how to punch correctly

[j]

its all about the position of your shoulder relative to the rest of your body. imagine your two shoulders and your head are on a straight line, say parallel with the shoulder line of someone your facing right in front of you. to properlly wind up for a punch, all you must do is bring back the punching shoulder as far back as possible, so that instead of parallel, the other shoulder is infront, then the head, then your punching shoulder is in back. if you look at someone winding up for a big punch, or someone doing a 3-inch punch, notice that they are both preparing their shoulders the same way and bringing them back just as far and that someone there doesnt understand the hand is just the whip. if i bring my hand as far back as i can to punch or just getting ready for a cross, the shoulder postion is identical if it will have any power.

you really don't need to bring anything back. if you know proper alignment, you are always ready to hit with full power.

Only chamber a punch if the guy is on the ropes or already dazed. If you see someone chambering a punch, hit him with a straight lead.

there is never really a need for chambering a punch unless you or utilizing a certain type of technique. but, there is no harm from using a small chamber usually - and usually, that bit of chambering helps with body mechanics as a prep. it is all relative. but, in martial arts, the chambering has an actual meaning/function attached to it.

[fraidycat]

you really don't need to bring anything back. if you know proper alignment, you are always ready to hit with full power.

there is never really a need for chambering a punch unless you or utilizing a certain type of technique.
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Very true, and in boxing, chambering a punch gets you unless the guy is so dazed that you can bet he's not going to come back with anything spectacular while you're winding up. Speed is largely a function of perception; I think we had this discussion, you and I. Opponents key in to movement, even subconsciously. Train away all your telegraphing, and you will appear very, very fast. Easier said than done, of course.

[GhostInMachines]

I'm gonna disagree. I owned a guy in a sparring session at another gym (I was looking for a gym closer to me) because he did exactly this; he was their biggest puncher and their coach put me with him for my first session. I knew when the big punches were coming by watching his shoulders and his feet, and I made sure I was in another ZIP code -- or up in his face -- before they landed. All he did was bruise my arms and my back -- bad; I had bruises the size of plums -- but I beat his face bloody with jabs and lead straights and tore his midsection apart when I was in close. And I'm not a very good boxer; I just have a finely-tuned instinct for self-preservation.

Only chamber a punch if the guy is on the ropes or already dazed. If you see someone chambering a punch, hit him with a straight lead.

yea ur right about boxing, but i was talking about in a real fight.my hand stays on my chin and my left hand out in front stays there too in the ring

[NachoMan]

Forget all of this twisting and torqueing nonsense. Just throw pure hooks. Make sure to follow through with your elbow should you miss. You really don't need to land your elbows with power. Even grazing elbows will do the job.

[GhostInMachines]

Forget all of this twisting and torqueing nonsense. Just throw pure hooks. Make sure to follow through with your elbow should you miss. You really don't need to land your elbows with power. Even grazing elbows will do the job.

if ur throwing a hook the right way there will be torque

[fraidycat]

Forget all of this twisting and torqueing nonsense. Just throw pure hooks. Make sure to follow through with your elbow should you miss. You really don't need to land your elbows with power. Even grazing elbows will do the job.

This forum is for boxing, not fighting. Go to a fighting forum if you want to talk ****.

[NachoMan]

This forum is for boxing, not fighting. Go to a fighting forum if you want to talk ****.

Boxing is fighting last I heard. Anyway, I was joking about the elbows so maybe you could lighten up a bit. Here's a dancing banana for you.

[fraidycat]

Boxing is fighting last I heard. Anyway, I was joking about the elbows so maybe you could lighten up a bit. Here's a dancing banana for you.

Sorry, dude. I get really sick of people coming on here and talking street fighting. Here's a New Year's smooch.

[GhostInMachines]

fighting has no rules, boxing has rules.. and your confusing me when i say chamber because wherever the punch comes from is the chamber even if its off your chin

[fraidycat]

fighting has no rules, boxing has rules.. and your confusing me when i say chamber because wherever the punch comes from is the chamber even if its off your chin

I refer to chambering a punch like chambering a round in a gun. Anything you do to "ready" the punch before you throw it, is considered chambering it. Pulling your striking hand further back out of your guard to get more oomph, or squaring up your shoulders even an inch or so to load up the punch, pulling your non-striking hand back karate-style when your throw (or worse, putting it forward before you throw so you can pull it back MORE), stepping into the punch or twisting your hips before you actually throw it, even twisting your feet to get into position before you throw -- anything that tells your opponent that the punch is coming before it leaves, even and especially if it increases the force of the punch -- is chambering. Call it telegraphing, if you'd rather.

Speed, as I've said, is very much a function of perception. A punch that leaves your guard, strikes, and returns in one motion will seem to your opponent like the blink of an eye compared to a punch that you telegraph. It may not land as hard, but it is far more likely that it will land at all. Any seasoned boxer can duck telegraphed punches all day. That's all I'm saying.

There are lots of methods to make punches land harder, including the above, but in Western boxing, most of them will get you KTFO.