Tips for Beginners
Here are some important tips for beginners when it comes to the standup striking:
1)Good striking starts with your feet....Footwork is a skill, train it (shadowboxing is a must), and even good punches start at your feet.
2)Striking Power (punching or kicking) comes from properly transferring your bodyweight. It does NOT come from big muscles. Therefore, perfecting technique (and not trying to hit with all your might) should be the main focus for your first year plus. Ironically, the more you focus on perfecting the technique, the more power you will be able to generate (and with less effort).
3)Mastery of the basics can take you a very long ways - don't be in a rush to get to advanced techniques until you can instinctively do all the basic techniques without thinking.
4)Punching properly is very unintuitive...don't home train until you have mastered the fundamentals via a good trainer lest you have more to 'unlearn' in the future.
5)Conditioning is a weapon - rounds on the heavy bag (when your trainer agrees you are ready) using whatever techniques you have already trained in (i.e. jab and cross) is one of the best ways to develop it.
hopefully some people can benefit from this
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Nice intro for newbies mate, but id like to add one rule that rings true with every sport.
6) Don't get too big for your boots, you WILL get brought down with a thud, be humble and practice, practice, practice.
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This information is very true . Technique is so very important as well as everything else you put in this .Very good info !!!
Im surprised no one has put the simple punching fundamentals like form and whatnot in the striking techniques forum...good stuff, always master the basics.
THANKS MAN!!! nice write up
Here are some important tips for beginners when it comes to the standup striking:.
2)Striking Power (punching or kicking) comes from properly transferring your bodyweight. It does NOT come from big muscles. Therefore, perfecting technique (and not trying to hit with all your might) should be the main focus for your first year plus. Ironically, the more you focus on perfecting the technique, the more power you will be able to generate (and with less effort).
Plus 1000...hip movement is a must as well!
any suggestions on how to build up handspeed other than focus mits and speed bag?
nicely done.
any suggestions on how to build up handspeed other than focus mits and speed bag?
Try shadow boxing with small 1 pound weights. Go at half speed and try not to hyper extend your elbow. This is a great exercise that I did for conditioning when I was a kickboxer.
THANKS MAN!!! nice write up
Very Kool
any suggestions on how to build up handspeed other than focus mits and speed bag?
Shadow box with 16 oz gloves on, then take them off and you feel like lightning.
I was shown that proper form= knockout power so don't try to punch hard get good form and practice moving fast. When shadow boxing picture a large angry mob surrounding you and they are not just standing still, work on countering a lot of moves and this will increase your sense of timing, it doesn't matter how hard or fast your technique is if it is done at the wrong time it is useless.
sweet i love things like this like the tips, policies types of things cuz it puts it in different ways that you can twll ur sudents and sumtimes when they hear it worded a lil dif. it makes more sense.
-Jimmy
any suggestions on how to build up handspeed other than focus mits and speed bag?
try exercise bands this is something i used when use to do when I was in TKD. I still use now that I am traing MT.
Thanks for it!
Some good pointers to remember.
Pretty good summary. Pretty much says it all.
Thanks! This is good for me because I really dont know where to start. I have no boxing skills...
anywhere to find a good technique? i dont have a "coach" here just what everyone else knows from whatever theyve done in the past.... got a TKD guy who did a little boxing and me who did Muay thai for like a month but thats its
nicely put I couldnt agree more that was perfect :D
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Thanks guys... i'll be revisiting this thread from time to time. It's funny how BJJ came relatively easily to me, but striking is just so counterintuitive. It might be the hardest thing I've ever tried to learn.
My prayers have been answered!Thanks guys... i'll be revisiting this thread from time to time. It's funny how BJJ came relatively easily to me, but striking is just so counterintuitive. It might be the hardest thing I've ever tried to learn.
yeah, i had the same problem just vice versa. i had a real hard time when starting bjj
Thanks! This is good for me because I really dont know where to start. I have no boxing skills...
Same problem with me too. Still working on my hooks after almost a year of working out!!
saxman6837 wrote:Thanks! This is good for me because I really dont know where to start. I have no boxing skills...Same problem with me too. Still working on my hooks after almost a year of working out!!
That makes two of us! I'm actually really reassured to hear that I'm not the only one...
I've got my hooks a lot better from where they were, but I still sometimes turn my head when a barrage of leather is connecting on me. Anyone know of any drills to keep me facing forward all the time?
I've got my hooks a lot better from where they were, but I still sometimes turn my head when a barrage of leather is connecting on me. Anyone know of any drills to keep me facing forward all the time?
I dunno what my word,s worth (ok nothing more then a buck fifty... ok less) but having rather restricted training facilities, partners, coaches and such I've worked rather a lot my foot work and sparring with much better boxers lately I find that I'm able to circle out of the way much more efficiently while keeping my guard up and facing my opponent (countering if I time it nicely but that's not as often as I'd like).
I guess proper head movement really is the best thing, especially if you wonna stay in the pocket and win the exchange but I'm really just saying this so someone who actually knows what they're talking about tells me some tips on that ;)
Well thanks, i've been working on my slipping a little on focus mitts and I rigged up a 'slipping' bag ala Mike Tyson.
good blog post, but muscle does effect punch power. the regular jab uses triceps and pectorals. kids that have little experence can punch at different punch power. a kid that can bench 200 pounds can deliver a punch of 300 pounds, while a person that can bench 120 can only strike 150 pounds of damage.
good blog post, but muscle does effect punch power. the regular jab uses triceps and pectorals. kids that have little experence can punch at different punch power. a kid that can bench 200 pounds can deliver a punch of 300 pounds, while a person that can bench 120 can only strike 150 pounds of damage.
Interesting post, do you have any links of studies to verify that? Reason I ask is that there are slow and fast twitch muscles, and a very huge difference in 'lifting' vs 'striking' strength.
Thanks for the info guys. Love the Lockflow community!!
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