How do I add more power to my punches? (straight punches and uppercuts)

If youve got the right technique and still have hardly any force then unfortunatly these not much you can do, punching power is mostly natural and cant be taught. Have you seen malinagi in action? Out of curiosity how are you on speed? and What body shape?

 

Can you post a video of your technique? I doubt you're doing it all correctly if you have no power in the your punches, that or you're just extremely weak.

 

Maybe you are arm punching ? You need to drive up into the uppercut with your whole body.

 

I doubt your screwed if it comes to inside fighting, u can still score point, your opponent is screwed if your on the outside. Probably u should concentrate on what your good at.

 

My guess is that your straight you are punching with your arm and too far/close. A lot of people are too scared to get in there with their straight so don't really twist and punch through their opponent.

There is a specific sequence if shooting a powerful straight. Jab/stepping 45ish degrees into/across the center placing the opponent directly in the path of your straight. Fire the straight while stepping into your opponent. Your chin should go from being tucked into your lead shoulder to being tucked behind your rear shoulder. This swinging of your body like a door and stepping forward will be focused on your opponents chin.

Uppercuts? That comes from the dip and drive up. (It can also come from looping momentum if you are tall and long, but that isn't a traditional upper.) How is your leg/core strength? If you aren't setting the upper up so that you can dip and maximize the drive upwards you could be either arm punching or getting blocked/rolled with.

If you are fast? Sounds to me that you don't like being too close so it may be commitment/distance issues.

 

Get a medicine ball and throw it at a sturdy wall (I have a cement wall in my basement that I use) or to a partner like this

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Use your hips to turn into the punches as I'm sure you already know, a little more effort wouldn't hurt. A good excersise that I do that actually does help me is laying a tire like the one in the video above and taking a sledgehammer to it doing a full rotation from your legs, over your head. Move around the tire and hit the tire with the sledgehammer, I do 5 2:30 increments with 30 sec. break, do at your own pace though if you do try this out.

 

You gotta have hate in your heart.

 

This, if your technique was right you would be hitting hard enough, id maybe find a new coach, if this one says he cant develop you further i dont see how your left with another option?

 

If your technique is right (which I suspect is not the case), you need to develop more core and lower body strength. Simple as that.

 

Right!:good