Raise your hand if you know the meaning of the word JAB!!! A few almost certainly will answer this question. Literally this word means stick, hit, stilettare or stabbing and this makes us understand how you use this shot in boxing.
The jab is the direct hit par excellence, master was Mohamed Ali is so powerful and fast cannot Dodge, footwork and step forward and its direct exploded was left on the face of the opponent who collapsed to the mat.
But how to throw a jab? The answer is not unique for everyone, there is a classical, academic, but then every Boxer amendment to his liking because this stroke is used for many purposes like finding the contact with their opponent or to stop an attack or to defend himself in and out of the action.
Some people use it as if it were a sword always pointed to bar the road to their opponent (Wladimir Klitschko) and who uses it to attack always.
The starting position is to guard (see article): the left arm bent slightly leaning forward, the right to the Chin and your heels slightly off with the feet facing diagonally.
The next step will be to extend the left arm being vigilant to make 3 key steps:
- the full rotation of the wrist and arm, so your left shoulder you will raise automatically going to cover the Chin by any opponent’s shots and creating a small fist stretching;
- A slight rotation of the pelvis in a clockwise direction in order to make the most explosive hit thanks to the activation of the entire kinetic chain;
- Rotation of the foot to follow the movement of the pelvis.
If everything is done in the best possible way and we join a good explosive strength-based elastic then your jab will be irresistible to anyone.
If not, then there may be a possibility that the shot be exploded with the power of the shoulder eliminating the propulsion provided by rear legs muscles and causes could be a lack of activation of the Core, or a wrong technique or an inadequate guard position and it is here that a good teacher intervenes, going to recognize and change the wrong patterns.
Remember that to learn a gesture repeated takes approximately 6000! Yes you read that right, six thousand repetitions so that our nervous system makes automatic and incorporate into our luggage. Just imagine if the beginning performed a movement incorrectly, once automated will be complex edit and anyway you will need as many new gesture patterns correct.
So even if boring keep pulling shots at taking care of the technical gesture empty, and improving those that are your imperfections, I sure will benefit once the ring gaining precious time for your workouts!
