Video of me shadowboxing

If you think being a ranked pro with a winning record isn't anything special then you have no respect for the sport and how tough that is to do. Your 60k job with a dental plan sounds great, but it doesn't mean **** when your talking about the mechanics of throwing punches.

A punch begins with your feet, and so thats where your training should start.

First day in a boxing gym the coach made me sit on a barstool with my feet off the floor and and hit him as hard as I could on the forehead, and when I did I nearly fell off the stool and he just stood there laughing and said, now you know why you won't be getting in a ring until you have learned footwork.

To the OP -If you want to box amateur then get a coach, and almost as importantly gymmates, who can teach you and push you along. If you can't get to the gym, then keep in shape, do your conditioning stuff at home. Technique can't be honed in your bedroom though, it needs little incremental corrections from a coach, and the more you do things without a coach, the more he needs to correct when you get one.
If you are just having a little fun, then fair play, keep doing what your doing and enjoy yourself.

 

This.

Nobody who has worked under an actual boxing coach should be talking **** about anyone with actual experience, especially someone so accomplished. Proper fundamentals are essential, and the OP should at least try to seek out a gym.

Jabbing an arm punch? My God.

 

there are several posts in this thread of people telling this guy how to punch, and the only one jeff has anything to say about is mine? and its a post telling the kid not to wind up his jabs?

im sorry but your friend is a small jealous person that is full of resentment, im quite glad hes not my friend and i have absolutely no respect for him.

 

so your saying that entire day was spent getting good at foot work?

or was it 5 mins worth of moving around then you moved on?

or was he being literal and you did all kinds of stuff, you just didnt actualy get in the ring for a while?

 

tell him the same.

several posts telling people how to punch, i tell him not to wind up his jabs, i get "Useless post".

Jeff, Just put me on ignore, you wont have to see or reply to my posts.

 

And you will never hit anything. :yep

I got to side with Ylem on this one fellas. A jab is a an arm punch that is "fortified" (or not) with footwork and/or body weight. Mind you making it a piston like stunning punch is nice, but it is still a very effective punch as a blinder, range finder, distraction device, setup, etc... Which by definition don't require power per se.

As a person with a fairly effective jab and long arms, there is nothing I hate more to see in a gym than guys practicing "hard" jabs on the bag. Dude you aren't going to hit anyone with that ish and if you do? They are probably not helping you elevate your game.

 

im not trying to point out anything amazing, i went to a gym a while ago jumped rope then the coach came over, explained the basics of moving, showed me the stance and then had me jab and the first thing he told me was that i was winding up my jab by and i needed to stop rotating my shoulder into it.

so if you rotate your back shoulder into the jab, you shouldnt.

just passing it from the mouth of a coach to me to any one reading.

i dont know what he did, he probably fought pro too.

 

Spent about a month (two nights a week)without evening putting gloves on. Just learning to move in and out, pivot and position the feet and hips. Obviously throwing punches here and there, but never being trained on what to do with my top half.

I know guys who have been at the Ingle gym and not been allowed to box for months, just running up and down lines, learning to balance their bodies and move well. The Ingles put a massive emphasis on balance and footwork.

 

its a bit more then just an arm punch, but in comparison to the right straight, hook, upper cut (as its not coming from the ground, its coming from your step and your hip into back, into shoulder, out arm) i would call it more of an arm punch.

just the hip back shoulder arm also works as a jab

you can also step back quick to make distance then step forward as you jab.

there are all kinds of jabs and one kind is a quick no power arm punch to set up other punches or measure distance, by imporoving that part you will improve the rest of the jab.

 

thats cool i had some dude spend 5 mins telling me what i could read in a book.

then after about a year learning on my own, i had my next coach tell me i needed to work on moving back and to the left and bringing the back heel down when throwing a left hook while i worked pads in the ring.

 

If you want it to be lightning fast, land every time, and leave you defensively sound? Yes. It is. A sharp corkscrew like arm motion and a hard step in/out (sets up the straight). There is no other way to throw it.

As soon as you rotate your rear shoulder back? Your chin/temple is no longer covered by your lead shoulder. Your body by design will bring your head out of a more covered position.

Your rear elbow also flares by instinct. Let's say it doesn't. It still leaves your guts wide open. Your stomach, solar plexus, and floating rib are now aligned with the angle your opponent can deliver the most power to.

Also, it places you in a straight line. A hook on the button could topple you just on a balance perspective.

Mind you, guys with longer than usual reach usually perfect the jab. This allows them to use "cheats" which negate a lot of this. Those few inches of reach make all the defensive difference. All things being equal though? A jab should be an "arm punch".