'Sitting down' on your punches

[jameso'hara]

I check the forum regularly for new posts and had hoped that somebody more learned than I would contribute further to this thread. I hope I don't take this off topic.

So, in an attempt to get the momentum going again.

I experience little breakthroughs with technique and skill building. Due to being a novice with much to learn and because I experiment and analyse a lot. This occurs frequently.
I recently have only just grasped the fundamental contribution to my punching power and speed that pushing off the floor gives me. Not the half-hearted cursory push I have been guilty of but the fully committed both feet style thrust. I relate this to the physical feeling I get when skipping rope. It all begins with the floor. I've read that many times and didn't really grasp it fully until very recently. Strangely, I learnt that by getting in to my stance in front of a wall and feeling the difference in weight and force I could push into the wall with the open palms of my hand. Moving onto shadowboxing I found my hands were propelled much faster.

At the moment I relate to "sitting down" on my punches as the moment when gravity acts on my weight at the same time the punch lands. I think of it as a result of the feet pushing.

Still getting there obviously. Somebody help please.

Gosh, I just reread what Herb wrote and feel he said it much more elequently and comprehensively.