PULL not PUSH your punches

[Scrap]

Simple isnt it

[God.in.my.corner]

I always reached before. and when I reached, my head would go past my lead knee which would put my head closer to my opponent, which made it easy to get hit. Combos were difficult since I didnt have good balance. And with my right cross, my punch covers the same distance by pulling the left shoulder back, since the right shoulder fires forward more than it used to, but my head and balance remains under that back foot. So it covers the same distance with better posture, balance and defense without reaching or "falling in" with the right cross.

Scrap, what is the antagonist pulling motion on the uppercut Is it an upward pull of the opposite shoulder?

[Scrap]

Quads on the left leg, and tricep on the right arm, if orthadox.

[jameso'hara]

I must say a big thankyou for this tip God.in.my.corner. I too am an older novice and am fascinated with boxing technique and improving what little skill I have. Very interesting stuff.

[WayneFlint]

I have to agree 100% on that, i too read one of scraps posts talking about pulling back the shoulder about a year back and straight away it instantly made massive improvements, its probably the single most helpful thing ive read on these forums or online that helped me improv instantly without actually being shown anything in person..andit was so simple. such an improvement from just a few words of advice from scrap quickly made me realise to listen to what this man says, learn and ask questions now i travel 40+ mile every other week or a few times a week if possible to do so in person lol =D best education ive ever had, hats off to scrap, saddo's very own yoda of boxing lol

[HerbM]

I am an old novice too (58 with about a year in boxing), and I too spend a lot of time seeking the best methods from multiple sources.

Have you thought about the seeming contradiction between #1 and #3 (there really is NOT one) when you are told to "put more weight behind" the punch, and yet "keep you weight back on your rear foot"?

There are multiple ways to get your body (not necessarily your 'weight' but there are ways to do that too) into a punch without throwing yourself forward.

Somewhere in this forum are threads where we discussed this and at least one where I ran down most of the methods to do this....

Dropping, pushing (from feet), turning, pulling back with opposite side, etc....

[WayneFlint]

I agree herb its not so much the bodyweight that is the point, yes bodyweight behind a shot is better than an arm punch but using all the points you mentioned at the end of that post herb is what makes for a powerful punch not bodyweight alone and this is because your using your body with good economy with the optimal triggers to build up momentum, yes your bodyweight is behind the punch but behind your bodyweight is your legs/feet pushing, pivoting. knees dropping, shoulders rotating and a solid base using foot/knee placement to get into a good position braced to recieve the recoil of the impact in the oposite direction (will help if a bag/heavy fighter is swinging/moving towards your shot, bodyweight is not enough in these cases) from which the punch is being delieverd from etc, etc which allows for the stopping power. bodyweight punches with very shoddy technique and foot/knee placement will bounce off a target rather than strike into and through it powerfully stopping.

Using bodyweight is better than arm punches but it can never compare to proper technique because there are limits when using bodyweight/gravity to throw a punch like most people do when starting out boxing.