Jab - The Most Improtant Punch To Master.

[j]

anybody remember my thread on the different types and the classification of the jab? i've actually expanded on that by now.

def a great and versatile punch. in boxing, the jab is usually the fastest, sneakiest punch, but it is also your closest weapon and your first line of defense.

i like to use three main jabs mostly: the power jab, the bridging jab, and the quick point jab. btw, if you are not familiar with a bridging jab, it is the kind that kostya tszyu would use prior to landing a hard right. when you watch klitschko vs lewis, the whole first round was mostly air bridging and quick touch bridging. it is almost like a probing jab. the bridging jabs purpose is to make contact(bridge) with the opponent. using this jab, i find out a lot of info relatively quickly about my opponent.

we train power jabs a lot. so offensively, they tend to be a favorite of mine. it seems that the power jab has been lost in modern boxing a bit.

[DA1CATAS]

anybody remember my thread on the different types and the classification of the jab? i've actually expanded on that by now.

def a great and versatile punch. in boxing, the jab is usually the fastest, sneakiest punch, but it is also your closest weapon and your first line of defense.

i like to use three main jabs mostly: the power jab, the bridging jab, and the quick point jab. btw, if you are not familiar with a bridging jab, it is the kind that kostya tszyu would use prior to landing a hard right. when you watch klitschko vs lewis, the whole first round was mostly air bridging and quick touch bridging. it is almost like a probing jab. the bridging jabs purpose is to make contact(bridge) with the opponent. using this jab, i find out a lot of info relatively quickly about my opponent.

we train power jabs a lot. so offensively, they tend to be a favorite of mine. it seems that the power jab has been lost in modern boxing a bit.

i UNDERSTAND THE BRIDGING BUT POWER? YOU MEAN JUST THROWING YOUR STEP BEHIND IT CORRECT? AND THIS IS RELATIVELY SLOWER CORRECT?

[Eshays!]

i UNDERSTAND THE BRIDGING BUT POWER? YOU MEAN JUST THROWING YOUR STEP BEHIND IT CORRECT? AND THIS IS RELATIVELY SLOWER CORRECT?

Its where you just kind of stick it out there, kind of just keept it in there face - mainly used as a distraction for a sneaky right - i think?

[j]

no, a power jab is explosive. very fast. very sudden. there is no ****ing back involved. you have to be pretty coordinated to be able to do it well. it is like a huge, quick expansion from your legs to your extending arm.

eshays, bridging just means making that connection/contact. i'm sure you've seen fights where both fighters respect each others ability and end up doing what looks like punching each others gloves. what they are doing is gauging reaction, etc. take the first round of klitschko vs lewis. the whole first two minutes or so was mostly just measuring through that hand bridge. in my boxing style, that brief moment of contact, say when a guy throws a punch and you deflect, is a big window of opportunity. you should know where the rest of him is with your eyes closed if you get good enough.

boxing can be very complicated. especially when terms between people are different. you may know what i mean, but maybe you don't call it bridging.

[BrooklynBomber]

I love the jab, it is indeed the most versatile punch in boxing. Lately I been working a lot at throwing jabs while side stepping(like Lewis, for example) over the arm (if I am side stepping to the left) and inside the guard(when I am side steping to the right) Very good way to keep your distance and set up the right hand(obviously if you are stepping to the left)