Rotating your fist as you punch so that your pinky faces upwards upon contact and your elbow points upwards , so it almost skims your ear at the end of the punch, can make the punch significantly harder – I think this is due to chest and pec muscle recruitment. –Use biomechanics If y...
Move Your Body – Like Bruce Lee’s theory behind his famous one-inch punch: moving your whole body one inch hits much harder than moving your arm one foot. You must move your entire body to get the maximum force (weight) behind that punch. The trick is not to focus on moving your ...
Having the right attitude is critical to building faster punches. I see guys all the time trying to destroy the punching bag when I tell them to punch faster. When I say faster, I don’t mean hit harder. Loading up your punches for more power and more damage is probably not going to ...
How to Punch Faster Are you looking for ways to increase the speed of your punches? There’s a number of ways to work towards this, but I’ve come across and superb punch speed enhancement method that I now use with my boxers. The technique I present in this video is courtesy of And...
Parrying is superior to blocking, defensively AND offensively. Parrying a punch allows you to defend against stronger punches, while setting you up for a better counter. Instead of absorbing your opponent’s power into your arm, you’re deflecting it elsewhere to make him off balanced and vulner...
Many beginner boxers don’t realize when trying to punch harder, is that they’re just push-punching. It’s wastes energy, moves slower, and doesn’t cause much more damage to their opponents. It also leaves them more open to counter-punches and limits their overall boxing ability. Every ...
Why should you punch in while recording? You should punch in while recording because it will save you tons of time and frustration in the studio. Here’s how: 1. It helps you break up the take for harder sections We’d all like to be perfect in the studio, but that’s just not ho...
The secret to developing crushing low kicks is not simply getting stronger legs so you can throw harder kicks. Strength training helps, but it’s more important to make sure that you maximize your technique, accuracy, and timing before looking for a squat rack or a set of kettlebells. ...
punching is what ultimately delivers victory. The absence of punching will not only lead to a rather dull boxing encounter, it may also lead to one or both boxers being disqualified for not being proactive. In short, to learn how to box we really do need to throw punches and throw them ...
I'm bringing this point up in particular because we often mistake grinding, burning the midnight oil, whatever we want to call it, doing more work for being effective, for being efficient, but we're losing efficiency when we're sleep deprived. We're making it harder for ourselves to actua...