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@@TheModernMartialArtistmy fav is the woopies daisy jab where if the pull a hook you bring it back lik a door hinge to hit them and be carful to not hit them with the aide of the glove
God, the opening line resonates with me so much. I've trained with so many people that think that there's only ONE way to do a technique, that if you don't do it their way, then you're doing it wrong. Irritating as crap.
I'm so glad that you're touching on these concepts. There are several was of deliverying punches. Most of the time when you have these "coaches" saying that that there is only one way to do something in boxing, these are guys that never really competed in boxing at a high level.
It's funny because I think there were people in this channel's comments who were calling Muhammad Ali "overrated" because his boxing form was "terrible" by textbook standards, and also claim that anyone emulating his style would get laughed out of a modern boxing gym. I think you have a point about people who never fought at a high level: they're folks who were (rightfully) trained to adhere to strict fundamentals while building a foundation for their skills, but never went beyond that. So they preach the basics like gospel and get freaked out by guys like Ali, Prince Naz, and Pacquiao, who all bend or break the rules in different ways to tremendous success (albeit with tremendous risk, as evidenced by their L's).
I'm not a boxer but an advanced chess player. It works similarly in chess. While there are principles and textbook ways of playing, which are important, they're merely there for building a foundation. Once you're done with those you need to make the best decision according to the position, which may or may not follow the principles. @@Tenchigumi
@@Orca_mammalI think most skills are like this, I’ve been learning bass and seeing how music theory is so rigid but serves essentially as a rough guideline of “what sounds good”. You gotta learn the rules to break the rules
To be fair, fighters often tend to have to believe that they know the best way to fight--that their way is the best--so they have the confidence to be in the fight. They can carry that attitude into upper-level competition.
@theblkwolverine1570 yeah, it's an ego thing... guys gotta believe they're the best & know the most about fighting, so they can't deal with other ways of doing things than theirs.
Thanks bro! Yeah get on those jabs, a fun drill is to take the usual amount of jabs for your weight class and then double that for 6 rounds on the bag. Your shoulders will burn like crazy haha I kind of cheat though because I'll switch stances and work both sides.
@@TheModernMartialArtist I switch stances too, as I'm from a traditional martial arts background, it feels natural to do so. 6 rounds with only left jabs is quite challenging, left shoulder burned like hell on the last round lol
Even Chavez said that he would have been intimidated if Ricardo Lopez fought in his weight division. He was definitely one of the most skilled fighters of his time.
Would be great to highlight which regions/countries preffer what jabs as well. But in one hour? The productivity alone deserves praise man, please keep at it 👏
One of the most prolific and effective jabbers of all time, using at least 6 to 7 different types of jabs. Larry Holmes was at least in numerous examples clips lol
Yeah his jab was just as good as Ali's, only difference was Ali liked to moved and Holmes opted for more damage so he kept his feet planted. He would awkwardly dance like Ali jabbing occasionally.
thank you so much this'll help me a lot thanks (: and by the way wow can't believe how criminally underrated this is keep up the awesome content bro! keep up the hard work! 💪
I do like these videos focussing on a specific technique with many fighters as examples rather than a video focussed on one fighter or one bout specifically
Duran was a big fan of leaving a lingering jab just in front of an opponent's face and then clocking them before they could do anything about it. My all time favorite move off of the lingering jab is one I've seen both Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins use, where they leave the jab out to block an opponent's vision while simultaneously launching into an uppercut with their other hand. Usually the opponent has his vision blocked by the lingering jab either until or just before the uppercut lands. Both men did in a manner that was downright graceful and poetry to watch.
50 different types of jabs! Great video. This gotta be one of the best jab videos I've ever seen. A lot of these are just different variations of the same jab but the way u related it to certain professionals was great as a video. Nice job.
Amazing video. I usually dont comment under videos but the more I box the better my jab is and the more I understand why the jab is the best punch. Thank you.
@@Bankai_Musashi1 If I'm not mistaken, he's working with Anthony Joshua currently on analysing styles of Joshua's opponent using his video analysis. Maybe that's why he hides most of his previous videos
My favorite was always the blind jab, the one that is put in place specifically to cover a hole in the opponents guard to block vision. Lomenchenko does this a lot.
I did not expect Lennox Lewis to come up so much as the prime example I feel he is an underrated heavyweight and the best heavyweight the UK (+Jamaica) has produced
Surprised you didnt mention Benson Henderson when talking about leg jab.. It was a part of his strategy vs nate Diaz ..as he jabbed the leg than fainted the jab to the leg and came up with the overhand to drop nate... One of the best uses of the leg jab ive ever seen..especially considering its mma where knees are a thing. And Jose Aldo singlehandedly made jabing the leg look like a horrible idea.
