Archive for category Boxing
Boxing Techniques – The Jab
The first punch a boxer will learn is the Jab. The jab is your “Bread and butter” punch and should be practiced over and over again.
The Jab can be used to keep your opponent at a distance and to score points at long range or medium range, not only scoring points and discouraging your opponents from moving in but it also sets him up for a powerful right cross.
Most Trainers will tell their fighters to “Fight from behind the jab”.
Start in a boxer’s stance, both fists relaxed and palms facing each other, your right hand closest to your chin and your left hand approx 4 inches in front, (opposite for southpaws).
The jab is thrown with the leading hand in a straight line towards your target and it comes back in a straight line to your chin. As the jab leaves the guard, the fist gradually clenches, rotates a quarter notch (palm facing downwards) and is fully clenched just before impact. Read the rest of this entry »
Shopping For MMA Boxing Gloves
Some of the most popular sporting products in the world today are MMA boxing gloves. That is because of how popular this sport has become within recent years. Every sport is only as popular as the number of people that watch it and there are millions of people who watch this sport on a weekly basis.
With the large fan base comes high paychecks and a large amount of people who would like to become trained in this sport to one day compete at the level where they could make a million dollar paycheck. The money is the reason why many people are no longer training for such things as professional wresting. The fact that having just one big MMA fight can pay significantly more than the average wrestler makes in several years is the reason why so many people are attempting to come into this sport.
The MMA boxing gloves that you purchase should be an investment in the way that you hope to perform within the sport. When looking for a quality glove, you want something that is made of genuine leather and very well padded so that you will experience minimum impact when you are punching. Training is about getting ready for the conditions that you will face when you are in the cage; this is why you need the best quality gloves that you can find. Read the rest of this entry »