The Reason Your Jab Sucks Is In Your DNA | We Were Not Meant To Box 

Nah my jabs always been good man you just a rookie😉

What kind of coaches did you have? Mustn't have listened carefully enough.

Whenever I’m at the gym I throw a jab and after a while the inside of my elbow starts to kinda hurt any idea what that is I’m going to go get check out in a bout a week 😊

@@bubbles2980 ~ You're probably over extending your arm. Use the curling bar to build up your inner arm muscles. This is a common problem

Dude making fun of ppl when they say have pillows on your hands but you make a video blaming genetics for technique sucking? Doesn’t make sense it’s very obvious to me you have Thai style that’s why your jab sucks. You are frontal, tall and standing in one spot of course your jab is gonna blow. In Muay Thai you have boxing gloves on so the emphasis is on all the other strikes that don’t have padding which you know I’m sure so that’s the reality of pillows on your hands. There is also weight class it’s easy to fight someone your size and play rock em sock em which obviously less emphasis will be on jab because just bombing on each other. Making excuses to why jab sucks because of genetics is ridiculous and ppl accepting that is pathetic. Only reason I’m even saying anything is because I know inexperienced ppl are gonna make excuses too and maybe my comment will make them realize that’s crap, and someone who has spent countless hours for the last 10-15 years studying online videos will appreciate someone who doesn’t make stupid statements.

This is my favorite comment today. Thank you! 😂

You're not wrong

@@hard2hurt I once saw someone say that this was why Kali made sense to them because it starts with weapon training and then moves to bare handed and most other arts work the other way.

Yea, we were never supposed to punch those scary wolves and lions. Rather, hold a big stick our hands and use that to whack and poke instead.

@@deedumeday518 well actually are hands were designed for climbing hence while we are able to grasps things. So technically our hands were not built originally to hold spears and defend ourselves with them, they were built for us to grasp tree branches as we ran away from lions and other such predators

Like fr that shit is in our soul

LMFAOOOOOO

Yeah and so Pacquiao beats all your heroes whahahaha

@@roderickpernecitas6827 think he can beat canelo??

@@roderickpernecitas6827 the thing is he got knocked out by juan Manuel marquez

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Nice

Im so impressed with the level of jiu jitsu I got from just watching ufc, my step brother really cant mess with me and hes like 20 pounds heavier 😂

In the meantime, Usyk put down Dubois with a hard jab and Bivol or Beterbiev can hurt people with them almost as much as with a backhand

Its a good lesson for life in general honestly😂

I didn't hear him say any of this? Don't be so soft

@@jeremyoakman8189 yes I made this up entirely on my own. Then I liked my own comment with 64 other accounts. You're a quick one.

@@jessekaiman5182 Where in the above video did Icy Mike say any of the words you typed? It has nothing to do with 64 other accounts. I think you heard your AntiFa soundtrack playing in the background instead of listening to the lesson. It's cool though you could just go back and watch it again rather than argue with me

@@jeremyoakman8189 he says it a 5:48. It really wasn’t that hard to find.

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lol my uncle is a co founder of Crispr

@@Sinnernine so he's novak

Stop licking his arse. He has no boxing fights, he's a balding ginger little man who posts videos on RU-vid. Plenty of boxing coaches will have much better advices

@@fuckingkimura 😄

And forthwith extend your arm with brevity and concise. The length between your opponent and yourself is a brief yet frequent lodging for thine arm, as the wind you will strike fast and with the touch of an angry hornet Godspeed you magnificient boxer

@@fuckingkimura I mean, for boxing, that kinda is the name of the game. Whoever lands most or lands best wins. Granted not always to the face, body shots are a thing, but generally dodge and counter or sheer offense are the best options.

@@fuckingkimura pretty sure he’s an ex cop and has 2 amateur mma fights.

Humans are poorly built for fighting.

We are fragile meat bags

@@Eric3Frog Some of them arnet like marvin hagler and tripple ggg they LITERALLY have very strong knecks and good brain cousins to prevent from getting knocked out but YEAH the majority of like 99.999 percent of the human race isnt meant to fight with one another

Yea he found out holyfield wasnt so fragile

Well his ears were atleast

Southpaw c:

Okay southpaw

ok bro ur a southpaw 😒

@@ivzr4308 southpaws cute

The southpaw wants attention huh

Mood

He got long arms. His jabs are pretty much whips. For mike tyson his jab is probably shoving in someone’s face

@@kevinc.cucumber3697 For Tyson, it probably felt like when you see a baker punching a big blob of dough

@@miltonvermeer237 nice analogy

I always say it’s like trying to catch a fly.

Exactly, jabs aren’t a power strike naturally and not meant to do significant damage on your opponent, like he said in the video theyre used to expose the reactions of the opponent and get him to show openings so you can’t further build into combinations

Double jointed isn’t areal thing It’s just that some peoples joints are a little bit more flexible than others

Im not double jointed and my jab is a pretty fast

@@untamedadhd8306 its also not a thing that even if it existed would improve jabbing speed

Im sure your mum and grandma never see it coming

@@pringles3254 same I suck at boxing but my jab is lightning fast but does zero damage

Keep working the jab

Keep working that mug.

@Big steppa 4747 why not bof

Could use that drink right about now.

New social movement "Jab Positivity"

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Lmfao

Women are nothin’, man.

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Lol

Yeah it took me a bit to figure out how to use my height to my advantage, but really zippy short guys still annoy me

I'm tall too... About 6,3 and I got annoyed with outboxing despite the reach advantage and always went in. Anyone else ever get that urge to just throw outboxing out the window from time to time?

