I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't grunt, scream, or blow when I punch. Very rarely I'll do it if I'm really exhausted, and lazily throwing something powerful.
I start off exhaling with each punch then as I build up steam and get in the groove of it I throw hard combinations and I tend to grunt but nothing like you see when fighters like Canelo are working on the bag. I think that stuff is just for psych effect.
Yeah, I honestly don't see any functional purpose to it. It masks the true impact of your blow. Some guys grunt way louder than they punch lol
Nope, I realized that when you exhale forcing too much the air (noise) you get way to exposed and get tired with few punches. Breathing smoothly and getting your body used to coordinate and explode with the respiration work for me ( cardio is my best).
When I throw a punch I also release a very short outtake of breath, like a sssh sound, very common in striking sports and gives the person striking a moment of pure focus and adds just a little to the power of the punch. But as noted above, if you overdo it, you will wind up out of air.
I'm a loud mother_ _ _ _ _ er. I can't help it. Just happened over the years. I don't think there's any advantage/disadvantage to it. Even among experienced pros, you get a mix of both. But i will use it as part of feinting.
I find the noise increases with the challenge. When I've really gotten pushed to my limits in sparring, and forced to fight my way out of certain spots I start making noises with my punches. When doing light sparring, or easy- going sparring there's never any noise.
Doesn't the breath out just help with breathing in general and also keep the body firm in the event of a counter / body punch?
I think it's more a mental thing, it can help deter an opponent aswell. It gives off the picture that you're a fully focused machine with no doubt in your mind.....
Not the only one, I'm quiet like in a church when boxing. I think it has a lot to do with fighter's character, fighters who're more aggressive or "passionate" and generally more "pumped up" make those noises while the more calm and composed type of fighters don't. When I started to train the fighter I was looking up to the most was MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko who never made any noises, he was like a robot. I always loved his attitude to fighting and his stoic persona so I guess I somehow copied that. He was delivering his hardest shots not only without any sound but also without any facial expression whatsoever, like taking food out of the refrigerator or something http://www.athslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tar_7124_cr.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/44/dd/0d/44dd0d953f9d044920082fa3cdf95f71.jpg http://i.usatoday.net/sports/_photos/2009/01/25/fedorarlovskix.jpg
Ricky Hatton did this big time. When I was training/sparring I never did except for when extremely fatigued. Some people say it adds to the power and that's why the tennis players do it from the start. Sharapova takes the **** though haha
