How much should you twist your back foot when throwing a right cross?

[Castleberry]

I know that when I throw a right cross, I want to push off with my back leg. But how much should my back foot twist? In this video, is this guy's foot twisting a bit too far?



I would've thought that the foot should twist just enough to be pointing straight.

[Castleberry]

Then again it could be the angle in which he's filmed making it appear that he's over-twisting...

[greynotsoold]

He's not "over-twisting" and I don't believe that you can. You have to twist that foot enough to turn your hip through the center line of your body, because your hip turns your shoulders and your shoulders drive the arm.
And the closer your back foot starts to being straight, that is, pointed straight at your opponent, the better off you are.

[Scrap]

Turn the Front Foot too.

[nikola_ganchev]

What about the lower bag? I mean it is always bad to bend it, but I think i see that here there is lag between the leg and shoulders turn. So from my point of view, he is simulating the turn in the hips, but his lower back is loose and does not translate the force from the legs up and at the end he throws the hand with no weight behind it...

[greynotsoold]

What about the lower bag? I mean it is always bad to bend it, but I think i see that here there is lag between the leg and shoulders turn. So from my point of view, he is simulating the turn in the hips, but his lower back is loose and does not translate the force from the legs up and at the end he throws the hand with no weight behind it...

True.

[Castleberry]

He's not "over-twisting" and I don't believe that you can. You have to twist that foot enough to turn your hip through the center line of your body, because your hip turns your shoulders and your shoulders drive the arm.
And the closer your back foot starts to being straight, that is, pointed straight at your opponent, the better off you are.

What I meant was twisting the back foot so that it was pointed inward instead of straight at the opponent.

[greynotsoold]

He's not "over-twisting" and I don't believe that you can. You have to twist that foot enough to turn your hip through the center line of your body, because your hip turns your shoulders and your shoulders drive the arm.
And the closer your back foot starts to being straight, that is, pointed straight at your opponent, the better off you are.

What I meant was twisting the back foot so that it was pointed inward instead of straight at the opponent.

Yes, I know. Twist it inward. If you only twist until it is pointed at your opponent you aren't turning your hip all the way through.

[BTF]

I wouldn't say that he is overtwisting, but how much you twist is often limited by the circumstances.

Often in a fight you don't have the time or balance to twist that much.

What he is demonstrating is more of textbook, clean-environment, technique. The reality is most people in actual action don't quiet twist that much.