Extending Arms - Shadow Boxing

[cambay411]

Very well said, it just seems to me the small step on this punch has to do more with angles than a punching technique and needs set up in order to work your way inside. Wayne, you were talking about placement of the back foot on the straight, if you were trying to throw that straight right to the body would you leave that back foot there?

[WayneFlint]

No if you do this step you will be doing the same thing you do with a straight right to the head but because your going low down with the shot the back foot being left behind will cause the exact same problems and exagerate them as you will find yourself leaving the back foot even further behind than you would with a straight right to the head. let your knees take you down with the shot rather than bending at the waist and reaching, try and make sure your right heel is under your ass as much as it can be, scrap used to say to me on these forums in a way what is more simple to understand is if your heel had an eye make sure it can see the target its aiming for and the line of sight isnt blocked by your ass. this will enable proper range and the ability to drive through with the shot if necessary.

[jahmez]

When people say they're transferring their weight to their front foot they don't necessarily mean that they're throwing their entire body forward. Also some of the sarcasm and pretentious "" shit you get on here makes me wonder if I'm in a boxing forum talking to boxers or in a cafe having to listen to bunch of foppish uni poonces debate the importance of the modern man wearing a scarf and vest. If someone doesn't agree with you there's no need to act like a wanker.

[cambay411]

Agreed jahmez, we all share the common bond of being fighters. We may not bleed and sweat on each other everyday has we do with our training partners, but we do go to the gym, put in work, get punched in the face, as well as punch ppl in the face then get ready to do it again the next day. Not only do we do this everyday but we love it. I try to be open minded to everyones technique. If im not i feel like i shut myself off to learning new things, and as a fighter i need to grow as a fighter as much as i can. I appreciate everyones opinions on this website and also have learned alot from this website. So thank you Wayne, scrap, herb, jahmez, badri_hari and the many others (sorry if i didnt mention you) who go out of there way on here to help explain the sport of boxing to us.

[cambay411]

Any way jahmez the discussion here about the step with the lead foot is if the step should be included in technique for the straight or if it should be used as an angle for getting on the inside. It seems to me that if it is used in technique (when you step with every straight you throw), it can be read and countered easliy. On the other hand if you set it up it can effectively be used to get on the inside.

[Scrap]

All the weight going onto the front foot, isnt going through the other guys chin. Simple biomechanics.

[jahmez]

If your a fighter who is only in punching range when throwing a punch your going to have to step in. In an ideal world things work ideally but anybody who sees you throwing a punch is not going to be there for you to hit.