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Post by powerof0ne on Mar 7, 2011 20:14:53 GMT -5
Those of you that throw hooks to the head, do you do both with the lead hand and rear or stick to primarily the lead or rear?
I ask because for some reason I typically only use my lead hook for when I throw a hook to the head.
For body hooks I'll typically use both the lead and the rear without flinching, though.
I also can fight from both southpaw and orthodox (I'm naturally a southpaw but had to learn orthodox in order to teach).
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Post by wullie on Mar 8, 2011 6:43:49 GMT -5
I'm the same PO1. Much prefer hooking with the lead hand and using the back hand as a cross when throwing at the head, saying that i'm not averse to mixing it up a bit  Throwing at the body anything goes! OSU! |
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Post by powerof0ne on Mar 8, 2011 10:13:30 GMT -5
Same here, Wullie! Jab with the lead and hook with the lead. I'll uppercut to the head from either hand and I use my rear for the cross or looping over hand when I come in.
I have trained with other schools that do hooks with the lead and the rear but I always feel too restricted like I'm not getting enough "whipping" power with the hook when I use the rear punch.
Just wanted to see if somebody had some other thoughts to "sell" me on the rear hook to the head.
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Post by MMX on Mar 8, 2011 10:59:07 GMT -5
I have not done any sparring other than Knockdown and Judo so I can't comment too much on this. My advise from people that do Box and or do MMA have the same methods. Even on my Freddie Roach DVD he recommends the same. |
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Post by powerof0ne on Mar 8, 2011 11:05:47 GMT -5
I'm not a "boxer" per se but used these punches in the Muay Thai camps and kickboxing gyms I've trained at and only one did I train at have you do hooks from both lead and rear. The others advocated to do the hook to the head using the lead only but I never really understood why is why I brought this up.
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Post by MMX on Mar 8, 2011 12:28:42 GMT -5
I'm not a "boxer" per se but used these punches in the Muay Thai camps and kickboxing gyms I've trained at and only one did I train at have you do hooks from both lead and rear. The others advocated to do the hook to the head using the lead only but I never really understood why is why I brought this up. Osu! Freddie Roach talks about that. It is the distance. With the lead hand you are that much closer to land the hook to the chin/jawline. Osu! |
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Post by medguy on Mar 8, 2011 13:11:10 GMT -5
I use the left( lead ) hand to jab, straight left, and left hook to the head. When I use the right hand to hook, I use it to the left kidney or as the big power move to the head.
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Post by fatjoe on Mar 8, 2011 14:18:11 GMT -5
I prefer my rear punch to be more of an over hand "crash", that is set up by a rapid succesion of left jabs. And like Medguy stated, a nice hook to the body.
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Post by powerof0ne on Mar 8, 2011 16:54:21 GMT -5
No argument here on using it to the kidney/body, I use both for body just got in the "habit" of only using my lead hook to the head. Nice to hear some different input on this subject  . How dare we talk about punching to the head!!!! We do head punches in knockdown karate?! LOL!!! *sarcasm duh* Osu! |
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Post by curlbroscience on Mar 9, 2011 10:17:07 GMT -5
I am unsure as I do not use the rear right hook as much. My thoughts are for MT that it would be hard because it opens up short left elbows.
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Post by hokuto12 on Mar 27, 2011 3:52:10 GMT -5
I do both. Sometimes I even cross into the rear hand hook so that it becomes the front hand and can be delivered with more power.
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Post by havamal on Mar 28, 2011 13:48:42 GMT -5
I use the lead hook punch and the lead hook kick.
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Post by ryosakazaki on Apr 17, 2013 3:46:17 GMT -5
I use the lead hook (body) followed by right straight, or right mawashi geri (usually gedan).
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Post by powerof0ne on Apr 21, 2013 2:27:47 GMT -5
The hook punch to the head is one of the hardest punches to "perfect." Honestly, I could spend some more time working on it again and I will do so very soon under an experienced instructor that will really coach me The "rear hook" to the head just feels awkward to me..but it probably has a lot to do with how I was taught, and the combinations I was taught not really having that punch... I've shadow boxed certain combinations so many times that they're now muscle memory..as if walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night is. With that being said, I Know my lead hook to the head could use some work. I'm not a big Oscar de la Hoya fan but he had one hell of a lead hook! His technique was perfect, also with his footwork, too. Something interesting about De La Hoya is that he's a natural southpaw but fought in orthodox to use his naturally strong left hand as a lead hook while in orthodox stance. Osu! |
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