Hi there I'm Mike Gales for Everlast Nutrition. Welcome to our little
video series on proper boxing technique. In this video we're going to show you
the proper way to throw your jab. Let's get into it. How to throw a proper jab.
The most basic question is, what is the jab? The jab is a straight punch which is
made from your lead hand. The jab the punch that is most often used in boxing.
Why the jab? The answer is that the jab is the quickest punch that you have.
The jab is also the safest punch that you can throw. You will want to
throw your jab from your proper boxing stance. Remember to have your lead
shoulder angle towards the center of your opponent. Keep your hands up.
Keep those shoulders up. Remember to keep your chin down but have your eyes up and looking at your opponent.
Keep your feet diagonally apart and keep your rear heel up.
Let's go over your hand position. Raise your arms straight out in front of you.
To the position where it's most comfortable. No, not all the way to
the outside. You're going to notice that your hand is most comfortable at around
a 45 degree angle. In this mutual position is where the muscles of your
arm will be their strongest. That will mean that you'll be much less
likely to be injured. From your boxing stance, have your hands up.
Notice the lead hand goes straight out and straight back. Straight out and
straight back. Here it is from the side view. Straight out and straight back.
Notice that the elbow is not out to the side like this. You'll have no power once your elbow kicks out to the side.
To generate the maximum amount of power frr your jab,
you want to have all of your body weight in a straight line behind your jab.
You don't want to have your elbow kicked off to the side. Your rear hand is kept
up high for protection. Your rear elbow is kept in close to protect your body.
Let's review your shoulder position. Most beginners will throw their jab like this.
Notice how the head is totally open and totally exposed. If someone throws a
punch at the same time as I throw my jab, I'm going to get hit square in the face.
Make sure that when you throw your jab, that your shoulder comes up to
protect your chin. Here it is from the other side. Notice that the shoulder is
coming up to protect my face. From the front view notice my elbow is in
close to protect my ribs. As I jab, my shoulder stays high to protect my chin.
I'm generating the force for my jab by rotating my hips as I throw my jab
out there.
Let's review the fist position. Notice that I'm still in my boxing stance.
My feet are diagonally apart a little wider than shoulder-width.
My rear heel is up. I'm generating for speed jab, by rotating my hips.
Here we see it from the side view. Because my rear heel
is up, I can generate force with my legs to rotate my hips and put power behind that jab.
Once again from the front of you notice that my rear heel is up.
I can push off the floor with my rear foot to rotate my hips to generate power for my jab.
You'll notice once in a while I put my hand in front of my face
to deflect any straight shots. I then return it back up high to deflect any hooks.
Here it is from another angle. Notice that hip rotation. Once in a
while I will deflect any straight shots by moving my hand in front of my face.
Yet notice I can still see. Jab straight out and straight back.
What about a jab to the body? You don't want to be jabbing like this. Reaching down to the body.
When you jab to the body, you're going to have to switch levels.
Bend your legs to bring your whole body low to get under your opponent's
punches as you jab to the body.
Switch levels to get low and jab to the body.
From the front, get low and jab to the body. Keep your other hand up.
The jab is also a rangefinder. That means if you could touch them with the jab, you can crush them
with a cross or with a hook. Everything works off the jab.
It sets up all of your other punches.
The jab doesn't have to be thrown hard. It is often used to divert your
opponent's attention to create openings. So that you can land a bigger shot.
A quick little recap. The jab is the quickest punch that you have because it
travels in a straight line from your lead hand to your opponent.
The jab is the safest punch you have because you could throw the punch
and still be quite well-protected.
From your boxing stance, have your rear foot raised. Push off the ground with that
rear foot, to rotate your hips and generate force for your jab.
Don't leave your jab out there, so that you can get countered. Bring it right back in.
You're gonna have to switch levels to jab to the body.
Remember to cover your chin with your shoulder when you jab.
Keep your rear hand up to defend your head.
Keep your elbows in straight. Keep your jabs straight to maximize your power.
Most importantly keep your eyes on your opponent and what he's doing.
Protect yourself at all times. This has been Mike Gales for Everlast Nutrition.
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