Hey guys, I just finished writing --took a few weeks-- my report titled "Developing the KO Punch" which shares 12 different principles that will have you hitting harder than ever. It's always nice to win a fight in the first round with a quick KO and hit the after party instead of the hospital. With so many skilled boxers on this site, I'd love to get your feedback on the report. Enjoy! ==> FREE "Developing the KO Punch" Report Here's Tip #7... Stay Relaxed and Loose A relaxed strike is a powerful strike. That concept is simple to grasp but very difficult to put into action. When anger, fear, fatigue and other emotions kick in during a fight, the body often tenses up making ultra-powerful punching very difficult. A fighters lack of experience or lack of technical training often results in them throwing stiff, slow, laboured punches. Even worse the telegraphed punches they attack with are usually thrown by themselves, not within a combination that could drastically increase any chances of scoring a knockout. In training, think of your arm as two different parts, the fist and the arm. The arm must take on the attributes of a piece of rope, hanging loose as it swings to and from your upper body. Alternately the fist must tighten, with its thumb on the outside, remaining clenched as if it were an iron ball hanging from that rope. At first you will find this extremely challenging to do and youll quickly realize that its going to take a lot of practice and focus to get things just right. As you tighten your hand you will often feel your entire arm tighten and vice versa with your hand becoming too loose when you allow your arm to relax. Just keep trying! Youll know when you get it right because you will instantly multiply the power of you punch and lessen the amount of effort it takes to throw it. Thats when your true punching power will begin to emerge.
mma should be banned. where is the medical association? where are all the hairy legged lesos and poofs, and their green party on this? bashing an unconcious fighter while deadshits scream for murder IS NOT A SPORT. BAN MMA. ITS A DISGUSTING, BRUTAL, MINDLESS FORMAT THAT ATTRACTS PSYCOS AND SLOBS.
Jeff, I hate to break it to you, but punching power is almost meaningless without reach knowledge. Stay tuned, and I will bring you my own report: Reach Knowledge and the Art of the Kod
It's funny that this thread is in the MMA forum because I think what often gets lost in the shuffle in the BS "rivalry" between boxing and mma is that what sets boxers apart from mma guys is NOT that they punch harder but that they punch hard in combinations without losing balance and moving their heads and feet. I wouldn't be surprised at all if mma guys and boxers had the same power in a single punch, but the vast majority of mma guys could only throw their hardest punch one at a time with **** defense and balance afterwards whereas boxers would be able to follow it up with another set of punches and then move away. My point is that "power punching" is a meaningless thing to train, as punching is only about maybe 30% of what makes top boxers good. It's all the rest of the stuff beyond punching that does it.
