as regards movement. Ive had a good career doing what I did, but knew there was something missing in mine and everybodys concept. I remember when I was talking to three University Lecturers who later told me they thought I was completely Bonkers. Now they are amongst my best freinds who I coach. Its the bodys job to keep the stuff between the ears in its proper alinement for better perception of Feel.

[Sharla]

This possibly has nothing to do with what you're getting at Scrap but I've recently realized that it's easier for me to get my body into the punch if my head and chin is not coming forward too much.

It seems sticking my chin out like that prevents me from having an axis to rotate my body around.

I'm not sure why I got into sticking my head forward in the first place - maybe trying to put my body into the punch without pivoting and trying to sort of strain or pull it there with my head - I was banned from pivoting for a while but had a lot more power before that.

Perhaps that's not it though? Perhaps there's some other common cause of people sticking their heads and chins out too far in front of them?