The jab -- technically perfecting it (Help please)

[Zelley]

I believe one should practice and use a variety of jabs with variation in the speed and number of jabs, the lead jab to the power jab, to body and head.

[N Maiberg]

Interesting post HerbM, personally I think everyone has their own jab. Mine for example I like it to have 2 personalities really, one where I don't really throw it to do any damage but more to measure range, and the other where it's a fast, hard, sharp jab and gradually turn it into a left straight.

I'm still learning obviously but this is how my theory goes for the perfect jab, this is just my theory though, it might be completely wrong and absolute bull****. But hey, it's mine hehe.

My jab is like this, I don't turn it, instead I keep it parallel to my shoulder so it's always lined up, hiding my shoulder really. about halfway trough the punch, without turning the fist, I start putting my body into it tugging my other hand into the chest to add power, twisting my shoulder outward toward my opponent, follow by the hips, but not the feet. Then snap it back.

In my head this creates what I think is an invisible jab, when I react to a punch I react to the body itself what it does, to me a jab like that is deadly, because there's no signal to show it's coming, only about halfway trough is something other than the jab itself moving, and even then the hand still doesn't turn at all, I hit him vertically with the hand. To me this jab is completely invisible, and I know I wouldn't be able to react to it or see it coming, so this is in my opinion the perfect jab.