Darren skilfully stepped up this evening and delivered a fine class on fundamental boxing skills; the jab and the cross.
It was fundamentals all night, refining and refining.
Our key learning points were
- feet under the hips - no tightrope walking
- keeping the elbows in tight on delivery
- rotate the torso fully to extend the reach on the punch
- elbow deep
- punch lands as feet land in forward motion
The following is taken from http://www.mightyfighter.com/how-to-throw-a-jab/ and seems pertinent
Of the various types of jabs, we seemed to study this one tonight:
STEP JAB
If your opponent is out of range, instead of lunging in and reaching, then you must take a step forward and jab at the same time. It increases power through added motion and allows you to get in range safely.
Make sure that your steps are small (covering only a few inches with each step) and not far. If you step too far then your legs will be too far apart therefore causing you to be off balance.
Right cross details
DO’S:
Keep Your Guard Up (1): Always make sure that your lead hand is guarding your chin. This is especially important when you’re throwing the straight with no follow up punch.
Fully Extend Your Arm (2): If you want to get maximum power, make sure that you fully extend your arm when throwing the cross.
Distribute Weight From Back to Front: The power of the cross is distributed from your rear foot to your lead foot. You do this by pivoting your rear foot, rotating your body, bending your knees and leaning forward very slightly. All of this is done at the exact same time as the cross is thrown.
Rotate Your Fist (3): Just before you hit the target, rotate your fist so that the palm of your hand is facing downwards towards the floor.
Pivot Your Rear Foot (4): At the same time that you’re throwing the cross, pivot your rear foot. You should end up with your heel upwards, toes on the ground and facing exactly in the same direction as where your cross is heading towards.
Rotate Your Body (5): Get the most power from your cross by rotating your body anti-clockwise (orthodox) or clockwise (southpaw) as you throw the cross.
Sit Down on Your Punch (6): Remember to bend your knees as you throw the punch. This is to gain more power and also to maintain your balance.
Keep Your Body Aligned to Your Opponent: Ideally, your chest should be faced towards your opponent when throwing the cross. If your opponent has moved too far to your left or right, then you’ll be out of position and you need to re-align yourself.
Bring Your Hand Back: After you throw the cross, never leave your hand out there, or you may get countered. Always bring your rear hand back quickly to guard your chin.
Dip Your Head to the Outside: This is not essential, but useful for several reasons. When you dip your head slightly to the outside of your lead foot as you throw the cross, you increase punching power because it forces you to rotate a bit more. It also helps to avoid any counterpunches at the same time and puts you in a great position to follow up with a powerful lead hook.
As always Noel was on point with his tips and encouragement.
Silat response to jab cross
Catch the jab then salute to the outside of the cross with your right, the right hand takes the wrist as the left elbow wrenches against his elbow. Rev the wrist away as you roll the forearm along the back of upper arm, rev the wrist towards you as you palm up/tan sau/open palm uppercut shape for the elbow wrench from underneath.
Darren was getting us to feel the three different angles to which you can manipulate the elbow with wrist control.
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