Oh nice u included jack johnson on a video finally thank u but i still really want a video on his defense by the greatest fight breakdown channel on youtube you are the best
The cross step jab and jump jab are very underrated, they are fast, they help to shorten the distance a lot and although it may not seem like they have power, especially the jump jab, the energy of the jump gives you extra power
Fun fact about Jones' "eye jab": traditional Wing Chun is notorious for only having three forms (or kata), with the third form being reserved for "closed door students" in the old days, due to its potential lethality. That third form contains a plethora of finger strikes to the eyes, throat, and so on. What we can deduce from this is that Jon Jones is the most effective and lethal Wing Chun exponent in existence.
And there's the "fingertip jab" while Ali often used light fast "flicker' jabs (as Tyson Fury does) at long distance from the outside to make the opponent blink and to set them up for harder jabs or a step in right cross...they both often used the finger tip jab. They used this jab when outside, just beyond jabbing range and moving to the left on their toes then threw out a flicker type jab from their waist with the fingers extended making contact with extended "fingertip" edge of the glove.
Literally today, my coach told me to stop using the hitman stand to throw my jabs, despite my understanding of the danger it can provide by dropping my hand. I don’t always use it, but when the situation calls for it I will switch to it.
I compete in medieval armored combat and the vertical jab is the best way to punch while weilding a sword as turning your fist over forces you to use unnecessary energy and time to then pull the sword back into an unpright position
I think there is another jab, the swivel jab, but I guess several variation you showed could be classified as Swivel jab. Thank for sharing, keep going!
God I love your channel! Everything about it is top class. I'm struggling to summarise what might have to be an essay extolling what makes your content so good. Ok, how about this. It makes it so easy for me, a layman, to see the intricacies and subtle details that makes elite boxing the art and sport that it is.
Im a big fan of the slap'n'jab, where you slap down the lead hand, then flick a fast one in. Especially because you can slap'n'cross when they try and counter the jab.
Not to say you should do more because you do so much already, but it really would be great if you highlighted the boxer (paused with a circle around the glove of who you're talking about or something). All of these sudden .7 second clips between 15 different overall clips makes it difficult to know who you're talking about and where to look, and by the time you might get it, that clip is over, and the next is already happening; especially if you don't know the fighters by name. But thank you for all you've done and do!
Yoel Romero has some pretty unorthodox moves. He once tripped a guy in a match by reaching down and grabbing the guys foot and upending him, and he did it in the blink of an eye.
it would be awesome to do this with other types of punches like straights and hooks. I feel like it’s very educational to compare the styles of boxers and decide what may work for you.
I am seeing some points in common between boxing and karate: Horizontal jab, vertical jab and back fist jab; in Karate we called sei ken, tate ken and ura ken; something similar to the body jab you can find in a advance form called basai dai/pasai dai. Greetings from Venezuela
Great video and detailed as always, but I'd like to add a few things: 1. Vertical fist was often used by Carl Williams. It was his favorite and most effective punch. 2. Stiff jab was the favorite weapon of Charles Liston as shown in the video, but also Ray Mercer and Pinklon Thomas. 3. Power jab was used best by Riddick Bowe who according to Evander Holyfield had the best one out there. 4. Rising jab was often used effectively by Tim Witherspoon. 5. Corkscrew jab was Michael Moorer's favorite thing. He schooled Evander Holyfield with it. And in my opinion, his Loose jab was better than that of Oleksandr Usyk. 6. Circling jab was perfected by Wladimir Klitschko. His hook-jab was also amazing and helped him deliver knockouts. 7, Stationary jab, again, Mercer. Body jab, hook-jab, frame jab, lingering jab, long-block jab, smother jab and skip-jab were best executed by Larry Holmes. You can see them in the Norton, Witherspoon, Cooney, LeDoux, Weaver, Smith, Snipes, Shavers, Berbick, Cobb, Frazier, Ferguson, and Mercer fights where he executes them to perfection. He used the quicker, more explosive variants in his youth, but in the later stages of his career, he used the ones that Foreman preferred. 8. Willie Pastrano had an amazing cross jab.
I don't disagree with you (especially since you've brought receipts), but I think there's something to be said about not over complicating a technique and introducing too many variations, at least for a beginner. That being said, for someone who's been training longer and has more experience, they've more than earned their right to experiment.
One thing more annoying than when a coach insists there's only one way to do it, is when they demonstrate another way and just never recognize it. Like saying "Always chamber your knee before throwing a kick", but they themselves (or a person they're using for explanation) throw straight leg low kicks.
re: the Heartbreak Jab, there's something called R on T phenomenon where an external trauma can trigger a heart attack. It probably has happened at some crazy point in boxing's history and has entered the collective unconscious. I can't think of any in boxing but it happened to Damar Hamlin in football. So it can happen but is there a boxer that can do this on purpose? I refuse to believe it until I see a boxer do it twice.
