on this video i'm going to be breaking
down the jab which is the most important
punch in boxing
i'm going to show you how to throw it
how to get more power into it i'm going
to tell you
why we threw it and when you should
throw it
so the jab the most important punch in
boxing if you're a boxing man or boxing
woman
you will have heard that phrase before
but why is it the most important punch
in boxing
well the jab is a great tool to set up
your other punches
you can set them up by finding your
range so if this is my opponent here i
can hit him with a jab i can hit him
with a jab if i'm missing with the jab
i'm not going to hit with this one if
i'm landing the jab i know
i can land the right hand as well so
it's great to find your range
and set up your other punches you can
set up just about every other punch
in boxing with the jab if you think this
is my opponent here right and i throw a
jab
how's he going to defend it he's going
to defend it maybe like this
if he puts his hands together that
leaves him open for her
around the side of the hand or if
they're coming together like this
that leaves them open there or there
a jab slip there a jab hook there
it's setting up all of the other punches
one of the main reasons why it's the
most important punch
in boxing because it sets up the punches
also why it's so good
is because it frustrates your opponent i
remember one
specifically i was fighting a Croatian
world silver medalist his name was Mario
i can't remember the last name it was in
the european union
semi-finals i lost the fight and i
remember his jab was like
ramming me it was just a solid
solid jab and it wasn't just a range
finder jab it was a solid jab and with
this solid jab i didn't want to get hit
by it because
it did hurt i'm not hurt as in like oh
my legs have gone but it
i would really feel it so now he's
hitting me with that jab and then
he'll set me up and i used to pull the
other punches but i'm worried about that
jab so he's getting in my head straight
away because he's got a great
solid jab and i like to think that i
this i've got the same sort of jab
it was my favorite punch in boxing
because
like i see it i'm finding the range with
it it's funny but i
used to feel like within the first
minute of a fight i could tell
if this fight was going to be a hard
fight or not because if i could land my
jab
i knew i could land just about anything
that's why the jab was so
important now different ways of throwing
the jab different ways of practicing the
jab
so we've got a fast jab which is here
fast jab if you notice i'm just turning
my hip it's coming from here
coming all the way out and back the fast
jab this is good to hit your opponent
with to frustrate them you know if
you're hitting someone with this punch
often they're going to get frustrated
the next type of jab is the power jab so
how to power jab
you could see there this is the swing so
what i did i stepped with it when i've
stepped with it
i'm putting the weight behind the punch
i'm pushing off my back foot
i'm punching through the target this
like i said that Croatian was hitting me
with with these jabs as well
it's not as fast although he's really
fast and i got mine to be really fast
it's not it's not as fast as
this one but if you practice of getting
speed with it you can get it as fast as
that one and as powerful as that one
practice both types of jabs
when we are practicing the step jab is
by being on your toes on me toes
step step if you notice i'm stepping and
punching at the same time
that's another way of practicing but
find what works for you
find the best way that works for you and
practice that jab it is the best
punch in boxing if you're not fighting
you're doing this for fitness
if you've got a good jab it will help
with all of your other punches it's the
it's the first punch you'll learn so you
want to make sure it's the best punch
because if you've got a good jab
that makes you look good as well if
you've got any questions about this
video
please leave them in the comments below
i'll see you on the next one
