{"id":5000,"date":"2015-09-27T17:14:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T17:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/?p=5000"},"modified":"2015-09-27T17:14:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T17:14:54","slug":"punching-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/bartitsu-blog\/punching-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Punching Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed a bunch of videos in my news feed recently about punching. If you want to improve your hand strikes, check out these tips:<\/p>\n<h2>The Lead<\/h2>\n<p>Punching with the hand that is already forward is known as a jab in modern boxing. It\u2019s considered a light punch because there\u2019s not much room to accelerate and an inability to put your bodyweight behind it. At least, that\u2019s the opinion of modern boxers.<\/p>\n<p>Bare knuckle boxers know that the lead with a lunging step can span a larger space and put the entire body weight behind the punch. Wing Chun uses a similar punch, which Bruce Lee called the \u201cone-inch straight blast\u201d in Jeet Kune Do.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s some good advice on that from a Wing Chun perspective:<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/joZvvGAHlhI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Transfer energy from your rear leg through your hip to your spine then through your shoulder and extended elbow into your target. If you add a forceful leg motion to put more bodyweight behind it, you\u2019ve got pugilism\u2019s lead punch.<\/p>\n<p>Other videos from this channel alternate between Wing Chun and Aikido with two main instructors. Some of the advice is great, and some is opinion and preference.<\/p>\n<h2>The Cross<\/h2>\n<p>A straight punch while rotating is called a cross in modern boxing and simply a \u201cright punch\u201d in some older schools. It is considered to be the most powerful punch you can deliver, and can easily end a fight.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here\u2019s almost exactly what I teach:<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DmXyuo6fhGw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shane has a lot of great videos on his channel Fight Tips. Some other recent boxing-related videos include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does fat protect against body shots?<\/li>\n<li>Boxing drill to increase punching accuracy<\/li>\n<li>How to Knock Someone Out with One Punch<\/li>\n<li>Throw Faster Uppercuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Old School<\/h2>\n<p>If you have the patience for a long-form video lesson copied from VHS with low resolution, I highly recommend Old School Bare Knuckle taught by Carl Cestari:<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1I-j-II9Wjk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Punch in Combination with Kicks, Grapple and Weapons<\/h2>\n<p>The Introduction to Bartitsu begins at the start of every month. Join us to learn the fundamentals of scientific self-defence next week on Wednesday, 30 September 8-10pm or Saturday, 3 October 2-4pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed a bunch of videos in my news feed recently about punching. If you want to improve your hand strikes, check out these tips: The Lead Punching with the hand that is already forward is known as a jab in modern boxing. It\u2019s considered a light punch because there\u2019s not much room to accelerate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bartitsu-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/blog-Punching-Tips.jpg?fit=470%2C260","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vfin-1iE","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5001,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5000\/revisions\/5001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}