Let them close and then make them pay with an uppercut and / or hook combo.

@@TreDay777 I’m 6’1 and I naturally fight in the pocket way better than I do on the outside. That’s what tricks people when they spar me lol.

I'm 6'3ft and do Muay thai. Luckily we get to use the clinch for dealing with zippy short guys :p

Naw those Aikido and Kung Fu dorks are still lurking waiting for Steven Segal and Ip Man to show them how to meet girls and get laid.

I mean this really didn’t teach anything new ?

@@billp.7208 so boxing is supposed to get you laid instead?

@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329 👆 perfect reply coming from a Fortnite incel.

@@dayroyal7740 I did

Get over here brother!

Bro I just want a hug i ain’t letting go

haha, I love it. A most interesting game of chicken

Logan Paul is that you?

*Smirks in wrestler*

Totally alot of times i throw a jab to move my opponents hands for an uppercut or just to screw up thier line of sight etc etc aside from the obvious point of throwing of people's rythm, establishing your own rythm, and guaging distance

That's actually a good point. Doing *something* is often better than doing nothing, because at least then your opponent will have to consider that it might not be their turn yet or they'll hesitate because they're trying to figure out your game plan (even if you don't really have one).

Thank you sensei

D'Aaaaaaaw! Look at you guys getting along now! PROGRESS!!!!

@@hard2hurt don't make sensei Seth jealous now you hear

@@mr28086 Seth doesn't get jealous, he gets even! 😁

@@hard2hurt what knuckle pads are those?

Oh wow how cool you improved it

@@theredninja2817 that was corny

@@MichaelH__J so salty

Hell yeah. If I'm remembering correctly Sugar Ray Robinson used to feint jabs at a mirror to perfect it. I recommend checking out Jack Slack. He has bunch of articles and videos on striking, talking about feinting, ringcraft ect.

Exactly

Now you need to work it out, it's probably ingrained into your autonomous nervous system. This is the part of us that doesn't think, it only reacts according how it's teached to react

You're tha man

Feed the beast.

Algorithm: *FEED ME SEYMORE, FEED ME!*

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Great advice. He should have told u to work the jab lol. Everyone naturally sucks at first but some definitely naturally suck more than others and there's nothing to be done about that.

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jab is Easy Basic for boxing to learn even a deadly weapon in real fight itself.

"Everyone has a plan. Until they get punched in the face."

Probably the most spot on analysis of sparring I've seen , watch the power guys ... BANG .... Ring becomes Verdun hahaha 🤣

Yeah, famous last words: "Let's go light today."

Could please elaborate on the compromise?

@@tanzeemali6450 I found the article again and basically as our hands became more dexterous, a fist was the best way to reduce chance of injury. And certain aspects of those changes added to the effectiveness of fist. Such as shorter fingers, shorter palm and longer thumb.

@@tanzeemali6450 I think I read that study too. Google ''can gorillas make a fist'', that's how I found it.

@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y thanks

Human hands evolved to throw spears? *googles spear self defense

That's very true, many people get obsessed with power and speed like if it was everything in a fight, while in reality it is just like Connor McGregor described it: precision beats power, timing beats speed. If you know how to punch and where to punch someone, you can do a lot of damage rather easily.

@@DavidHernandez-dk1zs 100%. Accuracy (or the talent for it) is by far the most valuable thing you can have in striking, if you ask me.

Eh soccer players can’t beat anyone up.

Cool story bro

@@mexikleo8449 i know.

@@FeetLavers69 either adrenaline or a smaller opponent with a huge weight difference.

The classic rule of boxing is there is no force used until the split second before the punch land

Make a change.

Keep the change

Yes. Swinging strikes in general are what you see from untrained people, or people in the heat of the moment. There's pottery of greek boxers, and tbey basically held one hand out, open and had the rear hand cocked back to swing. I've also seen a gorilla throw a left hook at the zoo before, but I never see them jabbing. The jab is probably the least instinctive hand strike , if you read old bareknuckle books that definitely seems to be the case. It was considered scientific, refined and the old manuals mentioned how much more natural it was for people to want to throw powerful swings. One source compared the jab to the use of a rapier, and other punches like clubs. The club was more powerful, but the rapier was fast and direct.

@@Almosteasyese you might be seeing images of pankration. open hand slaps.

The way I see it, hammer fist are more "safer" punches than the straight ones. You don't risk all the bones of the hand and wrist that much when striking.

@@MrTigracho That is for the most part true, they're a viscous strike. The only real danger is that you can land on the pinky knuckle if you're not careful. My solution to that, is to focus on hitting further back. Everything behind that, including most of the forearm can hit and it has the potential to do serious damage.

@@fordguyfordguy ya that's pankration. you can find some traditional pankration fights on youtube and that's a very characteristic stance for them

Facts. Kamaru Usman’s jab is literal technique before anything else. Crisp as fuck.

Otoh my buddy palm struck me and sprained his wrist, got a cast the next day. Turns out you can do lots of things wrong

@@kanucks9 ...perhaps he has weak wrists...? Ergonomically, palm strikes are more " natural " with less small bones impacted...

I think yes honestly. Also wrestling

I'M NOT AN EXPERT, but think about how someone who has NEVER seen another human fights how would he do it by istinct: He would grab a stick or something, but apart from this, i think punching is not that "natural". I think grappling and wrestling would come with more ease: we would use our hands to grip stuff, and our legs too