Originally Posted by
greynotsoold
There is always a bit of hip rotation when you jab, in that you have to turn your hip to the center line of your body. So it is a very small movement. And you do not transfer weight when you jab.
But when you throw a 'jab' after a right hand (or after a left, for a southpaw), then there is a weight transfer as you begin the punch with weight of your front foot. That would make it more a straight left hand than a jab.
The same thing is true if you throw it as a counter punch. For example (and I'm using two orthodox fighters here), if you slip inside a jab and then counter with a jab. When you slip inside the weight would go onto your left foot, necessitating weight transference and thus more hip turn than would occur with a 'jab.'
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